USTA Eastern, in partnership with the New York Open, will host the first-ever New York Open College Wild Card Invitational on November 16-18 at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows, New York. The best college tennis players from across the region will go head-to-head over the three-day event, with the champion…
The American duo of Mike Bryan & Jack Sock have been named the ATPWorldTour.com Fans Favorites, presented by Moët & Chandon in the 2018 ATP World Tour Awards. Bryan previously won this award with his twin brother Bob Bryan from 2005-2017. “It feels great to win the Fans’ Favorite,” said Bryan. “It’s been a fun…
Following Saturday’s epic semifinal between Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic, it was Russia’s Karen Khachanov who stole the show on Sunday, as he secured the biggest title of his young career with a 7-5, 6-4 triumph over Djokovic in the finals of the Rolex Paris Masters. “It means the world to me,” said Khachanov….
This story appears in the November/December 2018 issue of Long Island Tennis Magazine. Click Here to view and the digital edition. Standing at the makeshift podium inside Arthur Ashe Stadium as the 2018 U.S. Open trophy ceremony was set to begin, Naomi Osaka pulled her black Adidas visor over her face as tears began to…
Recent Wimbledon and U.S. Open champion Novak Djokovic will return to the No. 1 spot in the ATP World Tour Rankings next week, after current No. 1 Rafael Nadal withdrew from the Rolex Paris Masters on Wednesday. The Serb returns to the top of the rankings for the first time in almost two years,…
Elina Svitolina secured the biggest title of her career on Sunday, fighting back to defeat American Sloane Stephens 3-6, 6-2, 6-2 to win the 2018 BNP Paribas WTA Finals in Singapore. “For me it was a very tough match, but in the end, I found way here and there, one, two points that made…
The WTA Finals got underway this weekend with the top eight players in the world competing in Singapore, and Sloane Stephens and Naomi Osaka produced a thrilling match on Monday. In a battle between the last two U.S. Open champions, it was Stephens who came out victorious in the opening round-robin match as she…
Starting in 2019, the Wimbledon Championships will use tiebreakers in final sets if the score gets to 12-12, the All-England Lawn Tennis Club (AELTC) has announced. “In reaching this decision, the AELTC Committee sought the feedback of both players and officials, analyzed two decades of match data, and considered other factors including scheduling complexities…
World No. 4 Juan Martin del Potro is facing another long road to recovery after he fractured his kneecap at the Shanghai Masters last week. The injury occurred during a Round of 16 match against Borna Coric when del Potro had an awkward step and fell to the ground. “I made a weird…
On Monday, the Australian Open announced that its prize money in 2019 will be jumping to AUD $60.5 million (about $42.7 million dollars), an increase of about 10 percent from last year. The tournament announced new upgrades the to the facilities to better suit the needs of its players: “We want to ensure they…