Members of the Commack High School Varsity Girls Tennis squad recently teamed up with some of their favorite faculty members for friendly, competitive doubles tennis matches to raise money for breast cancer awareness. "This is a great way for staff and students to recognize this serious issue," said Commack High School Girls Tennis Varsity Coach…
Garden City’s Jacqueline Raynor and Syosset’s Hannah Camhi have had a long-standing history with each other. The two number one singles players and archrivals have battled it out for conference supremacy and bragging rights in the past. It was all or nothing in the finals of the Girls Nassau County High School Championship as both…
Britain’s Andy Murray defeated an error-prone Roger Federer 6-3, 6-2 on Sunday to win the Shanghai Masters, his second title of the year. Fourth-seeded Murray broke Federer’s serve four times while fighting off six break points. Murray also served six aces, twice the number Federer had. Murray, who didn’t drop a set in the tournament,…
High school students will get a chance to show off their powerful strokes and strong footwork, and learn about often overlooked opportunities to play college tennis from coaches at USTA Eastern’s 24th Annual College Showcase Day. The Showcase, which will be held Nov. 7 at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Queens, N.Y.,…
Novak Djokovic, Andy Murray and Roger Federer all advanced to the semifinals at the Shanghai Masters with straight-sets wins on Friday. The three winners have yet to drop a set in the tournament. The number two-ranked Djokovic broke early in both sets and was never broken himself en route to a 6-2, 6-3 win over…
Rafael Nadal failed to reach a quarterfinal for the first time this year, as he was upset by Jurgen Melzer in the third round of the 2010 Shanghai Rolex Masters on Thursday. The top-seeded Nadal had never dropped a set to the Austrian in three previous meetings but went down in three sets, 6-1, 3-6, 6-3….
Serena Williams and John Isner will team up for the United States in the Hyundai Hopman Cup Jan.1-8. The team tennis-style event and tune-up for the Australian Open will take place in January and features mixed teams from eight nations. Each matchup features men’s singles, women’s singles and mixed doubles. The field boasts a strong group…
Number one-seeded Novak Djokovic defeated David Ferrer in straight sets 6-2, 6-4 on Monday to defend his China Open title and win his second championship of the year. The win improves Djokovic’s record against Ferrer to 5-4. Djokovic,who is currently ranked number two in the world, won the first set of the match easily, but…
This past weekend saw the conclusion of many Level 1 Eastern Designated Closed Championship tournaments across Long Island. Here are the results along with photos of the action. Congratulations to all of the winners and a special congratulations to the Long Island Champions, Nadia Smergut of East Hampton, N.Y. and Noah Rubin of Merrick, N.Y. …
The following is Serena Williams’ message to her fans on Twitter after she found out she’d be unable to return to action as soon as anticipated. Serena was set to return to the WTA Tour at this week’s Generali Ladies Linz after being sidelined since July by a cut on her right foot. Williams had surgery after…