Long Island’s Noah Rubin continued his impressive start to 2016, saving three match points to hold off big-serving Australian Sam Groth 6-4, 4-6, 7-6(6) on Tuesday and reach the Delray Beach Open second round. After the two traded sets through the first two, Rubin fought off match points at 4-5 and 5-6 in the third…
Winning its first Intercollegiate Tennis Association Division I National Men's Team Indoor Championship wasn't going to come easy for the University of North Carolina Tar Heels, and perhaps, that's the way they wanted it. Facing a Virginia team that hadn't lost to an ACC foe in 140 contests (non-conference and conference) on its home turf…
Americans Coco Vandeweghe and Madison Brengle won their respective first round matchups on Monday to advance to the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships second round. Vandeweghe pulled the day’s biggest upset with a 7-6(5), 6-1 victory over sixth-seeded Czech Karolina Pliskova. In a matchup between two big hitters, it was Vandeweghe who held her nerve…
American Venus Williams won the 49th title of her career on Sunday, defeating Japan’s Misaki Doi 6-4, 6-2 to win the Taiwan Open championship. “I’ve had so much success in Asia,” said Williams after the match. “I feel like it’s very lucky to play here. My opponent was incredible today. It’s fun to win a final…
The Stony Brook women’s tennis team enjoyed a 2-0 weekend, picking up wins over Lehigh and LIU Brooklyn to improve to 2-1 on the young season. After defeating Lehigh 6-1 on Friday, the Seawolves traveled to LIU Brooklyn. It was led by sophomore Elizabeth Tsevtkov, who hails from Brooklyn, who her first singles matches both…
After three days of competition at the Boar's Head Sports Club in Charlottesville, Virginia, the 2016 ITA Division I National Men's Team Indoor Championship is down to an all-ACC final. The host and top-seeded Cavaliers will be searching for their sixth ITA Indoors title, while the No. 3 Tar Heels of North Carolina are in…
Kei Nishikori made history on Valentine’s Day in Memphis by defeating Taylor Fritz to win his fourth consecutive Memphis Open championship title. Jimmy Connors is the only other player to have won a Memphis title four times, but Connors’ titles were not consecutive. “I had a slow start, but after that I served really well…
Helping young athletes attend the colleges of their choice, and on full tennis scholarships whenever possible, is a primary goal of the John McEnroe Tennis Academy (JMTA). With dozens of JMTA students currently competing at top colleges across the country, today the Academy announced the inaugural John McEnroe Tennis Academy College Recruiting Combine scheduled for…
The first tournament for a young tennis player is oftentimes quite daunting. Most kids start playing tournaments because they've been deemed "good enough" or “tournament ready” by a coach or parent, and come in with an expectation of success. As we know, success in terms of "winning it all" is extremely rare for tennis competitors,…
Rafael Nadal felt right at home playing once again on the Buenos Aires clay on Thursday. In a rematch of last year’s Argentina Open final, top-seed Nadal moved past Argentinean Juan Monaco 6-4, 6-4 to reach the tournament’s quarterfinals. Despite Nadal dropping serve three times, but displayed an excellent return game, breaking Monaco five times…