The second Long Island Tennis Magazine Challenge of 2023 brought Men’s Doubles and Women’s Doubles teams together on a steamy Saturday afternoon on the courts of Cold Spring Country Club in Huntington. “This was a great opportunity for our club to host this special event, and our members had very positive things to say about…
Some of the world’s best pickleball players arrived here in New York to compete in the Association of Pickleball Professionals (APP) New York City Open. The competition took place at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows, which normally hosts the U.S. Open, but on this weekend played host to a…
The registration deadline for the 12th Annual “Little Mo” Internationals has been extended till Monday, July 31 at 12:30 a.m. EST. The “Little Mo” Internationals is scheduled for August 20-24 at the West Orange Tennis Club in West Orange, N.J. The event is open to any player worldwide aged eight-12, and to date, the tournament…
How did the world’s most well-known clay court company come to sponsor one of the largest U.S. Open Series tournaments? A 90-year journey has taken Har-Tru from old-school beginnings to the modern world of tennis. Henry Alexander Robinson built the first Har-Tru court in 1931. He had discovered a granular crushed stone he thought would…
SPORTIME, the New York area’s most substantial operator of state-of-the-art racket sports facilities, today announced that a $7 million renovation and modernization of the former Port Washington Tennis Academy, which launched the careers of John McEnroe, his brother Patrick McEnroe, who Co-Directs the John McEnroe Tennis Academy and serves as President of both the Johnny…
The USTA today announced that US Open Fan Week, a predominately free week of activity, will begin with the start of the US Open Qualifying Tournament on August 22 at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center. Each day of Fan Week will be anchored by a signature event that runs the gamut from…
The USTA today released the men’s and women’s singles entry lists for the 2023 US Open. Click to view the full entry lists: Men’s Singles| Women’s Singles World No. 1s Carlos Alcaraz and Iga Swiatek, the men’s and women’s singles defending champions, lead their respective fields, and the United States leads all nations with 25 players (14…
Bronxville Field Club director of racquet sports Nathan LeFevre jumped on the opportunity last summer to run all of its Club’s championships in a brand new way, having the players themselves self- schedule their matches, when mutually convenient, and then self-report the match scores, using the innovative iPlayMe2. Nathan shared his interesting story about leveraging…
Viking Athletics is a company that is built around the dream of playing racquet sports at the highest levels. It has been the market leaders in platform tennis for almost 30 years now. Platform tennis is a sport that combines both tennis and squash. After almost three decades of being the most recognizable brand name…
USTA Eastern’s Long Island Region’s Awards Dinner returns this September. The 33rd celebration of Long Island’s tennis community will be held on Wednesday, September 27, 2023 at Sea Cliff Manor in Sea Cliff, N.Y. With this event, the Long Island Region looks forward to recognizing the achievements of individuals, facilities and organizations who have gone above and beyond, both…