Organizing for the upcoming season of the Adult, Senior and Super Senior USTA Leagues for Men and Women is now in progress. For those not familiar with the USTA Leagues, it is a team format at the varying NTRP Levels. Teams are formed and play other teams of that level on Long Island. Long Island…
Novak Djokovic of Serbia, ranked number two in the world, defeated top-ranked Rafael Nadal in the finals of the Sony Ericsson Open, 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (4). Djokovic has captured four titles, including the Australian Open, Dubai and, now, back-to-back elite Masters titles at Indian Wells and Miami, both with victories over Nadal in the finals. Djokovic completed his come…
Victoria Azarenka from Belarus defeated Russian Maria Sharapova, 6-1, 6-4 in the finals of the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami to take home the women’s crown. This was Azarenka’s second Sony Ericsson Open win, the last title coming in 2009. Sharapova committed 43 unforced errors, held serve only once and came up short with a late comeback…
The North Shore Autism Circle hosted their First Annual Serve an Ace for Autism Celebrity Pro-Am tournament on Feb. 4 at Sportime Roslyn, sponsored by Long Island Tennis Magazine and Sportime. The event and evening were a great success thanks to all who came out and supported the cause which provides after-school and weekend programs…
At the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami, top-ranked Rafael Nadal defeated the number seven seed Tomas Berdych, 6-2, 3-6, 6-3, to advance to the friday night semifinals of the event where he’ll face Roger Federer. Federer was victoious over Gilles Simon, who was forced to retire due to a stiff neck after dropping the first three…
The USTA has announced that registration will close next week for the first two 2011 U.S. Open National Playoffs Sectional Qualifying Tournaments held in the USTA Southwest and USTA Eastern sections. The registration deadline for the USTA Southwest tournament, held in Scottsdale, Ariz., April 14-17, is Monday, April 4. The registration deadline for the USTA…
Tennis Channel will pick up the Sony Ericsson Open women’s semifinal match between Vera Zvonareva and Victoria Azarenka from ESPN on Thursday night, March 31st. The match will air Live on Tennis Channel at 9:00 p.m. ET immediately following the men’s quarterfinals pitting Rafael Nadal and Tomas Berdych—also airing live on Tennis Channel beginning at…
Victoria Azarenka has advanced to her first semifinal of 2011by beating two-time champion Kim Clijsters, 6-3, 6-3 at the Sony Ericsson Open. Clijsters, who has been nursing a right shoulder injury since she won the Australian Open in January, had eight double-faults Wednesday night and held serve only three times in nine service games. Azarenka, seeded…
The National Foundation for Cancer Research (NFCR) is teaming up with tennis players around the country for a nationwide fundraiser entitled “Game, Set, Match!” Any tennis team, whether high school, college, or community-based, can participate by dedicating proceeds from one or more matches to be donated to NFCR. “There are countless ways you can help fund…
The Talbert Cup, an annual event established in 1986 by the Eastern Tennis Association in honor of the Hall of Fame player and longtime friend of tennis, Bill Talbert, will take place this year Friday-Saturday, May 19-20 at Sportime Roslyn, located on Landing Road in Roslyn, N.Y. The event will begin on Friday at 11:00 a.m….