With school back in session following spring break, the high school boy’s tennis season resumed with a number of Nassau County teams in action on Wednesday afternoon. In Conference I-A play, Port Washington continued its dominant play by defeating road opponent Valley Stream Central, 6-1. Yugi Yoshinaga & Alex Hadley of Port Washington beat Justin…
Rafael Nadal opened up play at the Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell by defeating fellow Spaniard Albert Ramos 7-6(2), 6-4 in the second round of the tournament. The top-seeded Nadal bounced back nicely on the clay surface in his first match since the disappointing loss to another Spanish native, David Ferrer, last week in the quarterfinal…
A week after David Ferrer eliminated world number one Rafael Nadal from the Monte Carlo Rolex Masters, the Spaniard bowed out of the Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell in the second round, losing to Teymuraz Gabashvili Wednesday, 6-4, 6-2. It appeared as if Ferrer was on a collision course to meet up with his fellow Spaniard…
Maria Sharapova opened up her defense of the Porsche Grand Prix Championship Tuesday in Stuttgart, Germany by squeaking by her first round opponent Lucie Safarova 7-6(5), 6-7(5), 7-6(2). The Russian has won this event the last two years and hopes to remain champion in Stuttgart, Germany. Also on Tuesday, former world number one Caroline Wozniacki…
Oceanside and Massapequa resumed a match yesterday that was suspended back on April 7th due to rain, with Oceanside squeezing out a 4-3 victory in Nassau County Conference II-A action. Oceanside traveled to Massapequa to complete the final four matches that were suspended nearly two weeks ago. The match of the day came in the…
On April 19, Roslyn traveled to take on Manhasset in Conference I-B boys high school tennis action. Roslyn continued its excellent play by defeating the Indians 5-2 to stay one game behind Syosset for tops in Nassau County Conference I-B. Roslyn was led by its doubles tandems that were able to secure the matches’ key…
As a coach of many individual players as well as collegiate teams, my expectations of what I can get out of these players are put to the test on a daily basis. I have done some research on what some of the great coaches have narrowed it down to in a variety of values and…
After falling in the quarterfinals of the Monte Carlo Rolex Masters last week, Spanish native Rafael Nadal returns to his home country in hopes of defending his crown in the Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell. Nadal defeated his fellow countryman Nicolas Almagro in the singles final of the tournament last year, and looks to bounce back…
Americans Bob & Mike Bryan continued their doubles dominance Sunday at the Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters, as they defeated the team of Ivan Dodig of Croatia & Marcelo Melo of Brazil, 6-3, 3-6, 10-8 to capture their 98th title together as a pair. With the win, Mike Bryan becomes the first player to win 100 tour-level…
A wrist injury that hampered Novak Djokovic since the beginning of last week in Monte Carlo will force the six-time Grand Slam champion to miss some time. Following his loss to Roger Federer in the semifinals of the Monte Carlo Masters on Saturday, the Serb said he struggled to put any power into his serve…