The Court of Arbitration for Sport has reduced Maria Sharapova's suspension after testing positive for Meldonium to 15 months. Sharapova appealed the initial two-year suspension handed out by the Tennis Anti-Doping Programme in July, and will now be able to return to the court on April 26, 2017. “The TADP has a comprehensive and fair…
Metropolitan Tennis Group (MTG) hosted the Liberty Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center as a part of the Gay and Lesbian Tennis Association (GLTA). Each year, MTG brings the LGBTQ community from around the globe together to compete in one of the best tournaments that the GLTA has to offer. In…
American Venus Williams was eliminated in the first round of the China Open on Monday, as Chinese wild card Peng Shuai cruised to a 7-5, 6-1 victory over the sixth-seed. Shuai produced a late break in the opening set, and would then break Venus twice in the second set while saving the only break point…
Credit photo to Calvin Rhoden Petra Kvitova continued her lights-out play at the Wuhan Open, dismissing fourth-seed Simona Halep 6-1, 6-2 to reach the tournament’s final. Kvitova hit a blistering 28 winners to just four for Halep, and was in control of the match from the very start. She set up seven break points in…
This years Singles and Doubles Individuals Tournaments will begin on October 22 and culminate at the NYSPHSAA tournament on October 30-31.The PSAL singles and doubles winners will be invited to play in the NYSPHSAA tournament representing the PSAL. The Qualifying tournament wil be held on Saturday, October 15. Nominations for this year’s Singles and Doubles…
The Tottenville Pirates won its fourth straight match on Thursday, edging New Dorp 3-2 in a New York City League A4 road matchup. It was the singles play that proved to be the decider in this one, as the Pirates won all three singles flights while New Dorp won both doubles flights. Paulina Daugis notched…
Romania’s Simona Halep put on a clinical performance on Thursday, rolling past American Madison Keys 6-4, 6-2 to reach the Wuhan Open semifinals. It wasn’t smooth sailing from the start, as twice Keys took the break advantage. But Halep continued to push through, converting on three break points to win the opening set. She carried…
The Bronx Science Wolverines improved to 7-0 on the season on Wednesday afternoon, downing Eleanor Roosevelt 4-1 in a PSAL League A3 matchup. Eleanor Roosevelt would take the first singles flight, as Sheyna Karen defeated Genia Kapelonis 10-0 , but the Wolverines responded from there. Christina Huynh knocked off Chloe Minieri 10-0 at second singles…
USTA Eastern recently launched a “youth progression pathway,” designed to create a greater experience for children beginning and developing in tennis competition. The pathway ensures young players, ages 7-10 years old, will compete at appropriate levels of play as they progress through competitive stages based on age, participation and achievement. The best-in-class system will track…
In a marathon third round match earlier in the day, Czech Republic’s Petra Kvitova outlasted newly-minted world number one Angelique Kerber 6-7(10), 7-5, 6-4 to reach the Wuhan Open quarterfinals. “I won after playing a long time. I feel happy. But as well I feel tired, and the tournament is still going, so I don’t…