On Thursday night, March 3rd, Sportime Kings Park General Manager Jason Wass appeared in the eight o’clock hour on News 12 Long Island to discuss this weekend’s upcoming 2nd Annual Long Island Tennis Expo. Set for this Sunday, March 6 at Farmingdale State College’s Roosevelt Hall (Expo Room and Auditorium), located at 2350 Broadhollow Road…
Recently, Miguel Cervantes sat down with some of the area’s Super Captains to pick their brain and get inside of exactly what it takes to be a leader. Here is a closer look at what Stephen Sombrotto, Adam Moramarco and Jim Dileo had to say in their individual interviews and exactly what traits are required to…
Defending champion Mardy Fish, who currently holds a career high South African Airways ATP World Tour ranking of number 15, will return to Newport, R.I. this summer to defend his title at the Campbell’s Hall of Fame Tennis Championships, July 4-10, 2011. The tournament, which immediately follows Wimbledon, is hosted on the historic grass courts…
Tennis Channel has extended its telecast rights agreements with the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and the United States Tennis Association (USTA) to remain the exclusive U.S. broadcaster of all Davis Cup by BNP Paribas, Fed Cup by BNP Paribas and Hyundai Hopman Cup competition. The deals keep coverage of the American Davis Cup team on…
Serena Williams has been admitted to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles where she received emergency surgery on Monday to treat a pulmonary embolism or a blood clot in her lung. The clot was discovered during a routine examination on her foot that was cut last July after a celebration on winning the 2010 Wimbledon Women’s…
This Sunday on March 6, Long Island Tennis Magazine will be hosting the largest indoor tennis event on Long Island at Farmingdale State College’s Roosevelt Hall (Expo Room and Auditorium), 2350 Broadhollow Road (Route 110) in Farmingdale, N.Y. at the 2nd Annual Long Island Tennis Expo.This event is perfect for kids and will keep them…
USTA Serves, the National Charitable Foundation of the United States Tennis Association, has announced that it is launching a new “Neighborhood” initiative for its donor-supported Avenue of Aces, located on the grounds of the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center. Past U.S. Open Champions Andre Agassi, Pete Sampras, Ivan Lendl and John McEnroe will…
Rafael Nadal has announced that he is fully recovered from his left hamsrtring injury and is ready to represent Spain in their upcoming 2011 Davis Cup match against Belgium. He was injured during the quarterfinals of the 2011 Australian Open in Melbourne. Nadal was the top-seeded men’s singles player at January’s Australian Open, but lost…
Sam Querrey will miss the United States’ first-round Davis Cup matches against Chile because of a right rotator cuff injury. U.S. Captain Jim Courier said Monday the right-handed Querrey had an MRI last week on his shoulder and was told by doctors to rest. Querrey is currently ranked 24th in the ATP rankings. “Sam has been…
For one night, tennis legends of the 1980s and 1990s were on hand in New York City’s Madison Square Garden for the 2011 BNP Paribas Showdown. Legendary rivalries between Andre Agassi and Pete Sampras, and John McEnroe and Ivan Lendl were re-kindled for one night at The World’s Most Famous Arena to a near sell-out…