This story first appeared in the September/October 2019 issue of Long Island Tennis Magazine Fans all around the world were able to witness one of the truly great performances in all of sports earlier this summer, when two of tennis’ all-time greats—Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer—squared off in the finals of the 2019 Wimbledon…
What to Watch For By Stefen Rosner Domination Novak Djokovic has been on a tear over a long stretch that dates back to the summer of 2018. He has added some nice hardware to his collection this season, having taken down Rafael Nadal at the Australian Open in straight sets, as well as…
The Men’s and Women’s Singles draws for the 2019 US Open were revealed on Thursday as the main draw’s opening matches get underway in just a couple of days on Monday, August 26. Highlighting the reveal was a number of intriguing first-round matchups, most notably eighth-seeded Serena Williams taking on Maria Sharapova in a…
American Taylor Townsend came back from a set down to reach the third and final round of US Open qualifying on Wednesday, defeating Paraguay’s Veronica Cepede Royg 3-6, 6-3, 6-3. Townsend converted on four of eight break point chances over the course of the final two sets to complete the comeback. She moves into…
Watch out for Daniil Medvedev. The 6’6” twenty-three-year-old Russian sensation has dominated the summer hard court series and is heading into the US Open in as good of form as anyone on tour. After coming just short of the title in Washington, D.C. and Montreal, Medvedev played lights out tennis to claim the most…
American Madison Keys powered her way past Svetlanda Kuznetsova to win the Western & Southern Open in Cincinnati on Sunday afternoon, defeating Svetlana Kuznetosva 7-5, 7-6(5). On the men’s side, Russian Daniil Medvedev continued his torrid play in August by beating David Goffin 7-6(3), 6-4 and winning the first Masters 1000 title of his…
The USTA today announced the seeds for the Men’s and Women’s Singles draws at the 2019 US Open. The main draw gets underway on Monday, August 26, with the draw ceremony taking place on Thursday, August 22 at Noon. The seeds are: Women’s Singles 1. Naomi Osaka, Japan 2. Ashleigh Barty, Australia 3. Karolina…
The USTA today announced that Americans Bjorn Fratangelo, Marcos Giron, Denis Kudla and Jack Sock join US Open Wild Card Challenge winner Ernesto Escobedo and 2019 USTA Boys’ 18s National Champion Zachary Svajdaas 2019 US Open men’s singles main draw wild card recipients. Antoine Hoang was awarded a main draw wild card by the French Tennis Federation as part of its reciprocal agreement…
The USTA today announced the 2019 US Open women’s singles wild card recipients. Americans Francesca Di Lorenzo, Coco Gauff, Caty McNallyand Whitney Osuigwe will join US Open Wild Card Challenge winner Kristie Ahn and USTA Girls’ 18s National Champion Katie Volynets as main draw wild card recipients. Australia’s Samantha Stosur, the 2011 US Open champion, and France’s Diane Parry will also receive US Open main…
Rafa triumphs! Medvedev continues consistent play; rain devastates draw; Wawrinka vs. Dmitrov again; double faults for Zverev. Those were the headlines of the 2019 Rogers Cup, the ATP Masters 1000 event held last week in Montreal. Six Canadians were privileged to play in front of their home crowd in the main draw, but only…