The player field for the inaugural New York Open has been announced as top players Kevin Anderson and Steve Johnson have been added to the field that already included the likes of Sam Querrey, John Isner and Kei Nishikori. Kevin Anderson, South Africa’s top ranked player and No. 14 in the world, has…
U.S. Open quarterfinalist and the 13th ranked player in the world, Sam Querrey, and fellow American and Ryan Harrison have committed to play the inaugural New York Open, which begins on Saturday, February 10 at NYCB Live, home of the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. Querrey holds 10 career titles and most recently won the Abierto…
Get some great gift ideas for the 2017 holiday season from some of the sport’s top providers in Long Island Tennis Magazine’s 2017 Holiday Gift Guide.
Long Island Tennis Magazine takes a look some of the hottest tennis travel destinations, including Academia Sanchez-Casal, Albany Tennis Academy, Casa de Campo, Mauna Kea Beach Hotel, Peter Kaplan’s Westhampton Beach Junior/Adult Tennis Academy, and Tennis Fantasies With John Newcombe and The Legends.
The Long Island tennis community has some of the sport’s finest facilities, both indoor and outdoor, and best coaches in the world. With this wealth of talent available right in our own backyard, Long Island Tennis Magazine recently took the opportunity to pick the brains of some of these top coaches. What you will find…
Even the most confident of champions can experience a loss of confidence and self-defeat, and this occurs far more often than you may think. In the world of golf, we recently saw the possibility of self-sabotage show up at the 146th Open at Royal Birkdale in England. The world’s newest superstar, 23-year-old American Jordan Spieth,…
The dream season for Port Washington reached its climax on Wednesday afternoon, as the Vikings defeated Ward Melville 5-2 in the Long Island Championship at Half Hollow Hills West High School. The final began last Wednesday but rain suspended play and forced it to be finished this week. The first doubles tandem of Brittany…
Seven-time Grand Slam champion, Tennis Hall of Famer and New York’s own John McEnroe has been named as the honorary ambassador of the inaugural New York Open ATP World Tour event to be held at NYCB LIVE, home of the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, from February 11-18. McEnroe, a Douglaston, New York native, will lend his on-…
With the Suffolk County Championship tied at 3-3, Ward Melville senior Keren Collins needed to complete her comeback at third singles to bring the county title home for the Patriots. “She’s a senior and she knows this is it,” said Ward Melville head coach Erik Sussin. “I knew she would have that mental toughness…
Port Washington had been the best team in Nassau County this fall, but still needed one more win to validate that. That win came on Friday afternoon at Eisenhower Park as the Vikings won its 16th straight match overall and captured the Nassau County championship, beating Roslyn 6-1 for its first county title since…