Tennis Channel will bring the world’s most prestigious clay-court tournament to American televisions in 3-D for the first time during its coverage of the 2011 French Open. Working with AT&T U-verse, Comcast and DIRECTV, Tennis Channel will telecast all matches from center court—the postcard-perfect Philippe Chatrier Court—in 3-D during Memorial Day weekend, May 28-30. Viewers…
Novak Djokovic has run his consective match win streak to 37 in 2011 with Sunday’s 6-4, 6-4 win in the Italian Open finals over Rafael Nadal. Djokovic defeated Nadal for the fourth time ina tournament final so far in 2011. Djokovic remains five wins away behind John McEnroe’s 42-0 start in 1984. Overall, the 23-year-old Djokovic has won…
On Saturday, May 14, the Nassau County High School Boys Tennis Individual Championships were held at Oceanside High School. The top players in the county in both singles and doubles took part. In the singles draw, there were not too many surprises, as three of the top four seeds advanced to the semifinals. Top-seeded Zach Morris of…
The number seven seed Maria Sharapova of Russia defeated Australian Sam Stosur 6-2, 6-4, in the finals of the 2011 Italian Open in a short 1 hour, 23 min. match in Rome. En route to the finals, Sharapova defeated the number one-ranked WTA player Caroline Wozniacki from Denmark in the semifinals. “This is just the beginning of many…
Two American tennis legends will renew their tennis rivalry this summer, when Hall of Famers John McEnroe and Jimmy Connors square off in a World TeamTennis match on July 14 at Sportime Randall’s Island. The pair will play singles and doubles against each other that night when the defending Eastern Conference Champion New York Sportimes…
Serena Williams has announced that she will not be participating in the 2011 French Open. Winner of the 2002 French Open, Serena has not been on the court since last July when she won the Wimbledon crown. This will mark the third consecutive Grand Slam event she will not be part of, since suffering a…
Bill Mecca, tennis service representative from the USTA/Eastern-Long Island Region, recently presented gently used racquets and balls to Jarred Kershaw, coach of Roosevelt High School’s Boys and Girls Tennis Teams for distribution to his players. According to Mecca, the contribution of used racquets has been outstanding. "Our goal is to provide every child who wants…
Tennis Channel is adding Mary Carillo, whose path has taken her from winning the French Open to winning a Sports Emmy Award, as the newest member of its star-laden French Open and U.S. Open telecast teams. Starting in Paris in two weeks, Carillo will host the network’s live tournament desk, conduct interviews, offer perspective and…
Richard Gasquet of France defeated Roger Federer of Switzerland 4-6, 7-6(2), 7-6(4) in the third round of the Italian Open (Internazionali BNL d’Italia) in Rome to advance the the quarterfinals where he will face Czech Tomas Berdych. The 16th-ranked Gasquet trailed by a set and 4-2, but evened things up at 4-4. Federer missed several backhands in the second-set…
On April 30, Long Beach Tennis Center (LBTC), along with the Junior First Lego League Team, “Merrick Connection” and Cure Mommy’s Breast Cancer (CMBC), held a children’s Tennis Carnival at LBTC. Kids were able to experience tennis through the fun and exciting 10-and-Under format, while the 11- to 13-year-olds were able to enjoy full court…