American Serena Williams defeated Russian Maria Sharapova to advance at the Madrid Open semifinals in straight sets, 6-1, 6-3. This is Serena’s seventh consecutive win against Sharapova and it came on the new blue-clay court surfaces. World number one-ranked Victoria Azarenka also advanced in three sets against 2011 French Open winner Li Na, 3-6, 6-3, 6-3….
The world’s top two men’s singles players, Serbia’s Novak Djokovic and Spain’s Rafael Nadal, have been eliminated from the field at the 2012 Madrid Open in Spain. Nadal fell to his fellow countryman Fernando Verdasco for the first time at the 2012 Madrid Open in Spain. This marked Nadal’s earliest exit from a clay-court tournament since he…
The results of the Long Island High School Boys tennis matches held Thursday, May 10th are listed below … Thursday May 10th Nassau County ►Garden City defeated Bellmore JFK 4-3 ►Roslyn defeated Herricks 5-2 ►Valley Stream Central defeated Hicksville 7-0 ►Lynbrook defeated Massapequa 4-3 ►Freeport defeated Uniondale 6-1 ►Mepham defeated Locust Valley 6-1 ►Glen Cove…
The 2012 Suffolk County Boys High School Tennis Awards Dinner will take place Tuesday, May 29th at 6:30 p.m. at Villa Lombardi’s, located at 877 Main Street in Holbrook, N.Y. The event will be organized by Joe Arias and the Suffolk County Junior Tennis League (SCJTL) management staff for the third straight year. The awards dinner…
World number three-ranked Roger Federer defeated Milos Raonic in three sets, 4-6, 7-5, 7-6, at the 2012 Madrid Open to avoid what would have been his earliest tournament loss in over two years. He has not been eliminated in the second round of a tournament since competing at the 2010 Rome Masters tournament. Federer dug into…
Below is a transcript of a interview with Melanie Oudin and Brian Baker. Both have received wild card entries into the upcoming 2012 French Open and a open forum question and answer was held. Q. Melanie, why don’t you talk a little bit about going from where you were last year to the last few…
During one of the most exciting weekends of the tennis calendar, U.S. Open finals weekend, the International Tennis Hall of Fame & Museum will once again add to the festivities with The Legends Ball, a gala event to be held on Friday, Sept. 7 at Cipriani 42nd Street in New York City. The Legends Ball…
If you come to me and have aspirations of playing on the Pro Tour, I will educate you on the process, but in fact, will probably also end up talking you out of it. If you want to play on the Tour, you better be willing to make a huge sacrifice of training, practice and…
World number one-ranked Novak Djokovic defeated Daniel Gimeno-Traver of Spain in three sets, 6-2, 2-6, 6-3 in his first blue clay surface match at the 2012 Madrid Open. Djokovic, the reigning Madrid Open champ, also voiced his opinion against the new blue clay surface and left angry with the conditions of center court. He claimed…
The results of the Long Island High School Boys tennis matches held Tuesday, May 8th are listed below … Tuesday May 8th Results Nassau County ►Chaminade defeated St. Anthony’ 4-3 ►West Hempstead defeated Division 5-2 ►West Hempstead defeated Malverne 5-2 ►Great Neck South defeated Jericho 4-2 ►Valley Stream South defeated New Hyde Park 5-1 ►South…