Sara Errani reached her second final of the season at the 2013 Dubai Championships, defeating her doubles partner Roberta Vinci 6-3, 6-3 to advance to the finals. Errani will face 2011 Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova in the finals, after Kvitova defeated Caroline Wozniacki 6-3, 6-4. "I just tried to play my game, tried to be as…
The USTA Eastern Section has named Ed Wolfarth of Syosset, N.Y. as its 2012 Leslie J. FitzGibbon Tennis Man of the Year at the Annual Eastern Section Awards Dinner, the evening’s highest honor. The Leslie J. FitzGibbon Tennis Man of the Year designation is awarded to a male USTA Eastern volunteer in recognition of long and outstanding service to…
Rob Polishook, mental training coach, founder of Inside the Zone Sports Performance Group, and Long Island Tennis Magazine contributor, recently led a five-day workshop at the renowned Omega Institute in Rhinebeck, N.Y. Omega is a trusted source for wellness and personal growth, welcoming more than 23,000 people to workshops and conferences throughout the year. The…
The focus on juniors in competitive play and training is usually on singles. Singles is always the main attraction at every major televised tournament and brings with it the most prize money. Singles is at the heart of the spirit of tennis. It’s you against your opponent, one on one, the best you have against…
With the news of both world number one and number two-ranked Serena Williams and Victoria Azarenka bowing out of the 2013 Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships, round one action wrapped up as Sara Errani and Petra Kvitova were among the winners moving on to round two. The fifth-seeded Errani absorbed 10 aces and pounced at the…
American wild card Jack Sock posted the biggest match win of his career at the U.S. National Indoor Tennis Championships in Memphis, defeating the second-seeded Milos Raonic 6-3, 5-7, 7-5. Raonic ended a six-match win streak, having led Canada through to the Davis Cup World Group quarterfinals before winning his third consecutive SAP Open title in…
We have had great turnout thus far in pre-registration, as today we hit the 500 mark. This event is FREE to the public and we encourage everyone to sign up and be part of one of the largest grassroots tennis events ever to be held in New York….
The USTA Eastern Long Island Region will host its 23rd Annual Awards Dinner on Wednesday, May 1st, 2013 and is now accepting nominations for several of its awards. The Annual Awards Dinner is an opportunity for the LI Region to recognize the achievements of individuals, facilities and organizations who have gone above and beyond, both on…
World number 63-ranked Denis Istomin defeated third-seeded American John Isner 6-4, 6-3 in the first round of the U.S. National Indoor Tennis Championships at the Racquet Club of Memphis in Memphis, Tenn. Istomin outserved Isner, winning 86 percent of his service points. Istomin broke Isner three times to clinch the upset in just over an hour,…
World number one-ranked Serena Williams has withdrawn from the Dubai Championships due to a lower back injury. Yesterday, world number two-ranked Victoria Azarenka pulled out of the same event citing a bone bruise in her foot. Serena took over the world number one ranking last week in Qatar, the sixth time in her career she has…