After a loss to Great Neck South last week, Hewlett bounced back on Monday afternoon as it traveled to play Wheatley in a Conference I-A match. It was a closely played match, but Hewlett came out on top 4-3 to keep pace in the Conference I-A standings. The contest came down to the match in first singles between…
Two of the lower seeds at the BMW Open by FWU AG in Munich, Germany moved on Wednesday afternoon as the second round of the tournament picked up. In the early match, third-seeded Mikhail Youzhny, who won the Munich tournament back in 2010, faced qualifier Martin Klizan. Klizan used a powerful serve to control the…
John McEnroe Tennis Academy Scholarship Tryouts will be held on Saturday, June 14 from 8:00 a.m.-3:30 p.m. at the John McEnroe Tennis Academy, located on Randall’s Island, One Randall’s Island in New York, N.Y. Full- and half-year scholarships will be awarded. Proper tennis attire must be worn. Player locker and shower facilities will be available and food and…
With strong rain on the horizon, Tuesday afternoon played host to just one boys tennis match in Nassau County. Herricks traveled to Massapequa to take on the Chiefs in a Conference II match up as Massapequa notched a 4-3 victory with the deciding match coming in first doubles. The Chiefs' duo of Tom DaCosta & Jeremy…
The SCTCA (Suffolk County Tennis Coaches Association) ran a very successful charity event titled “Play for Autism” at the Hamlet Golf & Country Club in Commack, N.Y. The event was a round-robin doubles tournament for all Suffolk County school tennis players, as 20 doubles teams participated and everyone had a great time! "The Suffolk County…
Second seeded Eugenie Bouchard fought back after getting off to a slow start to defeat Yaroslava Shvedova in round two of the Portugal Open 6-4, 6-2 to move on to the quarterfinals. She defeated Yaroslava Shvedova to earn her trip to round two to face Shvedova, a two-time French Open quarterfinalist. Shvedova got off to…
ATP Monte Carlo Rolex Masters April 13-20 Monte Carlo, Monaco Surface: Clay Stan "The Man" Wawrinka continues his torrid 2014 with a victory at the Monte Carlo Masters. The win also further diminishes the grip of the Big Four on the tour’s top hardware, as the group had won 34 of the last 36 Masters…
With the college tennis regular season winding down, the NCAA Tournament is on the horizon. For most teams, winning their respective conference championship is a necessary prerequisite for making the NCAA’s. Two Long Island universities were battling for their respective conference championships this past week, as Stony Brook University and Adelphi University looked to make a…
The Portugal Open kicked off in Oeiras, Portugal on Tuesday as the WTA continued its European clay court season. Canadian Eugenie Bouchard picked up her first victory of the clay court season as she knocked off Russia’s Alisa Kleybanova in straight sets 6-4, 6-1. The second-seeded Bouchard, who is just 20-years old, has been one…
Each year, the USTA/Eastern LI Region selects winners for awards in many categories and recognizes the accomplishments of the area's top players over the past year. Award winners will receive their award at the USTA LI Awards Dinner, set for tonight, Tuesday, April 29 at the Crest Hollow Country Club in Woodbury, N.Y. Long Island Tennis Magazine…