Below is the USTA Eastern’s Long Island Region Update for the March/April 2022 issue of Long Island Tennis Magazine. May Designated as National Tennis Month USTA Chairman of the Board and President Mike McNulty has announced that once again this year, May will be designated as “National Tennis Month.” This celebration will give providers…
American Sloane Stephens put together her best week of tennis in nearly four years as she defeated Marie Bouzkova 7-5, 1-6, 6-2 to win the Abierto Akron Zapopan title in Guadalajara, Mexico on Sunday. “It’s the beginning of the season, so there’s still a lot of tennis to be played, but I’m excited to…
Rafael Nadal has now won 15 straight matches as the Spaniard captured the title at the Abierto Mexicano Telcel in Acapulco, Mexico on Sunday. Nadal defeated Cameron Norrie 6-4, 6-4 to win Acapulco for the fourth time in his career. “It always has been a very special place,” said Nadal. “The energy that the…
What Is Padel? Padel is referred to as the “swiss army knife of Racquet Sports”, combining elements of platform, racquetball, squash and tennis to create a unique and easy-to-learn game. Padel is played on a court which is roughly one-third the size of a tennis court, and is surrounded by glass on the…
With a few exceptions, once a player steps on the tennis court for a match, they are pretty much on their own. However, each player has a support team. The team usually consists of their parents, multiple coaches, a physical trainer, and sometimes even a sports psychologist. If a player is lucky enough to have siblings who…
In a battle between the event’s top two seeds, Great Britain’s Cameron Norrie took on second-seeded American Reilly Opelka in the finals of the Delray Beach Open on Sunday. Norrie, a former standout at TCU, got the better of the American in both tiebreakers, edging out a 7-6(1), 7-6(4) victory to claim his third…
Sebastian Korda moved through to the Round of 16 at the Delray Beach Open on Tuesday, defeating Australia’s Thanasi Kokkinakis 6-4, 6-1. Korda will take on Italy’s Andreas Seppi next. Below are more results from Tuesday: Singles [7] Adrian Mannarino (France) def. [Q] Liam Broady (Great Britain) 6-2, 6-3 [Q] Denis Istomin (Uzbekistan) def….
The $15,000 Florida One-On-One Doubles Championships will be held at the historic St. Petersburg Tennis Center in St. Petersburg, Fl. on Saturday, May 7. The event will be filmed for a delayed broadcast on Florida’s premiere sports television network, Bally Sports Florida, the same network that airs the Tampa Bay Rays and Tampa Bay…
I have often mentioned that tennis has become a power game, basically at all levels. The equipment is better, the players are better, and the ball is going faster. This makes us want to try to hit the ball through our opponents. A better idea is to hit two or three deep shots at…
For the first time in his career, Canada’s Felix Auger-Aliassime has an ATP Tour title. Auger-Aliassime defeated Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-4, 6-2 to win the ABN Amro World Tennis Tournament in Rotterdam, Netherlands on Sunday. “It has not been the smoothest road since my first final three years ago,” said Auger-Aliassime. “It is an amazing…