Another round at the Wuhan Open has brought yet another upset. The top seeds at the inaugural tournament from Wuhan, China continued to fall on Wednesday, this time it was the fourth-seeded Maria Sharapova bowing out in the third-round, as Swiss qualifier Timea Bacsinszky put an end to the Russian’s run with a 7-6(3), 7-5…
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It was a dominating performance by the Commack High School Girls Tennis team, as they were victorious over the Ross School 7-0 in a Monday afternoon match at Commack. The Commack girls are now 5-2 on the season, and will face off against a tough Half Hollow Hills West team on Tuesday at Commack. The windy conditions didn’t affect the…
The Long Island Tennis Challenge, hosted by Long Island Tennis Magazine took place at Engineers Country Club in Roslyn, N.Y. and featured a day of free tennis instruction, as well as four divisions of play for all levels. With close to 100 players participating, it was a day of non-stop tennis, which included college players,…
While Agnieska Radwanska and Ana Ivanovic’s early exits from the inaugural Wuhan Open highlighted Monday’s action, the upsets continued Tuesday as top-seeded Serena Williams and the second-seeded Simona Halep failed to make it through to the third round. Halep played overnight and drew a tough second-round matchup against rising star Garbine Muguruza. Things looked good…
The Shelter Rock Tennis Club and Country Club family gathered recently for a fun-filled afternoon of great tennis and charity, raising a grand total of $53,000 for the Play for P.I.N.K. (Prevention, Immediate diagnosis, New technology, Knowledge) organization. For the second consecutive year, Shelter Rock hosted a Play for P.I.N.K. tennis tournament to raise money…
One of the best matches of the 2014 girls season took place Monday, as Great Neck South took its undefeated record on the road to Wheatley in a Conference II-A matchup. Wheatley was coming off an impressive win over Great Neck North in its previous outing, while Great Neck South was looking to move one…
Maria Sharapova notched another three-set win on Monday, defeating fellow Russian Svetlana Kuznetsova 3-6, 6-2, 6-2 in the second-round of the inaugural Dongfeng Motor Wuhan Open. Sharapova committed 20 unforced errors in the opening frame as Kuznetsova hit a number of remarkable ground strokes that chased Sharapova baseline to baseline. Kuznetsova would take the first…
It was a battle of two of Nassau County’s top girls tennis teams on Friday afternoon as the Jericho Jayhawks faced off against the Syosset Braves at Syosset High School. The Jayhawks looked impressive in defeating the Braves 4-3. Jericho's victory was balanced between singles and doubles as they got two of their victories in…
The Suffolk County girls high school season is in full swing as a number of schools from Suffolk were in action on Friday afternoon. Half Hollow Hills East, Deer Park and Floyd all continued their winning ways and remained undefeated as we enter a new week of high school action. Hills East notched its 58th…
In a Conference I-A showdown on Friday, the Roslyn Bulldogs rebounded nicely from its loss to Manhasset as it upended Port Washington 5-2. Roslyn was led by the Singer Sisters, Levi and Marlee, who each took care of business in their respective doubles matches. Lexi Singer paired up with Rachel Mintz at first doubles to…