Ana Ivanovic’s run at the French Open continued on Tuesday as the former world number one defeated the Ukraine’s Elina Svitolina 6-3, 6-2 to reach the Roland Garros semifinals. Ivanovic battled through some windy conditions throughout the match, even double-faulting on her opening service game, to stay with it and cruise into the final four….
When the French Open draw was released, tennis fans salivated at the prospect of Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic facing off in the quarterfinals. The Spaniard and the Serb each took care of business on Monday, winning their respective matches relatively easily to set up one of the more intriguing Grand Slam matchups in recent…
Serena Williams hasn’t made things look easy in her French Open matches thus far, but the end result is all that matters. That was true again on Monday, as the world number one came back from a set down to beat fellow American Sloane Stephens 1-6, 7-5, 6-3 and reach the Roland Garros quarterfinals. Coming…
Young hopefuls from across Long Island will be on hand at SPORTIME Syosset, the Long Island home of JMTA, located at 75 Haskett Drive in Syosset, N.Y. on Saturday, June 27, to try out for a full scholarship to attend JMTA at SPORTIME Syosset for the 2015-2016 season. The day begins with registration at 9:00…
Defending champion Maria Sharapova saw her dream of repeating in Roland Garros come to an end on Monday as the second-seeded Russian fell to Lucie Safarova. The 13th seeded Czech pulled off the upset with a 7-6(3), 6-4 win over the five-time Grand Slam champion. Safarova jumped out to a 3-1 advantage in the opening…
Webster Schroeder Junior Matt Gamble won his second consecutive singles title at the 2015 NYSPHSAA/NYSFSSAA Boys Tennis Championships on Saturday at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center defeating Plainview-Old Bethpage JFK's Yuval Solomon 6-3, 6-1. "I think I played my best match of the tournament today," said Gamble. "I felt like this one…
Querry appears on Millionaire Matchmaker Sam Querrey recently starred in an episode of “Millionaire Matchmaker.” The show on Bravo is hosted by Patti Stanger, a fix-‘em up queen. “It was fun to do something different,” said Querrey. “It was a really fun process, and it’ll be something I can talk about for a long time.”…
Roger Federer moved into the fourth round of the 2015 French Open for the 11th straight year on Friday, downing world number 88-ranked Damir Dzumhur 6-4, 6-3, 6-2. "I'd never played him before, he moves well … he's very quick. I didn't know him and I didn't know how he'd play on the key points,"…
The seventh-seeded Ana Ivanovic is headed to the fourth round of the 2015 French Open after a dominant 6-0, 6-3 win over Donna Vekic on Friday. "After the first two matches I really started to get a little bit of feeling and groove, and I had an easy day yesterday," Ivanovic said. "Today, I really…
American Madison Keys was a straight set winner Thursday at the French Open, dismissing Belinda Bencic of Switzerland 6-0, 6-3 to advance to round three in Paris. Bencic, a past winner of the French Open Junior title, was a round one upset winner over Daniela Hantuchova earlier in the week. Keys, seeded 16th in the…