Entering the New York Open this week, Canadian Brayden Schnur had never won a match in the main draw of an ATP World Tour tournament. That changed on Tuesday night as Schnur defeated fellow Canadian Jack Lin, a sophomore at Columbia, 6-1, 6-3 to book his spot in the second round. “It’s been a…
With the majority of the crowd inside NYCB LIVE, home of the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Long Island native Noah Rubin’s corner, Jordan Thompson played spoiler on Monday night. The seventh-seeded Australian fought back to defeat Rubin 6-7(7), 7-5, 6-1 and advance to the New York Open second round. “I don’t know how…
Northport native Cannon Kingsley raced out to a 4-1 lead in the opening round of New York Open qualifying on Sunday, but couldn’t hold onto his lead as Canadian Brayden Schnur moved within one victory of the tournament’s main draw with a 7-6(3), 6-3 victory. “I think I had played really well up until…
Frances Tiafoe, one of the rising stars in American men’s tennis, will join the field at next week’s 2019 New York Open. The 21-year-old recently made a statement showing at the 2019 Australian Open last month, falling in the quarterfinals to eventual runner-up and second-ranked player in the world, Rafael Nadal. Tiafoe, ranked No….
There exists loads of talent and promise in many of the young players on the ATP World Tour, but if the last few years have shown us anything, it’s that men’s professional tennis remains an older man’s game. When you look at the Grand Slam winners from the last two seasons, the names you see…
With the 2019 New York Open set to get underway this weekend, Long Island Tennis Magazine had a chance to sit down with Peter Lebedevs, Assistant Tournament Director of the New York Open. We discussed a variety of topics, from what’s new in 2019, to the local grassroots tennis community. LITM: What sort of new features and additions can…
After 21 years of hosting some of the biggest names in women’s professional tennis, New Haven will no longer stage a WTA Premier tournament after the Connecticut Open sold its sanction on the WTA calendar. In the five months since the conclusion of the 2018 tournament, The Tennis Foundation of Connecticut (TFC) Board conducted…
Four months removed from the U.S. Open, both Novak Djokovic and Naomi Osaka delivered encore performances in Australia over the last two weeks. The two captured the men’s singles and women’s singles titles, respectively, in dominant fashion to leave no doubt on who currently stands atop the men’s and women’s tours. In the women’s…
A day after Rafael Nadal dropped just six games en route to the Australian Open final, Novak Djokovic was nearly equally as dominant in his semifinal match on Friday. The top-seeded Serb routed Frenchman Lucas Pouille 6-0, 6-2, 6-2 to secure his spot in the championship. “Today was a perfect match for me from…
Rafael Nadal powered his way into the Australian Open final on Friday, dismantling one of the hottest players in the tournament, Greece’s Stefanos Tsitsipas, 6-2, 6-4, 6-0 in clinical fashion. “I played well, of course,” said Nadal. “I have been playing well during the whole event. Every match, more or less, I think I…