Serena Williams won the opening match of the 2014 WTA Finals on Monday, cruising past Serbian Ana Ivanovic 6-4, 6-4 for her 16th consecutive victory. The performance was a relief for the American who had withdrawn from her previous two tournaments with injuries. Serena and Ivanovic are part of the Red Group in Singapore. The…
Nikolay Davydenko, who rose as high as number three in the world, has officially announced his retirement from the sport of tennis. The 33-year-old Russian confirmed his retirement as he stood on the sidelines of the Kremlin Cup in Moscow. “Unfortunately, for some years now, I have been struggling with injuries. It’s hard for me…
The Rebels of Great Neck South completed its undefeated 14-0 regular season with a 5-2 win over Wheatley Thursday. Amanda Zeitlin & Mollie Blank led the way for the Rebels as they notched a hard-fought 6-0, 3-6, 6-2 victory at third doubles. After a tremendous regular season, Great Neck South now sets its sights on a…
In Conference I, the Locust Valley Falcons looked to gain revenge against the Syosset Braves in both the final match of the season for both teams. Syosset previously defeated Locust Valley 4-3 in a home match back in September. This was a match that had no playoff implications, as both teams have already been eliminated,…
Rafael Nadal’s coach and uncle, Toni Nadal, has confirmed that the 28-year old Spaniard will not play in the ATP World Tour Finals next month. A report broke yesterday indicating there was a possibility that Nadal could miss the tournament because of his appendicitis, and Toni Nadal confirmed it Thursday. “Rafael will, for sure, undergo…
Italian tennis players Daniele Bracciali and Potito Starace are facing accusations of corruption following the revelation of Internet conversations that were printed in the Italian media on Wednesday. The conversations were part of a much larger pool of data that investigators in Cremona have been combing through as they look into match-fixing in soccer. In…
Canadian Milos Raonic was ousted in the second-round of the Kremlin Cup on Thursday, falling to Lithuanian Ricardas Berankis 6-3, 4-6, 6-3. The 116th ranked player in the world bounced the tournament’s top seed to notch the first top 10 win of his career and hurt Raonic’s chances of qualifying for the ATP World Tour…
The Suffolk County 2014 Individual Championships continued on Tuesday. The finals of Division II and Division IV are all set after the semifinals were played yesterday, as Sabrina Ferretti of Ward Melville captured the Division III Championship with a straight-set win over her teammate and top-seeded Denise Lai. Here are the full results from Tuesday’s action…
The National Prize Money One-on-One Doubles® Tournament and Live rockin’ blues concert will take place at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, Sunday, Nov. 9 from 2:30 p.m.-7:00 p.m. One-on-One Doubles, considered the Third Game of Tennis, is sanctioned for tournament play with USTA Florida and USTA Eastern. The Tournament will coincide with…
Since a 4-3 loss to Port Washington in mid-September, the Manhasset Indians have looked like one of the teams to beat in Nassau County. The Indians notched a huge 4-3 win over Roslyn last Friday to distance itself in the Conference I standings, and traveled to Oceanside on Tuesday in search of its ninth consecutive…