Kim Clijsters from Belgium was defeated by Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic, 6-4, 6-3, in the finals of the Open Gaz De France on Sunday, but claimed the top spot in the WTA rankings from previous number one Caroline Wozniacki. "I think in the past matches where I beat her, she showed some of…
The 2011 Sony Ericsson Open men’s and women’s player fields were announced and the tournament will host a field worthy of a Grand Slam event with each of the top 77 ranked men’s players and 74 of the top 75 ranked women’s players in the world attending. Once again, the world’s best players including Rafael Nadal,…
On Nov. 18, the Suffolk County Girls Tennis Coaches Association held its Third Annual Awards Banquet at Villa Lombardi in Holbrook, N.Y., recognizing the accomplishments of teams, coaches and individual girls tennis players from the 2010 girls high school tennis season. All-League, All-County and All-Division Awards were handed out in addition to the League Coach…
Many times, we are trying to make a correction in our strokes, but because we’re so focused. On the racquet movement, the body rotation or the footwork, we often forget an important factor that can be the key to an efficient stroke so we should ask: What’s happening to the non-dominant hand? In this article,…
It is very common to see parents enroll a six-year-old child in a tennis program and expect a champion out of it, or for a father to have the unrealistic expectation that his son or daughter will be able to beat the number one player in their school after just one month of instruction. Good…
I am almost the perfect reader for Marshall Jon Fisher’s A Terrible Splendor: Three Extraordinary Men, a World Poised for War, and the Greatest Tennis Match Ever Played, the story of the 1937 Davis Cup match between the American Don Budge and Germany’s Baron Gottfried Von Cramm. I am a literary snob who loves tennis….
The USTA has announced the eight award winners to be honored during the USTA Community Tennis Development Workshop (CTDW), which will be held Feb. 11-13, 2011 at the Hyatt Regency Crystal City in Arlington, Va. The honorees will be recognized in a variety of categories for their dedication to growing the game. Long Island Tennis…
Tennis tweets of late What do your favorite professional tennis players like to do I their down time? Ivo Karlovic (@ivokarlovic) Shopping: "Just went in the Dash store. Didn’t know the Kardashians have their own water. I’m sure its anything but pure." …
The United States team will travel to Germany for the Fed Cup playoffs. The Americans, who lost to Belgium in the first round last weekend without the injured Williams Sisters, need to beat the Germans in order to stay in the eight-team World Group. The best-of-five series will be played April 16-17. The venue has yet…
Sportime Kings Park will host a ONE-ON-ONE Doubles Tournament, Friday, Feb. 25 from 8:00 p.m.-midnight. Check-in for the event is 7:15 p.m. and the tournament begins at 8:00 p.m. There will also be a USPTA Educational Seminar prior to the action, from 6:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m., which is free to the public. There will be $500…