Eleven hours on-court and a little over three days later, and finally we have a winner in the longest match in tennis history. American John Isner finally defeated Frenchman Nicolas Mahut 70-68 in the fifth and final set at Wimbledon. The fifth set alone lasted eight hours, 11 min., and the game had to be postponed…
John Isner and Nicholas Mahut have been playing their second round Wimbledon match for 10-plus hours, over the course of two days …. and it’s not over yet! Ten hours after they began their Wimbledon tennis match Tuesday, the American Isner and Frenchman Mahut were still at it Wednesday evening, going back and fourth, neither…
Day two action continued at Wimbledon, with most of the sport’s top starts advancing, starting with defending Wimbledon Champion and top-seeded Serena Williams dominating in her match against Michelle Larcher De Brito of Portugal. The 12-time Grand Slam champion Serena took a little over an hour to defeat the Portuguese teen Larcher De Brito, 6-0,…
In time for Wimbledon, AT&T and Tennis Channel have announced the addition of Tennis Channel to the U-verse TV lineup. Tennis Channel is available on channel 660 and channel 1660 (High Definition) in the AT&T U450 package, in addition to The Sports Package, with plans for expanded future distribution across multiple AT&T screens, including AT&T…
The L1B Kings Park Challenger was held the weekend of June 18-20 at Sportime-Kings Park, located in Kings Park, N.Y. Congratulations to all the winners in the respective divisions and a great job by all the kids for their particiaption in the event. The winners are as follows: Girls 18s Division: Devlin-Ann Ammendola Girls 16s Division:…
The USTA has announced that Diego Moyano has been hired as a clay-court specialist for USTA Player Development. In this role, Moyano will facilitate coaching and training programs designed specifically for clay-court play, while working with players in the USTA Player Development program. He will be based at the USTA Training Center Headquarters in Boca…
Defending Wimbledon champion Roger Federer came back from the brink of elimination and avoided an embarassing first-round exit during the first day of action at Wimbledon today, recovering from two sets down to beat a very game Colombian Alejandro Falla, 5-7, 4-6, 6-4, 7-6, 6-0. Federer, looking for his record-tying seventh men’s Wimbledon singles title,…
Serena Williams is the number one ranked women’s tennis player as the pro tour heads into Wimbledon, according to the latest WTA tour rankings provided by Sony Ericsson. On the men’s side, Rafael Nadal tops the men’s world rankings, with Roger Federer a close second, according to the latest ATP World Tour standings. …
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The weekend of June 18-20 saw some of New York’s top young juniors come to the Racquet Club of Old Westbury for a USTA Level 1 Challenger tournament, the L1 Old Westbury Challenger. All of the kids competed at their very best, and congratulations to the following winners: ►In the Boys 12’s Finals, unseeded Brian Shi…