Agnieszka Radwanska moved one step closer to defending her title at the Kia Korea Open early Wednesday as she pitched a shutout in a 6-0, 6-0 rout of South African Chanelle Scheepers. The top-seeded Pole needed just 49 minutes to dispose of Scheepers and advance into the quarterfinals. Scheepers had a chance to grab momentum…
The Metro Corporate Tennis League, presented by Advantage Tennis Clubs, is a joint initiative of the Metrotennis Community Tennis Association (MCTA) and the USTA/Eastern Metro Region. The League is divided into three levels of play, Intermediate (3.0-3.5), Advanced Intermediate (4.0) and Advanced (4.5+). We also offer an Advanced Beginner Clinic program for teams not ready…
Simona Halep became the third player to qualify for the BNP Paribas WTA Finals in Singapore, the WTA announced Monday. The second-ranked player in the world has enjoyed a breakout year in 2014, and has shot up to No. 2 in the world rankings. “Simona Halep’s ascent over the last couple of years has been…
In the July/August 2014 issue of Long Island Tennis Magazine, I published “The Pink Elephant on the Court.” Since it appeared in the pages of this magazine, I have received an overflow of comments from kids who said “OMG, how did you know what I was thinking? This is exactly what I want to tell…
Mirjana Lucic-Baroni continued her resurgent 2014 season as she cruised past top-seeded Venus Williams 6-4, 6-3 in the Coupe Banque Nationale final from Quebec City on Sunday afternoon. The win gave the Croat her first WTA title in over 16 years, a record for the longest time in between title wins. Her last title came…
John Isner and Sam Querrey each won their “dead” singles matches on Sunday against Slovakia, giving the United States its first 5-0 Davis Cup victory at home since 2004 and a swing of momentum heading into 2015. Bob & Mike Bryan clinched the victory for the U.S. with their doubles triumph on Saturday, but Isner beat Lukas…
A long battle of short battles Out of all the sports out there, tennis has one of the most complicated scoring systems. We have games counted as 1, 2, 3, etc., and we have points counted as 15, 30, 40. Every game can end with a very frequent "deuce" and "advantage" and deuce and advantage…
Venus Williams cruised into the quarterfinals of the Coupe Banque Nationale on Thursday night, knocking off Ukrainian Olga Savchuck 6-1, 6-2 to reach the final eight. “Everything worked so well today,” said Williams. “When my first serve is going in that helps a lot. I was able to play so offensively off the first serve….
In the summer of 1981, Mike Silverman of City Parks Foundation, a Levittown, N.Y. resident, was fresh out of college with an undergraduate degree in political science and plans to take a year off to work before going to law school. When Silverman accepted a six-week summer job teaching free beginner tennis lessons to kids…
The order of play for this weekend’s U.S. vs. Slovakia Davis Cup by BNP Paribas World Group Playoff tie was determined at a draw ceremony on Thursday, hosted at The Stonegate in Hoffman Estates, Ill. Hoffman Estates Mayor Bill McLeod drew the names at Thursday’s draw. The opening day of play in the best-of-five match…