Tennis Channel will provide the sport’s fans with close to 100 high-definition hours of live or same-day match play during the 2011 Olympus U.S. Open Series this summer. The network will cover singles semifinal, quarterfinal and early round matches during the annual North American hard-court circuit this year, in addition to prime-time Sunday doubles finals….
On the weekend of July 10-11, the fast-growing sport of beach tennis held its first ever U.S. National Championships, as the sport’s top players converged in Chicago to compete for $3,000 in prize money and to vie to see who is the best of the best in the world of beach tennis. Top players from…
On May 16, Long Island Tennis Magazine received the 2010 USPTA Eastern Publication of the Year at the Divisional Convention in Mount Kisco, N.Y. Through two-and-a-half years of publishing, Long Island Tennis Magazine has helped grow tennis in the Long Island area through its free magazine that informs tennis enthusiasts of all tennis-related news in…
Each Major League Baseball season, 20 local tennis players/pros come together for a fantasy baseball league that spearheads a season-long battle for bragging rights and prizes. For the second time in three years, the Orange Crush (led by David Sickmen) has won the league championship. In a tough final, the Crush won 7-5 (total categories)…
On a chilly evening of World TeamTennis (WTT) action at Sportime Stadium at Randall’s Island, the New York Sportimes battled relentlessly against the talented Philadelphia Freedoms, but failed to capitalize on an early lead. From 12-12, the score line remained tied throughout the encounter until the Freedoms came out on top in the women’s singles…
This summer, Long Island Tennis Magazine will sponsor a series of Beach Tennis USA tournaments, the Long Island Tennis Magazine Challenge, in Long Beach, N.Y. at the Allegria Hotel. With two highly successful challenges already having taken place this summer, this weekend’s third leg on July 16-17 is a can’t miss event. These weekends are…
Many of us probably know the suffix “-logy” means “the study of.” For example, astrology is the study of stars, neurology is the study of the nervous system, and ideology is the study of ideas. So, what does this have to do with sports? I would like to introduce a new “-logy” into the world,…
The USTA has announced that the eighth season of the Olympus U.S. Open Series, the six-week North American summer tennis season that links 10 ATP World Tour and WTA summer tournaments to the U.S. Open, will launch Monday, July 18 with the Atlanta Tennis Championships. Since its inception in 2004, the six-week Olympus U.S. Open…
The USTA has announced that the 2011 U.S. Open purse has increased by more than $1 million to reach a record $23.7 million. In addition to the base purse of $23.7 million, the top three men’s and top three women’s finishers in the Olympus U.S. Open Series may earn up to an additional $2.6 million…
This past June, we got our first glimpse of Serena Williams in nearly a year. Serena, who had been sidelined by a series of unfortunate injuries and health issues, made her triumphant return to the grass courts of Wimbledon where she made it to the fourth round before falling to Marion Bartoli of France. In…