A big congratulations is in order to Josh Levine of Cold Spring Harbor for what he accomplished this past weekend winning the 2011 New York State Public High School Athletic Association Tournament. Levine, along with the rest of his Nassau County and Suffolk County teammates representing Long Island, traveled to the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center…
Bjorn Fratangelo, a 17-year-old native of Pittsburgh, made history on Sunday, upsetting number 14 seed, Dominic Thiem of Austria, 3-6, 6-3, 8-6, to capture the boys’ singles title at the French Open Junior Championships. With the win, Fratangelo becomes the first American to win the Roland Garros boys’ singles title since John McEnroe in 1977. "Yeah,…
The Easter Bowl, a USTA National Championship, showcases the talent of top junior players across the country every spring. The Easter Bowl is the only National Championship where the top juniors in multiple age divisions, their families and coaches are all at the same place at the same time. The Boys and Girls 18s are also a…
Long Island players continued their stellar performance on day two of the 2011 New York State Public High School Athletic Association tournament as Nassau County’s Josh Levine of Cold Spring Harbor, the number two seed, and Zachary Morris from Garden City both moved into the semifinals of the main draw singles competition. Levine and Morris…
It seems almost automatic that once the French Open starts, you know at least who one of the finalists will be. For a sixth time, Spain’s Rafael Nadal is headed into the finals of the French Open. The world number one-ranked player took out the fourth seed, Andy Murray of Great Britain, in straight sets…
As the 2011 New York State Public High School Athletic Association Tournament kicked off, Long Island representatives gave a strong showing on day one. Between six singles and six doubles matches, Nassau and Suffolk County combined together had eight wins. In singles play, Nassau’s three representatives, second seed Josh Levine of Cold Spring Harbor, along…
Usually, when I sit down to write, I follow two simple rules: Write what you know (suggested by a pretty good writer, Ernest Hemmingway) and “Never marry your first date or your first draft” (source unknown, but good advice on both accounts). This is different. This is difficult. John Lennon once said that “Life is…
This weekend, Long Island Tennis Magazine will sponsor the first in a series of Beach Tennis USA tournaments, the Long Island Tennis Magazine Challenge, in Long Beach, N.Y. at the Allegria Hotel, Saturday-Sunday, June 4-5. These weekends are highly competitive, but also great fun. There are tournaments for singles and doubles, as well as for…
The magical run of Merrick, N.Y.’s Scott Lipsky and his mixed-doubles partner, Australian Casey Dellacqua, has finally come to an end at Roland Garros as the duo captured the 2011 Mixed-Doubles Championship. The unseeded Lipsky & Dellacqua defeated the team of defending French Open champions Nenad Zimonjic of Serbia & Katarina Srebotnik of Slovenia, 7-6 (8-6),…
Coming into today’s action at the 2011 French Open, there were only four women remaining in the singles draw … and now we have two, with Li Na of China and Francesca Schiavone of Italy advancing to the championship match. The first to take Court Chatrier were Li Na and Maria Sharapova from Russia. The…