The USTA Eastern Long Island Region’s Junior Tennis Team Tournament will be played Saturday, Aug. 4 at Eisenhower Park in East Meadow, N.Y. (rain date is Sunday, Aug. 5). This tournament is a round robin team tournament and a fundraiser event for the preservation of marine mammals and sea turtles as each team will adopt an animal through the…
Unfortunately the magical run of Long Island’s Noah Rubin came to an end today in the quarterfinals of the 2012 French Open Juniors, as Noah was defeated 4-6, 1-6 by the number five seed, Filip Peliwo of Canada. The playing conditions were far from ideal, as it was cold and drizzly throughout the match. The…
Court 14 was the scene this morning at Roland Garros as Noah Rubin of Long Island took to the court for the third round of the 2012 Boys French Open Junior Singles Championships. The weather outside was windy, cold and drizzling at times, and the16-year-old Noah came in as the underdog against 18-year-old and third-seeded…
Noah Rubin continued his impressive play in Paris with a straight set 6-2, 6-3 upset win against the 15th seed from Italy, Stefano Napolitano, in the second round of the French Open Juniors. Rubin’s traveling coaching staff of Lawrence Kleger (executive director of tennis for Sportime-John McEnroe Academy) and Eric Rubin (father/coach) are reporting back…
Long Island’s Noah Rubin defeated Jorge Brian Panta Herreros of Peru, 3-6, 6-1, 6-3 in the first round of the 2012 French Open Juniors on Sunday. He will now face Stefano Napolitano of Italy, the 15th seed, in the second round. Noah traveled to Roland Garros with his coach, Lawrence Kleger of Sportime, and his father/coach…
The USTA has announced the eight girls and seven boys who have been accepted into the main draw and the qualifying draw at the 2012 Roland Garros Junior French Championships. The main draw will be played June 3-10 at Roland Garros in Paris; qualifying will be played May 31-June 1. Among the group is Rockville…
The following is a interview conducted with Patrick McEnroe and the top women’s junior player in the United States, Taylor Townsend of Stockbridge, Ga. Taylor swept the singles and doubles title at the Australian Open in January, the first American to do that at a Junior Slam since Lindsay Davenport at the 1992 U.S. Open….
On May 18, Sportime Syosset Master Professional Sandra Nunez hosted 10 & Under Tennis Romanian National Coach Alexandru Pop-Moldovan and Doru Murariu, fitness director from Tennis Players Fitness Institute for a demonstration at Syosset Sportime. With the help of four young tennis players, Alex and Doru presented a new program on 10 & Under tennis….
The 2012 Long Island Winter Junior Team Tennis season ended after two exciting weekends of competition. On April 28th, Point Set Racquet Club’s (Oceanside, N.Y.) 14 & Under intermediate team captained by David Nisenson, prevailed in the round robin to be crowned champions. The event was held at Robbie Wagner Tournament Training in Glen Cove, N.Y. The Point Set 12 team…
The USTA has announced that the U.S. Junior Fed Cup and U.S. Junior Davis Cup (16-and-under) teams and both the boys’ and girls’ World Junior Tennis teams (14-and-under) won the North/Central America & Caribbean Regional Championships this weekend to qualify for the 2012 World Finals. The Regional Championships were held in Merida, Mexico. All four…