Hundreds of children from around Long Island learned tennis basics and had fun trying a new sport at the Annual Merrick Fair. The USTA/Eastern-Long Island Region Board, led by President Daniel Burgess, JTF Liaison Melanie Rubin, Event Planner Marian Morris and USTA/Eastern Tennis Service Representative Bill Mecca, set up two 10 & Under courts at the fair,…
Hundreds of children from around Long Island learned tennis basics and had fun trying a new sport at the Annual Merrick Fair. The USTA/Eastern-Long Island Region Board, led by President Daniel Burgess, JTF Liaison Melanie Rubin, Event Planner Marian Morris and USTA/Eastern Tennis Service Representative Bill Mecca, set up two 10 & Under courts at the fair,…
Russian Maria Sharapova’s withdrawal from the season-ending WTA Championships, has ensured that Caroline Wozniacki would end the year as world number one. Wozniacki lost her match yesterday at the WTA Championships in three sets 6-2, 4-6, 6-3 to Russian Vera Zvonareva. But with world number two Sharapova out of the tournament, the loss in her…
After losing her second straight match, Maria Sharapova of Russia has pulled out of the WTA Championships with a sore ankle Wednesday. Sharapova entered the tournament after sitting out since withdrawing in the quarterfinals in Tokyo last month due to an ankle injury. After losing 7-6(4), 6-4 to Li Na of China in her second…
The summer of 2011 may have come to a close, but not before a great season of progress made in the beach tennis world. Beach Tennis USA (BTUSA), along with Long Island Tennis Magazine, held five great International Tennis Federation (ITF)-sanctioned tournaments throughout the summer which came to a close on the weekend of Sept….
Tennis Channel and the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA), the governing body of women’s professional tennis, have extended their programming agreement through 2016, ensuring the network’s place as the year-round home of such stars as Maria Sharapova, Kim Clijsters, and sisters Venus and Serena Williams. The six-year deal keeps at least a dozen Premier-level tournaments on…
Top-ranked Caroline Wozniacki from Denmark rallied to defeat Poland’s Agnieszka Radwanska in three sets, 5-7, 6-2, 6-4, in their opening round-robin match at the 2011 WTA Championships in Istanbul, Turkey. Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova from the Czech Republic and U.S. Open winner Sam Stosur from Australia also began the group stage with victories. Kvitova defeated Vera…
The top-seed Frenchman Gilles Simon, along with the number three seed, Alexandr Dolgopolov from the Ukraine, have been knocked out in the first round of the St. Petersburg Open. Simon was defeated by Adrian Mannarino from France in three sets, 2-6, 6-4, 6-4. On the other side, Dolgopolov was taken down by the Israeli wild-card…
For the third consecutive season, the Syosset High School Girls Tennis team won the Nassau County Championships. Syosset defeated Port Washington in the finals, 6-1, to win the 2011 crown. Recently crowned Nassau County Singles Champion Hannah Camhi led the way for Syosset winning in straight sets. Also winning in straight sets for Syosset were…
Nicole Daniggelis of Smithtown East made her senior season one she’ll never forget, as she captured the Suffolk County Individual Singles Championship. Daniggelis upset two top five seeds en-route to winning the 2011 championship. Daniggelis, from St. James, N.Y., will actually play Lacrosse at Yale next year, had her tennis skills on display this day. She used her…