Adjusting your position on the court can be the difference in a match. Most players prefer to stand in close to the baseline or way behind the baseline. In both cases, it is important to adjust according to how the point is going. If the opponent is hitting the majority of their shots very…
Below are scores from matches reported to Long Island Tennis Magazine. To have your team’s scores included in our daily recap, please have your coach submit scores to LITennisMag.com/HSSubmit, or https://rwschneider.com/NYSHSTennis.php. Manhasset 3, Cold Spring Harbor 3 (suspended) With the overall match all tied at three, the match was suspended due to darkness. They will resume…
The Nassau County Girls’ High School Tennis season began on Friday afternoon, while the Suffolk season continued its second week. Below are scores from matches reported to us. To have your team’s scores included in our daily recap, please submit scores to LITennisMag.com/HSSubmit, or https://rwschneider.com/NYSHSTennis.php. Cold Spring Harbor 5, Friends Academy 2 The Seahawks defeated…
They say the stars shine bright in New York, and this weekend, two of tennis’ most exciting young stars lit up Arthur Ashe Stadium at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Queens. 21-year-old Iga Swiatek of Poland and 19-year-old Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz delivered dazzling performances to hoist U.S. Open singles titles,…
The women’s singles final at the 2022 U.S. Open and it features two first-time New York finalists, as top-seeded Iga Swiatek of Poland will square off against fifth-seeded Tunisian Ons Jabeur. Swiatek defeated sixth-seeded Aryna Sabalenka in the second Night Session match on Thursday night, fighting back from a set down to win 3-6,…
For the first time since 2006, there is an American man competing in the U.S. Open semifinals. Frances Tiafoe replaced Andy Roddick (the last American male to reach the semifinals in New York) as the answer to that trivia question after he defeated Russia’s Andrey Rublev 7-6(3), 7-6(0), 6-4 on Wednesday afternoon. “I feel…
Top-ranked Iga Swiatek secured her spot in the first U.S. Open semifinal of her career by battling past eighth-seeded American Jessica Pegula 6-3, 7-6(4) inside Arthur Ashe Stadium on Wednesday night. “I’m pretty proud of it because I feel like I’m playing better and better every match,” said Swiatek. “Jessie was a tough opponent…
Statistics are becoming a big part of coaching tennis players. First serve percentage, points won on first serve or second serve, and percentage of return of serves in play are often compared when analyzing a match. There are still crucial points in a match which may influence the outcome. However, the success a player…
For the first time in history, a Norwegian man is into the semifinals of the U.S. Open. Fifth-seeded Casper Ruud became the first from his nation to reach the final four in Queens after holding off a late surge from Italy’s Matteo Berrettini to win 6-1, 6-4, 7-6(4) on Tuesday afternoon. “The first two…
Entering this year’s U.S. Open, Ons Jabeur had never made it out of the third round here in New York. But on Thursday she will play for a spot in the U.S. Open final after dismissing Ajla Tomljanovic 6-4, 7-6(4) in her quarterfinal match on Tuesday afternoon. “It’s never easy to play Ajla. I…