Adult League

The Professional Tennis Registry (PTR) held its annual awards event during the 2014 PTR International Tennis Symposium on Hilton Head Island, S.C., where Old Westbury, N.Y.’s Elizabeth Kobak was named PTR Female Player of the Year. A relative newcomer to PTR, Kobak’s mother suggested she join PTR...Read more

The Mixed-Doubles season is underway, having begun in October. Playoffs are as follows: ►​ 6.0 Level: 1st vs. 2nd playing the weekend of March 28 ►7.0 Level: 1st vs. 2nd playing the weekend of April 11 ►8.0 Level: 1st vs. 2nd playing the weekend of April 11 ►9.0 Level: 1st vs. 4th and 2nd vs. 3rd...Read more

The men’s Tri-Level League had six teams which played a round-robin format the weekend of Oct. 4, with the women’s five teams also playing a round-robin format the weekend of Oct. 11. With all the court time needed for the event, I called the owners of the “closed” Rockville Racquet asking if we...Read more

Over 300 open-level players from across the country competed for National Team Championships in four divisions this fall at the Darling Tennis Center in Las Vegas. The draws were comprised of talented teams from around the nation. Up for grabs were the Men's Open National Team Championship, the...Read more

The Sportime Smashbox '13 ladies from Lynbrook Sportime will represent USTA Eastern this weekend in the 40 & Over 3.5 Adult League Nationals at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden in Indian Wells, Calif. The team is comprised of Coach Tina Buschi, Lori Basch, Shirley Brady, Stephanie Fein, Susan...Read more

South Shore recently defeated Piquet Lane, 4-1, to win the 2013 North Shore Men's Tuesday Night Tennis League at Piquet Lane Country Club. The South Shore team, captained by Mitch Kessler, finished in fourth place during the regular season, but made it's way to the finals by defeating The Magic in...Read more

Good luck to all of our Long Island winning teams at the Sectional Championship in Albany! At the time this article was due, the 55 & Over Division was playing the last week of their season. Final results will appear in the next edition. Final standings 18 & Over League (Women) ►2.5...Read more

Winning nationals–that’s challenging to do for anyone. At 25 years old, practicing and competing in fewer tournaments than in one’s junior tennis prime, let alone on tennis’ naturally quirky surface it is that much more of a daunting task. Recently, I was able to accomplish that feat and am very...Read more

Mixed-doubles results The teams that advanced to Sectional Championships are: ►6.0 Hempstead Lake Indoor (captained by Darlene Sotomayor) ►7.0 Eastern Athletic Melville (captained by Jamie Stickney) ►8.0 Eastern Athletic Blue Point (captained by Kara Parker) ►9.0 Sportime Lynbrook (captained by...Read more

Play will began for the USTA Adult leagues the week of May 13. We have a record number of 292 teams this summer playing in the 18 & Over, 40 & Over, and 55 & Over Divisions. For the 18 & Over and the 40 & Over League, playoffs will be held the week of July 28. Regional...Read more