The Tottenville Pirates rebounded from a tough loss to McKee/Staten Island Tech last week by beating New Dorp 5-0 to improve to 6-1 on the season. Philip Belmatch led the way for the Pirates, securing a 10-4 win at first singles over New Dorp’s Benjamin Borshchevsky. Tottenville will take on CSIHS/McCown in its next contest,…
Two of the top three seeds at the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix in Stuttgart, Germany were eliminated on Thursday, as top-seeded Russian Maria Sharapova and third-seeded Czech Petra Kvitova were both bounced from the tournament. Kvitova was the first of the two to fall as she met American Madison Brengle in the early slate of…
The USTA has announced that reigning ITF World Junior Champion CiCi Bellis leads the 12 top juniors nominated to represent the U.S. in the qualifying rounds of Junior Davis and Fed Cup by BNP Paribas (16-and-under) and World Junior Tennis (14-and-under), the world’s premier junior team competitions. The events will be played April 30-May 2 at the USTA Training…
Italian Fabio Fognini upset second-seeded Spaniard Rafael Nadal on Thursday, beating the eight-time champion 6-4, 7-6(6) to reach the Barcelona Open quarterfinals. The 13th-seeded Fognini was able to secure the lone break of the opening set and was able to serve out the remainder to take the one set advantage on Nadal. In the second…
James Blake defeated John McEnroe 7-5 in the one-set final of the Champions Cup at the Agganis Arena at Boston University on Wednesday night, capturing his first title on the 2015 PowerShares Series circuit. Blake handed Andy Roddick his first loss on the circuit in 2015 in the semifinals, defeating his compatriot 6-3 to reach…
The Metro Corporate Advanced and Advanced Intermediate League’s Winter 2015 season came to a close on Tuesday night with the end-of-season party and playoffs. The defending champions from Team Bloomberg looked to defend its title, but came up short, as NYJTL edged out a 4-2 victory. In men’s singles, Keith Kessler…
Rafael Nadal opened up his Barcelona Open campaign with a 6-3, 6-1 victory over fellow Spaniard Nicolas Almagro on Wednesday. Nadal broke twice in the opening set, with the key one coming in the seventh game, to capture the first frame. He opened the door a bit in the second set as he lost his…
Caroline Garcia beat Ana Ivanovic for the third consecutive time on Tuesday in Stuttgart, Germany, knocking the Serb out of the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix first-round with a 7-6(6), 6-4 victory. After falling behind in the opening set, Ivanovic looked as if she would get the better of Garcia. She came back from a 3-5…
The North Carolina women remain ranked number one for the second straight week, while the Oklahoma men are the top-ranked team for the eighth consecutive week in the ITA Division I National Team Rankings. The 26-0 Tar Heels clinched their fourth regular season ACC title in the last six years when they beat archrival Duke 4-1…
The Lacoste Junior Tennis Academy returns for its 30th season this summer, and will hold tryouts for the Academy on May 16 from 3:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m. at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows, N.Y. Run by the City Parks Foundation, the Academy has helped develop youngsters into tournament-caliber players who…