Eugenie Bouchard defeated Simona Halep 7-6(5), 6-2 on Thursday to advance to her first ever Grand Slam final. The 20-year old Canadian has not lost a set in her last six matches and will take on 2011 champion Petra Kvitova in the finals. The match was delayed twice throughout the first set, with neither coming…
In a battle of top American juniors, Long Island's Noah Rubin defeated seventh-seeded Francis Tiafoe of College Park, Md. 7-6(7-4), 4-6, 6-3 to advance to the Wimbledon Juniors Quarterfinals. Rubin's serve was a big weapon for him on the day on the fast grass courts of the All-England Club. He had eight aces with a…
Petra Kvitova defeated her fellow Czech Lucie Safarova 7-6(6), 6-1 on Thursday to move into the Wimbledon final. Kvitova, the 2011 Wimbledon champion, rolled in the second set after gutting out the opening frame in a tiebreaker. The sixth-seeded Kvitova is the only player born in the 1990’s to win a Grand Slam title, and…
Question: Tonny … I am just not playing well today and don’t know why. In my ongoing quest to teach my students about one-on-one competition I have to deal with this statement all the time. My first response is always: “Compared to who?” The moment you are comparing yourself to an imaginary standard or level,…
At the time of this article submission, the mixed-doubles season was coming to an end. The 6.0 and 9.0 Divisions finished up recently with the Hempstead Lake team, captained by Darlene Sotomayor and Adam Moramarco, advancing to the Section Championship in Albany the weekend of May 30-June 1. The 9.0 Division winning team to represent…
Trailing two sets to one, top-seeded Novak Djokovic rallied to take the final two sets and defeat Marin Cilic 6-1, 3-6, 6-7(4), 6-2, 6-2 in over three hours. The Serb rattled off 12 of the final 16 games of the match to escape the upset bid from Cilic and move into the semifinals at Wimbledon….
Andy Murray’s bid for a second-straight Wimbledon title came to a screeching halt on Wednesday as the Scot was eliminated from the grass-court tournament in straight sets by Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov. The 11th-seeded Dimitrov moves into his first ever Grand Slam semifinal and has now won nine straight matches dating back to his title at…
The final four in the women’s draw at Wimbledon is all set after the last two quarterfinal matches wrapped up Wednesday as Simona Halep and Eugenie Bouchard pushed their way into the semifinals at the All-England Club. Bouchard knocked off German Angelique Kerber 6-3, 6-4, a day after Kerber took down Maria Sharapova. The key…
Australian and Wimbledon wild card Nick Kyrgios, currently ranked 144th in the world, has scored one of the greatest upsets in Grand Slam history after his Tuesday afternoon 7-6(7/5), 5-7, 7-6(7/5), 6-3 win over world number one Rafael Nadal. With the win, the 19-year-old Kyrgios becomes the first wild card at Wimbledon to advance to…
As part of Long Island Tennis Magazine’s “Summer Series,” kids and parents gathered at Engineers Country Club in Roslyn, N.Y. on June 22 for The Long Tennis Magazine KidsFest. The event provided kids with a great deal of fun-filled activities, both on and off the court, to enjoy their tennis experience, which, for some, was…