The USTA Eastern Long Island Region will be hosting a tennis clinic for kids 10 and under at the tennis courts at Lido Beach during the Town of Hempstead’s Family Festival by the Sea, set for this Saturday, Sept. 29 from 11:00 a.m.-6:30 p.m. at Lido Beach Town Park, located at 630 Lido Boulevard in Lido Beach,…
We live in a world where resources are limited and people are increasingly trying to find ways to squeeze more out of less. In a tennis match, there are a multitude of opportunities to extend rallies, points, games and sets to get as much as you can out of your time on court. Just like…
Kids’ Rally Day Shines Local children spent a fun day on the courts at Malverne High School at Long Island Kids Rally Day, presented by the USTA Eastern Long Island Region and benefitting the USTA National Junior Tennis & Learning (NJTL) Program. More than 250 kids from across Nassau and Suffolk Counties represented Community Tennis…
Rafael Nadal still remains unclear about his return to the courts following a knee injury. The Spaniard, who hasn’t played since losing in the second round of Wimbledon in June to Lukas Rosol, skipped the 2012 London Olympics and this month’s 2012 U.S. Open. The 11-time Grand Slam champion is recovering from a partially torn patella tendon…
At the Toray Pan Pacific Open, world number 73-ranked Petra Martic upset world number five Petra Kvitova 6-4, 6-4 in straight sets for the biggest win of her career. This was the second time this year that Martic defeated a top-10-ranked player, after her win over then-eighth-ranked Marion Bartoli at the French Open. In round one, Martic defeated the…
Caroline Wozniacki defeated Kaia Kanepi Sunday afternoon 6-1, 6-0 to capture the 2012 KDB Korea Open title. Both players were pushed to 6-4 in the third set in the semifinals the day before, so a rebound was key—and it was the top-seeded Wozniacki who unlocked the door, needing just 62 minutes to defeat the third-seeded Kanepi, allowing her…
World number six Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France defeated Italy’s Andreas Seppi 6-1, 6-2 in the finals of the 2012 Moselle Open in Metz to retain his title. One year ago, Tsonga beat Ivan Ljubicic in the finals of the Moselle Open. The win takes Tsonga to 2,905 points in the Race for London. Tsonga is currently just within the qualifying…
Fifteen years ago today, Switzerland’s Roger Federer appeared in the South African Airways ATP Rankings for the first time. Federer debuted at 803rd on Sept. 22, 1997 after a solid showing at a four-week satellite circuit, culminating in a semifinal appearance at the Switzerland 1 Masters in Bossonnens to earn 12 ATP points. In the first…
Frank Dolan will host a Sports Performance Information Night on Wednesday, Sept. 26 at Sports and Fitness Performance, located at 4 Cedar Avenue in Islip, N.Y. from 7:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m. With all the sports performance information out there, it can be difficult to know what is right for high school athletes. Speed development, strength and conditioning, as well as…
The USTA has announced the top juniors who will compete on the U.S. Junior Davis Cup and Junior Fed Cup teams in the World Finals of the 16-and-under versions of Davis Cup and Fed Cup, Sept. 25-30 in Barcelona, Spain. Noah Rubin (Rockville Centre, N.Y.), Stefan Kozlov (Pembroke Pines, Fla.) and Jared Donaldson (Cumberland, R.I.) will…