Tennis Channel will offer close to 60 hours of live matches and more than 140 match hours overall during its sixth year of French Open coverage, beginning Sunday, May 27 and running through Sunday, June 10. The network will air almost two dozen hours of encore men’s and women’s singles semifinal and championship telecasts as…
Maria Sharapova successfully defended her Italian Open title Sunday, beating Li Na 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (5) in a three-hour rain-drenched match. Li had victory within sight with a 6-4, 4-0 lead, but Sharapova regained momentum and took the next eight games to win the set, tying the match at one set each and leading 2-0 in…
Cold Spring Harbor defeated Hewlett High School 5-2 to win the Nassau County Boys Tennis Conference I Championship on Friday. All three singles matches were swept by Cold Spring Harbor. “I knew it would be a tough match going into it, but I prepared for it mentally,” said Jonathan Paris of the Cold Spring Harbor…
The 2012 Long Island Winter Junior Team Tennis season ended after two exciting weekends of competition. On April 28th, Point Set Racquet Club’s (Oceanside, N.Y.) 14 & Under intermediate team captained by David Nisenson, prevailed in the round robin to be crowned champions. The event was held at Robbie Wagner Tournament Training in Glen Cove, N.Y. The Point Set 12 team…
The following are the results of the Long Island High School Boys tennis matches held Thursday, May 14th. The field is narrowing in all divisions in both Nassau and Suffolk Counties, as today, two conference finals will be played in Nassau County. First up, the Conference I final will be played at Wheatley High School,…
Ninth-seeded Serena Williams has advanced to the quarterfinals of the 2012 Internazionali BNL d’Italia, after Italy’s Flavia Pennetta was forced to retire in their quarterfinals match after trailing Serena 4-0. Serena is currently on a 17-match winning streak. Serena moves on to face the number eight seed, China’s Li Na, in the semis, a 6-1,…
Great Britain’s Andy Murray was ousted from the 2012 Internazionali BNL d’Italia by Frenchman Richard Gasquet, 6-7, 6-3, 6-2, on Thursday. The world number four-ranked Murray, who continues to be hampered by a long-term back injury, dominated the first set tie-break, but missed 15 of 17 break points as he lost to the 22nd-ranked Gasquet…
The USTA has announced that Nintendo has signed on as an Official Sponsor of the SmashZone Mobile Tour, the interactive tennis fan attraction which introduces children to tennis in a fun and engaging way. As part of the agreement, Nintendo, the worldwide pioneer in the creation of interactive entertainment, will incorporate video game kiosks into…
World number one-ranked Victoria Azarenka was forced to withdraw from the 2012 Internazionali BNL d’Italia in Rome, Italy after sustaining a right shoulder injury. She easily defeated Shahar Peer in straight sets, 6-1, 6-2, prior to pulling out of the tournament. With just 10 days remaining until the second Grand Slam of 2012, the French Open, Azarenka…
Cold Spring Harbor defeated Friends Academy 5-2 in the semifinals of the Nassau County High School Boys Tennis Conference Playoffs yesterday, setting up a showdown for the Nassau County title with Hewlett. The feature match of the day was the first singles battle which was a rematch of the Nassau County Individual Singles Final played…