On Sunday, April 28, Long Island Tennis Magazine and New York Tennis Magazine will present the First Annual New York Tennis Expo, at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows, N.Y. from 10:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. The free event will be fun for the whole family, and feature speaking panels headlined by world-renowned…
After a first round bye, top-seeded Rafael Nadal won his opener at the Brazil Open 2013 on Thursday, defeating Joao Souza 6-3, 6-4. Nadal broke the Brazilian once in each set to take the first-time meeting in 78 minutes. Yesterday, Nadal announced that he was dropping out of the doubles portion of the event in…
Last issue’s interviewee Jim Thomas and this month’s interviewee, Jeff Salzenstein, played professional tennis for 10-years after graduating from Stanford in 1996 and have some good insight and advice about tennis life as a pro, college and junior player to share. Jeff Salzenstein is the oldest American ever to break the top 100 in the…
Rafael Nadal has pulled himself from the doubles draw at the 2013 Brazil Open to rest his sore left knee ahead of his opening singles match at the event. Nadal had won his doubles match with partner David Nalbandian on Tuesday. Nadal is set to open play against Brazilian Joao Souza in singles on Thursday. Souza was…
American John Isner, currently ranked 16th in the world, advanced to the SAP Open quarterfinals at the HP Pavilion in San Jose after a 7-6(3), 2-6, 6-3 win over Vasek Pospisil. Isner, the top-ranked American in the Emirates ATP Rankings, broke Pospisil twice in the third set to beat the Canadian in one hour and…
The United States Fed Cup Team will host Sweden in the 2013 Fed Cup by BNP Paribas World Group Playoff April 20-21 at a site to be determined. The International Tennis Federation announced the draws for the World Group and World Group II Playoffs on Wednesday. The USTA is finalizing the site selection process and plans…
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This year’s Australian Open champ, the top-ranked Victoria Azarenka, breezed into the third round of the Qatar Open in Doha with a 6-2, 6-3 victory over Romina Oprandi on Wednesday. The defending champion was joined by fourth-ranked Agnieszka Radwanska, who beat Australian qualifier Anastasia Rodionova 6-3, 6-2. "I felt pretty good out there today," Radwanska said….
Andy Roddick is returning to the tennis courts this summer. The former world number one was the top pick in the 2013 Mylan World TeamTennis Marquee Draft. Roddick, who first started with Mylan WTT in 2000, will play for the Springfield Lasers. This will be Roddick’s seventh Mylan WTT season and his first since 2010. "I…
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