Recently, the format of professional doubles in select tournaments has changed, ridding the game of advantage points and playing a tie-break to 10 if the first and second sets are split. This greatly changes the dynamics of the match, and in my opinion, makes doubles tennis more exciting to watch. At any level of tennis, a service break decides sets and ergo, matches. A set is…
A big congratulations is in order to Josh Levine of Cold Spring Harbor for what he accomplished this past weekend winning the 2011 New York State Public High School Athletic Association Tournament. Levine, along with the rest of his Nassau County and Suffolk County teammates representing Long Island, traveled to the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center…
Long Island players continued their stellar performance on day two of the 2011 New York State Public High School Athletic Association tournament as Nassau County’s Josh Levine of Cold Spring Harbor, the number two seed, and Zachary Morris from Garden City both moved into the semifinals of the main draw singles competition. Levine and Morris…
As the 2011 New York State Public High School Athletic Association Tournament kicked off, Long Island representatives gave a strong showing on day one. Between six singles and six doubles matches, Nassau and Suffolk County combined together had eight wins. In singles play, Nassau’s three representatives, second seed Josh Levine of Cold Spring Harbor, along…
With a bit of controversy regarding the lineups, the 2011 Long Island High School Boys Tennis Championship came down to the first doubles match with the score tied at three matches apiece. After Cold Spring Harbor swept singles play, Half Hollow Hills East answered with three straight doubles victories. The match would be decided by…
For a fourth straight year, Cold Spring Harbor has won the Nassau County High School Boys Tennis Championship, capping off an undefeated 2011 season on Wednesday afternoon at Wheatley High School in Old Westbury, N.Y., with a 6-1 victory over Syosset High School. First singles player and 2011 Nassau County Individual Champion Josh Levine of…
On May 24, the Massapequa High School Boys Tennis team defeated Hicksville High School 5-2 to capture the Nassau County Conference III title. Massapequa finished the season 16-0 to win its first championship since 2003. A day earlier, Massapequa defeated Locust Valley in the semifinals, while Hicksville, who finished the season with a 10-6 record,…
The Nassau County Boys High School Tennis Championship Finals took place at Oceanside High School on Saturday, May 21. The best high school boys tennis players from across Nassau County faced off in the individual championships, in hopes of capturing the County title and qualifying for the state championships in June. On the singles side…
Sophomore Brandon Stone of Whitman surprised the local tennis community with a remarkable run to earn the Suffolk County Boys High School Individual Championship. Stone capped his championship run with a hard fought three set victory over top seeded Jeremy Dubin of Southampton, 5-7, 7-6(5), 7-5. Dubin had five match points in the second set,…
The Suffolk County Boys High School Team Tennis Championships will begin on Thursday May 19th. For each match, the higher-seeded team will be the home team. The top two seeded teams are the number one seed, Half Hollow Hills East and the number two seed, The Ross School. The Section XI Champions will be crowned and…