More than 100 players hit the courts at Sportime Quogue on Saturday to compete in the first installment of the 2021 Long Island Tennis Magazine Challenge event series. The players were spread throughout eight divisions of play across the beautiful 20 outdoor courts in the Hamptons, enjoying friendly yet competitive tennis and delicious food…
Commack’s Eddie Liao put a bow on his dominant freshman season on Saturday, winning the Suffolk County singles title by way of a 6-4, 6-4 victory over Harborfields junior Chris Qi at Smithtown East High School. “It feels amazing,” said Liao. “I’ve always wanted to win this tournament, and so to finally be able…
In the latest installment of the Syosset-Roslyn rivalry, the two notoriously dominant programs met in the Nassau County Championship at Eisenhower Park on Thursday afternoon. After seven intense flights of tennis, it was the Braves of Syosset who claimed the county championship by edging the Bulldogs 4-3. Syosset has now won five of the…
Tennis is the sport for a lifetime. That creed gets right to the heart of what is so great about our sport, and goes to show that there is no cookie-cutter approach to picking up the game. Kaitlyn Fleckner is a perfect example of this notion as the West Islip senior’s tennis timeline differs…
Tennis is often a battle of attrition. In order to win, you have to fight through adversity and often times tough conditions to come through victorious. That was the case on a brutally hot Sunday afternoon at Eisenhower Park where the top singles and doubles players competed in the final rounds of the Nassau…
In the summer, people from across Long Island and New York City flock to the Hamptons, to enjoy the sun, while sitting by the pool or ocean, and taking part in an array of outdoor activities. One of those activities, and perhaps its most popular, is tennis. It may be the favorite activity for…
This article first appeared in the May/June 2021 issue of Long Island Tennis Magazine. Click Here to access the full digital issue. The second Grand Slam of 2021 gets underway this weekend in the City of Love as the best players in the world arrive in Paris for the French Open. The weather should be…
The desire to make tennis a pathway to higher education for its junior tennis players is a foundational element of the mission of SPORTIME and the John McEnroe Tennis Academy. Part of that mission is connecting those rising players with collegiate coaches and programs, and to better do that, JMTA launched the inaugural College…
For the past several years, Long Island Tennis Magazine has teamed with USTA Long Island to bring free tennis events to young players across Long Island. These Kids Days events were designed to provide a fun and safe tennis environment for local groups and organizations with a focus on introducing the sport of tennis…
After three years on Long Island, the New York Open is heading to Dallas, Texas, the ATP Tour announced on Wednesday. The ATP Tour will return to Dallas for the first time in more than 30 years next season when one of America’s longest-running tournaments becomes the Dallas Open. The ATP 250, the only…