Australian Open champion Kim Clijsters became the second top contender for the year’s first major to suffer an injury setback when she retired on Friday from her Brisbane International semifinal match against Daniela Hantuchova. Clijsters took the opening set 7-6(4), but surrendered a break at the start of the second set and needed treatment after…
Here’s what some of your favorite tennis stars had to say this New Years via Twitter … â–º@CaroWozniacki: Happy New Year from @McIlroyRory and me in Thailand:) â–º@shaharpeer: Happy New Year everybody!!! I wish all a great 2012! I’m sure u will all celebrate big time â–º@arodionova: HAPPY NEW 2012 YEAR!!!!! â–º@DjokerNole: L’Shannah Tovah 🙂 â–º@MardyFish: 2012 promise… Much more…
Copa Del Cafe is a Junior ITF World Tour Tournament played in Costa Rica taking place this week. The tournament is a Grade 1 event played on hard courts. Long Island’s Noah Rubin is participating in the event and has made Long Island proud once again as he has advanced to the semifinals where he…
Roger Federer had reached the semifinals of the Qatar Open, after his winning streak was extended to 20 straight matches. He defeated Andreas Seppi of Italy in three sets, 6-3, 5-7, 6-4. He would have gone up against Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, however, he has withdrawn from the tournament citing a back injury. Tsonga is now sixth-ranked…
World number two-ranked Rafael Nadal defeated Mikhail Youzhny, 6-4, 6-4 in the quarterfinals of the Qatar ExxonMobil Open on Thursday to reach the semifinals for the third straight year in Doha. Nadal won 75 percent of his first serve points, and was proficient at the net, taking eight of nine points when he came forward…
Kim Clijsters has advanced to the semifinals of the Brisbane International after a 6-3, 6-2 victory over Iveta Benesova. Clijsters had won the title in 2010 and missed the 2011 tournament. She is now 8-0 overall for the tournaments leading up to the Australian Open. “I’m very satisfied with the way that I played,” Clijsters…
The USTA Eastern Long Island Region will host a junior play date for children ages five through 13 on Monday, Jan. 16, when they are off from school for the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday. The event will be held at the Long Beach Tennis Center, located at 899 Monroe Boulevard in Long Beach, N.Y., and…
Spain’s Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer of Switzerland both advanced into the quarterfinals of the Qatar Open on Wednesday. Nadal was victorious over German qualifier Denis Gremelmayr, 6-2, 6-2, and Federer had an easy time with Slovenia qualifier, Grega Zemlja, 6-2, 6-3, in his win. Also advancing was France’s Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, a 7-6 (8), 6-3 winner over Italy’s Flavio…
In opening round action at the 2012 Brisbane International, the final tuneup before the first Grand Slam of 2012, the Australian Open, American Serena Williams twisted her ankle in a match against Serbia’s Bojana Jovanovski. After medical treatment on the court, Serena played through the pain and was an eventual 6-2, 6-4 winner over Jovanovski to advance to the…
Sixteen-year-old Jamie Loeb of Ossining, N.Y. swept the Girls 18s Singles and Doubles Titles at the 2011 USTA 18s Winter National Championships, and 17-year-old Jared Hiltzik of Wilmette, Ill., won the boys’ 18s title on Monday. Many of the nation’s top junior tennis players competed in eight USTA National Championships, the last major national junior…