Memorial Day Weekend saw beautiful weather across Long Island and also marked the start of summer. With that, the kick-off of the Beach Tennis season in New York as well. This summer in Long Beach, N.Y. at the National Boulevard beachfront of the Allegria Hotel (the host site for five Beach Tennis tournaments) the Long…
Popular American ATP World Tour star Sam Querrey has committed to compete in the Campbell’s Hall of Fame Tennis Championships, which will be hosted July 4-10 on the grass courts of the International Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport, R.I. Querrey, who is currently ranked 28th in the ATP World Tour South African Airways rankings,…
Before we could even catch our breath after Kim Clijsters’ early exit yesterday, top seed and number one-ranked Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark succumbed to defeat at the hands of the number 28 seed, Daniela Hantuchova of Slovakia. Wozniacki was embarrassed after being broken five times while watching 26 winners fly right past her. Wozniacki’s 6-1,…
For a fourth straight year, Cold Spring Harbor has won the Nassau County High School Boys Tennis Championship, capping off an undefeated 2011 season on Wednesday afternoon at Wheatley High School in Old Westbury, N.Y., with a 6-1 victory over Syosset High School. First singles player and 2011 Nassau County Individual Champion Josh Levine of…
The USTA has announced that it will host its annual open casting call on Tuesday, June 21 at the Apollo Theater, located at 253 West 125th Street in New York City to select children to perform at the 2011 U.S. Open, set for Aug. 29-Sept. 11. Winners will perform live at Arthur Ashe Stadium during night…
The USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center recently hosted "The Highway to Health Festival," which provided attendees an opportunity to see how making simple lifestyle changes in eating, mental thinking, and fitness can change their lives for the better. Highway to Health was organized in partnership with the USTA and HealthCorps, a proactive health…
As second round action picked up at Roland Garros, perhaps the biggest upset on the men and women’s draw took place Thursday as the number two seed and one of the heavy favorites to win the French slam, Kim Clijsters, fell to Arantxa Rus of the Netherlands, 3-6, 7-5, 6-1. Clijsters seemed to have complete…
After almost the greatest upset on a clay surface, people around the world are still talking about how world number one-ranked Rafael Nadal escaped by the skin of his teeth in five sets against young American John Isner. This had been the first time in Nadal’s career that he was faced with a five set…
The popular television game show Wheel of Fortune has teamed up with the Tennis Channel to present viewers with the show’s first-ever "Tennis Week," airing on May 30 to June 3, 2011. Tennis Channel worked with the WTA, ATP and USTA to provide the featured prizes on the Wheel which include luxury vacation packages surrounding upcoming…
On May 24, the Massapequa High School Boys Tennis team defeated Hicksville High School 5-2 to capture the Nassau County Conference III title. Massapequa finished the season 16-0 to win its first championship since 2003. A day earlier, Massapequa defeated Locust Valley in the semifinals, while Hicksville, who finished the season with a 10-6 record,…