With a bit of controversy regarding the lineups, the 2011 Long Island High School Boys Tennis Championship came down to the first doubles match with the score tied at three matches apiece. After Cold Spring Harbor swept singles play, Half Hollow Hills East answered with three straight doubles victories. The match would be decided by…
Former doubles world number two-ranked Ellis Ferreira won the mixed-doubles title at the 2001 Australian Open and the men’s doubles title at the 2000 Australian Open, and reached the final of the U.S. Open men’s doubles in 2000. He is now one step closer to returning to the U.S. Open after winning the mixed doubles…
Thirty-one years after the stirring Wimbledon Gentlemen’s Final that earned Hall of Famers John McEnroe and Bjorn Borg a place among history’s great sports battles, HBO Sports looks back at their unforgettable rivalry of the 1970s and 1980s in the new documentary "McEnroe/Borg: Fire and Ice." The International Tennis Hall of Fame and Museum will host…
It was supposed to be an entertaining match, but thanks to the Swiss maestro Roger Federer, it became just another routine affair. Federer was able to defeat France’s Gael Monfils, 6-4, 6-3, 7-6(3) in the quarterfinals of the 2011 French Open on Tuesday afternoon. Monfils, who had just come off a five-set victory in the…
Merrick, N.Y.’s Scott Lipsky and his mixed-doubles partner Casey Dellacqua of Australia have done it again, clinching a spot in the mixed-doubles championship match at the 2011 French Open. The duo was able to overcome a surge from opponents Thomaz Bellucci of Brazil & Jarmila Gajdosova of Australia to advance. After taking the first set…
Tennis Channel and ESPN have extended the French Open and Australian Open multimedia programming alliance they began in Roland Garros in 2007. Both networks will continue to offer matches virtually round the clock from both events, two of the sport’s four major "Grand Slam" tournaments, with complementary coverage and cross-promoted schedules. A noteworthy evolution, however,…
The USTA/Eastern-Long Island Region has announced a new event pitting doubles teams of club pros and juniors against each other to support the Junior Tennis Foundation and its goals. The Junior Tennis Foundation, a key non-profit organization within the Eastern Section, has, since its establishment in 1979, raised more than $1 million to support junior…
On May 24, the USTA Eastern Section team, captained by Russell Heier, captured the Talbert Cup for the second time last weekend, defeating teams from New England, Mid-Atlantic and Middles States at the event, which was hosted this year by Sportime Roslyn. The Talbert Cup, an annual event established in 1986 in memory of nine-time Grand…
Merrick, N.Y. native Scott Lipsky has made his way into the semifinals of the mixed-doubles bracket at the 2011 French Open with partner Casey Dellacqua of Australia. Lipsky, a graduate of John F. Kennedy High School in Bellmore, N.Y. as well as Stanford University, is catching the eyes of many as he seeks his first…
The anticipation was high at the 2011 French Open for the third round clash between the number two seed Novak Djokovic and Juan Martin del Potro, 2009 U.S. champion. With little daylight left, the match was suspended until Saturday with the score tied at a set apiece. However, Djokovic came out firing the next day….