Long Island Tennis Magazine, the Ultimate Guide for Long Island Tennis, has announced that the schedule for the 2nd Annual Long Island Tennis Expo, taking place Sunday, March 6, 2011 at Farmingdale State College in Roosevelt Hall (Auditorium and Expo Room) has been finalized. This indoor event is free to attendees of all ages and…
The USTA and event producers StarGames and MSG Sports, announced that, for the first time in history, 60-foot blended lines will be placed on a traditional 78-foot regulation court being used for a pro tennis match. The matches, featuring Ivan Lendl vs. John McEnroe and Pete Sampras vs. Andre Agassi, will take place at Madison…
Top-ranked Caroline Wozniacki defeated 2006 champion Nadia Petrova of Russia, 6-3, 6-2, Wednesday to reach the quarterfinals of the Qatar Ladies Open. Wozniacki joins number two Vera Zvonareva and number five Jelena Jankovic as the remaining seeded players in the tournament. Zvonareva downed Dominika Cibulkova of Slovakia, 6-1, 6-2, and Jankovic defeated Sania Mirza of…
Madison Square Garden and the Garden of Dreams Foundation have announced that Andre Agassi will be the recipient of the 2011 Garden of Dreams Hero Award. The award, established in 2009, honors one person or organization annually that embodies the spirit and commitment of the Garden of Dreams Foundation, with active, on-going dedication to children…
The American doubles team of Merrick, N.Y. native Scott Lipsky & Rajeev Ram upset the team of Jonathan Erlich & Andy Ram of Israel, in a third set superbreaker tie-break, 6-2, 3-6, 10-2, to advance to the second round of the Delray Beach International Tennis Championships. Just last week, the duo of Lipsky & Ram…
USTA Eastern will host a QuickStart Tennis clinic at the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum on Thursday, feb. 24 from 10:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m., giving kids a chance to learn tennis on a smaller court with equipment scaled to their age and ability. There will also be a wide range of fun on-and off-court activities,…
Caroline Wozniacki defeated Svetlana Kuznetsova of Russia on Sunday, 6-1, 6-3, in the Dubai Championship finals. With her win, Wozniacki will reclaim the top spot in the WTA rankings from current number one, Kim Clijsters, as Kuznetsova will move up to number 11 in the rankings. Wozniacki didn’t drop a set during the week at the Dubai…
Andy Roddick won the 30th title of his career in his 50th professional final on Sunday with a 7-6 (7), 6-7 (11), 7-5 victory over Milos Raonic of Canada in the Regions Morgan Keegan Championships in Memphis, Tenn. The top-seeded Roddick two-plus hour win for Roddick makes him the eighth American to have captured at least 30 titles,…
I recently traveled to NOW Sapphire Riviera Cancun Resort from Plainview, N.Y., leaving behind the snow storms for 80 degree weather and sunshine. This was a great experience for me. There were many diverse people, from many different states and countries, all different levels of tennis play, tennis experience of different ages, all melding together. I gave two…
The USTA/Eastern-Long Island Region will kick off its new series of club owner workshops with a session focusing on cooperative advertising initiatives and search engine optimization, scheduled for Wednesday, Feb. 23 from noon-2:00 p.m. Called LITE, or "Long Island Tennis Exchange," the workshop series will bring together Nassau and Suffolk club owners to help them…