The St. Anthony’s Friars captured their second Catholic High School Athletic Association (CHSAA) Boys Tennis Title in three years Monday at Hofstra with a 6-1 win over the Chaminade Flyers. With the win, the Friars won their seventh CHSAA Boys Tennis Championship. In first singles, it was John Peter D’Alessandro a 6-0, 6-3 winner for the…
Defending champion Roger Federer was a winner in his first match in two months at the 2013 Madrid Open, 6-3, 6-3 over Radek Stepanek. Also advancing in Madrid was defending women’s champion Serena Williams, a winner over Lourdes Dominguez Lino of Spain 6-2, 7-5. "It was a really good clay-court tennis match for me," Serena said….
The United States Tennis Association has announced it has reached an agreement to return to New York City a portion of its currently leased Billie Jean King National Tennis Center (NTC) land in Flushing Meadows Corona Park in exchange for the parkland it proposes to add as part of its improvement plan for the NTC….
Merrick, N.Y.’s Scott Lipsky and his doubles partner Santiago Gonzalez were 6-3, 4-6, 10-7 winners over defending champions Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi & Jean-Julien Rojer to capture the 2013 Portugal Open Men’s Doubles title. Gonzalez improved to a 7-2 record in doubles finals, while Lipsky is now 9-7 overall. Lipsky captured the 2009 Oeiras title with Eric Butorac. “We played…
As the next milestone its ongoing resurgence, World TeamTennis has announced that tennis champions and global sports icons Venus Williams and Andy Roddick have become part owners of the business and of the professional team tennis league co-founded by Billie Jean King. Both longtime Mylan WTT players, Williams and Roddick will help lead the organization forward…
ATP has announced the passing of its Executive Chairman & President Brad Drewett on Friday in Sydney, Australia at the age of 54 following a battle with Motor Neurone Disease (also known as ALS or Lou Gehrig’s Disease). “We are deeply saddened to announce that Brad Drewett passed away at his home in Sydney, Australia,…
All eyes were on the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on Sunday afternoon April 28, site of the First Annual New York Tennis Expo. As cars lined the streets and the parking lots filled up, shuttle buses escorted patrons inside the National Tennis Center as droves of people came over from the trains/subway…
The Long Island High School Boys Tennis Season for 2013 is rapidly coming to an end. In Nassau County, Cold Spring Harbor remains undefeated, while in Suffolk, Half Hollow Hills East remains undefeated as well. Next Saturday-Sunday, May 11-12, the Nassau County Singles and Doubles Tournament will take place at Oceanside High School beginning at 8:00…
David Ferrer defeated world number 73 Edouard Roger-Vasselin 6-4, 4-6, 6-3 at the 2013 Portugal Open to advance to the quarterfinals. Ferrer is attempting to win his third ATP World Tour title of the year after wins at the Heineken Open in Auckland and the Copa Claro in Buenos Aires. He will next face Victor Hanescu, whom he has…
The 2013 Long Island Winter Junior Team Tennis season ended with two exciting weekends of competition involving 21 teams competing in three different divisions at the Robbie Wagner Tournament Training Center in Glen Cove, N.Y. T-shirts were generously donated by the Long Island USTA Regional Board. On April 27, Point Set Racquet Club’s 14 &…