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Long Island! Spring is hereand nothing says spring to atennis player more than play-ing in the mud … tennisslang for playing on clay, andwith the French Open around

the corner, I thought it would be good tocatch up on our clay court play book.

There is a ton of clay on Long Island, sowatching the French Open and those first-class mud rollers play serious dirt ball canmake us all better.

The first thing I need you to think aboutbefore you play on the clay this season isyour equipment. Make sure you have someseriously good treads on those sneakers togrip this slippery surface. Those worn down,hard court shoes may feel fine, but if youtake them on the clay court, you will looklike Roadrunner spinning out of control. Gointo the pro shop and have your sticks re-strung about five to seven lbs. looser. Theheavier conditions will demand more popand performance from your stick. Fastcourts need a tighter and more controlledstring job, while slower courts need a moreloosely strung frame for more power.

Now the mental side of playing in the mud... I love clay because it is a game of thoughtand a game of will over your opponent. Onfaster surfaces, one big shot can be the dif-ference. On clay, a series of well-placedshots is what is needed to win points. A claycourt player is a steady and smart player.Use a combination of power and finesseplay to win on the slow surface.

When you watch the French Open, watchhow the European and South Americanplayers slide into their shots, while the U.S.players slide after they hit their shots. This is

the main reason Americans have struggledat the French Open. Tennis is a game ofmovement, but also a game of recoveryafter the shot is hit. The international playersgrow up on clay and learn how to move toand recover from shots on red clay at a veryyoung age. Our green clay is a fast cousin ofthe slower red clay, but not the same. Usethe great TV coverage of the French Open tolearn how to play and move in the mud!

Here’s a secret I have never told anyonebefore … my brother Murphy and I wonthe French Open Doubles Title in 1993,and with Patrick McEnroe, I won a FrenchOpen Junior Doubles Title in 1984. I hadthe same movement issues all U.S. play-ers have … the secret was that I wore myWimbledon Grass Court shoes with nubson the bottom for traction and that gaveme a huge edge. Today, grasscourt shoesare not allowed on clay, but I was long

gone off the tour when the officials gotwise to what I was doing!!!

Until next time … winners go for win-ners, and I want you going for the lines! �

Born in Grayling, Mich., Luke Jensen is headcoach of the Syracuse University Women’sTennis Team. Jensen’s resume includes 10ATP Tour doubles titles and singles victoriesagainst Andre Agassi, Pete Sampras, IvanLendl, John McEnroe, Bjorn Borg, JimmyConnors, Boris Becker, Stefan Edberg andJim Courier. Jensen and his brother, Murphy,won the 1993 French Open doubles title. Hewas also a member of the 1991 and 1992Davis Cup Teams. His ambidextrous play, in-cluding his ability to serve the ball with ei-ther hand at 130 mph, earned him thenickname “Dual Hand Luke.” He may bereached by phone at (315) 443-3552 or e-mail [email protected].

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Features3 Seven Questions That Will Change Your Game By Rob Polishook

Author Rob Polishook discusses what you can take away from a tennis lessonand how to apply it as you increase your skill set.

5 Classic Rivalries Provide Nostalgic Entertainment at MSGBy Michael SarroA look back at the night of tennis legends at Madison Square Garden as IvanLendl faced off against John McEnroe and Pete Sampras faced Andre Agassi inthe BNP Paribas Showdown.

8 ONE-ON-ONE DOUBLES: Keeping Me in the Game By Jeffrey A. GreeneAuthor Jeffrey A. Greene explains how his playing career has continued and hasbeen revitalized after discovering ONE-ON-ONE DOUBLES tennis.

14 It’s May … Here Comes the Outdoor Tennis Leagues on Long IslandBy Jonathan KleeJonathan Klee discusses the 2011 outdoor league as another season is upon us.

16 2011 French Open Preview By Michael SarroA look at the field of contenders for the 2011 French Open at Roland Garros.

18 The Tennis Community Comes Out in Droves for the 2nd AnnualLong Island Tennis ExpoNearly 1,500 attendees visited nearly 40 exhibitors as Long Island Tennis Magazinepresented its 2nd Annual Long Island Tennis Expo at Farmingdale State College.

20 A Star is Born By Alan Fleischman Alan Fleischman discusses the rise of Merrick, N.Y. native, Scott Lipsky, from hisstart at Bellmore JFK High School to rise in the pro ranks.

29 Self-Reliance By Steven KaplanSteven Kaplan takes a look at processing the bombardment of information youreceive as a player in order to better your game.

30 The Battle of the Grips By Roman ProkesRacket technician Roman Prokes discusses finding the ideal grip for your tennis racket.

34 A Guide to Long Island’s Top Tennis Apparel StoresA look at some of the area’s top tennis apparel providers, including: Grand SlamTennis, MD Tennis, Solow Sports and Topspin Tennis & Fitness.

38 Proper Injury Prevention for an Athlete By Dr. Steve JonasDr. Steve Jonas takes a look at properly preparing your body for the rigors ofphysical activity.

43 Long Island Tennis Magazine’s Video Game Review: Top Spin 4By Michael SarroMichael Sarro looks at 2K Sports’ latest on-court entry, Top Spin 4.

44 Underrated Players: A Complete Analysis By Miguel Cervantes IIIMiguel Cervantes III looks at the controversial and ethical concerns over theUSTA’s self-rating system.

50 How to Stay Motivated By Jay KarlJay Karl takes a look at some things that can get you motivated to get off thecouch and into a fitness regimen.

51 21st Annual USTA/Eastern-Long Island Region Awards DinnerProgramCelebrate the accomplishments of the area’s top players over the past year at the21st Annual USTA/Eastern-Long Island Region Awards Dinner, set for Wednes-day, May 11 at the Crest Hollow Country Club in Woodbury, N.Y.

67 Chasing the Impossible Dream By Brad ShafranAuthor Brad Shafran discusses his opportunity to play with Hannah Camhi in theU.S. Open National Playoffs for a wild card spot in the main draw of the 2011 U.S.Open.

68 Just for the Love of the Game … It’s All About Me By Lonnie MitchelLonnie Mitchell takes a closer look back at his playing days and a few regretshe may has had.

72 Are We Having Fun Yet? By Edward WolfarthEdward Wolfarth discusses the ideal tennis lesson, mixing in fun with learningthe skills of the sport.

Columns3 The Jensen Zone By Luke Jensen

Current Syracuse Women’s Tennis Coach and tennis great, Luke Jensen dis-cusses playing tennis on a clay court on the eve of the 2011 French Open.

12 The Sand PitAs the summer draws near, so does local beach tennis action as Long Beach, N.Y.preps for another season of beach tennis.

22 Adult League Wrap-Up By Kathy MillerKathy Miller discusses the upcoming Adult, Senior and Super Senior Leagueswith some important rule changes.

25 USTA/Eastern-Long Island RegionHighlights from recent USTA/Eastern-Long Island events.

33 Dr. Tom on the Problem of Quitting or Giving Up Easy By Dr. Tom FerraroSports Psychologist Dr. Tom Ferraro differentiates those who are winners andthose who wave the white flag of defeat.

42 Court Six: Long Island Tennis Magazine’s Gossip ColumnBy Emilie KatzEmilie Katz delves into the off-court lives of the sport’s top stars.

62 College Tennis Spotlight: Mythbusters … College AdvisorsAgree on Everything (Part II) By Ricky BeckerIn Part II of his series, Ricky Becker chats with former Brown Men’s Tennis Coach JayHarris of Sportime as the two chat about making the jump to the collegiate ranks.

64 Long Island Tennis Magazine’s Literary Corner By Brent ShearerBrent Shearer takes a look at the book, The Tennis Handsome, a novel by Barry Harris.

65 Tips From the Tennis Pro: A Mental Game? By Nicole MelchNicole Melch takes a closer look at the mental side to the sport of tennis in thismonth’s “Tips From the Tennis Pro” column.

71 Off the Court Directory

74 Long Island Tennis Club Directory

76 Long Island Rankings Sponsored by Denny’s

79 USTA/Long Island Region 2010 Tournament Schedule

News Briefs4 Chris Evert and ESPN’s Mike Greenberg Denied by Locals of

Wild Card Entry Into the 2011 U.S. Open

29 North Shore Country Club Names Spike Gurney Director of Tennis

36 Sony to Present Wimbledon Finals in 3D

49 Long Island Team of Cohen & Bielik Just Four Wins Away FromU.S. Open Main Draw

50 Noah Rubin of Merrick Captures Boys 16s USTA InternationalSpring Championship

70 Longines Hosts Junior Tennis Event at USTA Billie Jean KingNational Tennis Center

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How many of you take les-son after lesson, hoping tolearn the latest techniquethat will give you the edge?And how many of you read

all the key tennis publications, looking toglean one or two valuable instructionaltips? Most probably answered “yes” tothese questions, but what if you could im-prove your game by simply asking your-self—and thoughtfully answering—a fewquestions? Would that be worth it to you?

In the book Mental Warfare in Tennis—Lessons from a Master by Brad Gilbertand Steve Jamison, Gilbert speaks aboutthe value of identifying your strengths andensuring that you make them the back-bone of your game. With that goal in mind,I have provided below seven questionsthat will help you to emphasize the posi-

tive, while highlighting areas for develop-ment in a purposeful, growth-oriented way.

Ask yourself:

1. What am I doing in my game that is working? 2. What is behind my overall success?3. If I could imagine the ideal game—a sit-uation for which I would strive—whatwould it look like?4. What is the difference between wheremy game is and where I want it to be? 5. What steps do I need to take to addressthese issues? 6. What resources are available to help metake positive action? 7. When can I start taking action?

There are always areas in which both indi-vidual players and teams are doing well. Byidentifying these areas, you can use them as

the foundation on which to build a solid im-provement plan. Additionally, by starting witha positive scenario, you are more likely tomake changes, and it becomes easier to iden-tify what is missing from the ideal picture. �

Rob Polishook, MA, CPC is the founder anddirector of Inside the Zone Sports Perform-ance Group. As a mental training coach heworks with athletes and teams of all levels.His work focuses on helping athletes gain themental edge and letting go of blocks whichget in the way of peak performance. He is aUSTA Zonal Coach and has spoken andbeen published for the USTA, USPTA andITA. Additionally, he has conducted work-shops nationally and internationally in Indiaand Israel. He may be reached by phone at(973) 723-0314, e-mail rob@insidethezone orvisit www.insidethezone.com.

Seven Questions ThatWill Change Your GameBy Rob Polishook, Mental Training Coach MA, CPC


Six-time U.S. Open champion Chris Evertand ESPN’s Mike Greenberg came upshort in their bid for a wild card into the2011 U.S. Open, losing their mixed-dou-bles second round match at the U.S. Open

National Playoffs USTA Eastern SectionalQualifying Tournament at the USTA BillieJean King National Tennis Center. Evertand Greenberg lost to a pair of local teach-ing pros, Bea Bielik, 2002 NCAA singles

champion, and Darrin Cohen, formerstandout at the University of Virginia,6-1, 6-4.

“It has always been Mike’s dreamto play in the U.S. Open and I washappy to help him with his dream,”said Evert, who admitted that herpartner exceeded her expectations.

Evert and Greenberg were eightmatches away from reaching themain draw of the 2011 U.S. Open.

“Also, I’m impossibly charming,”said Greenberg to Evert’s point. “Youknow, she was my first love, ChrisEvert. I’ll come back every year and

play in this event, provided I get to teamwith her. We had a great time.”

After dropping the first set 1-6,Greenberg & Evert fought back valiantlyin the second set before finally suc-cumbing to the younger duo in straightsets by a 6-1, 6-4 final.

“I didn’t realize we’d be facing suchtough competition,” said Greenberg.“When I signed up, I thought we’d be tak-ing on maybe Ryan Seacrest & MartinaNavratilova or something like that … not aformer third round U.S. Open player likeBea and a college standout like Darrin.”

And while it is possible that Seacrestplays tennis, he likely does not have theserving power of Bielik or the volleyingskills of Cohen. Both players utilized theirstrengths to move onto the quarterfinalsof the tournament that they eventuallywon.

“It was an exciting event,” said Bielik.“I mean Chrissy is obviously one of thegreatest players of all-time and Mike is a

Chris Evert and ESPN’s Mike Greenberg Denied by Locals

of Wild Card Entry Into the 2011 U.S. Open

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ESPN’s Mike Greenberg and mixed-doubles partnerChris Evert, pause for a photo with their opponents,Bea Bielik & Darrin Cohen at the U.S. Open NationalPlayoffs/Mixed-Doubles Sectional Qualifying event

ESPN’s Mike Greenberg returns a shot in hisU.S. Open Qualifying match at the USTA

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staple on ESPN. We had no expectationsand just went out and played solid ten-nis. It did get a little close in the end therethough.”

Down 1-4 in the second set, Greenberg& Evert played some of their best tennisof the match to cut into the lead. Theygave all they could and got the scoreback to 4-5, 30-40 before Bielik endedthe match by hitting a service winner toseal the victory.

Maybe Greenberg’s volleys would havebeen up to par if ex-tennis great JustinGimbelstob would have returned hisphone calls.

“When this event and my participationwas first announced, Justin told me hewas going to coach me and get me readyfor this match,” said Greenberg. “I calledhim a few weeks ago to take him up on hisoffer. I was waiting by the phonebut he never got back to me …my message to him is ... wherethe hell were you!?”

Will Greenberg return to playin next year’s event?

“I’ll come back every year andplay in this event, provided I get toteam with Chris Evert. I had agreat experience, but I’d like toplay a terrible team next year be-cause I want to win. It was nicehaving the experience of playingagainst good people, don’t get mewrong, but a 72-year-old would bethe optimal opponent for me.”

The U.S. Open National Playoffs USTAEastern Sectional Qualifying Tournamentis the second of 16 Sectional QualifyingTournaments taking place nationwidethrough June. The winners of each of the16 sectional qualifiers advance to theU.S. Open National Playoffs–Men’s,Women’s and Mixed-Doubles Champi-onships held during the New HavenOpen at Yale, an Olympus U.S. Open Se-ries women’s event, in August. The U.S.Open National Playoffs mixed-doubleschampions receive a main draw wildcard into the 2011 U.S. Open. The U.S.Open National Playoffs men’s andwomen’s singles champions again earna wild card into the U.S. Open QualifyingTournament, held the week prior to theU.S. Open. �

Mike Greenberg & Chris Evert, down 1-4 inthe second set, played some of their best tennisof the match to cut into Cohen & Bielik’s lead

Chris Evert (center) pauses for a post-match photo withUSTA Eastern Metro Region Second Vice President Jackie

Clark (left) and USTA Eastern Metro Region VicePresident Carl Summerlin (right)

Chris Evert servesin her U.S. Open

Mixed-DoublesQualifying match

The mixed-doubles team of Bea Bielik &Darrin Cohen advanced at the U.S. OpenQualifiers with a 6-1, 6-4 win over MikeGreenberg & Chris Evert

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For one night at Madison Square Gar-den, The World’s Most Famous Arena,

four tennis legends took to the court tosettle past rivalries. The first match pittedJohn McEnroe against Ivan Lendl and thenightcap featured rival Americans PeteSampras and Andre Agassi. This is thethird year that BNP Paribas has put on theevent at MSG to a sold-out crowd of NewYork tennis fans.

In the first match of the night, McEnroe wasleading Lendl 6-3 in what was scheduled tobe an eight-game pro-set match, but unfortu-nately, McEnroe was forced to retire due to anankle injury he sustained earlier in the daywhile warming up with Sampras. As McEnroetalked on-court with his younger brotherPatrick McEnroe, a broadcaster for ESPN, heexpressed his sincere disappointment abouthaving to retire from a match he was looking

forward to playing in his own hometown.He then proceeded to remove the shortshe was wearing to reveal another pair(the short ones from the 80s). As thecrowd cheered McEnroe’s antics hesaid, “This meant so much to me tocome play here. I was so psyched. I was hit-ting the ball clean in practice with Pete, I triedto do everything I could to get ready. I am sobummed right now, but at least I showed youI can still fit into my shorts circa 1985.”

McEnroe was leading the match andwas playing with his patented finesse stylewhile noticeably limping between points.As the match progressed, Lendl’s playpicked up and McEnroe realized he had toretire despite leading.

“It is unfortunate John was hurt,” Lendlsaid. “When he got his racquet on it, hewas putting it away. It was great to play

BNP Paribas Showdown brings back the stars ofthe 80s and 90s to New York City

By Michael Sarro

Classic Rivalries Provide Nostalgic Entertainment at MSG

here again at Madison Square Garden. Ijust hope it is not another 20 years beforewe play on this court again.”

In the main event of the night, Pete Samprasdefeated Andre Agassi, 6-3, 7-5. After theirmany past encounters, this one was slightlydifferent than all the previous ones.

“It is a little different day and age now.Tonight was about creating a little nostalgia,”said Agassi, 40. “1989 was the last time I washere at Madison Square Garden. When peo-ple ask me what I miss about the game, I sim-

Photo credit: LonginesAndre Agassi serves in hismatch at MSG against PeteSampras

Photo credit: Derek HsiangJohn McEnroe gets his injuredankle worked on by the trainerduring his match against IvanLendl in New York City

Photo credit: Derek HsiangPete Sampras serves toAndre Agassi at theBNP ParibasShowdown in NewYork City

Photo credit: Derek HsiangJohn McEnroeacknowledges the MSGcrowd before retiring fromhis exhibition matchagainst Ivan Lendl

Photo credit: LonginesAndre Agassi returns a

forehand against PeteSampras at MSG

Photo credit: Derek HsiangIvan Lendl returns a shotfrom John McEnroe beforeMcEnroe was forced toretire due to injury

ply say New York. I had three goals tonight …to stay healthy was my first goal and my sec-ond goal was to at least break Pete once. Thethird, and most important, was to come backto the people I love and say hello.”

He accomplished all three goals despitelosing to Sampras. Sampras used his classicserve-and-volley style and never faced abreak point in the first set. The second set wasmore closely matched and Agassi got his firstbreak with a passing shot to even the set at

2-2. The set progressed on serve until Samprasbroke Agassi in the 11th game. Sampras thencompleted the break for a 6-5 advantage andserved out the win in the next game.

Sampras echoed Agassi’s sentimentsabout playing in New York and at MadisonSquare Garden.

“It was good tennis tonight, I thought weplayed pretty well for some old guys,” saidthe 39-year-old Sampras. “I had a lot ofgood times here in New York. It was a great

night to play in front of 17,000 New York-ers. I had a great time and I certainly hopeto come back. We wanted to put on a goodshow. I felt the level of tennis was quitehigh and the people enjoyed it.”

And that they did as the four legendsplayed their hearts out for their beloved fans.

Michael Sarro may be reached by phone at(516) 409-4444, ext. 330 or [email protected].


One of my very astute tennisbuddies once said about methat I love everything aboutbeing in tennis tournamentsexcept for playing the

matches. Maybe ONE-ON-ONE DOUBLESis finally getting me over that last hurdle,learning to enjoy the competition withoutbeing overwhelmed by all of the other stuffthat accompanies it. As a matter of fact,four of my last six tournaments have beenONE-ON-ONE DOUBLES events, so Iguess that based on my recent trackrecord, I’ve become a ONE-ON-ONE spe-cialist. This wasn’t by design. I enjoy the in-dividual hard-fought battle of anevenly-matched and fairly-contested sin-gles match, and I’ve always loved playinghigh-quality, fast-paced, spectacular shot-making doubles, but quite possibly, ONE-ON-ONE DOUBLES is where I’ve finallyfound my niche in the modern era of ten-nis.

Besides being far more challenging thanit looks, both tactically along with the nec-essary and precise execution of shots re-quired, ONE-ON-ONE clearly exposes

shortcomings in your game quite emphat-ically. With a weak second serve … lots ofluck on your first volley! A weak inconsis-tent return of serve won’t enable you tobreak anyone. Finally, if you can’t angle offvolleys or put away overheads with confi-dence and conviction, you’re in for a coldhard reality check.

The matches are short, with a pre-req-uisite of coming out of the blocks strong,as a high degree of intensity is an ab-solute necessity, and if you think that cov-ering half a court is a piece of cake, I begto differ. If you have strong doubles skills,it bodes well for you figuring out ONE-ON-ONE DOUBLES, but it’s not a defini-tive correlation or a given that you’ll be allover this game instantaneously. If you canserve and volley reasonably effectively,put a lot of returns in play, maybe even“chip ‘n’ charge” occasionally, find a wayto make the net player handle a lot of vol-leys, and work the ball short and low aswell as high and deep, I think that you’lleventually become halfway decent atONE-ON-ONE DOUBLES. Of course, itwouldn’t hurt to be big, fast and strong

with quick hands and an non-returnableserve, superb conditioning to complimentmental tenacity along with a match-hard-ened background attained from years ofcompetitive tennis.

But why am I playing ONE-ON-ONEDOUBLES more and more ... that is thequestion? After having played USTA-sanctioned tournament tennis since1969, how has it come to where I amnow playing and enjoying these uniquetournaments in this one-night three tofour hour shootout format more than anyof my other recent competitive events?Competing is competing, right, so it’s allthe same thing, or so you may think so.But somehow, it’s not quite the samething, even if the quality of the competi-tion is still quite impressive and thematches are being played at a very highlevel by very strong players with theadded incentive of prize money. Butsomething is palpably different. Not nec-essarily my results, because they’reabout the same … you win some, youlose some. Even after a very good winover a very fine player in my last ONE-ON-ONE tournament, I sense somethingelse is at work here at these events. Idon’t get as happy over the wins, but Idon’t get as upset over the losses. Thewhole thing is over before you know it.I’m certainly trying, I’m competing, I’mplaying ball, but I just don’t seem to getas tense, regardless of what happens outthere. I’m telling you, it’s high-levelmatch play with strong and experiencedplayers, prize money, egos and braggingrights, but somehow it just feels different.I’m sure that the music helps a lot, andwith two matches often taking place si-multaneously on the same court, it re-quires a little cooperation and sharing ofthe same space with others who you’renot even playing against. It’s these as-

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pects, plus a combination of many otherfactors, that makes the whole atmos-phere surrounding ONE-ON-ONE DOU-BLES events feel significantly different.

It appears that at this juncture, for all in-tents and purposes, ONE-ON-ONE DOU-BLES tournaments have temporarilyreplaced my competitive efforts in singlesor doubles. I wouldn’t necessarily say it haseliminated my interest or desire to play ei-ther one, or mixed-doubles, if you want todefine that as a separate category. I’m sat-isfied to work out drilling and hitting ballsfor a couple of hours without playing gamesor a practice set, and I’m more than con-tent to hit against a wall or a backboard foran hour or so if my stamina and concentra-tion will allow me, and I’ll even on occasionhit a couple of baskets of serves too.

However, in the sport of tennis, onemust eventually test their mettle in thetrue litmus test of where your gamestands at this point in time … a tourna-ment setting. Some people would arguethis point, but little will be debated as faras to the fact that entering and playing ina tournament is basically putting it on theline in a legitimate, organized competitiveformat. Whether that is singles at the pro-fessional level, doubles at the club level,or ONE-ON-ONE DOUBLES at my level,

it’s still a match where you keep scorewith someone eventually winning andsomeone unfortunately losing. Whethertournaments are the ultimate crucible todetermine who you are as a player may bea bit harsh, but usually, this is where youmake your bones as a player. In theserough, unchartered shark-infested watersof tournament tennis, invariably you de-fine yourself as a match-hardened com-petitor even though in fact, we are all stillworks in progress.

Having played USTA tournaments fromthe tender age of 13 until the not so tenderage of 54, it’s possible that I’ve playedsomewhere between 500-750 matches,give or take a few, over the course of myjourneyman-like career. Even with a seven-year hiatus away from sanctioned tourna-ments in my mid 20s, I suppose that I havefallen into the inevitable trap of definingmyself by my tournament results (if notnecessarily by my rankings). Playing highschool and college tennis along with hav-ing represented my hometown, NewRochelle, N.Y. in the pre-USTA/NTRP days,I’d learn from my losses like everyone elseand went for years before becoming aplayer who played over 0.500 tennis insanctioned tournaments or had a sectionalranking.

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Bill Parcells once said, “You are whatyour record says you are.” And eventhough it was said about football, it morethan likely has just as strong implicationswhen it comes to tennis. Your record is acompilation of your match results, thesum total of which contribute to yourgrowth and development as a player. Butjust as when they do longitudinal studiesin psychology, tracking people’s lives overthe course of their lifetime, maybe ONE-ON-ONE DOUBLES is the necessarystage of my own evolution as a player atthis juncture of my growth and develop-ment, hard as that is to believe.

As many matches as I might’ve playedand as many world-class players who Imight’ve come up against over my lengthytournament history, I probably never quitecame to grips with some of my shortcom-ings on the court. I suppose that I shouldn’tfeel so bad about this since tennis is so de-


manding and unforgiving on so many lev-els if one is serious about attempting to be-come a player, I’m sure that I’m in goodcompany. Nevertheless, if one is to grow asa player, you need to come to grips withsome of these weaknesses that you exhibitin the heat of battle if you want to improve,unless, of course, you are delusional, whichis another common malady amongst tennisplayers. While you may never actually to-tally conquer your demons on the tenniscourt, you must eventually confront them.

In the case of ONE-ON-ONE DOUBLES,from a shot-production perspective, thegame really exposes glaring flaws in one’smid-court game (quick volleys, low volleys,half-volleys, etc.). However, due to the na-ture of the quick points, short matches,multiple matches and the party-like aurasurrounding the event, I just don’t seem toget as nervous when I play. You still need toplay hard and possess the specific skillsnecessary to be effective in this uniquegame which are relatively sophisticated, soeven good players may struggle initiallywith ONE-ON-ONE DOUBLES. But for meat this stage, it’s a wonderful thing that Istill can go out there in this setting and berelatively cool and calm, yet still remaincompetitive and combative as ever. It’s anunusual tennis environment that allows youto blend these disparate elements togetherinto a functioning formula, at least as far asI’m concerned.

I haven’t abandoned singles matches en-tirely, and I’d play doubles in a nice, fun-filledgame in a heartbeat. And if you know a sexy,athletic, good-looking girl with a sense ofhumor who likes to come to the net, I’d playmixed-doubles with her in a heartbeat too.But lo and behold, as far as my long andwinding journey keeps me going in tennis, forthe time being at least, ONE-ON-ONE DOU-BLES is where it’s at in my estimation. To betruthful, anything that keeps you out thereplaying ball at any reasonably competitivelevel is a good thing without a doubt. �

Jeffrey A. Greene is currently entering his12th year as the tennis director at CampPemigawasett in Wentworth, N.H. Heplayed his college tennis at Vanderbilt andhe received his masters in sports adminis-tration from USC. Jeff is currently rankedfourth in the Eastern ONE-ON-ONE DOU-BLES Rankings in the Men’s 35s Division.

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The Sand PitBeach Tennis USA to heat upthe summer in New YorkPeople often ask what is there to love aboutbeach tennis. The response is always the same… What’s not to love? You get to spend the dayoutside in the sun on the beach. You get to so-cialize with the other players and develop newfriendships. You get great exercise on a forgiv-ing surface that isn’t too tough on the body. It’sgreat competition, with prizes and money forthe winners of tournaments. And you get a nicetan. It’s just a great way to spend a day!

Beach tennis around the world contin-ues to strive, and this year, the sport hasmade great strides to bring in more playersand has made the move closer to becom-ing an Olympic sport in the near future.

Now, as the 2011 Beach Tennis SummerSeason is approaching, this edition of “TheSandpit” will let you know all you need toknow about how to get involved with beachtennis in the New York area and nationwide.

Long Island Tennis Magazine ChallengeThis summer, Long Island Tennis Magazine willsponsor five Beach Tennis USA tournaments

in Long Beach, N.Y. Theseweekends are highly com-petitive, but also great fun.There are tournaments forsingles and doubles, as well

as for amateurs and pros. (Something foreveryone!) Each event will take place in LongBeach, N.Y. on the beach at the Allegria Hotel—National Boulevard and the Boardwalk. Therewill be courts available for Open Play even ontournament weekends, and paddles will beavailable at all times for rental if needed. Tour-naments may be added for other Long Islandlocations as well so check with www.beachten-nisusa.net and www.longislandtennis-magazine.com for more details.

Tournament datesThe pro draws of these tournaments will all beITF Grade III tournaments for ITF World Rank-ing points and BTUSA American Rankingpoints. The dates for the event are as follows:

� Saturday-Sunday, June 4-5� Saturday-Sunday, June 25-26� Saturday-Sunday, July 16-17� Saturday-Sunday, August 6-7� Saturday-Sunday, September 17-18

Pro draws$1,000 in prize money for each men’s dou-bles draw (a minimum 16 teams) and $500 inprize money for each women’s doubles draw(a minimum of eight teams). Both the Proand Amateur Draws will have various spon-sors donating prizes and trophies as well.

Schedule of play for each tournament� Saturdays: Pro Doubles and Amateur

Singles• Men’s Pro check-in at 9:00 a.m. and

play begins at 10:00 a.m.

• Women’s Pro check-in at 11:00 a.m.and play begins at noon

• Men’s and Women’s Amateur Singlescheck-in is at 2:00 p.m. and play be-gins at 3:00 p.m.

� Sundays: Pro Singles and Amateur Doubles� Sundays: Mixed-Doubles � Sundays: Junior Doubles (ages 14 and

Under)• Men’s and Women’s Amateurs 11:00

a.m. check-in 11:30 start for the first,third and fifth tournaments, and a 3:00p.m. check-in with a 3:30 p.m. start forthe second and fourth tournaments.

• Pro Singles check-in at 11:00 a.m.and play begins at noon.

• Open Mixed-Doubles check-in at 3:00p.m. and play begins at 4:00 p.m.

• Juniors (14 and under) check-in at11:00 a.m. with play beginning at noon.

Entry fees for tournaments� Men’s & Women’s Pros: $35 per player� Men’s & Women’s Pro Singles: $20 per

player� Men’s & Women’s Amateurs: $20 per

player� Men’s & Women’s Amateur Singles: $10

per player� Juniors: $10 per player� Open Mixed-Doubles: $20 per playerNote: Mixed-Doubles is open to players ofall ages and skill levels. You can play Mixed-Doubles for free if you register for any of theother divisions (Pros, Amateurs or Juniors).

Beach Tennis World ChampionshipsThe best players from all over the world willparticipate in the Beach Tennis World Cham-pionships, set for Thursday-Sunday, Aug.18-21 in Long Beach, N.Y. on the beach at

“The beauty of this sport isthat anybody can play it.The sand is a very forgivingsurface for weekend athletes

and seniors. The learning curve is reallyshort. Even beginners can pick up beachtennis in a few hours. This is why it’s soperfectly suited for recreational leagues.This game can also be played in yourbackyard on the grass.”—Jim Lorenzo, president of Beach TennisUSA and a resident of Long Beach, N.Y.


the Allegria Hotel—National Boulevard andthe Boardwalk. Countries represented willinclude Aruba, Belgium, Bermuda, Brazil,Czech Republic, France, Holland, Japan,Italy, St. Marteen, etc. Every night, therewill be activitiesduring and afterplay and the tour-nament concludeson Sunday with ahuge player party.This is a can’t missevent! This is an ITFGrade I Tournamentwith $10,000 in prize money for Pro Tourna-ment/Prizes for Amateur Tournament.

� Thursday, August 18 • Singles Tourna-ment (Pro and Amateur Levels)

� Friday, August 19 • Nation’s Cup Tour-nament (Team play as countries face offfor bragging rights)

� Saturday, August 20 • Doubles Tourna-ment Pool Play (Pro and Amateur Levels)

� Sunday August 21 • Doubles Tourna-ment Quarters/Semis/Finals and MixedDoubles Tournament (all levels)

League playTuesday, Wednesday and Thursday nightswill be beach tennis nights at the AllegriaHotel—National Boulevard and the Board-walk in Long Beach, N.Y. The league fee foran eight-week season will be $40. Leagueswill begin in June. Interested parties maysign up by contacting Lindsay LiMauro [email protected] or by calling(516) 328-0000.

Beach tennis clinics Beach tennis clinic will be held on Tues-day, Wednesday and Thursday nights atthe Allegria Hotel—National Boulevardand the Boardwalk in Long Beach, N.Y.and will be taught by licensed beach

tennis players. Interested parties maysign up by contacting Lindsay LiMauro [email protected] or by call-ing (516) 328-0000.

Open play Players will be getting together both onweekends and on weeknights. There willbe four beach tennis courts at the AllegriaHotel—National Boulevard and the Board-walk in Long Beach, N.Y. set up sevendays per week. To be put on an e-mailblast about specific organized open playtimes, you may contact Lindsay LiMauroat [email protected] or by call-ing (516) 328-0000. Groups do get to-gether regularly for organized open playand it’s free!

Paddle rentals and salesBTUSA’s retail store for paddles, net sys-tems and all beach tennis merchandise islocated at 1099 Tulip Av-enue in Franklin Square,N.Y., and they may bereached by phone at(516) 328-0000. Also, on-site at the court area inLong Beach, N.Y. will bea mini-store with paddlesavailable for rental andpurchase. Paddles willbe available for a $5 rental (if you decide topurchase a paddle, the $5 will be creditedtoward your purchase).

New this summer� Singles Play: Singles Tournaments are

becoming bigger around the world, andhere in the U.S., we are about to beginthe movement as well. Singles matchesare played with all the same rules, ex-cept the court size is 5m x 16m.

� A new location and permanent courts:With the courts now at the AllegriaHotel, attracting more players andspectators should be much easier. Also,

for those coming in from the city, thisnew location of permanent courts isclose to the Long Beach Train Station.

� On-site paddle rentals.

� Free beach passes: If you are playinga tournament at any level of competi-tion, access to the beach at LongBeach, N.Y. will be free of charge.

What is beach tennis?Introducing the hottest sport on sand:Beach tennis!Take the fun and fast-paced sport oftennis … combine it with the sun, seaand sand of the beach … and you havebeach tennis, the most electrifying newsport to hit the U.S. Beach tennismerges the worlds of tennis and beachvolleyball into one exciting sport. It canbe played both competitively and recre-ationally, and because it’s so simple toplay, it appeals to athletes and non-ath-letes of all ages.

RulesThe rules of beach tennis are similar tothose of regular tennis:� Scoring is 15-30-40 with no advantage;

at 40-40 (deuce) next point wins� In Mixed-Doubles, men serve under-

hand� Lets are in play

Tournaments around the countryBTUSA will be holding tournaments incities around the U.S. including, LongBeach, N.Y.; Miami, Fla.; McKinney,Texas; Buffalo, N.Y.; Chicago, Ill.; SanDiego, Calif.; Hermosa Beach, Calif.;Santa Barbara, Calif.; Santa Cruz, Calif.;and Honolulu, Hawaii. U.S. NationalChampionships will be held in Chicago onJuly 11. The top 16 teams in the countrywill be taking part.

“ The X Games of tennis hasarrived! I loved it from thevery first second I saw it.The beach way of life is the

only way of life.”—Murphy Jensen, French Open DoublesChampion


As the snow melts and the weather getswarmer, outdoor tennis makes its way backto Long Island. From the schools, to theparks, to the clubs, nothing can make youfeel more like a beginner than hitting thatfirst ball outside in a swirling wind after play-ing indoors all winter. Whereas the USTAAdult Leagues will mainly continue their in-door play, a well-established “niche” of out-door leagues will begin. This independentcircuit made up of hundreds of players whoplay at country clubs, tennis clubs andparks all over Long Island and they havewritten rules, grievance procedures andpresidents. They are as organized as theUSTA, have trophies and dinners for thewinners and the level of play is just as com-petitive. Whereas many of these rostersmay have players who overlap with USTAleagues, for many of these players, it will betheir only competitive tennis of the summer.

Better known as the “North Shore

Leagues” because many of the clubs arelocated on the North Shore of Long Islandor the “Country Club Leagues” becausemany of the matches are played at privateclubs, these independent leagues, includ-ing a Senior League, are split up by thedays of the week. There is a Tuesday nightleague, Wednesday night league and aThursday night league. Some nights havemore than one league. Starting the first orsecond week in May, matches will beginand run each week on the specified day ofthe week until the end of August when awinner will be crowned. League matchesstart between 5:30 p.m.-6:00 p.m. and aremade up of five Har-Tru doubles courts.There is no singles or hard court play. Theonly difference between the leagues are theclubs who participate, age requirements,scoring formats and the level of play. Themost competitive of the leagues are theTuesday and Wednesday Night Leagues.

The Tuesday Night League or NorthShore Men’s Tennis League (NSMTL) has10 teams with rosters sizes of up to 30players per team. The league is made upof three country clubs (Inwood, Engineersand Old Westbury), two tennis and poolclubs (Shelter Rock with two teams and Pi-quet Lane), one Park (Great Neck Park)and three traveling teams (Country Es-tates, South Shore and Woodbury). TheNSMTL has a nine-match schedule with aneight-team playoff structure.

Started in the mid-1980s, the TuesdayNight League has become a staple of summertennis on the Island. Steve Abbondondelo,who has been part of the league since itsinception and president of the league since1990, feels that the league, “Showcaseshigh quality levels of players without tak-ing away the spirit of recreational clubtennis.”

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over (each team is allowed one player over30 to play at one time), the teams are alsolimited to playing one teaching profes-sional over the age of 50 and one USTA-ranked 5.0 player at a time. The level ofplay ranges from 5.0-4.5 on Court One, to4.0-3.5 on Court Five.

Mitch Kessler, who is captain of lastyear’s winning team, South Shore, hasbeen playing in the league on Tuesdaynights for 18 years and is impressed withthe organization of the league and the op-portunities it provides his players.

“As a traveling team, many of our play-ers play our summer tennis indoors forUSTA or outdoors at parks and schools,”said Kessler. “The NSMTL allows us to playa high level of tennis as guests on beauti-ful club courts for a nominal price.”

Started in the mid-1970s, the Wednes-day Night League, which is formally calledthe Long Island Men’s Tennis League(LIMTL), is limited to players 35 years orolder and is made up mostly of 5.0 and 4.5Level players. This league differs from the

NSMTL in that there is no limit on theamount of 5.0 players or teaching profes-sionals over the age of 50. It is not uncom-mon to see many of the top courts onTuesday overlap into the Wednesday league.

“The Wednesday Night League (LIMTL)is the original true elite league on Long Is-land, and we are still going strong with ahigh level of play,” said Randy Coffee, whohas been president of the LIMTL for morethan 10 years.

Consisting of seven teams all withhome courts, the rosters are loaded withthe top teaching pros and amateurscoming from all parts of Long Island andNew York City. The teams are InwoodCountry Club (the only club from theSouth Shore), Shelter Rock, Piquet Lane,Great Neck Park, Cold Spring Valley,Bethpage (who plays their homematches at North Shore Towers) andWoodbury (who played their homematches last year at Crest Hollow Coun-try Club). Lionel Goldberg who hasplayed in both leagues for more than 13

years and is captain of the Inwood Coun-try Club team on Wednesday nights, mayhave said it best when asked whatmakes the weeknight leagues so alluring.

“Unlike the USTA where matches startlate, the start time of 6:00 p.m. allows forgreat camaraderie and dinners after thematches,” said Goldberg. “Sometimes, thedinners are more fun then the matches.”

The Wednesday League, which has itsown Web site with standings, matchscores and rosters, can be found atwww.limtl.com. �

Jonathan Klee is a partner at the Law Firmof Klee & Woolf LLP. He is the Long Islandrepresentative on the Eastern Adult LeagueGrievance Committee where he currentlyserves as chair. He also served on theUSTA National Adult League Committeewhich passed the above mentioned rulechanges. He is also Captain of the TuesdayNight Inwood Country Club team and playson their Wednesday night team. He may bereached by e-mail at [email protected].

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On the men’s side, the main issue forRafael Nadal has been his penchant for in-jury, especially with his knees. The goodnews for “The King of Clay” is that this tour-nament is played on his favorite surface,which also happens to be easier on thebody than a hard court surface. Nadalseems to be healthy heading into the clayseason. The bad news is that there issomeone by the name of Novak Djokoviclooming, who many consider to be the bestplayer in the world right now. Djokovic hasnever faired too well at Roland Garros, oron clay in general throughout his career, buthe has made strides every year, advancinga little further each time. He is playing at thetop of his game right now which is apparentafter his recent victories over Nadal at In-dian Wells and again at the Sony EricssonOpen in Key Biscayne, Fla. DespiteDjokovic’s recent success against Nadal, ahealthy Nadal would still be the slight fa-vorite due to the surface.

Two other favorites capable of hoisting theMuskateer’s Cup are Robin Soderling andTomas Berdych. Last year, Soderling lost inthe finals and Berdych lost in the semis. Bothare very strong clay court players and itwouldn’t surprise many to see either one inthe finals or even possibly winning the title.

Are we forgetting anyone? Oh right, thatother guy, Roger Federer. At this point in hiscareer, Roger will no longer be a favorite to winthis tournament. Clay has been his most chal-lenging surface and due to his age, and thefact that many players specialize on this sur-face, not many people are expecting him tomake a deep run this year. However, Federeris still playing at a high level, can beat anyoneon a given day and usually finds ways toprove people wrong. �

Michael Sarro may be reached by phone at(516) 409-4444, ext. 330 or [email protected].


Last year’s men’s final at the FrenchOpen saw Rafael Nadal breeze to his

fifth French Open title, defeating RobinSoderling, 6-4, 6-2, 6-4, in just over twohours of match play. On the women’s side,history was made as Francesca Schiavonebecame the first Italian woman ever to wina Grand Slam title with a 6-4, 7-6 (2) victoryover Samantha Stosur. From May 17-June5, the 110th edition of the tournament willbe held at Roland Garros in Paris, Francewith both defending champs trying to holdoff a field of eager and hungry competitors.

On the women’s side, the defendingchampion Schiavone comes into the tour-nament with the world’s number five rank-ing. In the 2010 Australian Open, despitehaving her best result at that Grand Slamevent, she lost in the quarterfinals to worldnumber one-ranked Caroline Wozniacki ina thrilling five hour match. Schiavone isstill playing the best tennis of her careerand seems poised to defend her title.

Trying to dethrone her is a long list ofwomen, including Wozniacki, the alwaysdangerous Maria Sharapova, and past

French Open winners Svetlana Kuznetsovaand Ana Ivanovic. Also expected to returnto the court after nursing various injuriesover the past few months are Venus andSerena Williams. It’ll be a test though forthe Williams Sisters as they will have toquickly shake off the rust in what will be awide open and tough draw. U.S. Openchampion Kim Clijsters, who was takingtime off to nurse a few injuries of her own,was slated to be included in the women’sfield, however a recent injury to her rightankle at a family wedding will likely keepher out of Roland Garros.

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On Sunday, March 6,Long Island Tennis Mag-

azine hosted the very successful 2nd AnnualLong Island Tennis Expo at Farmingdale State College. Morethan 1,500 attendees were on hand for the day-long event, asfamilies came in droves all day long to take part in the informa-tive seminars, visit with reps from the area’s top clubs and facil-ities, and shop for the latest tennis apparel from local retailersand manufacturers. A great time was had by all in the Expo Hall,featuring nearly 40 exhibitors and sponsors, and kids and adultsalike enjoyed the Center Court activity area where they testedthe speed of their serve, took part in QuickStart Tennis instruc-tion, and got a taste of the summer with a beach tennis demo

area, while also playing video games in the Dave & Busters KidsActivity Zone. Raffles and prizes were given out all day long aseverything from U.S. Open tickets, to sports memorabilia, to thelatest tennis apparel.

This event was completely free to the public and served as agreat way to grow tennis, while also bringing together the tenniscommunity for a common cause. The success of the Expo willhopefully springboard to continued success throughout the springand summer for tennis on Long Island.

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Scenes From the 2nd Annual Long Island

Tennis ExpoMarch 6 at Farmingdale State College

Photo credit: Kenneth B. Goldberg

Kids get a taste of beach tennis duringthe 2nd Annual Long Island TennisExpo

Steven Kaplan discussescollege tennis

Attendees enter the ExpoHall at Farmingdale StateCollege during the 2ndAnnual Long Island TennisExpo

Attendees playing video games in theDave & Busters Kids Activity Zone

Hannah Camhi, Ashley Sandler, Samantha Elgort,Josh Levine and Alex Tropiano took part in thepanel discussion on college tennis

Darrin Cohen, Joe Arias, Bea Bielikand Whitney Kraft, panelists in thediscussion on collegiate tennis

Jay Wass of Sportime (right)assists an attendee at thespeed serve booth during theLong Island Tennis Expo

Megan Graceffo of AgeFocus chatswith an attendee on the expo floor

A great time was had byall at the 2nd Annual

Long Island Tennis Expo

Approximately 1,500 attendees were on handfor the 2nd Annual Long Island Tennis Expo

Ed Krass explains whatcollege coaches are lookingfor in juniors during thepanel discussion

Past President Scott Axler, NassauDistrict Delegate Sunny Fishkind andGrievance Committee Chair EdWolfarth represent the USTA/Eastern-Long Island Region at the 2nd AnnualLong Island Tennis Expo


Usually, when I sit down towrite, I follow two simple

rules: Write what you know(suggested by a pretty goodwriter, Ernest Hemmingway)and “Never marry your first

date or your first draft” (source unknown, butgood advice on both accounts). This is differ-ent. This is difficult.

John Lennon once said that “Life is whathappens while you are making otherplans.” It has been 15 years since I metScott Lipsky. During this time, we havetraveled two very different, but intertwinedpaths. It is astounding to me how quicklythe years have passed, and how a boy be-came a man and a coach became a friend.I write this with a mixture of pride, nostal-gia and wonder. John Lennon was right.

Fifteen years ago, I was a high school coachat John F. Kennedy High School in Bellmore,N.Y. One day, a player came out and, likeMoses at the Red Sea, “parted the waters.”

“Put him on the first court,” the kids

said. “Why? He’s a freshman.” I said.“He’s ranked nationally and internation-

ally,” the kids shot back.“Oh, well, someone has to challenge

him for the first court,” I said.“I will,” said Sean Worth, a talented

player and a great personality. Afterward, Iasked how he did. “If you added up all mypoints,” Worth said, “I did not get a game”

I had met Scott Lipsky.Tennis, largely a solo sport, can create

oversized egos. Everyone is the nextWilliams, Sampras, Lendl or Connors—choose your hero. Scott’s family were well-grounded and realistic people. His mother,Gail, said to me that it wasn’t about Scott’sability. She wanted him to have a “normal”high school experience. After all, he did nothave a cape with a giant “S” hidden underhis tennis shirt. Along with all that talent,there was a 15-year-old adolescent, withthe same anxieties that anyone has at thatage. There were exceptions—I would ex-cuse Scott from practice because he was

taking lessons from people who had theability to improve his game.

Later on, when people would say “YOUcoached Scott Lipsky?” I would say, “No,I opened the can of balls so he would notcut his finger before playing.”

I didn’t realize that I was coaching, butin a different arena. My parents had taughtme, sometimes at the school of hardknocks, that it was important to be au-thentic, to do the right thing, to admit yourmistakes and to be proud of your achieve-ments. In this respect, I was reinforcingexactly what Mark and Gail Lipsky taughtScott. I was proud of his victories, sufferedthrough his matches, (though not as muchas his mom), and before you knew it, I waswriting letters of recommendation for col-lege applications.

During this time, Scott had won the NewYork State Doubles Championships, was a

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finalist in the State Singles Championshipand spent much of his junior year playing intournaments. He sent his homework toschool through the Internet and met his aca-demic obligations, as well as his athletic re-sponsibilities. He was rising in the ranks of thetennis community, at the same time, maturinginto someone we were all proud of. When heattended Stanford, it was a special accolade,because it was a perfect fit. He was a scholarathlete. I used to tease him and say that wemade a good team, I never shut up and hewas stingy with words. I retired from teach-ing and followed his career on the Internet.We corresponded occasionally.

No life is immune to tragedy. Scott lost hisfather in his freshman year of college. WhenI was growing up, my uncle played a crucialrole; he was the adult I could talk to when Icould not deal with my father. I would bethere for Scott if he needed someone to talkto. After all, he had been there for me. Scottcame out for tennis in his senior year. It wasso unusual for an athlete of his stature to doso that Newsday wrote a story about it. Scottwas a stand up guy. We drove to Athens, Ga.to see him in the NCAAs. No longer ateenager, he was a young man.

After a very successful collegiate career,Scott and his doubles partner, David Martin,turned professional. Tennis is brutal on self-esteem. You are out there alone, wearingshort pants and facing people with as muchdesire, skill and as many dreams as you havehad since you have been eight-years-old.Your record is only as good as your next fore-hand. You are only as good as your secondserve, your first volley and someone in “who-knows-where” Eastern Europe is practicingagainst a backboard right now. What hap-pens if he is not a success?

I knew the feeling, but for me it was themusic business, not sports. In college, Iwas in a group that had landed a recordingcontract, appeared in the “showcase”clubs in Manhattan, and thought that everymorning would bring stardom, or at leastan appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show.It never happened. When one door closes,another opens, and becoming a historyteacher more than fulfilled my life.

Scott started out in the trenches, play-ing the “Futures” circuit. After a victory, wedrove him to the airport. In his 20s, he wasalready learning to hate airplanes. He waslearning his trade.

The next level wasthe Challengers. This isthe equivalent of AAAball in the MajorLeagues. It is notglamorous. You arenot Roger Federer,the accommodationsare minimal, and thebest thing about it, ifyou get past it, is thestories you can tellyour friends. Roomsthat have insectsthe size of ponies,line calls that

would make a blind personblush, and all the while, you hope for a breakthrough and an ATP match. I kept track of thescores, e-mailed encouragement, and all thewhile, reminded him that while his tennis wasgreat, his character was greater. All of his ad-mirers, his family and friends, all respectedhim for who he was, not what he did. I was asproud as an honorary uncle could be.

When he won his first title, we all were ec-static he had made it. No more what ifs, onlyhow many mores. As a testament to Scott’scharacter, the Bryan Brothers were in BocaRaton, Fla. playing an exhibition match. After-wards, I spoke with Bob Bryan, saying that weknew someone in common. “You know Lips?”he said. “Here, let me sign your cap.” Theyears rolled by, with increasing speed. Therewere victories and defeats and sushi dinnerswhen he was in town. In the blink of an eye,we received an invitation to Scott’s wedding.

I met Marie when Scott was playing atthe U.S. Open. “This is my girlfriend,” Scottsaid. He is the master of understatement.We flew to California this past summer forthe ceremony. When we arrived, I left amessage for Gail that we were here. Shecalled back and said, “When the usher es-corts you and Joan to be seated, tell himyou are family and that you are sitting withus.” There will never be a more movingmoment in my life, if I live to be a hundred.

A month ago, Scott and his doubles part-ner, Rajeev Ram, played in the ATP tourna-ment at Delray Beach, Fla. They made it tothe finals and several longtime family friendswere there to cheer him on. When they won,we all cheered as if it was the most importantmatch that had ever been played, and, as faras we were concerned, it was. If you live longenough, your life becomes a story. This hasbeen one of the better stories in mine. �

Alan Fleischman has been a devoted fan oftennis since 1969. He won the Town ofHempstead tennis tournament at New-bridge Road Park in 1972 and was runner-up in 1974. He worked as an assistant tothe tennis professional in the summer pro-gram at Lutheran High School in the early1970s. While teaching social studies atJohn F. Kennedy High School in Bellmore,N.Y., he was fortunate to have coachedsome talented players, but more impor-tantly, some wonderful young men andwomen during his last seven years at theschool. He may be reached by e-mail [email protected].

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regional or section championship play-off should more than one team qualify toadvance. The declaration should bemade by (1) filing a Player Intent Formwith the Eastern Section Office prior tothe playing of the teams last local leaguematch or (2) will be made once theplayer plays a local league playoff orarea, district, regional or section cham-pionship playoff match and will remainin effect for as long as that team ad-vances. If a player declares for a teamand that team is eliminated, the player isthen eligible to re-select and play for adifferent team as long as they meet eli-gibility requirements for that team. Theywill continue with that team as long asthat team advances. All matches played

As the Mixed-Doubles League is windingdown with playoffs about to begin, we aregearing up for the summer Adult, Seniorand Super Senior Leagues which beginMonday, May 16 with a record 286 teamsthis year. Captains can add players totheir teams until Wednesday, June 15, soif anyone is looking for a team, it’s not toolate! E-mail me at [email protected] your level and location, and we willdo our best to get you placed on a team.

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by an ineligible player will be scored asa default. An ineligible player is a playerwho has declared for a team and thenplays a match for a different team priorto their original team being eliminated.However, a player who plays localleague playoff matches in a region withmultiple districts/areas at the same levelwith different league ending dates willdeclare the region they will represent atthe time of local league playoffs. Once aplayer plays a local league playoff matchin one region s/he may not play a playoffmatch in a different region until the teamthey played a local playoff match for hasbeen eliminated.

We are planning on a pilot program inAugust for mixed-doubles. Instead of com-binations of 6.0, 7.0, etc, it will be combi-nations of 6.5 (a 3.5 & 3.0); 7.5 (a 4.0 & 3.5);8.5 (a 4.5 & 4.0); and 9.5 (a 5.0 & 4.5). The

league will play weeknights during themonth of August and will be three courts ofmixed-doubles.

In September, once we have the earlystart ratings, we will run the Tri-LevelLeague, which will play from the begin-ning of October to mid-December. TheTri-Level League consists of three courtsof women’s or men’s doubles. One courtis at the 3.5 Level, one at the 4.0 Leveland the final court at the 4.5 Level.There is a Section Championship in Jan-uary with the winning team advancing tothe National Championship at IndianWells, Calif. at the end of March duringthe pro tournament. The Tri-LevelLeague is a great way for friends of dif-fering levels to be able to share the“team” experience.

Lastly is the Mixed-Doubles Leaguewhich is based on the final computer rat-ings that are available the end of Novem-

ber. The Mixed League runs from Januaryto May with the Section Championship inJune and the National Championship thefollowing fall.

If you are interested in any of the aboveprograms, please e-mail [email protected] we will either help you get your ownteam started or help find you a spot on anexisting team. I am looking forward to themixed-doubles playoffs during the next cou-ple of weeks and wish our winning teamsluck at the Section Championships in Al-bany, N.Y. the weekend of June 3.

I am also looking forward to a success-ful summer of league tennis and everyoneremembering to show sportsmanship andfairness to all opponents! �

Kathy Miller is the manager at CarefreeRacquet Club and is also the Adult LeagueCoordinator for USTA/Long Island. Shemay be reached at [email protected].

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Your child … a future tennis star?America is searching for that next big tennis star and it could beyour child! With the growing popularity of QuickStart Tennis foryoung children, the USTA encourages children 10 years of age andunder to pick up a racket and get out on the court in 2011. Visitwww.10andundertennis.com to find out how to have your childjoin the thousands of others who are learning to play tennis theright way. Then, visit www.longisland.usta.org, click on “Places toLearn Tennis on Long Island,” and call your local pro and askabout QuickStart or 10-and-Under Tennis programs.

Tennis robot experiences wheelchair tennisSixth grade Girl ScoutLego Robotics Team“Merrick Masters J” vis-ited Hempstead LakeIndoor Tennis in WestHempstead with theirrobot, Tobor, to experi-

ence wheelchair tennis. USTA/Eastern-Long Island Region PresidentDaniel Burgess, director of tennis at Hempstead Lake Indoor Tennis,ran the program, which was part of the First Lego League (FLL) chal-lenge preparation. The girls are part of a Lego robotics project spon-sored by the Girl Scouts of Nassau County. This year’s FLL theme forthe competition is the world of biomedical engineering. The team isworking to design a concept design for adaptive tennis equipmentfor those who have limited abilities with their hands. Daniel providedthe girls with an introduction to wheelchair tennis and the things toconsider in order to turn a disability into an ability and improve thequality of life through recreational tennis.

As part of their research, the team also video chatted throughSkype with Marie Vanasse, a biomedical engineer graduate, pros-thetic engineer and tennis pro who works with First Volley, an or-ganization created for amputees, orthosis wearers and those with

physical challenges who wish to enjoy the game of tennis, butchoose not to sit in a wheelchair to do so. First Volley organizestennis clinics through the OPAF Organization (Orthotic and Pros-thetic Assistance Fund Inc.) to provide a sense of accomplish-ment, pride and enjoyment for those who participate. The teamhopes to use their research to develop a tennis racket for some-one who uses a prosthetic device or has limited or no grip strengthin their hand so they can enjoy the game of tennis.

Lego team wins competition and grantA team of third graders fromOld Mill Road School andCamp Avenue School, both inMerrick, N.Y., recently com-peted at the Junior First LegoLeague. The team, namedMerrick Connection, won the

Reviewer’s Award for overall excellence in their project and model. Mer-rick Connection created an AED (Automated External Defibrillator) solelyout of Legos. The team also won a grant from the USTA to encourageand support tennis clubs to maintain an AED on-site to help save lives.

Club owners learn marketing techniquesThe USTA/Eastern-Long Island Region has launched a series of clubowner workshops in February with a session focusing on cooperativeadvertising initiatives and search engine optimization (SEO). CalledLITE, or the “Long Island Tennis Exchange,” the workshop seriesbrings together Nassau and Suffolk club owners to help them im-prove their businesses by working together towards common goals.

“The program was extremely informative and well-run,” said KathyMiller, manager of Carefree Racquet and Health Club in Merrick, N.Y.and USTA/Eastern-Long Island Region adult league coordinator. “Ad-vertising and being seen on the Internet is a whole new concept forme. I was happy when I left the meeting since I felt that I really learnedsomething and have since tried implementing what I learned.”

The second meeting, scheduled in April, focused on cooperativeadvertising. Both meetings were hosted by the United Way of LongIsland. Meetings are scheduled for two hours and include lunch.

“We created LITE as an added-value benefit to our club ownermembers and look forward to providing dynamic speakers and in-formational sessions that will help expand the game of tennis onLong Island,” said Daniel Burgess, president of the USTA/Eastern-Long Island Region. “The purpose of these meetings is to come to-gether as a collective group to leverage our relationships to growtennis through several new and exciting capacity-building initiatives.”

For more information on LITE, contact Daniel Burgess by e-mailat [email protected] or call (516) 343-3597.

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Coming off an outstand-ing 2010 campaign in

which they advanced to theWorld TeamTennis Finals, the

New York Sportimes have announced their2011 schedule, with seven home matches inJuly, including five at Sportime Randall’s IslandTennis Center in Manhattan and two at SEFCUArena at the University of Albany. SportimesMarquee Players John McEnroe, Martina Hingis and Kim Clijsterswill compete in several matches, while visiting teams’ stars whowill visit the Big Apple this summer will include Anna Kournikova,Jimmy Connors, Lindsay Davenport, and Bob & Mike Bryan.

Hingis, who competed last year for the Albany, N.Y.-basedNew York Buzz, is scheduled for all seven home dates, be-ginning with the Sportimes’ home opener against Boston onRandall’s Island on Wednesday, July 6. McEnroe will play inhome matches on Thursday, July 14 versus Philadelphia, andFriday, July 15 versus Springfield, both at Sportime Stadium,while Clijsters will play on Tuesday, July 19 against Washing-ton in Albany, and Wednesday, July 20 versus Washington atSportime Stadium.

The schedule also includes a home date at Sportime Stadiumversus St. Louis on Monday, July 11, which features Hingisplaying for the Sportimes, and both Kournikova and Davenportplaying for the Aces, as well as a match with Kansas City onMonday, July 18, featuring the Bryan Brothers in Albany. OnJuly 14 at Sportime Stadium, a battle of legends will take placewhen Jimmy Connors comes to Randall’s Island to face JohnMcEnroe.

Home matches at Sportime Stadium begin at 7:00 p.m., withthe exception of the Friday July 15 match, which will begin at 4:00p.m., while first serve for the events in Albany, N.Y. is 7:30 p.m.

“Our schedule is outstanding as it will feature a season of num-ber ones,” said Sportimes General Manager John Dato. “McEnroe,Clijsters and Hingis have been number one in the world, as well asvisiting players Davenport, Connors, Kournikova (in doubles withHingis) and the Bryan Brothers. With at least one marquee player–and often more–on each date, we know that Sportimes fans arelooking forward to another great season.”

The Sportimes won the WTT Eastern Conference title last yearwith a 9-5 record and won their semifinal match against Boston

before falling in the 2010 WTT Finals toKansas City.

Long Island Tennis Magazine will be at allhome matches supporting the Sportimes andwe hope the Long Island community will takeadvantage of this rare look at the stars upclose.

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Kim ClijstersThis season, the current number two-rankedwomen’s player in the world Kim Clijsters will dona New York Sportimes jersey. The reigning U.S.Open Champion became the first mother to win aGrand Slam in over 25 years in 2009. In addition toher brilliant singles career, Kim has also has wondoubles titles at the French Open and Wimbledon.

Martina HingisThe Sportimes boast three former number one play-ers, John McEnroe, Kim Clijsters and Martina Hingis.Hingis returns to the Sportimes in 2011 after winningthe WTT Championship with them in 2005. Hingishas won five Grand Slam singles titles and nine dou-bles titles. In 1998, she became the fourth woman intennis history to win all four Grand Slams in the same

calendar year. She is also one of only five players in WTA history to si-multaneously be ranked number one in singles and doubles.

Robert KendrickThe year 2011 will be Robert Kendrick’s fifth sea-son playing for the Sportimes. He was a memberof the Sportimes 2005 WTT Championship team.His career high singles ranking is 69. Kendrickhas wins over many of the world’s top players,and is a former All-American at both the Univer-sity of Washington and Pepperdine University.


John McEnroeLong Island’s own John McEnroe will be backwith the Sportimes this summer. This will beJohnnie Mac’s 10th season with his hometownteam the Sportimes. John won seven GrandSlam singles titles and 10 doubles titles in his ca-reer. After a long and stellar career, he was in-ducted into the ITF Hall of Fame in 1999.

Katie O’BrienThis season will mark the first WTT season forKatie O’Brien, a young, up and coming playerfrom Beverly, England. She is a former Britishnumber one-ranked singles player and has a ca-reer high ranking of 84th. Since turning pro in2004, Katie has four ITF singles and two ITF dou-bles titles in her career.

Jesse WittenParticipating in his fifth season with the New YorkSportimes, Jesse Witten is now a seasoned vet-eran of World TeamTennis. His career high sin-gles ranking is 163rd and his best performancein a Grand Slam came in 2009 where he lost toNovak Djokovic in the third round. Last year, hequalified for both Wimbledon and the French

Open. Jesse is a former All-American with the University of Ken-tucky.

2011 WTT rosters

Boston LobstersCoach: Bud SchultzJames Blake, John Isner, Coco Vandeweghe,Jan-Michael Gambill, Eric Butorac andMashona Washington

Kansas City ExplorersCoach: Brent HaygarthBob Bryan, Mike Bryan, Alex Kuznetsov, KvetaPeschke, Ricardo Mello and Madison Brengle

Newport Beach BreakersCoach: Trevor KronemannPete Sampras, Anne Keothavong, Lester Cook,Travis Rettenmeier and Marie-Eve Pelletier

Philadelphia FreedomsCoach: Pascal CollardMelanie Oudin, Lisa Raymond, Beatrice Capra,Brendan Evans and Nathan Healey

Sacramento CapitalsCoach: Wayne BryanMardy Fish, Vania King, Mark Knowles, DusanVemic and Yasmin Schnack

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St. Louis AcesCoach: Rick LeachLindsay Davenport, Anna Kournikova, MarkPhilippoussis, Liezel Huber, Jean-Julien Rojerand Roman Borvanov

Washington KastlesCoach: Murphy JensenSerena Williams, Venus Williams, Sam Querrey,Arina Rodionova, Leander Paes, BobbyReynolds and Rennae Stubbs

Date Opponent Marquee Players CourtWednesday, July 06 Boston Lobsters Martina Hingis (Sportimes) Sportime Stadium at Randall’s Island

Monday, July 11 St. Louis Aces Anna Kournikova & Lindsay Davenport (Lasers) Sportime Stadium at Randall’s Islandand Martina Hingis (Sportimes)

Thursday, July 14 Philadelphia Freedoms Jimmy Connors (Freedoms) and John McEnroe Sportime Stadium at Randall’s Island& Martina Hingis (Sportimes)

Friday, July 15 Springfield Lasers John McEnroe & Martina Hingis (Sportimes) Sportime Stadium at Randall’s Island

Monday, July 18 Kansas City Explorers Bob & Mike Bryan (Explorers) and SEFCU Arena at University of AlbanyMartina Hingis (Sportimes)

Tuesday, July 19 Washington Kastles Kim Clijsters & Martina Hingis (Sportimes) SEFCU Arena at University of Albany

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“The greatest homage wecan pay to truth is to use it.”—Emerson (Ralph Waldonot Roy)

The net height on the cen-ter of a tennis court is three

feet from the ground and slightly highernear the sideline. Cross-court shots aretherefore safer because the net is lower inthe middle, right? Not so fast.

While the net is lower in the center, it is alsofurther away than the sideline net as anyonewho was awake in high school geometryknows. The further distance that the ball trav-els to reach the cross-court net offsets itslower height to create a near identical accept-ance angle as down the line. If the net were a

consistent height, then cross-court shotswould actually need to be hit higher andsteeper than the down the lines in order toclear the net. Cross-court shots are safer thandown the lines for a different reason; the courtis longer. Do not take my word for it, do someresearch and find out for yourself.

It is important to recognize that players arebombarded with conflicting information all thetime about stroke mechanics, tactics, mentalpreparedness and physical training. The man-agement of which information to accept or re-ject is each players’ responsibility. I suggeststudents listen carefully to what is said and ob-serve critically, what is seen in the following way:

� First, consider the logic of the informa-tion to evaluate if it makes sense and

reinforces or conflicts with what youknow of the world.

� Next, analyze the top players in theworld. Slow motion and stop-actionvideos are readily available on the In-ternet. Players can use this tool as alearning resource to compare the con-sistency of their instruction with themainstream fundamentals of the bestplayers.

� Finally, evaluate the suitability of infor-mation as it applies to your game. Un-conventional information might uniquelywork for you. Caution and patienceneed to be applied here, however. If theadvice doesn’t hold up under thescrutiny of the first two tests, it is prob-ably unsound even if it appears to worknow.

There will always be many opinions inany area and everyone is entitled to holdtheir own. All opinions, however, are notformed from the same expertise and ex-perience and do not hold the equivalentusefulness. Since we have a limited ca-pacity for information, it is important tofilter wisely in order to make soundchoices.

Tennis players need to participate in theirlearning process to learn self-reliance onand off the tennis court. �

Steve Kaplan is the owner of BethpagePark Tennis Center, as well as the directorof Reebok Academy for New York CityParks Foundation. Over the last 33 years,Steve has been the longtime coach of morethan 500 nationally-ranked junior players,14 state high school champions, twoNCAA Division 1 Singles Champions, andnumerous touring professionals and promi-nent coaches. Steve’s students have beenawarded in excess of $7 million in collegescholarship money. He may be reached bye-mail at [email protected].

Self-Reliance By Steve Kaplan

Glen Head, N.Y.-based North Shore CountryClub has announced the hiring of Spike Gurneyas director of tennis. Gurney comes to North Shorewith impressive credentials, having served as director of tennis at PalmBeach Country Club in Palm Beach, Fla. for the past 17 years and hasalso worked at Brae Burn Country Club in Purchase, N.Y. for manyyears. Gurney has held sectional and national rankings in singles and

doubles with more than 70 doubles titles. He received national recognition as NationalUSPTA Pro of the Year, but is best known for his teaching of the game of tennis.

North Shore Country Club has always been known as a “Golf Club With Tennis.”Donald Zucker, owner of North Shore Country Club, believes that tennis, along withfitness and the pool memberships, offer the surrounding community a great op-portunity for active families to enjoy the sport of tennis in a country club atmos-phere. North Shore has six clay courts and a fully-stocked tennis pro shop.

“We plan to emphasize membership services, cardio tennis, social events andextensive lesson program for ladies, men and juniors,” said Gurney.

Ladies and men’s teams will be participating in informal inter-club league matches.Tennis is a popular sport in Nassau County and Gurney believes that with a renewedcommitment to tennis, it will enhance the overall activity of North Shore Country Club.

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We all know that matchingthe correct equipment withthe correct player is crucialin a technical sport like tennis.You can walk down the aisleof a sports store and see

hundreds of rackets on one side and onlyfour different basketballs on the other. Itseems excessive, but there is a reason forevery variety of tennis racket. With such amassive selection, which will win the battleand be the best suited for you? Here aresome tips for picking a grip, which is a fun-damental piece of equipment that is oftenoverlooked.

Round 1: Leather vs. cushionLeather grips were the only grips used ontennis rackets for many years, and al-though not much has progressed on thistechnology, there are benefits to usingleather grips. Leather is stronger, heavierand natural in composition. Accordingly,you can feel the shape with all the bevels(panels) becoming very pronounced to findyour grip easily. The strength creates

longer durability, the weight adds a distinc-tive feel which some players appreciate,and the material tends to be more ab-sorbent, thus prolonging the time before itbecomes slippery.

Cushion grips were introduced later onas a softer alternative. There is more cush-ioning, as the name obviously states, soone gets a softer feel that is more forgiving.This also reduces shock and vibrationspassed to the elbow, as well as lesseningblisters. There is a huge array in this stylewith different colors, textures, thicknesses,etc. Like cars, the choice in racket grips be-comes a preference of comfort versus per-formance.

Round 2: Tacky overgrips vs.absorbing overgripsOvergrips are very thin grips placed on topof a racket’s existing grip. They are easierto change, cheaper to buy, but are lessdurable. When the torque of shots causesthe racket to twist and turn in your hand,you can quickly add and/or switch over-grips to fix this issue.

Tacky overgrips are for players withdrier hands where the grip’s stickinessadds traction. Absorbing overgrips arefor players who have sweaty palms.These players require a spongy materialto counter their sweat and maintain theirgrip. Some players even use tacky over-grips when indoors, and change to ab-sorbing overgrips when playing in hotand humid conditions.

Round 3: Self-installation vs.pro installation This is more of a no-contest when itcomes to grips because most players arenot seasoned enough to install a grip.Sure, anyone can throw a grip over thehandle, but a grip technician can make itperform for you. I personally invite all ofyou to come feel the difference. When agrip is properly installed you get severalbenefits.

First, the grip goes completely to thebottom to reduce blisters and calluses.Brand new rackets that are factory

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gripped do not do this. Second, you get asmoother surface that doesn’t havegrooves (unless you specifically request it),holes, etc. Those very imperfections re-duce friction and are a nuisance. Third, thegrip is appropriately finished at the top. Iconstantly see nightmare grip jobs whereplayers continue the grip all the way up thethroat without trimming it to size. Fourth,most tennis shops don’t even charge toprofessionally install grips, so you havenothing to lose!

Round 4: Lefty vs. rightyDid you know that you must grip a racketdifferently for a right-handed player anda left-handed player? Whether a gripwraps clockwise or counter-clockwise af-fects how your hand and fingers fit withthe tread of the grip. Most rackets aremanufactured righty, but can be adjusted

for a lefty. There is even a way to grip fora one-handed backhand or two-handedbackhand.

Round 5: Small vs. largeThe game of tennis is constantly evolvingand the grip of a racket is no different. Asplayers evolve from continental to east-ern to western; grip size aids techniquefor those very grips. Generally, thesmaller the grip size, the more the playercan hit topspin and have extreme grips.If you like to flatten out your shots, move

to a larger grip size. A bigger grip canalso ease tennis elbow.

So what is the winning combination foryou? There is no exact answer, but beingknowledgeable and picking appropriatelymakes a colossal difference. Don’t just getyour equipment online and lose out oncatering your equipment to you. Get a gripon your game and feel the difference. �

Roman Prokes has perfected his art of grip-ping by traveling with the most finicky playerslike Agassi, Haas, Sharapova, Berdych, etc.He has traveled the world over not only tostring rackets, but to also put on customizedgrips. He has produced several grips whichare world-renowned, like RPNY ArtificialLeather, RPNY Tacky and RPNY CushionPerforated. For more information, call (516)759-5200 or visit www.RPNYtennis.com.

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“Sure, anyone can throw a gripover the handle, but a grip

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By Tom Ferraro, Ph.D.

The spoiled child will always grow intothe athlete who gives up and throws inthe towel at the first sign of pressure oradversity. Here is why. A child who isgiven everything he or she asks fornever learns the important psychologi-

cal skills of patience, perseverance anddetermination. Since they never learneddelay of gratification, when faced withpressure, they will fold right away. Butdon’t blame the child since they simplydo not have the skill set to stay focusedand strong. This is usually the point whenthey are brought to the sport psycholo-

gist’s office where we face the dauntingtask of teaching “the will to win.”

Teaching the “will to win”When your child asks for something, get

into the habitof saying “no.”You must teachthem that theymust earn whatthey want. Ifthey want anew jacket, say“Okay, but you

must take out the garbage every week forthree months to get it.” Or, if they areyounger and want a new racket say “Okay,but you need to get all A’s or B’s this se-mester in school.” It is never too early totrain them that they must earn what theywant. Do that and you will begin to teachthem all about the will to win at tennis andat life.

For consultations, treat-ment or on-site visits,contact Dr. Tom FerraroPh.D., sport psycholo-gist, by phone at (516)248-7189, [email protected] visit www.drtomfer-raro.com.

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Grand Slam Tennis214 Commack Road • Commack, N.Y.(631) 499-6444

What are specialty stores? Specialty storesare a place to go and receive extensive,dedicated and welcoming services that donot include the click of a mouse.

Jim Donnelly has been a proud ownerand operator of Tennis

Emporium & Grand Slam Tennis for more than34 years. Grand Slam Tennis opened in 1986,after the birth of Jim’s youngest son Chase,who currently manages the store. Jim and histhree sons (Jes, Ian and Chase) have workedthe business for the past 15 years and havereached out to service Long Island and thetennis community. With the help of Jim’s sonChase managing Grand Slam, Jim has had theopportunity to reach out and expand his interest in growing the

game by creating the Suf-folk County District USTAin conjunction with JoeArias and the SuffolkCounty Junior TennisLeague (SCJTL).

Grand Slam Tennis is notjust a tennis specialty store; it

is a welcoming environment to any tennis player, whether you’re arecreational, club or tournament level player. Their services provide anarray of different possibilities: tennis racquet, badminton, squash andracquetball restringing, tennis attire (women’s, men’s and children’s),tennis tutor ball machines(sales, services and trials),tennis nets, ball hoppers,tennis bags, tennis rac-quet sales, tennis sneak-ers (Nike, Babolat, Adidas,Head, Prince), acces-sories, and a whole lotmore. Grand Slam Tennis

is 1,800-sq.-ft. of tennis equipment, with one side dedicated to tennisattire, and the other to tennis racquets, sneakers, and five stringing ma-chines.

Your experience at Grand Slam Tennis is guaranteed to be dif-ferent from any other store. The staff is very experienced, knowl-edgeable and willing to help. When looking to buy a tennis racquetor ball machine, you are able to demo the equipment through theGrand Slam demo program. The demo program is geared towardthe player, and is based on your feedback; therefore, you can beguided in the right direction in purchasing the right racquet for you.At the point of purchase, all of your information (name, phone num-ber, address, racquet, grip size, string and tension) is stored in thecomputer database for future reference. See you on the court!

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Babolat, Bolle, Duc, Head,FILA, K-Swiss, Prince andYonex, among others. MDTennis also offers a deliveryservice! For more information,contact Marcus Donohue byphone at (631) 898-0200 or e-mail [email protected].

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Solow Sports10 W Neck Road • Huntington, N.Y.(631) 629-4940 • www.solowsports.com

In 2005, Derek Hsiangwatched 35-year-oldAndre Agassi miracu-

lously grind through his U.S. Open draw and push Roger Federerto the limit for the first three sets of the final. Immediately, Derekcaught the tennis bug, and over the next year-and-a-half, he com-mitted to ditching corporate life to pursue his passion project:Opening up a tennis retail business.

Along the way, Derek partnered with Doris Maffia, general man-ager of Tennisport in Long Island City. In June 2007, they launchedThe Tennis Store, an online tennis specialty retail site. Derek ran allthe online operations from his bedroom, and Doris processed ordersfrom Tennisport’s pro shop. Things went well until July 2009, whenTennisport’s land was taken through eminent domain.

With The Tennis Storestranded, Derek and Dorisscrambled to find a new homefor the business. Within twomonths, the Tennis Store wasreincarnated as Solow Sportsat its new location in Hunting-ton Village, N.Y. Why SolowSports? Although it’s primarilya tennis store, Derek andDoris are gradually expandingit to carry an assortment of non-team, or “solo” sports, all at prices“so low” that you’ll have to see them for yourself.

To this day, Derek’s tennis obsession still runs strong. He lovesto meet new customers and plays tennis with them whenever hegets a chance. Doris brings 30 years of experience and connec-tions in the tennis industry. Her daughter, Doris Rose Piazza bringsa high level of enthusiasm and energy that rubs off on everyonethat walks into the store. And Doris’s sister, Marilu Vega, is the res-ident stringer on the premises.

Solow Sports, open Monday-Saturday from 9:00 a.m.-8:00p.m. and Sunday from 11:00a.m.-6:00 p.m., offers a full line of

tennis racquets, paddles, bags, accessories, apparel and footwearfrom all the major brands. And they’re all available online atwww.solowsports.com. Additionally, they offer the following services:

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Topspin Tennis & Fit-ness is NassauCounty’s top tennisspecialty shop. Top-

spin moved to its new state-of-the-art location two yearsago, now centrally located at 218 Jericho Turnpike in Syos-set, N.Y. directly across from Syosset Hospital.

Known as the home of “Clothes for the Pros,” Topspin hasbeen serving LongIsland tennis prosand players withequipment andthe top fashion inthe sport for morethan 30 years.Topspin’s staff isknown for its ex-pertise and high-quality service. You will find all the premier tennis brands ofequipment, apparel and shoes at Topspin for the whole family,including Nike, Adidas, K-Swiss, Asics, Babolat, Wilson,Head, Prince and many more. Top spin carries the actual out-

fits and footwear wornat the U.S. Open andother major events byRafael Nadal and RogerFederer.

Topspin carries a fullline of fitness and work-out apparel, and runningshoes, so you can gofrom the court to the gymin style. Their racket wallcontains a large selectionof frames, bags and ac-

cessories at great prices. Your racket can be strung while youwait by Topspin’s professional staff.

Ask any tennis enthusiast on Long Island and odds are theywill be familiar with Topspin Tennis & Fitness. Topspin is a greatdestination for tennis and Father’s Day gifts as well. Topspin’sstaff will ensure that, with the right equipment, you will reachyour highest potential as a player and just as importantly, withthe right fash-ion, will lookgreat too!


For the first time ever, the finals of Wim-bledon will this year be filmed in 3D

and screened live in High Definition 3D to3D capable cinemas around the world. Thelive 3D production, in partnership with theWimbledon host broadcaster the BBC, willalso be offered to interested global broad-casters.

Sony and The All England Lawn TennisClub have announced their official supplierpartnership to bring Wimbledon in 3D tosuitably equipped cinemas around theworld, offering the perfect opportunity forfans to experience the Championships likenever before in a completely new environ-ment, while retaining all the excitementand atmosphere of the famous CentreCourt.

“Wimbledon is renowned for its her-itage and sense of tradition. At the sametime we are always looking for ways toimprove the presentation of The Champi-onships by successfully blending that tra-

dition with innovation,” said Ian Ritchie,chief executive of The All England LawnTennis Club. “We are delighted that our3D partnership with Sony will not onlyguarantee we are at the cutting edge oflive sporting television, but also deliver acompelling new viewing experience forour global audiences, especially amongstour younger supporters.”

Sony will produce the men’s semifinals,finals and women’s finals in High Definition3D as the official supplier of the Wimble-don Lawn Tennis Championships. To bringthe excitement of 3D tennis to interested3D cinema chains worldwide, Sony willwork with SuperVision Media, their theatri-cal distribution partners.

The 3D production will also be offered tointerested global broadcasters seekingunique and compelling content for their 3Dchannels. The two parties will also seekfurther possibilities to deliver 3D tennis toa much wider audience over time.

Sony is uniquely placed to capture andbroadcast the finals of the WimbledonChampionships in Live 3D, bringing the ex-hilaration and atmosphere of Wimbledonto a larger audience than ever before, withevery forehand, smash and volley yours toappreciate in 3D.

“We are delighted to be working with theAll England Lawn and Tennis Club to bringsuch a high profile sporting event to con-sumers around the world in 3D,” said FujioNishida, president of Sony Europe.“Watching tennis in High Definition 3D is astunning experience, bringing the speed ofthe action and the emotions of the occa-sion to life; it is as close to the atmosphereand excitement of Centre Court as actuallybeing there. With the Live 3D Wimbledonexperience available in 3D cinemas acrossthe world, many more people will be ableto enjoy one of the world’s most iconicsporting events as though they were actu-ally at Wimbledon.”

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Most of us begin our ath-letic endeavors without

much thought of injury pre-vention. We go about what-ever sport we choose withminimal preparation and no

specific plan. As a result, many athletes findthemselves injured on a regular basis. Hav-ing a plan with pre- and post-activity injuryprevention measures is the key.

First and foremost, every athlete shouldhave a standard examination by a physi-cian and obtain proper medical clearance

before beginning any cardiovascular activ-ity. After that, going through a FunctionalMovement Screen is the next most impor-tant thing to do. The Functional MovementScreen consists of a series of tests that pin-point poor movement patterns. By lookingat movement patterns, and not just onemuscle group or joint, weak links can beidentified. Once a weak pattern is identifiedby the Functional Movement Screen, cor-rective exercises can be prescribed to alle-viate the imbalance or weak movementpatterns. Pre-existent poor movement pat-

terns are often the underlying cause of aspecific symptom or performance problem,since they cause the body to compensateand possibly become injured.

Proper movement preparation is veryimportant for assuring that the muscles,ligaments and tendons in your body areready for dynamic motion. All forms of ex-ercise involve movement, and preparing forit is essential so that all of your body’smuscles are warmed up and firing. Thereare neuromuscular connections whichneed to be turned on properly, and there

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are specific movement preparatory exer-cises that should be done for running, bik-ing, swimming, strength and conditioning.Generally, five to 10 min. should be all thatis needed. Spending this time on a regularbasis will certainly prevent injury.

Training in the proper heart rate zone willalso increase the chances of minimizing in-jury. Many athletes unknowingly increase theirinjury risk by training at too high of an inten-sity on a regularly basis. Consulting a healthprofessional and/or taking a VO2 test, whichmonitors your oxygen use, is the best way toascertain your heart rate zones. By knowing

your heart rate zones, which are determinedby a percentage of your own ventillary thresh-old, you can have a plan of base training,building, peaking and active recovery. A train-ing plan that includes proper aerobic trainingand recovery is essential for injury prevention.

Active recovery and regeneration arevery important in allowing your body toheal itself and avoid injury. It is importantto plan time in your training schedule forrecovery, which means workouts of less in-tensity and duration. Incorporating aweekly rest day into your schedule is ofparamount importance. Workouts putrepetitive stress on the body, and its abilityto adapt to that stress leads to improve-ment. Proper rest and recovery allows thebody to adapt properly. Regeneration isequally important. For instance, yoga,other proper rehabilitative stretches, mas-sages and ball rolling are excellent options.Time spent each week resting and rehabil-itating will pay back tenfold.

A proper diet is essential for your bodyduring training. Having a diet with the

proper proportions of protein, carbohy-drates and fats is important. Understandingyour individual nutritional needs is neces-sary to assuring good performance and in-jury prevention. Also, knowing if yourmetabolism is slow or fast can help you dialin your caloric needs. Finally, eating the rightamount of meals a day and proper hydra-tion will help your body perform and healbetter, and most importantly, avoid injury. �

Dr. Steven Jonas is a graduate of New YorkChiropractic College. He continued his postgraduate work becoming certified in Activa-tor, Cox and Active Release Techniques. Heis one of the founders of the New York Chi-ropractic Council, as well as a past presi-dent. In 1992, he was named New York StateChiropractor of the Year. Being in practicefor over 30 years, Dr. Jonas specializes in thetreatment, rehabilitation, and prevention ofinjuries to the spine and extremities. Formore information, call (516) 921-1295, [email protected] or visithttp://jonaschiropractic.com.

“Workouts put repetitive stresson the body, and its ability toadapt to that stress leads to

improvement. Proper rest andrecovery allows the body to

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Wedding bliss?Photo credit: Jeffrey HamiltonThe marriage betweenParadorn Srichaphanand former Miss Uni-verse Natalie Glebova

has ended after only three years. This an-nouncement comes on the heels of StanislasWawrinka’s recent split from his wife of lessthan a year. Tennis players usually have apretty good marriage track record. Here aresome couples still going strong:

� Rod Laver and Mary Bensen: 45 years � Evonne Goolagong-Cawley and Richard

Cawley: 36 years� Jimmy Connors and Patti McGuire:

32 years� Mats Wilander and Sonya Mulholland:

25 years� Ivan Lendl and Samantha Frankel: 22 years� Stefan Edberg and Annette Olsen: 19 years� John McEnroe and Patty Smyth: 14 years � Mary Jo Fernandez and Tony Godsick:

11 years� Pete Sampras and Bridgette Wilson:

11 years� Andre Agassi and Steffi Graf: 10 years � Pat Rafter and Lara Feltham: 7 years� Michael Chang and Amber Liu: 3 years� Roger Federer and Mirka Vavrinec:

2 years� Andy Roddick and Brooklyn Decker:

2 years

Another strange mishap fora WTA starKim Clijsters cracked her ankle at a wed-ding party last weekend, likely forcing the

U.S. and Australian Open winner out ofRoland Garros. Her mishap brings back

memories of the ac-cident that sidelinedSerena Williams im-mediately after her

Wimbledon victory last year. She stepped onbroken glass at a restaurant. Williams’ mis-ery was compounded by a series of healthconcerns and she has not played since.

When the French Open starts on May 22,tennis might have to do without the winnersof the last three Grand Slam tournaments.

Clijsters was wearing high heels whenshe stepped on someone’s foot at thewedding of her cousin Tim. In tennis shoes,it might have been bad, but the heels com-pounded the freak accident. The compli-cated injury—where ligaments werestretched on top of a torn ankle joint cap-sule and tendon sheath—will force her tokeep her right ankle immobilized for sev-eral days and will leave her on crutches.

“Kim faces a recovery of at least four tosix weeks,” a statement on her Web siteannounced. “Since the French Open be-gins near the end of that stretch, Kim’spresence in Paris is very uncertain.”

WTA gets in on the reality TV game

The WTA announcedthe six players whoare going to be fea-tured in the newSony Ericsson-spon-sored reality show

“Xperia Hot Shots,” Dominika Cibulkova,Sorana Cirstea, Alize Cornet, Sabine

Lisicki, Bethanie Mattek-Sands andHeather Watson. According to the pressrelease, Watson said she screamed whenshe found out she “got the part.”

Tennis tweets of lateWhat is on your favorite tennis playersmind and what are they up to? Welearned this through the wonderful worldof Twitter:

Caroline Wozniacki (@CaroWozniacki): Whereis the sun when I want it? Needto get rid of those tan lines!

Serena Williams (@serenawilliams): Ugh, I’msinging karaoke again. Ugh#ineedhelp seriously guys …

Lindsay Davenport(@LDavenport76): Love him!RT @mepucin: Teemu Selanne,40 years old, gets hat trick

tonight and Ducks fans are chanting “Onemore year.” Why not?

RajeevRam (@RajeevRam):Also the Butler Dawgs wentdown last night so ended upbeing a tough sports Monday …

hopefully I can turn it around today in the dubs.

Victoria Azarenka (@vika7):With my coach … he had liketwo double espressos with acomment, “Coffee is sooo

good in Europe, LOL!”

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Amer Delic (@amerdelic):Last four golf majors won by anon-American. How manymore before U.S. golf media

follows U.S. tennis media’s steps and hitsthe panic button?

Lindsay Davenport(@LDavenport76): My hub’salarm goes off at 4:30 a.m.during week, so its never a

good thing when I’m up before him!


Andy Roddick (@andyroddick): USTA soldout member presale tix whichis 80 percent of the venue for

Davis Cup vs. Spain in July in an hour and45 min. Giddyup!

Caroline Wozniacki (@CaroWozniacki): Will headfor an easy run and then the pooland the beach to relax a bit.

Justin Gimelstob (@justingimelstob): At Lak-ers/Utah game with my buddyIan. Utah upsets the Lakers in a

sloppy game. Gordon Hayward is the realdeal.

Victoria Azarenka (@vika7):Damn it! I really need a Span-ish teacher … I keep embar-rassing myself trying to show

off speaking Spanish LOL!

The Bryan Brothers(@bryanbros): Packing up.About to head to Europe forthree months. Mom, dad,

friends: We’re going in. See ya when wesee ya!

Justin Gimelstob (@justingimelstob):Seven milerun to start the day, ponderingparticipation in 2011 NYC

Marathon for all 64 minutes! Should I run?

I wouldn’t go as far as calling myself atrue “gamer,” but when it comes to sportsvideo games, I am highly experienced.Yet, I have rarely played tennis games inthe past few years, especially on next-generation consoles (Microsoft’s XBOX360, PlayStation 3 or Nintendo’s Wii). I amnot sure if this is due to the lack of goodgames available on the market , or my

love for other sports games, but Top Spin 4 from 2K Sports isnot only worth the time, it is worth the buy.

My favorite mode of play in any sport game is the careermode. I have the most fun playing against the computer onthe highest level of difficulty and improving with a player orteam for years to come. In this day and age, many people playonline against others around the world in online or live modes.Top Spin 4 allows you to do both. You can play online in the“World Tour Mode” which lets you play against other peoplewith either their own created player or one of the many pastand present tennis stars in the game. Or, you could create acharacter from scratch and bring that character up from thebottom of the rankings and your career progresses.

The Career Mode is where the game really excels. It is veryin-depth and you can even create a player to look almostidentical to yourself with advanced facial and body modula-tions. After spending about 30 min., trying to get my charac-

ter to look like me, I started my tennis career. Like any impa-tient gamer, I skipped the tutorials and went straight to gameplay after briefing over the control manual. At first, the gamewas slightly frustrating, as I was having trouble aiming and myshots were lacking “umph.” But, I quickly caught on and thegame play picked up quite a bit.

The graphics and overall game play were good. Thecrowd’s ooh’s and aah’s add to the atmosphere, as does theplayer’s emotions after good or bad shots. All of the majorcourts and stadiums are available with the exception of Wim-bledon, but there still is a grass major called the Dublin Openwhich you are to assume is Wimbledon.

After not playing a tennis video game for several years, Ithoroughly enjoyed playing Top Spin 4 by 2K Sports and willcontinue to advance my character’s career in the game, hop-ing to play in the major tournaments soon. The only complaintI have with the game is that there is not much of a soundtrackand the music in the game becomes repetitive. Other thanthat, it was hard to find a flaw.

Tennis video games have come a long way since the origi-nal “Pong” came out and there is no better example of thisthan with Top Spin 4. If you are a fan of tennis and videogames, then this game is a definite buy. �

Michael Sarro may be reached by phone at (516) 409-4444,ext. 330 or e-mail [email protected].

Long Island Tennis Magazine’s Video Game Review Top Spin 4

By Michael Sarro


Underrated Players: A Complete Analysis

In any competitive en-deavor, the ability to com-pete with others who are ofequivalent or similar skill isimperative for success.You would expect to see

neither a professional Major LeagueBaseball (MLB) player in a little leaguegame, nor a National Basketball Associ-ation (NBA) player hitting the hardwoodwith Baldwin High School … the differ-ence in skill is too great to allow for fairplay. Because the skill level is so differ-ent, the competition loses its value. Thereason to play sports is to see whoseskills are better. We go into the fray, timeafter time, with the expectation that thework we have put into our commonarena is greater than that of our oppo-nent. We expect that our desire to win is

greater than our opponent’s. We enterinto a competitive agreement that weshall abide by the rules that both partieshave agreed to play under and let noth-ing else determine the outcome. Whenthis unspoken competitive agreement isbroken, the integrity of our collective en-deavor is undervalued, disrespected andundermined. Although underrated play-ers is not an all-pervasive problem inUSTA league play, it is a thorn that hasalways and will always be there. It is con-stantly talked about from an emotionalpoint of view, but the issue deserves tobe looked at with a critical eye.

What is underrating? Underrating a player means that a playerhas a rating that does not accurately reflecttheir skill level. More specifically, it means

that a player is better than what their ratingsuggests.

How does underrating happen?Before our current ratings system, play-ers would go to a club to be rated by ateaching pro who observed them play fora little under a half-hour. After playended, each player would be assigned arating. This presents a number of prob-lems. The opinions of one tennis promight be different from another. WhilePro A might rate someone a 3.5, Pro Bmight rate that same individual a 4.0, andPro C might rate them a 3.0. Opinions asto what each level should look like aredifferent. Using benchmarks confusesthe problem even further. If someonewere to be agreed upon as a benchmark3.5 player, anyone losing to them might

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code. We expect that everyone answer-ing the survey will be honest. We expectthat new players will disclose everythingand not answer questions in order to ob-tain a desired rating, as opposed to anappropriate rating. Underrating can hap-pen here though when new players (orthe person answering the questions) aredishonest.

Why underrate?Underrating is done for several reasons,but the two most common are:

� To be more competitive in a league; and� To avoid losing.

While the second is usually purely anissue of ego, the first is of much moreinterest and consequence. It may soundcynical to say that the teams that go toplayoffs and sectionals most are theones with the most underrated players,but there is some truth to it. By defini-tion, the teams going to the playoffs andsectionals are the best in the league andthus represent the best the section hasto offer in 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, etc. Becausethey are the best in their respectiveleagues, the players still in it at the endof the season, although they might notnecessarily be underrated, are closer tobeing underrated than the rest of theleague. This suggests then that the team

be suggested to be a 3.0, anyone whobeats this benchmark might be consid-ered a 4.0. This doesn’t account for anoff-day for the benchmark. What of allthe variables? What happens if ourbenchmark has a bad day, got fired fromwork, lost their pet, or felt ill? This sys-tem has it’s flaws, but it functioned wellor some time. In the opinion of one longstanding captain, the old system was farmore accurate than the new system ofself-rating.

It could be suggested that our currentsystem improves on the old, removing thehuman element at least by one degree. Nolonger does a player have to be observedin play to be rated. Each new player toUSTA completes a series of questions andis then given a minimum rating allowed.Have you played tennis in high school?You are a minimum of 3.5. Have youplayed for a college/university? Congratu-lations, you are a 4.5. This system has itsflaws as well. How can it account forsomeone who played for a college with abad team or someone who played in col-lege 20 years ago and cannot play at the4.5 Level anymore? Again, the issue is withthe multiple variables that can affect ratingoutcomes.

No system is perfect though, and sowhile our current system is not perfect,can it improve on the old? The currentsystem is heavily reliant on the honor

with players closer to the tipping pointof the next league up (more underratedthan the others) is the team that willhave the most success. This is not al-ways the case, but mathematically, wewould certainly place our bets on thisline. This fact makes it extremely tempt-ing for teams to underrate players onpurpose in order to be more competi-tive, and here is where the slipperyslope begins. It is one thing to have thebest 4.0 players in a league all on oneteam; it is another to have 4.0 players ona team that should be 4.5 just so thatyou can win the league. This representssomething dishonest and degrades thevalue of our sport and our competition.How can we account for players whonever played high school tennis (no col-lege tennis), but plays at a 4.5 Level?How can we account for the players whoplayed in a foreign country and can an-swer the questionnaire with completehonesty and be given a minimum ratingof 3.0? It is these players who can beseen as most valuable since they repre-sent a way to gain an unfair advantageon your team that cannot under the cur-rent system be contested. They can an-swer the questionnaire with reasonablehonesty and attain a rating not repre-sentative of their true skill level. This isonly the best case scenario of dishon-


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Who gets hurt by underratedplayers?The answer is all of us; all of us and thesport collectively are injured in this bit ofdishonesty, but none more than the lowerlevels of play (our 2.5, 3.0 and 3.5 play-ers/leagues). Mathematically, as leagueskill level increases, there will be a lowernumber of people available. This is truefor any sport. There are far fewer peoplewho have the skill to play in the NBA thanthere are casual basketball players. In

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USTA, it is not uncommon for a higherlevel to play less courts for just this rea-son. Because the pyramid of skill worksout this way, the players who are reallyaffected are the lower levels. These play-ers are your casual players, the men andwomen that do it for fun, they do it be-cause they want to enjoy the game, be-cause they have a passion for somethingthey grew up with or they found along thepaths of their lives. These people playbecause their friends are playing or be-cause, after working their nine to five,they need to blow off some steam.Everyone has an expectation when theyplay tennis, but I doubt that anyone ex-pects to play an opponent who is goingto blow them away. Most people enterUSTA league play at the lower levelsand it is an introduction to competitivetennis play. If we are being honest inour responses to the new player ques-tionnaire, anyone with competitive ten-nis play will not receive a rating lessthan 3.5, therefore, the new players en-tering in at (though not limited to) 2.5and 3.0 are the ones who are mostlikely to encounter underrated players.Imagine for a second that someonewho has never played competitive ten-nis has to play their first match against

someone who has twice the amount ofon-court experience as they have?They get demolished and demoralizedin their match. Does that person wantto return for a second match? It’s aconsiderably frustrating experience andone that we shouldn’t desire to occur.As tennis players, we represent oursport as well as ourselves. We shouldwant to grow our sport and share whatwe found in our sport with others.Whatever our reasons for playing, itstands to reason that others might findtennis attractive for the same reason.This is just from a players perspective;from USTA’s perspective, we can de-duce that they would desire more newplayers to take to the courts, but be-cause underrated players effect ournew players more than our journeymen… it’s an issue that goes beyond justthe individual.

What do we do?When encountering an underrated player,most of us will react emotionally, ventingour frustrations either at the allegedplayer or at our teammates. Some of usmay go so far as to file a grievance; thiswill do little for us, unless the person’s


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name comes up in a search of their tennishistory that directly contradicts their re-sponses to the questionnaire. We willusually demonize that player and place agreat deal of negative energy on them. Attimes, this anger is misplaced since it isnot the player’s fault at all, but the fault oftheir captain. Many players have legiti-mately never played competitively. Theircaptains will sign them up and fill out thequestionnaire for them knowing that al-though the questions have been an-swered accurately, the outcome will notrepresent their player’s skill. At best, wecan hope that in a full season, their ratingwill be bumped to what is appropriate,but at worst, their captain will have themplay down in order to sustain their under-rate. Many players do not actually knowtheir skill level, and a less than scrupulouscaptain will take full advantage of this.Should our anger then be placed on thecaptain? Our anger is still misplaced in fo-cusing our energy on the captain. At best,we can give them the benefit of the doubtand say that the captain is just trying tomake their team competitive within therules of USTA. At worst, we can say thatthe captain is acting in a dishonest wayto gain an advantage, but again still insidethe rules of USTA.

What should we do? In any environment, be it sport, work orotherwise, we have rules that are bothspoken and unspoken, written and un-written. The rules of any environment arein place so that chaos does not ensue;the rules are in place so that there is acommon understanding of how we wantour environment to run. In USTA, wehave “The Code,” in government wehave our Constitution. Our Constitutionhas amendments though, amendmentsthat allow for a degree of flexibility sothat if our rules are not working in theway we wanted them to work they canbe changed. This flexibility is part ofwhat makes our Constitution great. Withour Constitution, we have the ability tosay, “This is not working as intended;let’s change it!”

Although some would argue that thecurrent system for rating new players isan improvement over our old system I amof the opinion that it allows for too muchof what we did not intend and what we donot want. There are several scenarioswhere players can be underrated withcomplete impunity. Although it is dishon-est, it is dishonesty within the rules whichwe have set, rules which we as a com-munity have made. If the rules under

which we play allow for dishonesty andwe have a problem with it, our negativeenergies are misplaced on individuals. Ifthe problem is significant enough that itwarrants copious amounts of negativeenergy we should strongly consider achange in our rules. If it is not significantenough of a problem to warrant examina-tion, then we should continue to play inour leagues, but we cannot in good con-scious complain if we feel we playedsomeone we should not have becausethey are underrated.

I am not the type of person that be-lieves that a system can be fairly criti-cized without proposing an alternative tothis system. This article has run on longenough and for those of you magnani-mous enough to devote your time to mythoughts on a subject we all deal with Ithank you sincerely and hope you will in-dulge me a bit further at a later time. On-line at LITennisMag.com, you will find aparallel article on an alternate system ofrating new players. �

Formerly with Daniel Burgess at FreeportTennis, Miguel Cervantes III now teaches atthe Long Beach Tennis Center and Care-free Racquet Club. He may be reached bye-mail at [email protected].

U N D E R R AT E D P L AY E R S continued from page 46


Two local Long Islanders won the U.S.Open National Playoffs/Mixed-Doubles

Sectional Qualifying Tournament, played at theUSTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center.The team of Darrin Cohen & Bea Bielik wasrarely tested throughout the tournament anddid not drop a set in five wins. In the finals, theydefeated Magda Okruashvili & TsimafeySenkevich, 6-2, 6-2. Next up for Cohen & Bielikwill be a tournament comprised of the winnersfrom each of the USTA’s 16 Sections. The win-ner of that tournament, which will be played inNew Haven, Conn. in August, during the WTA’sPilot Penn event, will advance straight into themain draw of the 2011 U.S. Open.

“Most of the players in this tournamentwere younger than us, and we used that to ouradvantage,” said Bielik. “I think we only spentabout 15 min. playing as a doubles team be-fore this tournament, but we have a lot of ten-nis experience between the two of us.”

Cohen is a former standout collegiateplayer at the University of Virginia, and Bielikis a former National Champion at Wake For-est who also spent some time on the WTATour. She reached the third round of the U.S.Open in 2005 where she lost to Justine Henin.Cohen is currently the head tennis pro atSportime Kings Park, while Bielik is the direc-tor of tennis at Sportime Lynbrook. The teamwas put together and coached for this tour-nament by mutual friend and colleague JasonWass, who figured they would be a formida-ble team and he was certainly correct.

“The team showed great poise through-out the tournament and used their teamworkand experience to defeat all challengers de-spite only playing together in two practicematches before the tournament,” said Wass.

Bielik and Cohen said that they did notknow what to expect from this tournamentcoming in, but their goal was to “simplyenjoy themselves.” After playing for thelast five days straight, the pair is now look-ing forward to some rest and relaxation.

“The experience was great and a lot offun,” said Cohen. “I am looking forward tocontinuing on to the next step, but first, Ilook forward to resting.”

With five wins in the books and four re-maining for their big shot to face the pros atthe U.S. Open, the next four months prior tothe New Haven qualifier will be a tough waitingperiod for the Long Island duo. While Bielik hasbeen in the main draw of a Grand Slam before,she would certainly embrace a return trip and

this is a brand new experience for Cohen. Afterasking him what it would mean to him to bepart of the main draw at the 2011 U.S. Open,he replied, “A dream come true, honestly.”

If the team of Cohen & Bielik has fourmore wins in them, then that dream will be-come a realization!

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Long Island Team of Cohen & Bielik Just FourWins Away From U.S. Open Main Draw

U.S. Open National Playoffs/Mixed-DoublesSectional Qualifying Champs Darrin Cohen(second from left) & Bea Bielik (far right) with coach Jason Wass (far left) of Sportimeand Jeff Crowne (second from right), chiefoperating officer of Sportime

Darrin Cohen &Bea Bielik en routeto their 6-2, 6-2 winover MagdaOkruashvili &Tsimafey Senkevich

Darrin Cohen (left) and Bea Bielik(right) are presented their winning

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Does it feel like winter hasdragged on endlessly

and spring will never arrive?Do you find it difficult to getout of bed in the morning andget yourself to the club? Are

you making up excuses on your way homefrom work to avoid stopping at the gym?Rest assured, spring is here and summer issure to follow. However, even the most ded-icated exercisers occasionally get bored withtheir routine. Waning motivation, short cutsand lack of enthusiasm, are signs of a staleexercise regimen, but that doesn’t mean youcan’t re-energize your routine. Here are a fewtips for staying motivated to keep active:

1. Vary your routine. A new variation on yourfavorite activity—such as Zumba or cardio-kick boxing instead of “Step” aerobics, oryoga or even a different kind of cardio workoutmay be enough to reinvigorate a stale routine.

2. Try something entirely new, especiallysomething you never thought you’d do.If you’ve always stuck to solitary pursuits,sign up for a team sport, such as basket-ball. Or tackle something you’ve shied awayfrom, such as a “cardio blast” class.

3. Find a workout buddy. Exercise com-panions add a social element to any rou-tine. Ask a friend to be your workoutpartner—you’ll be less likely to skip a work-out if someone is waiting for you.

4. Set a new goal. Working out to stay inshape is fine, but setting a goal, such as fin-ishing a 5K race or completing a bike -a-thon,will give your daily workouts more meaning.

5. Treat yourself to a workout gadget oraccessory. Heart-rate monitors and otherexercise gadgets can make your workoutmore fun and challenging.

6. Keep an exercise log to track yourprogress. Unsure if you’re makingprogress toward your goals? Then keep aworkout log, which allows you to keeptrack of your goals, monitor your progressand adjust your routine as necessary.

7. Don’t berate yourself if you miss aworkout. Life is full of obstacles and un-expected appointments, illness and set-backs are bound to happen sooner orlater. Don’t let a few missed workouts turninto a month of unfulfilled resolutions.

8. Reward yourself. Reaching a fitnessgoal or milestone is a great excuse to treatyourself to something new. A massage, anevening out, or other “indulgence” may bethe key to staying motivated.

9. Focus on how good exercise makesyou look and feel. You know that incrediblysatisfied and healthy feeling you get immedi-ately after a workout? Remember it! And useit to motivate yourself the next time you’rethinking about blowing off your workout.

10. If all else fails, take a break from ex-ercise. Sometimes a lack of motivation isyour body’s way of telling you to rest. Ifanything hurts, or if your energy is runninglow, take a hiatus for a few days before re-suming your workouts. A little “R & R” maybe just what your body needs to renewyour motivation.

Spring has sprung! �

Jay Karl is executive director of sales forSportime Clubs. Jay has more than 30years of experience in the fitness industry,specializing in sales and marketing. He su-pervises and mentors membership per-sonnel and functions as executive directorof sales for Sportime, and also serves asgeneral manager of the Sportime at Syos-set Fitness location. He may be reached byphone at (516) 496-3100 or [email protected].

How to Stay MotivatedBy Jay Karl

In the Boys 16s finals of the USTA International SpringChampionships at the USTA Training Center West,Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif., 14th-seededNoah Rubin of Merrick, N.Y., overcame a 4-1 deficit inthe third-set tie-breaker to defeat the number six seed,Nikko Madregallejo from Duarte, Calif., 6-4, 5-7, 7-6 (5).

“When I got behind, all I kept thinking was that I’vebeen out here way to long so I’d better get the trophy I want,” said the 15-year-oldRubin, who will also play in the 16s Division at the Easter Bowl in Rancho Mirage andPalm Desert, Calif. “He’s a tough player and he kept coming back. I couldn’t believeit when that last forehand went long.

Rubin built 4-1 leads in the second and third sets, but couldn’t close his opponentout. Madregallejo broke to tie the second set 5-5,took a 6-5 lead on a forehand crosscourt winnerand evened the match when Rubin hit a back-hand wide. In the third set, Rubin broke to take a6-5 lead, but was broken right back, forcing a de-cisive tie-breaker when Rubin finally prevailed towin the championship.

Noah Rubin of Merrick Captures Boys 16sUSTA International Spring Championship

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USTA/Eastern-Long Island Region BoardDaniel Burgess ....................President, USTA Eastern-Long Island Region ........................................................................amertwist@aim.comScott Axler ............................Region Past President/Boys Ranking Chair/Junior Competition ............................................superscoot@aol.comMike Pavlides........................Region Vice President ..................................................................................................mpavlides@msd.k12.ny.usCraig Fligstein ......................Secretary/Treasurer ............................................................................................................craigfligstein@aol.com Kathy Miller ..........................League Coordinator ................................................................................................................kathym65@aol.comBob Coburn ..........................Membership/Marketing ............................................................................................bobcoburnsales@yahoo.comRoberta Feldman..................Girls Ranking Chair........................................................................................................................rlf1020@aol.comSunny Fishkind......................Nassau District Delegate ......................................................................................................sunny28@verizon.netJoe Arias ..............................Suffolk County District Delegate ........................................................................................jarias@ariastennis.com Terry Fontana ......................Rally Day Chair/Corporate Challenge Chair ........................................................................terry196@optonline.netSteve Haar............................Rally Day Chair/Web Site Committee ................................................................................steveoncourt@aol.comHerb Harris ..........................Volunteer Chair/Grant Committee Chair ....................................................................................tfgl@optonline.netAnneleis Karp ......................President Emeritus ......................................................................................................akatennislady@verizon.netEileen Leonard......................Competition Training Chair ................................................................................................cocoaviii@optonline.netEmily Moore..........................Multicultural Committee Chair ........................................................................................tennispro137@yahoo.comBrenda White........................Scholastic Representative Chair, Nassau ....................................................................bwhite@malverne.k12.ny.usOpen ....................................Scholastic Representative Chair, SuffolkEd Wolfarth ..........................Grievance Committee Chair ..................................................................................................wolfarthe@msn.comMarian Morris ......................Events Planner/Nominating Committee Chair ....................................................................mmincourt@gmail.comJacki Binder..........................Public Relations Chair ........................................................................................................jacki.binder@gmail.comJay Binder ............................Legal Counsel ..................................................................................................................bincohllp@optonline.netOpen ....................................Junior LiaisonOpen ....................................League LiaisonRobert Fernandez ................Community Development Chair, Nassau ........................................................................robertbucheli@gmail.comOpen ....................................Community Development Chair, Suffolk

USTA/Eastern/Long Island Region StaffBill Mecca ............................Tennis Service Representative ......................................................................................mecca@eastern.usta.comJocelyn Cruz ........................Community Outreach Specialist........................................................................................jcruz@eastern.usta.com

On behalf of the USTA/Eastern-Long Island Region, I amthrilled to welcome so many tennis enthusiasts from acrossthe region to our 21st Annual Awards Dinner and to congrat-ulate all of our award winners.

This evening is “A Celebration of Today’s Long Island TennisChampions” and it is so exciting to have so many outstanding

adult and junior athletes here and to be able to recognize their achievementsboth on and off the court. Awards are being given to deserving tennis players inmore than 20 categories. Some will be honored for their excellence on the court.Others will be recognized for their contributions towards growing the game oftennis in communities across Long Island. Every one of them distinguished him-self or herself in 2010, and I am confident that each will continue to in his or herefforts in the future.

Thank you to the members of the board of the USTA/Eastern-Long Island Re-gion for their continuing support and enthusiasm for the game of tennis, be it inschools, at parks, in private clubs or public community centers. A special thankyou to Marian Morris, our hard-working events planner, whose tireless efforts havemade tonight such a success. I would also like to thank the broader tennis com-munity of Nassau and Suffolk Counties for helping to make the Long Island Re-gion strong. Judging from tonight’s award winners, we have a great deal ofachievement across Long Island. The combined efforts of our Region Boardmembers and the Long Island tennis community have served to make our Regiona showpiece. We can all be proud that our Annual Awards Dinner serves as amodel for similar events around the country.

I would also like to recognize and thank the Eastern Section representatives who

are here tonight, including Section President Jeff Williams, and Executive Director andChief Operating Officer D.A. Abrams, for their continued support, as well as the rep-resentatives of the other regions in the Eastern Section who are represented here.

This evening’s keynote speaker is a homegrown success story herself, both onand off the court. Currently vice president of community relations and field mar-keting/fan development for MSG Sports Teams (Knicks, Rangers and Liberty),Karin Buchholz grew up in Brooklyn, N.Y. playing tennis. She graduated magnacum laude with a degree in finance from the University of Arizona, where she wasa scholarship tennis player. She spent three years playing on the Sony EricssonWTA Tour, achieving a world ranking in both singles and doubles. Since her play-ing days, Karin has worked for the USTA and led a national industry initiative togrow the game of tennis by exposing it to new audiences. She also served as theexecutive director and head tennis professional for the Harlem Junior Tennis Pro-gram. Under her direction, the program was honored as one of President GeorgeH.W. Bush’s 1,000 Daily Points of Light.

Karin has more than 20 years of experience in sports management, market-ing, communications and community sports development. Before she began hertenure at MSG, she worked at the National Basketball Association (NBA) officesin New York, was director of fan development for the Women’s National Basket-ball Association (WNBA), and spent five years with the United States OlympicCommittee (USOC) in Colorado Springs, Colo.

We welcome Karin and offer our congratulations to all of tonight’s honorees.

Daniel Burgess, PresidentUSTA/Eastern-Long Island Region

A Message From USTA/Eastern-Long Island Region President Daniel Burgess

Office of the Nassau County Executive1550 Franklin AvenueMineola, N.Y. 11501

Edward P. ManganoNassau County Executive

Dear Friends:I am pleased to join all of you who have gathered to cel-ebrate the success of the USTA/Eastern-Long IslandRegion on the occasion of its 21st Annual Awards Din-ner at the Crest Hollow Country Club.

Tennis has evolved into an exemplary sportingevent, providing the athletes who participate anopportunity to develop their skills and to enjoy theexcitement, camaraderie and lasting friendships in-herent in sports.

This wonderful organization is to be commended forits charitable involvements, quality leadership and self-less service which have made a permanent and posi-tive impact on us all.

Please accept my best wishes and allow me to ex-tend hearty congratulations to The USTA/Eastern-LongIsland Region for its exemplary leadership and dedi-cated community service, and to all of you who worktoward forwarding the goals of this fine organizationthroughout the year.

On behalf of the residents of Nassau County, I wish toextend best wishes for an exciting and memorableevent.

Sincerely,

Edward P. ManganoNassau County Executive

Office of the Suffolk County ExecutiveH. Lee Dennison Building

100 Veterans Memorial Highway • PO Box 6100Hauppauge, N.Y. 11788-0099

Steve LevySuffolk County Executive

Dear Friends:On behalf of the thousands of tennis enthusiasts whomake their homes in Suffolk County, I would like to con-gratulate members and friends of the USTA/Eastern-Long Island Region on the occasion of its 21st AnnualAwards Dinner. I would also like to recognize the de-serving tennis players who are honored in over twentycategories for their excellence on the court and tirelessefforts to promote the game of tennis across Long Is-land. For their exceptional contributions, outstandingachievements and talent, all are most certainly worthyof our praise.

The USTA/Eastern-Long Island Region is committedto the promotion and growth of tennis for people of allages and abilities to play and enjoy the game. Supportof amateur and professional competitions and tourna-ments serves to elevate competitive play to the highestlevels in our region and contributes to increasing thequality of life for our residents.

My sincere best wishes to all for an exciting and suc-cessful event this year.

Very truly yours,

Steve LevySuffolk County Executive


Karin J. BuckholzKarin J. Buckholz is the vice president of communityrelations and field marketing/fan development forMSG Sports Teams (Knicks, Rangers and Liberty).She has more than 20 years of experience in sports

management, marketing, communications and community sportsdevelopment. In her current position, Buchholz is responsible forthe strategic planning, marketing, promotion and execution of allKnicks, Rangers and Liberty programs and events outside thearena. These community-based and field marketing initiatives in-clude the utilization of MSG’s sports field staff to drive ticket salesand other revenue for the organization, the fulfillment of the Gar-den of Dreams Foundation’s mission to help kids in crisis and theexecution of educational programs across all three teams.

Previously, Buchholz worked at the National Basketball Associ-ation (NBA) office in New York and served as director of fan de-velopment for the Women’s National Basketball Association(WNBA), where she oversaw the league’s ticket sales and promo-tional initiatives that helped WNBA teams develop and increasetheir fan base at the local level.

Prior to that, she spent five years with the United States OlympicCommittee in (USOC) Colorado Springs, Colo., working in a num-ber of key capacities including director of foreign and cultural af-fairs in international relations, where she served as the USOC’s

staff liaison to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and thePan American Sports Organization. She also served as director ofathlete development for all Olympic sports, creating and imple-menting a national program that directly increased the number ofathletes on U.S. National and Olympic teams.

Buchholz graduated magna cum laude with a degree in financefrom the University of Arizona, where she was a scholarship ten-nis player. She spent three years playing on the Sony EricssonWTA Tour, achieving a world ranking in singles and doubles.

Since her playing days, Buchholz has worked for the USTA andled a national industry initiative to grow the game of tennis by ex-posing it to new audiences. She also served as executive directorand head tennis professional for the Harlem Junior Tennis Pro-gram; under her direction, the program was honored as one ofPresident George H.W. Bush’s 1000 Daily Points of Light. She cur-rently serves on the Make a Wish Foundation of the Hudson Val-ley’s board of directors.

Buchholz began serving a first two-year term as a director-at-large on the USTA board of directors in January 2009. She is boardliaison to the Community Tennis Council–Red Group and is amember of the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center Mas-ter Plan Study Group.

She resides in Nyack, N.Y., and is a member of the USTA East-ern Section.

USTA/Eastern-Long Island Region 21st Annual Awards DinnerKeynote Speaker Bio

21st Annual Awards Dinner Corporate SponsorsAdvantage TennisCarefree Racquet ClubChurchill’s Bar and GrillCostcoGamma SportsGolfsmithGrand Slam TennisHead/PennHempstead Lake Indoor TennisHicksville Community Tennis AssociationIHOPJoel Dinoffer—On court/Offcourt Jonathan Klee, Esq.Junior Tennis FoundationLEK SecuritiesLong Beach Tennis CenterLong Island Tennis MagazineMill Creek TavernModell’s Sporting GoodsNew York Sportimes

Pilot Pen TennisProfessional Tennis Registry, PTRPoint Set Racquet ClubPort Washington Tennis AcademyRobbie Wagner Tennis AcademyRoger Wootton Tennis AcademyStarbuck’sStop & Shop SupermarketsTennis Industry AssociationTennis WeekThe Bayou RestaurantThe Golden Reef DinerTop Spin Tennis and FitnessUBS Financial ServicesUSPTA Eastern DivisionUSTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, Home of the U.S. OpenUSTA Eastern SectionUSTA National QuickStart ProgramVolkl Wildfish Restaurant


21st Annual Awards Dinner Program of Events5:30 p.m. ..............................................................................................................................................Registration & Photos6:00 p.m.......................................................................................................................................Cocktails & Hors d’Oeuvres6:30 p.m. ....................................................................................................................................................Awards Ceremony7:30 p.m. ............................................................................................................................................Dinner, Music & Raffles� Welcome and Opening Remarks From Scott Axler, Region Past President/Boys Ranking Chair/Junior Competition� Introductions by D.A. Abrams, USTA Eastern CEO� Keynote Speaker Karin Buckholz� Award Presentations� Prestigious Award Presentations� Closing Remarks From Daniel Burgess, USTA/Eastern-Long Island Region President*Raffle drawings to be held throughout the evening.

21st Annual Award Winners

Prestigious AwardsHy Zausner Lifetime Achievement Award ..................................................................................................John H. Dunn (St. James, N.Y.)Vitas Gerulaitis “For the Love of Tennis” Award ........................................................................Renee Lemmerman (Port Jefferson, N.Y.)Charles Karp Memorial Award for Overcoming Adversity Award..................................................................Mo Schneider (Bayside, N.Y.)

Innovative Tennis Program of the Year ..............................................Sandra Mahoney (Suffolk County), Vice President for Education,

United Way of Long Island and Ken Walker (Nassau), Special Olympics

Outdoor Site of the Year (Nassau County) ..........................................................................Michael J. Tully Park (New Hyde Park, N.Y.)

Private Club of the Year ............................................................................................Cold Spring Valley Racquet Club (Woodbury, N.Y.)

Tennis Professional of the Year ..........................................................................Tonny van de Pieterman (Point Set in Oceanside, N.Y.)

Tournament Director of the Year ....................................................................................Gerry Ashley (Roslyn Sportime in Roslyn, N.Y.)

Tennis Club of the Year Award (Nassau County) ............................................Hempstead Lake Indoor Tennis (West Hempstead, N.Y.)

Tennis Club of the Year Award (Suffolk County) ........................................................................Sportime Kings Park (Kings Park, N.Y.)

Corporate Award of the Year ............................................................................................................................Modell’s Sporting Goods

Tennis Family of the Year Award ............................................................................................Keith & Kathy Houghtaling (Bayport, N.Y.)

Adult Volunteers of the Year Award ........................................Donna Healy (Freeport, N.Y.) & Charles Nanton (West Hempstead, N.Y.)

Junior Volunteer of the Year Award ................................................................................................Anthony Pastecchi (Hicksville, N.Y.)

Junior Team Tennis Award ..........................................................................Pat Mosquera (Rockville Racquet in Rockville Centre, N.Y.)

Anuj Agarwal Sportsmanship Award ..................................................................................................Austin Davidow (Glen Head, N.Y.)

Jennifer Sherry Sportsmanship Award ........................................................................................................April Pun (Glen Head, N.Y.)

Press Service Award ....................................................................................Mike Greenberg (Mike & Mike in the Morning, ESPN Radio)

Special Community Service Award ..................................................................................................Margaret Campise (West Islip, N.Y.)

Retail Facility Of The Year ..............................................................................................................Grand Slam Tennis (Commack, N.Y.)

Rose Buck Scalamandre Participating Family of the Year Award ..................................................Mullins Family (Lloyd Harbor, N.Y.)

Good Samaritan Award ..............................................................................................................................Jay Fagin (Long Beach, N.Y.)

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Long Island Regional AwardsFather/Son of the Year #1Alexander Snow & Jeffrey S. Snow (Glen Cove, N.Y.)

Father/Son of the Year #2Alex G. Johns & Mark Johns (Great Neck, N.Y.)

Men’s 3.0 Singles of the Year #1Joseph Esposito (Rockville Centre, N.Y.)

Men’s 3.0 Singles of the Year #2Andre Sliwowski (Islip, N.Y.)

Men’s 3.5 Singles of the Year #1Shlomi Gutman (Hewlett, N.Y.)

Men’s 3.5 Singles of the Year #2Gary Spitz (Long Beach, N.Y.)

Men’s 4.0 Singles of the Year #1Shlomi Gutman (Hewlett, N.Y.)

Men’s 4.0 Singles of the Year #2Jack Eichler (Roslyn Heights, N.Y.)

Men’s 4.0 Doubles of the Year #1Abdellah Bahou (Long Beach, N.Y.) & James N. Bernstein (Oceanside, N.Y.)

Men’s 4.0 Doubles of the Year #2Martin T. Bowen (Levittown, N.Y.) & Vincent Bellafiore (Lynbrook, N.Y.)

Women’s 3.0 Singles of the Year #1Evelyn L. Wilkins (Syosset, N.Y.)

Women’s 3.0 Singles of the Year #2Ellen June Schreiber (Long Beach, N.Y.)

Women’s 3.0 Doubles of the Year #1Ellen June Schreiber (Long Beach, N.Y.) & Andrea Beller (Merrick, N.Y.)

Women’s 3.0 Doubles of the Year #2Ellen June Schreiber (Long Beach, N.Y.) & Veronica Treston(Hasting on Hudson, N.Y.)

Women’s 3.5 Singles of the Year #1Maritoni C. Carlos (Dix Hills, N.Y.)

Women’s 3.5 Singles of the Year #2Stephanie Fein (Merrick, N.Y.)

Women’s 4.0 Singles of the Year #1Cristina Camacho (Long Beach, N.Y.)

Women’s 4.0 Singles of the Year #2Lori M. D’Antonio (Merrick, N.Y.)

Men’s 5.0 Team of the Year Advanced to NationalsDavid Grossman, Captain (Woodbury, N.Y.)

Women’s 2.5 TeamAdvanced to NationalsCarrie Alfano, Captain (Rockville Centre, N.Y.)

Super Senior Men’s 7.0 TeamChet Singer, Captain (Syosset, N.Y.)

Super Senior Women’s 6.0 TeamJoyce Tomaino (Boynton Beach, Fla.)

Scholastic AwardsScholastic Coach of the Year (Nassau County)Tara Preston (Patchogue, N.Y.)—MacArthur High School

Scholastic Coach of the Year (Suffolk County)Kim Langendorfer (Northport, N.Y.)—Half Hollow Hills West

Singles Champion (Suffolk County Boys)Nolan Gelman (Commack, N.Y.)—Half Hollow Hills East High School

Singles Champion (Nassau County Boys)Zach Morris (Garden City, N.Y.)—Garden City High School

Doubles Champion (Nassau County Boys)Matt Barry (Lido Beach, N.Y.) & Eric Rubin (Lido Beach, N.Y.)—Long Beach High School

Doubles Champion (Suffolk County Boys)Eric Bertuglia (Commack, N.Y.) & Chris Hunter (Commack, N.Y.)—Half Hollow Hills East High School

Singles Champion (Nassau County Girls)Jacqueline Raynor (Garden City, N.Y.)—Garden City High School

Doubles Champion (Nassau County Girls)Deana Davoudiasl (Rockville Centre, N.Y.) & Rachel Shenkar(Rockville Centre, N.Y.)—South Side High School

Singles Champion (Suffolk County Girls)Nadia Smergut (East Hampton, N.Y.)—Ross School

Doubles Champion (Suffolk County Girls)Diana Vamvakitis (Quogue, N.Y.) & Jamie Hann (WesthamptonBeach, N.Y.)—Westhampton High School


Adult AwardsMEN’S #1 Singles of the Year 25sAlex G. Johns (Great Neck, N.Y.)

Men’s #2 Singles of the Year 25sViral Pandya (Massapequa Park, N.Y.)

Men’s #1 Singles of the Year 30sViral Pandya (Massapequa Park, N.Y.)

Men’s #2 Singles of the Year 30sRodolfo F. Novello (Lawrence, N.Y.)

Men’s #1 Doubles of the Year 30sLaszlo Katona (Glen Head, N.Y.) & Mitch Klein (Glen Cove, N.Y.)

Men’s #1 Singles of the Year 35sAdrian Chirici (Huntington, N.Y.)

Men’s #2 Singles of the Year 35sJason C. Hand (Brightwaters, N.Y.)

Men’s #1 Singles of the Year 40sAdrian Chirici (Huntington, N.Y.)

Men’s #2 Singles of the Year 40sVincent Horcasitas (East Hampton, N.Y.)

Men’s #1 Doubles of the Year 40sEd Weis (Glen Cove, N.Y.) & Jeffrey S. Snow (Glen Cove, N.Y.)

Men’s #1 Singles of the Year 50sFred F. Coglietta (St. James, N.Y.)

Men’s #2 Singles of the Year 50sJohn W. Titcomb (Huntington, N.Y.)

Men’s #1 Doubles of the Year 50sBarry Brahver (Lawrence, N.Y.) & Joseph L. Ferreira (Brooklyn, N.Y.)

Men’s #2 Doubles of the Year 50sLaszio Katona (Glen Head, N.Y.) & Mitch Klein (Glen Cove, N.Y.)

Men’s #1 Singles of the Year 55sSteven C. Brill (Great Neck, N.Y.)

Men’s #2 Singles of the Year 55sJohn W. Titcomb (Huntington, N.Y.)

Men’s #1 Doubles of the Year 55sDavid J. Brent (Woodmere, N.Y.) & Mark M. Harrison (East Rockaway, N.Y.)

Men’s #2 Doubles of the Year 55sBarry Brahver (Lawrence, N.Y.) & Mark M. Harrison (East Rockaway, N.Y.)

Men’s #1 Singles of the Year 60sRichie Bustamante (East Norwich, N.Y.)

Men’s #2 Singles of the Year 60sAlan E. Chaskin (East Patchogue, N.Y.)

Men’s #1 Doubles of the Year 60sRichard Bates (Jericho, N.Y.) & Ronald Kahn (Great Neck, N.Y.)

Men’s #1 Singles of the Year 65sBob Hoffman (West Hempstead, N.Y.)

Men’s #2 Singles of the Year 65sStephen Siegal (Hauppaugue, N.Y.)

Men’s #1 Singles of the Year 70sPete Bostwick (Glen Cove, N.Y.)

Men’s #2 Singles of the Year 70sWilliam L. Rivers (Hempstead, N.Y.)

Men’s #1 Doubles of the Year 70sAnthony Bruce Swanwick (Port Washington, N.Y.) & Stephen J. Halpern (Hastings on Hudson, N.Y.)

Men’s #2 Doubles of the Year 70sAnthony Bruce Swanwick (Port Washington, N.Y.) & Carl J. Abraham (Great Neck, N.Y.)

Men’s #1 Singles of the Year 75sPete Bostwick (Glen Cove, N.Y.)

Men’s #1 Singles of the Year 80sJohn M. May (Southold, N.Y.)

Men’s #1 Open Singles of the YearJohn Garo Derderian (Manhasset, N.Y.)

Men’s #2 Open Singles of the YearThomas Murphy (Garden City, N.Y.)

Men’s #1 Open Doubles of the YearCarlo J. Sciara (Babylon, N.Y.) & John T. Sciara (Babylon, N.Y.)

Men’s #2 Open Doubles of the YearAnton Mavrin (Huntington, N.Y.) & Salifu Mohammed (Bronx, N.Y.)

Women’s Open #1 Singles of the YearJoan Manfredi-Carter (Glen Head, N.Y.)

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Women’s Open #2 Singles of the YearJulia Browne (Glen Head, N.Y.)

Women’s #1 Singles of the Year 35sJoan Manfredi-Carter (Glen Head, N.Y.)

Women’s #1 Singles of the Year 40sEllen G. Kerr (Port Washington, N.Y.)

Women’s #2 Singles of the Year 40sValerie Yardeni (Glen Head, N.Y.)

Women’s #1 Singles of the Year 45sAgatha Nadel (Glen Head, N.Y.)

Women’s #2 Singles of the Year 45sRosemary Cosentino (Manhasset, N.Y.)

Women’s #1 Doubles of the Year 45sAgatha Nadel (Glen Head, N.Y.) & Lydia S. Eitel (Lloyd Harbor, N.Y.)

Women’s #1 Singles of the Year 50sEileen Walker (Cutchogue, N.Y.)

Women’s #2 Singles of the Year 50sLydia S. Eitel (Lloyd Harbor, N.Y.)

Women’s #1 Doubles of the Year 50sBarbara M. Freeman (New Hyde Park, N.Y.) & Rosemary Cosentino(Manhasset, N.Y.)

Women’s #1 Singles of the Year 60sSandy Cooper (East Northport, N.Y.)

Women’s #2 Singles of the Year 60sPeggy Gluck (Syosset, N.Y.)

Women’s #1 Singles of the Year 70sVanda Vebeliunas (Locust Valley, N.Y.)

Junior AwardsGirls #1 of the Year 18sCarly Siegel (Dix Hills, N.Y.)

Girls #2 of the Year 18sAlyssa D. Rosello (Garden City, N.Y.)

Boys #1 of the Year 18sJacob Mishkin (Woodbury, N.Y.)

Boys #2 of the Year 18sJared Drzal (West Sayville, N.Y.)

Girls #1 of the Year 16sEmma R. Brezel (Port Washington, N.Y.)

Girls #2 of the Year 16sRuth Freilich (Lawrence, N.Y.)

Boys #1 of the Year 16sDylan Ander (Hewlett, N.Y.)

Boys #2 of the Year 16sRichard Mitchell (Franklin Square, N.Y.)

Girls #1 of the Year 14sLauren Ann Livingston (Sands Point, N.Y.)

Girls #2 of the Year 14sKatharine Brandow (East Northport, N.Y.)

Boys #1 of the Year 14sCole Laffitte (East Setauket, N.Y.)

Boys #2 of the Year 14sAndrew J. Bentz (Massapequa Park, N.Y.)

Girls #1 of the Year 12sBrynn Maris April (Dix Hills, N.Y.)Nicole Kielan (Valley Stream, N.Y.)Lexee Taylor Shapiro (Syosset, N.Y.)

Boys #1 of the Year 12sYuval Solomon (Plainview, N.Y.)

Boys #2 of the Year 12sThomas A. Korossy (Oyster Bay, N.Y.)

Girls #1 of the Year 10sOlivia Rose Scordo (Glen Head, N.Y.)

Girls #2 of the Year 10sFrancesca Karman (Port Washington, N.Y.)

Boys #1 of the Year 10sZachary Ian Khazzam (Roslyn Heights, N.Y.)

Boys #2 of the Year 12sBenjamin Cole Grossman (Sands Point, N.Y.)


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Mythbusters: College Advisors Agree on EverythingAn Interview With Former Brown Men’s Tennis Coach and Current Sportime Manager Jay Harris (Part II)

By Ricky Becker

Former Brown Coach andcurrent manager of SportimeSyosset/Bethpage Jay Harris

has been a great source of information forme. Although we constantly debate howmuch kids actually improve in college, he isgenerally “spot on” with his take on things.This is the second installment of my inter-view with Jay.

From your experience, how much docolleges “relax” their academic stan-dards for junior players who will make amajor contribution to a team?Jay Harris: This is the million dollar ques-

tion … especially in the Ivy League.Across the country, athletes are oftengiven a bit of a “break” with academicstandards when it comes to admission. Inthe Ivy League especially, this has alsobeen a subject of great debate. When Iget involved in this debate I often think oftwo things:

� First, I believe that if schools use ex-tracurricular activities, such asclubs, etc., and/or musical talents toadd merit to an application, thenthey should obviously use athletictalent to add merit as well. I am al-ways amazed that tennis playing stu-dents, especially players at top

schools, can compete academicallywith the non-athletes.

� Second, if the collective GPAs of stu-dent-athletes at almost every school inthe country are compared to non-ath-letes, it will be found that, amazinglyenough, the averages for the student-athletes are actually significantly higher.This may surprise a lot of people.

At Brown, not only were the student-ath-letes averaging better grades, they alsoseemed to get some nice advantages whenit came to job selection post-graduation.Many company recruiters would say, “Wellwho wouldn’t want an athlete who has beena part of a successful team and lived the


last four years with the utmost disciplineand highest work ethic?” They all would!

Did your correspondence with prospec-tive student-athletes sway your interestin them? What did recruits do or say toturn you off to them or on to them?JH: Of course! A quick way to sway acoach the wrong way is to address an e-mail/letter to the wrong name. There werea few times, for instance, I would get e-mails addressed to other coaches. A hugeway to make a great impression is reallyshow a true interest in the school. I wouldoften ask players what they knew aboutour program at Brown. Most of the time, Iwould get a “not much” response, but theguys who knew a lot about our programshowed me that they were serious andprofessional in regards to the recruitingprocess, and of course, that they were trulyinterested in being a part of our family.

Do college coaches and their respectiveadmissions departments care about

non-tennis extra-curricular activities?JH: I think I already answered that one.Admissions departments do look at non-tennis extra-curricular activities, but Idoubt that those actually have much to dowith the final decisions.

Do college coaches care if someoneplayed high school tennis?JH: As a coach, I actually really liked ifa player not only played on a highschool tennis team, but also if they hadsome experience on another team(even if it was not tennis). One of my fa-vorite and most successful playersplayed on his high school hockey, soc-cer and basketball teams. Because ofhis experience as a leader on all thoseteams, he quickly became a leader onour team and was the team’s captain asa sophomore!

Now that you are spending extendedtime on the junior tournament scene,what do you see as the biggest differ-

ence between coaching junior playersand coaching college players?JH: College coaches often know aboutevery aspect of each player’s life, and thus,it is much easier to not only know what theplayers need, but also to evaluate growthalong the way in comparison to a juniorcoach.

However, being involved at Sportimeworking with many top junior players hasbeen extremely gratifying. At Brown, wesort of had the fifth- or sixth-round draftpicks on the recruiting scene (Harvard, Yaleand Princeton sort of dominated the open-ing rounds!), but now I am working with abunch of first-tier players! �

Ricky Becker is founder of JuniorTennis-Consulting LLC, which offers off-court col-lege guidance services to junior tennisplayers. He is also co-director of tennis atSportime Syosset and Sportime Bethpage.He can be reached by e-mail [email protected], by phone at (516)605-0420 or via juniortennisconsulting.com.

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The Tennis HandsomeBy Barry Hannah In the novel The Ten-nis Handsome, BarryHannah launches hismain character, FrenchEdward, the tennishandsome of the title,onto the tennis circuit.French has a powerfulgame and his exploits

on the tour include matches with tennisgreats like Rod Laver and Arthur Ashe, buthe has one small problem, he’s brain dead.

But Hannah takes care of this slight de-fect in this rollicking, hilarious parody of lifeon the tennis circuit by creating the “Baby”Levaster character, who serves as themind to French Edward’s magnificentbody.

Hannah was an award-winning writernoted for his Southern Gothic style. Themain characters in The Tennis Hand-some hail from Vicksburg, Miss. and nomatter how far afield their tennis adven-

tures take them, a sense of the South-ern penchant for tall tales informs theiradventures.

The problem for French Edward is thathe nearly drowned in a fall from the Mis-sissippi Bridge in Vicksburg, Miss., whiletrying to save his tennis coach DoctorWord from committing suicide. He did savehim, but not before both men nearlydrowned and neither emerged with all theirmarbles.

For French Edward, this means he hasto hook himself up to truck batteriesevery now and then to get the charge heneeds to continue to compete at a highlevel. Despite all the hand-wringingabout the competitiveness of U.S. tennis,this training method probably won’t beadopted by the USTA high performancetraining program.

“French’s arms and hands were flungout to the clamps of the battery cables. Hisears and nose were bleeding nicely. Thesmell of burning hair was laying about.Also, a leg was jerking around some.”

To point out that this isn’t a realisticnovel may unnecessary by now, but enjoy-ing it does require the reader to suspenddisbelief and swallow some of Hannah’smore outrageous inventions wholesale.

Levaster and French Edward travel thetennis circuit, working as a mind-bodyteam, never winning the biggest titles, butperforming respectably in smaller events.Levaster has a curious pastime of wan-dering about in places where he might getmugged with a shotgun pistol loaded withpopcorn that he uses to get rid of potentialattackers.

Another feature of Hannah’s book thatwon’t likely be adopted on the ATP tour isFrench Edward’s practice of taking theumpire’s mic before his match starts anddedicating it.

One such speech in the book dedicatesthe match he is about to play to his de-ceased infant son. Other matches arededicated to the numerous women thatpop up in the traveling life of FrenchEdward and Levaster, who’s official func-tion is Edward’s trainer.

You have to like an author who de-scribes Bud Collins as wearing a “voodoodashiki” and typing like a maniac. Levasterpraises Collins for his sympatric treatmentof French Edward in his columns, whichleads Levaster to believe that “maybethere was a place in his heart and ear foran aging, handsome moron of the tennisworld.”

Between the outrageous shenanigans ofLevaster and the contributions of anothercharacter, the crazed Vietnam veteran BobSmith, The Tennis Handsome is a romp ofa book with a touch of the gonzo crazinessof author Hunter Thompson dressed up intennis whites. �

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By Nicole Melch

As we all know, no matter ourlevel of skill, tennis is a “mentalgame” and often won in the

head. Anyone who has ever picked up thiswonderful, yet sometimes unbelievably frus-trating, game will know exactly what I’m talk-ing about. Learning a specific stroke ortechnique and mastering it to its fullest inpractice is one thing, going out in a match ora competitive situation is another thing en-tirely. This is when the psychological aspectof tennis comes into play and what separatesthe true champions from the rest of the crowd.You might ask yourself now how to achievesuch a state of “mental calm” in order to riseto the next level of play and accomplish vic-tories you never thought you could pull off.

Let me talk about a few simple tech-niques that have proven to be very helpfulin certain stressful situations on the court.

A Mental Game?The moment we feel nervous when play-

ing key points, games or matches, our mus-cles tighten up and make it even harder forus to function properly. Therefore, it is es-sential to counter those feelings, thoughtsand hormones appropriately or not evenallow them to arise in the first place.

I find it extremely helpful to create andmaintain a good routine or certain rituals.This can be an order of doing things at thechange over, a routine of picking up a fewballs between points, wiping your face onyour towel, adjusting your strings, fixingyour shirt or loosening up your legs whilewaiting for the next point by jumpingaround a bit.

Another good technique is to tell your-self to play one point at a time, to remindyourself of your game plan or reinforce aspecific strategy in your mind, talk posi-tively if you just lost a point or messed upa play to shake off negativity and tension.

Most importantly, keep telling yourself tofocus on the next point, that “You can doit” and to stay active and aggressive on keyplays because your body will automaticallytense up and you will need to be in chargeand counter those hormones.

It is a fact that the player who stays more ac-tive and composed will win most key plays andit’s only a matter of keeping your mind occu-pied in the right ways and at the right time. �

Nicole Melch was born and raised in Vienna,Austria. She has won multiple national and in-ternational junior, as well as adult tourna-ments, turning pro in 1997. She was recruitedfor the Austrian Fed Cup team in 2001 andreached a WTA career high of 280th in thesingles ranking and 220th in doubles. She hasbeen a USPTA Pro 1-certified trainer since2002 and teaches full-time at Little Silver Ten-nis Club in Little Silver, N.J. She may bereached by e-mail at [email protected].

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doubles winner of the U.S.Open National Playoffs wouldget a wild card into the maindraw of the 2011 U.S. Open, I

knew I had to at least give it a shot and playin the Eastern Sectional Tournament. Al-though I took about a 10-year break fromcompetitive tennis, within the last two years,I started playing in a few USTA leagues andin a weekly game with some great localplayers. For this important tournament, Iwent straight for the best player I could thinkof—Hannah Camhi of Syosset High Schoolwho is a top-ranked Girls 18s player and astudent at Bethpage Park Tennis Center,where I teach a few days a week.

We were only able to practice togethera couple of times before the tournament,but I knew I had a good partner on thecourt with me. Our first round was againsta team comprised of two USTA employ-ees. With inclement weather and threat-ening skies, the match was moved to theindoor facility at the USTA Billie Jean KingNational Tennis Center. While it wouldhave been nice to play on the actual U.S.Open outdoor courts, Hannah and I gotthe tournament off to a promising startwith a 6-1, 6-0 victory.

Not accustomed to playing on back-to-back days anymore, we returned the nextday to play a formidable team of formerprofessionals (and top-10 world rankeddoubles player) Katrina Adams and herpartner, Jaycen Murphy. Again forced in-doors due to the weather, Hannah and Iplayed a near-perfect match, racing outto a 5-2 lead. Knowing Adams wouldnever give up, we had trouble closing outthe first set and had to battle to hold onand take the set 7-5. The second set

stayed on serve until late in the set whenwe got a break and I served it out for a 6-3 victory. It was one of the most pleasingvictories I can remember and a match thatwas truly an honor to play in, and in someways, it was my own personal U.S. Openexperience.

Sore and a bit battered, the semifinalsstarted early the next morning. When thedraw was first published, I knew BeaBielik & Darrin Cohen were the team tobeat in the tournament. I have known Beafor many years and watched her developinto an NCAA champion some years ago.They were fortunate to have the privilegeof playing Chris Evert & ESPN’s MikeGreenberg in an early round of the tour-nament. Hoping to play outdoors to helpcombat their overwhelming pace, theweather was again overcast and thematch was played indoors. Hannah and Igot off to a bumpy start and faced a 4-0deficit within minutes. Fortunately, wefought our way into the match and al-

though the 6-2, 6-4 loss ended our littlerun, it was satisfying to compete with theteam that would win the title the next dayin easy fashion.

Although my “impossible dream” didn’tcome to fruition, I had an amazing expe-rience. The pace and power that theyounger players hit with today makes it adifferent game from my playing days, at35 years of age, I was definitely amongthe older competitors in the later roundsof the mixed-doubles draw. I was soproud of my partner and her ability tocompete with several former WTA-rankedplayers and hope Hannah answers my callfor next year’s tournament so that we canmake another run at chasing the impossi-ble dream! �

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Just for the Love of the Game …It’s All About Me

I just cannot stop lovingthe game of tennis. It justamazes me how fantasticour game is and the manybenefits that can be de-rived from playing it. If youhave been reading my ar-

ticles in Long Island Tennis Magazine, youknow that some of my articles have beenwritten about tennis being the “Sport of aLifetime. “Well that comment is not ingen-ious by any stretch of the imagination, butI am finding out just how true that state-ment is first-hand.

I have been writing about junior tennis,and how there should be more accoladesfor others than just the top juniors, grass-roots tennis and the marketing of ourgame. Along the way, I might have of-fended a few people, but I do it because Ilove the game and like to take a differentapproach. In this issue, I decided to talkabout “Me,” and this article it is going tobe all about “Me.”

Many years ago, I learned that just be-cause I was a tennis instructor, it did notmean I could not learn new ways of teach-ing. Well, here is one for you … how aboutnew ways of playing for myself? You see,in the last 23-plus years, I got married, hadtwo children, continue to enjoy a full-timecareer in the travel and hospitality indus-try, and spend additional time coachingand instructing tennis … not much time for“me” that’s for sure. I had played lots ofcompetitive and social tennis on a prettyhigh level in my teens and throughout my20s and that is how I remembered andhow I visualized myself as that player overthe years.

The fact of the matter is that “me as aplayer” has not existed in more than twodecades. I have not competed in years,and as much as I am an advocate for thisgreat game, I did not devote any time tomy own tennis game. It was my family, ca-reer, my children’s tennis, and my student’stennis in that order. In that previous state-

ment, it was not written anywhere about“my tennis.” Well, what about “my tennis?”Where does that fit in? Well my children aregrown and have become independent andthe days of taking them to tennis, baseball,soccer and watching them participate arejust a memory now.

I like to think that my wife and I have agood marriage, but she certainly does notwant to spend all of her leisure time withme. I think she would get sick of me prettyfast if she was around me 24/7. Some-times, the most obvious thing to do is notalways the first thing you think of. But thebell went off in my head. On a recentweekend afternoon, I picked up my freshlystrung tennis rackets and headed off toEisenhower Park without an arrangedgame on a beautiful spring day. When Iwas in my 20s, you could find me there al-most every single day playing tennis. Itwas like my own country club, good ten-nis players around and plenty of people tohit with. There was nothing like playing ten-

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However, in my 20s, I was also immatureand a tennis snob. I would only play withcertain players and if you were not quite onmy level, I would not play. How short-sighted I was and limiting in the friends Icould make. When winter came, I venturedoff to my favorite indoor racket club andplayed with the same people over and over.

Fast-forward two decades later and I getto the park and saw some old familiar facesthat also have aged 20-plus years andmany new ones. I picked up a game in amatter of minutes and found myself again inone my happiest places … a tennis court.

This time, I was playing for me and notmy children, wife or students. My skillshave eroded, but not to the point wherethey could not be resurrected. My servewas much slower, my footwork andgroundstrokes were a shell of what I re-membered from my 20s.

I was not unhappy about it or even dis-

appointed in that situation, but rather, I wasenjoying the surroundings and the mere actof having my racquet make contact with theball. However, I just learned a lesson in thissport for a lifetime. I would have to adjustmy game to my age, think more strategi-cally and I got rid of my tennis snobbery.The experience was fantastic, and I felt en-joyment to the core. I did not care aboutanything except enjoying myself on thecourt. I played with players of varying abil-ity levels, and I dare say each player gaveme a different challenge in different ways.

I also now have another experience toshare with my own students. The tennis willcome back to you in ways that you cannoteven imagine. I have said that in articleswritten in the past, but I just lived it and ex-perienced it in the past few weeks. I cannow prove first-hand that to all parents ofjuniors who I have instructed, that tennis willenrich their children’s lives in ways that youjust cannot measure. If you want to playtennis with me this spring and summer, I willbe down at Eisenhower Park or at Carefree

Racquet Club where I have my tennisteaching affiliation with. I am living proof …tennis will always be there for you. �

Lonnie Mitchel has been teaching tennissince 1985, mostly at Carefree RacquetClub in North Merrick, N.Y. and is a USPTALevel 1 certified tennis instructor. He hasproduced many high school and collegiatelevel tennis players, including his own chil-dren, Wayne (who plays at MuhlenbergCollege ) and Trevor (who competes regu-larly on the USTA Long Island Junior Cir-cuit, gaining the number one ranking in the14s). Lonnie has also worked in the traveland tourism industry as a regional salesmanager for 25-plus years for such com-panies the Walt Disney Company andRoyal Caribbean International. Lonnie isnow the national account manager for San-dals and Beaches Resorts. His wife, Harriet,is a club level tennis player and can oftenbe found on the court. Lonnie may bereached by phone at (516) 414-7202 or e-mail [email protected].

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The boys who were the top players intheir sections; USTA Eastern, MiddleStates, New England and Harlem JuniorTennis League were selected on two maincriteria: athletic performance and philan-thropic work in their community.

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Jensen, who won 10 ATP doubles titles,is currently the head coach of the SyracuseUniversity tennis team. “This really is aonce in a lifetime opportunity for theseboys,” said Jensen. “In a 16-player draw,they had to bring their very best tennis from

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One of the participants, Athell PatrickBennett of Valley Stream, N.Y. said that heenjoyed the whole experience. “I’veplayed Nationals, so I’m used to the in-tensity of these kinds of tournaments. Iwas nervous at first but once I got outthere I loosened up a bit and started torelax.” He said the best part was gettingto hit with Jensen. “He hits the ball reallyhard and accurate. It was really fun play-ing with him.”

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Are We Having Fun Yet?Hello, it’s been a while

since we “spoke.” So,I’m giving a lesson theother day and on the adja-cent court is another pro(unnamed to protect theguilty) going through the

motions … you know what I mean. Hischarge was a 10-year-old with little hand-eye skills, but even less enthusiasm! Thisexercise in “babysitting” was painful to wit-ness. The complaint that I have is that nei-ther party was having any fun. I mean the“meter” was running, so to speak, and I’msure this half-hour seemed infinitely longer.So who’s to blame?

I’ve had the great fortune and opportu-nity to train prospective physical educa-tion teachers at both Hofstra Universityand Queens College over the past nineyears. As the racket sports specialist atboth institutions, we have a mantra thatI’ve passed on to all my students: FASA—keep it FUN, keep it ACTIVE, make sure

you have a SAFE environment and insureyour lesson is APPROPRIATE skill-wiseand age-wise.

Keep it Fun!If your tennis lesson isn’t fun, or if yourcharge is not experiencing a moderate de-gree of success, you have failed as ateacher. A dictionary definition of fun is, “Asource of enjoyment or pleasure. Excited,noisy activity.” This was not evident on theadjacent court. In order to make your les-sons fun, a certain amount of planning isinherently necessary. Games, drills, chal-lenges and targets can be used to illicit theobjective, whatever that objective mightbe. The teacher or tennis pro simply needsto think it out. Walt Disney once said, “Iprefer to entertain people in the hope thatthey learn, rather than teach people in thehope that are entertained.” Think aboutthat for a second. Fun first, and perhapslearning follows. In the very least, they’llcome back for more.

Keep it Active!This should not be a problem for pri-vate or semi-private lessons, but couldbe problematic for larger groups. Phys-ical education teachers, almost al-ways, have to teach large groups. Toooften, I see pros or teachers puttinggroups in lines. I detest lines! While I’msure this is done to provide a safer en-vironment, it in fact often does just theopposite. While safety is always a con-cern, it must be balanced with enoughactivity to keep everyone interestedand “entertained.” This is not impossi-ble. Again, a well-thought-out lesson,drill or game can accomplish this.Younger children, standing in lineswaiting to hit one or two balls at a timeis not the prescribed teaching method-ology. Surely, we as pros and teacherscan think of a better way. If kids areactively involved in the learningprocess in a safe environment, some-thing good will result.

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Keep it Safe!Four children, standing in a line, wieldingrackets, waiting for their chance to hit afew balls, is a disaster waiting to happen!Even the command to “hug your rackets”can fall on deaf ears. I cannot tell you howmany times I’ve observed student teach-ers giving a lesson where students werethrowing tennis balls at each other. Theywere not actively engaged, except for theirhorse play. While I sometimes have a prob-lem with parents getting too involved intheir children’s lessons, they can certainlybe on the alert for some of these unfortu-nate practices. The advent of appropriateequipment, for younger children, has cer-tainly helped in this regard.

Keep it Appropriate!While it stands to reason that it might notbe a good idea to teach certain skills,such as spin serves and swinging volleysto five-year-olds, it becomes less obviouswhen teaching more skilled players. Ten-

“Walt Disney once said, ‘I preferto entertain people in the hope

that they learn, rather thanteach people in the hope that

are entertained.’”

nis is a classic “open skill.” By that, Imean the player is constantly adjusting tothe environment in order to hit a ball. Thegame is more reactive than pro-active.Except for the serve, little can be gainedby repetitive learning. If you recall a pre-vious article, there are two types of learn-ing, conceptual and habitual. The latterbeing the more inferior. While a serve maybenefit from habitual drills, hitting fore-hands and backhands, with perfectly fedballs by the pro, may not. How manytimes have you heard, “I always play wellwith you, but I cannot seem to do as wellin my regular game.” Duh! Figure it out.

We want you, the learner, to be success-ful so we (tennis pros) hit with little spin,at the perfect speed and height so youcan feel successful. While this may sat-isfy some criteria, it’s also doing thelearner a disservice. They’re not gettingbetter, with their peers.

So what do we have here? RememberFASA, and most of all, remember what WaltDisney said … until next time! �

Edward Wolfarth is a professor of physicaleducation and sports sciences at HofstraUniversity. In addition to his class load, Ed-ward finds time to coach high school tennisat Jericho High School. He’s an active mem-ber of the United States Professional TennisAssociation and currently serves on the ex-ecutive board of the United States TennisAssociation-Long Island Region. He stillplays competitively and is a highly rankedsenior player. He may be reached at (516)626-9005 or e-mail [email protected].


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Point Set Indoor TennisTonny vandePieterman—Director of Tennis3065 New Street • Oceanside, NY 11572

516-536-2323www.pointsettennis.com • [email protected]

Port Washington Tennis AcademyManny Iqbal—Director of Tennis

100 Harbor Road • Port Washington, NY 11050516-883-6425 • www.pwta.com • [email protected]

Robbie Wagner’s Tournament Training Center@ Glen Cove

Stephen Alcala—Managing Partner60 Sea Cliff Avenue • Glen Cove, NY 11542

516-759-0505 • www.rwtt.com

Robbie Wagner’s Tournament Training Center@ Glenwood Landing

Adrian Chirici—Director of Tennis142 Glenwood Landing RoadGlenwood Landing, NY 11547516-676-9107 • www.rwtt.com

Rockville Racquet ClubSusan Alvy—Manager

80 North Centre Avenue • Rockville Center, NY 11570516-764-5350 • [email protected]

Ross SchoolHolly Li—Manager

18 Goodfriend Drive • East Hampton, NY 11937631-907-5162

www.ross.org/tennis • [email protected]

SPORTIME AmagansettSue De Lara—Co-General Manager

Hana Sromova—Director of Tennis/Co-General Manager320 Abrahams Path • Amagansett, NY 11930

631-267-3460www.SportimeNY.com/Amagansett

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SPORTIME Bethpage TennisMike Kosoff—Director of Tennis

101 Norcross Avenue • Bethpage, NY 11714516-933-8500

www.SportimeNY.com/[email protected]

SPORTIME Bethpage Multi-SportRandy Louie—General Manager

4105 Hempstead Turnpike • Bethpage, NY 11714516-731-4432


SPORTIME QuogueWill Van Rensburg—Director of Tennis2571 Quogue-Riverhead, Route 104

East Quogue, NY 11959631-653-6767


SPORTIME at Harbor IslandEric Fromm—General Manager, Director of TennisIn Harbor Island Park • Mamaroneck, NY 10543

914-777-5050www.SportimeNY.com/Harbor-Island

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SPORTIME Kings ParkDarrin Cohen—Director of Tennis

275 Old Indian Head Road • Kings Park, NY 11754631-269-6300


SPORTIME LynbrookMohamed Shabir—Director of Tennis

175 Merrick Road Lynbrook, NY 11563

516-887-1330www.SportimeNY.com/Lynbrook

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SPORTIME MassapequaFayez Malik—Director of Tennis

5600 Old Sunrise HighwayMassapequa, NY 11758

516-799-3550www.SportimeNY.com/Massapequa

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SPORTIME Randall’s IslandTed Dimond—Director of Tennis

1 Randall’s IslandNew York, NY 10035

212-427-6150www.SportimeNY.com/[email protected]

SPORTIME RoslynAdam Mandell—Director of Tennis

Landing Road, PO Box 1Roslyn, NY 11576

516-484-9222www.SportimeNY.com/Roslyn

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SPORTIME SchenectadyPhilippe Ceas—Director of Tennis

2699 Curry RoadSchenectady, NY 12303

518-356-0100www.SportimeNY.com/Schenectady

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SPORTIME Syosset Tennis & Multi-SportKarl Sommer—Director of Tennis

75 Haskett DriveSyosset, NY 11791

516-364-2727www.SportimeNY.com/Syosset-Tennis

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SPORTIME Syosset Fitness & RacquetballJay Karl—General Manager

10 Gordon DriveSyosset, NY 11791

516-496-3100www.SportimeNY.com/Syosset-Fitness

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USTA National Tennis CenterWhitney Kraft—Director of TennisFlushing Meadows Corona Park

Flushing, NY 11568718-760-6200 • www.usta.com


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L O N G I S L A N D R A N K I N G SBoys & Girls Long Island Rankings(as of 04/15/11)

BOYSLong Island Boys 10 SinglesRank ..Name ............................City1..........Steven Well Sun ................Glen Cove, N.Y.2..........Jeffrey McDonnell ..............Glen Cove, N.Y.3..........Benjamin Cole Grossman ..Sands Point, N.Y.4..........Oliver Worth ......................Locust Valley, N.Y.5..........Zachary Ian Khazzam ........Roslyn Heights, N.Y.6..........Billy G. Suarez....................Huntington, N.Y.7..........Niles Ghaffar ......................Massapequa, N.Y.8..........Spencer Brachman ............Commack, N.Y.9..........Robert Steven Bellino ........Huntington, N.Y.10........Alec Hunter Barres ............Old Westbury, N.Y.11........Michael Wexler ..................Old Westbury, N.Y.12........Sujay Sharma ....................New Hyde Park, N.Y.13........Zachary Reid Berlin ............Dix Hills, N.Y.14........Wiktor Marek Figiel ............Sea Cliff, N.Y.15........Maxwell Moadel ................Brookville, N.Y.16........Daniel Chikvashvili ............Syosset, N.Y.17........Brandon T. Cohen ..............Westhampton, N.Y.18........Abhinav Raj Srivastava ......Melville, N.Y.19........Michael Bruck ....................Roslyn, N.Y.20........Henry Bilicic ......................Locust Valley, N.Y.21........Luke Torel Karniewich ........Glen Head, N.Y.22........JohnChristian Matute ........Oyster Bay, N.Y.23........Dylan E. Spilko ..................Port Washington, N.Y.24........Jacob Rusinek ..................East Hills, N.Y.25........Gregory Han ......................Melville, N.Y.

Long Island Boys 12 SinglesRank ..Name ............................City1..........Thomas A. Korossy ............Oyster Bay, N.Y.2..........Yuval Solomon....................Plainview, N.Y.3..........Steven Well Sun ................Glen Cove, N.Y.4..........Mark Julian Baker ..............North Baldwin, N.Y.5..........Austin Egna........................Port Washington, N.Y.6..........Timothy Serignese ............Port Washington, N.Y.7..........Amani Siddiqui ..................West Babylon, N.Y.8..........Matthew Franklin Porges....Sands Point, N.Y.9..........George Kaslow ..................Port Washington, N.Y.10........Joonho Ko..........................Huntington, N.Y.11........Arjun Mehrotra ..................Woodbury, N.Y.12........Tyler Spencer Bloch ..........Jericho, N.Y.13........Daniel Weitz ......................Roslyn, N.Y.14........Michael Thomas Jaklitsch ..Islip, N.Y.15........Lucas Larese DeSantos......Southampton, N.Y.16........Jake Spencer Bozsik ..........Sag Harbor, N.Y.17........Carl Grant ..........................Water Mill, N.Y.18........Ronald P. Hohmann ............Oyster Bay, N.Y.19........Aaron Askowitz ..................Great Neck N.Y.20........Gardner Howe ....................Locust Valley, N.Y.21........Kyle C. Yaun ......................Sands Point, N.Y.22........Billy G. Suarez....................Huntington, N.Y.23........Benjamin Cole Grossman ..Sands Point, N.Y.24........Brady Berman ....................Glen Head, N.Y.25........Eli Grossman......................Woodbury, N.Y.26........Alex Joseph Amadio ..........Smithtown, N.Y.27........Jackson Weisbrot ..............Dix Hills, N.Y.28........Ian Bank ............................Old Westbury, N.Y.29........Alexander Reiley ................Manorville, N.Y.30........Austin Pomerantz ..............Old Westbury, N.Y.31........Justin Ilan Lempert ............Roslyn Heights, N.Y.32........Adam Stein ........................Melville, N.Y.33........James Kyrkanides..............Stony Brook, N.Y.34........Max Egna ..........................Port Washington, N.Y.35........Michael Stuart Petersen ....Bridgehampton, N.Y.36........Matthew Roberts................Setauket, N.Y.37........Matthew Lee Catton ..........Woodbury, N.Y.38........Neel Raj ............................Oyster Bay, N.Y.39........Daniel Aaron Lobo ..............Melville, N.Y.40........Jonas Feuerring ................Sagaponack, N.Y.

Long Island Boys 14 SinglesRank ..Name ............................City1..........Brandon Eric Remer ..........Hewlett, N.Y.2..........Cory Seltman ....................Smithtown, N.Y.3..........Michael James DeNigris ....Islip, N.Y.4..........Evan Kober ........................Wantagh, N.Y.5..........Dylan Granat ......................Woodbury, N.Y.6..........Andrew J. Bentz ................Massapequa Park, N.Y.7..........Raizada Bhavin Vaid ..........Old Westbury, N.Y.8..........Curran Varma ....................Manhasset, N.Y.9..........Thomas Michael Dacosta ..Massapequa, N.Y.10........Andrew Muran ..................Glen Head, N.Y.11........Braddock Chow..................Glen Cove, N.Y.12........Bryant J. Born ....................Manhasset, N.Y.13........Garrett Malave ..................Laurel, N.Y.14........Ethan Susser......................Old Westbury, N.Y.15........Nicholas Kevin Fox ............Commack, N.Y.16........Joseph James D’Orazio......St. James, N.Y.17........Erik Joshua Klug ................Sands Point, N.Y.18........Samuel Federman..............Sea Cliff, N.Y.19........Faran Nazir ........................Deer Park, N.Y.20........Michael L. Schumer ..........Syosset, N.Y.21........Varun Mehta ......................Hauppauge, N.Y.22........Spencer George Bozsik ......Sag Harbor, N.Y.23........Nasser Abdel Ghaffar..........Massapequa, N.Y.24........Benjamin Tenner ................Roslyn, N.Y.25........Mitchell Reid Berger ..........Lake Grove, N.Y.26........David Henry Reinharz ........Rockville Centre, N.Y.27........Ronald Hohmann................Oyster Bay, N.Y.28........Justin Scott Feder ..............Bellmore, N.Y.29........Jacob Lacks ......................Woodbury, N.Y.30........Michael Liebman................Roslyn, N.Y.31........Kevin Alec Kowalsky ..........Oyster Bay, N.Y.32........Zane Siddiqui ....................West Babylon, N.Y.33........Jack Ian Lindenman ..........Roslyn Heights, N.Y. 34........Conner Dove ......................Baldwin, N.Y.35........Del Schunk ........................Westhampton Beach, N.Y.36........Christian Esposito ..............Port Washington, N.Y.37........Cameron Posillico ..............Bayville, N.Y.38........Kavi Bhatia ........................Jericho, N.Y.39........Daniel Lucian Okin ............Amagansett, N.Y.40........Daniel Shleimovich ............Merrick, N.Y.

Long Island Boys 16 SinglesRank ..Name ............................City1..........Richard Mitchell ................Franklin Square, N.Y.2..........Dylan Ander ......................Hewlett, N.Y.3..........Ian Combemale ..................Bridgehampton, N.Y.4..........Daniel Sliwowski................Islip, N.Y.5..........Samuel Hajibai ..................Kings Point, N.Y.6..........Zachary Chang ..................Massapequa, N.Y.7..........Brett Titcomb ....................Lloyd Harbor, N.Y.8..........Ian Baranowski ..................Syosset, N.Y.9..........Jesse Richheimer ..............Merrick, N.Y.10........Jack Vissicchio ..................Port Washington, N.Y.11........Erik Ujvari ..........................Hauppauge, N.Y.12........Erik Johann Lobben ..........Glen Head, N.Y.13........Jeffrey Cherkin ..................Melville, N.Y.14........Michael Nelson ..................Manhasset, N.Y.15........Caleb Van Loon ..................Port Washington, N.Y.16........Connor J. Gehrke ..............Miller Place, N.Y.17........Troy Michael Haas..............Huntington Station, N.Y.18........Joshua Williams Gordon ....Hicksville, N.Y.19........Richard William Liell ..........Nesconset, N.Y.20........Michael Hakimi ..................Great Neck, N.Y.21........Julian Koby Adler ..............Roslyn, N.Y.22........Michael A. Vera ..................Bethpage, N.Y.23........Gregory Rosenthal..............Syosset, N.Y.24........Dylan Hobbs Appel ............Locust Valley, N.Y.25........Benjamin Mermelstein ......Northport, N.Y.26........Joshua Fried ......................Plainview, N.Y.27........Roshun Patel......................Syosset, N.Y.28........Steven Marzagalli ..............Patchogue, N.Y.29........Jeremy Grossman ..............Woodbury, N.Y.30........Brian Heinze ......................garden City, N.Y.31........Brett Edelblum ..................Roslyn, N.Y.32........Richard DeGregoris ............Rockville Centre, N.Y.

33........James Edward Heaney ......Locust Valley, N.Y.34........Daniel Wong ......................Great Neck, N.Y.35........Matthew Edison Orlich ......Valley Stream, N.Y.36........Cole Laffitte ......................East Setauket, N.Y.37........Daniel Christopher Lee ......Port Washington, N.Y.38........Jake Horowitz ....................Smithtown, N.Y.39........David Saxman....................Plainview, N.Y.40........Derek Thomas Esposito......Stony Brook, N.Y.

Long Island Boys 18 SinglesRank ..Name ............................City1..........Jared Drzal ........................West Sayville, N.Y.2..........Jacob Mishkin....................Woodbury, N.Y.3..........Sloan Millman ....................Woodmere, N.Y.4..........Andrew Steven O’Connell ..Medford, N.Y.5..........Jason Fruchter ..................Lawrence, N.Y.6..........Ian Combemale ..................Bridgehampton, N.Y.7..........Christopher DeSimone ......Centerport, N.Y.8..........Zach Cooper ......................Holbrook, N.Y.9..........Kesar Virendra Shah ..........Great Neck, N.Y.10........Steven Ferrantello ..............Dix Hills, N.Y.11........Matthew Zuckerman ..........Valley Stream, N.Y.12........Michael Freilich..................Lawrence, N.Y.13........Anton Averin ......................South Setauket, N.Y.14........Chris Casamassima............Franklin Square, N.Y.15........Ryan Zuckerman................Valley Stream, N.Y.16........Seth Kornfield ....................Jericho, N.Y.17........William Speranza ..............Hicksville, N.Y.18........Zachary Aboody ................Roslyn, N.Y.19........Jonathan Sanders ..............Holbrook, N.Y.20........Matthew Ryan Basile..........Smithtown, N.Y.21........Sean Jagi Chhugani ..........Roslyn, N.Y.22........Austin P. Davidow ..............Glen Head, N.Y.23........Jordan Lindenmam ............Commack, N.Y.24........Roger Young ......................Brookhaven, N.Y.25........Clark D. Ruiz ......................Glen Head, N.Y.26........Darren Reisch ....................Floral Park, N.Y.27........Ignacio Casali ....................Farmingdale, N.Y.28........Zachary H. Mintz ................Roslyn, N.Y.29........Jason Fiderer ....................Oceanside, N.Y.30........Dennis Uspensky................Atlantic Beach, N.Y.31........Richard Mitchell ................Franklin Square, N.Y.32........Brandon Lum ....................Great Neck, N.Y.33........Gregory B. Gittler................Ronkonkoma, N.Y.34........Felipe Magalhaaes Reis......East Hampton, N.Y.35........Joseph M. Falcetta ............Deer Park, N.Y.36........Nick Wong..........................Jericho, N.Y.37........Daniel Wong ......................Great Neck, N.Y.38........Daniel Wright ....................Babylon, N.Y.39........Anil Nandkumar ................East Northport, N.Y.40........Erik Johann Lobben ..........Glen Head, N.Y.

GIRLSLong Island Girls 10 SinglesRank ..Name ............................City1..........Francesca Karman ............Port Washington, N.Y.2..........Rachel Arbitman ................Hewlett, N.Y.3..........Marisa L. Menist ................Great Neck, N.Y.4..........Julia Kielan ........................Valley Stream, N.Y.5..........Maryam Beshir Ahmad ......Albertson, N.Y.6..........Allison Cooney ..................Manhasset, N.Y.7..........Merri Kelly ........................Oyster Bay, N.Y.8..........Kira Rose Giordano ............Massapequa Park, N.Y.9..........Emily Austin ......................Woodmere, N.Y.10........Gabriella Sciarrotta ............Woodmere, N.Y.11........Rebecca E. Suarez ............Huntington, N.Y.12........Alexa Lynn Bracco..............Freeport, N.Y.13........Amy Delman ......................Great Neck, N.Y.14........Alexandra Chirinkin ............Woodbury, N.Y.

Long Island Girls 12 SinglesRank ..Name ............................City1..........Lexee Taylor Shapiro ..........Syosset, N.Y.2..........Brynn Maris April................Dix Hills, N.Y.3..........Francesca Karman ............Port Washington, N.Y.4..........Olivia Rose Scordo ............Glen Head, N.Y.

5..........Nicole Kielan ......................Valley Stream, N.Y.6..........Trinity Chow ......................Glen Cove, N.Y.7..........Marisa L. Menist ................Great Neck, N.Y.8..........Ashley Debra Yevdosin ......Hewlett, N.Y.9..........Abigail Carrie Okin ............Amagansett, N.Y.10........Devika Kedia ......................East Norwich, N.Y.11..........Cecelia Thomas Combemale ..Bridgehampton, N.Y.12........Brooke Emily Digia ............Manhasset, N.Y.13........Morgan A. Wilkins ..............Syosset, N.Y.14........Hannah Rosalie Dayton ......East Hampton, N.Y.15........Katelyn Walker ..................Sands Point, N.Y.16........Ellen Nicole Huhulea ..........Rockville Centre, N.Y.17........Celeste Wang Traub............Jericho, N.Y.18........Emily Kate Shutman ..........Huntington, N.Y.19........Dasha Dlin ........................Glen Head, N.Y.20........Amanda Alison Foo ............Manhasset, N.Y.21........Julia Sherwood Dudley ......Southampton, N.Y.22........Kaitlyn Byrnes ....................Massapequa, N.Y.23........Marina Bracken Hilbert ......Locust Valley, N.Y.24........Adele Sukhov ....................Westbury, N.Y.25........Julia Kielan ........................Valley Stream, N.Y.26........Merri Kelly ........................Oyster Bay, N.Y.27........Rachel Arbitman ................Hewlett, N.Y.28........Victoria Anna Bialczak ........New Hyde Park, N.Y.29........Courtney B. Kowalsky ........Oyster Bay, N.Y.30........Josephine Winters..............Elmont, N.Y.31........Stephanie Anne Petras ......Manhasset, N.Y.32........Elena Artemis Vlamakis ......Garden City, N.Y.33........Maryam Beshir Ahmad ......Albertson, N.Y.34........Alison Coben ......................Massapequa, N.Y.35........Alexa Susan Goetz ............Greenlawn, N.Y.36........Risha Malhotra ..................Syosset, N.Y.37........Erica Forrest ......................Jericho, N.Y.38........Kerri Leah Goldfuss ............Westbury, N.Y.39........Katia Sabrina Idiri ..............Great Neck, N.Y.40........Amanda Mintz....................Sag Harbor, N.Y.

Long Island Girls 14 SinglesRank ..Name ............................City1..........Lauren Ann Livingston........Sands Point, N.Y.2..........Katharine Brandow ............East Northport, N.Y.3..........Brittany Burke ....................Garden City, N.Y.4..........Bridget Elaine Harding........Northport, N.Y.5..........Rhea Malhotra....................Syosset, N.Y.6..........Julia Khan..........................Port Washington, N.Y.7..........Michele Sheila Lehat ..........Great Neck, N.Y.8..........Julia Ciardullo ....................Locust Valley, N.Y.9..........Lexee Taylor Shapiro ..........Syosset, N.Y.10........Nikaylah Imani Williams ....Wheatley Heights, N.Y.11........Aidan Owens......................Manhasset, N.Y.12........Michelle Haykin..................Great Neck, N.Y. 13........Elena Nitsa Maria Nastasi ..Bayville, N.Y.14........Cameron Leigh Moskol ......Wantagh, N.Y.15........Sophie Grace Wilson ..........Oyster Bay, N.Y.16........Ryann Moelis ....................Hewlett, N.Y.17........Danielle Mirabella ..............Wantagh, N.Y.18........Taylor S. Cosme ................New Hyde Park, N.Y.19........Vanessa L. Scott ................Dix Hills, N.Y.20........Laura Jean Halsey..............Westhampton, N.Y.21........Eva Rosalia Petersen ..........Bridgehampton, N.Y.22........Sarah Seeman ..................Port Washington, N.Y.23........Brynn Maris April................Dix Hills, N.Y.24........Brianna Biancardi ..............Merrick, N.Y.25........Rosa LaCorte ....................Merrick, N.Y.26........Katie Jane Cirella ..............Woodbury, N.Y.27........Sofiya Tumanova................Middle Island, N.Y.28........Lauren B. Dolowich ............Jericho, N.Y.29........Alana Weitz ........................Roslyn, N.Y.30........Celeste Rose Matute ..........Oyster Bay, N.Y.31........Claire Handa ......................Rockville Centre, N.Y.32........Eudice Wong Chong ..........Port Washington, N.Y.33........Morgan Hermann ..............Garden City, N.Y.34........Olivia C. Funk ....................Hicksville, N.Y.35........Caroline Keating ................Huntington, N.Y.36........Elizabeth K. Kallenberg ......Port Washington, N.Y.37........Tracey Nicole Rosenlicht ....Dix Hills, N.Y.38........Emily Kate Shutman ..........Huntington, N.Y.

39........Mallie Feldman ..................Woodbury, N.Y.40........Denise Vollmer ..................New Hyde Park, N.Y.

Long Island Girls 16 SinglesRank ..Name ............................City1..........Lara Fishbane ....................Commack, N.Y.2..........Bridget Elaine Harding........Northport, N.Y.3..........Ruth Freilich ......................Lawrence, N.Y.4..........Emma R. Brezel..................Port Washington, N.Y.5..........Hannah Goldman................West Hempstead, N.Y.6..........Danielle Byrnes ..................Massapequa, N.Y.7..........Jennifer C. Ferguson ..........Franklin Square, N.Y.8..........Nicholle Torres ..................North Hills, N.Y.9..........Mary C. Harding ................Northport, N.Y.10........Aimee N. Manfredo ............Shoreham, N.Y.11........Erica Bundrick....................Mattituck, N.Y.12........Rhea Malhotra....................Syosset, N.Y.13........Jennifer Carnovale ............Massapequa, N.Y.14........Julia Ciardullo ....................Locust Valley, N.Y.15........Kristen Bomkamp ..............Northport, N.Y.16........Michele Sheila Lehat ..........Great Neck, N.Y.17........Brittany Burke ....................Garden City, N.Y.18........Jennifer Glukhman ............Syosset, N.Y.19........Lauren Ann Livingston........Sands Point, N.Y.20........Danielle Lapierre................Hicksville, N.Y.21........Cameron Leigh Moskol ......Wantagh, N.Y.22........Holly Hubsher ....................Sands Point, N.Y.23........Rachel Gastaldo ................Syosset, N.Y.24........Amanda Luper ..................Melville, N.Y.25........Katharine Brandow ............East Northport, N.Y.26........Amanda Nowak..................Huntington, N.Y.27........Alexa Graham ....................Garden City, N.Y.28........Rithika Reddy ....................Syosset, N.Y.29........Claudia M. Ruiz ..................Glen Head, N.Y.30........Zenat Rashidzada ..............Dix Hills, N.Y.31........Stephanie Nakash ..............Great Neck, N.Y.32........Taylor Rose Anderson ........Locust Valley, N.Y.33........Alexandra Linder ................Sands Point, N.Y.34........Karishma Ramesh Tank......New Hyde Park, N.Y.35........Hannah Morgan Finger ......Dix Hills, N.Y.36........Bianca Posa ......................Valley Stream, N.Y.37........Brianna Biancardi ..............Merrick, N.Y.38........Elianne Michelle Gabbay ....Jericho, N.Y.39........Alexa P. Sternschein ..........Syosset, N.Y.40........April Pun ............................Glen Head, N.Y.

Long Island Girls 18 SinglesRank ..Name ............................City1..........Hannah Goldman................West Hempstead, N.Y.2..........Erica Bundrick....................Mattituck, N.Y.3..........Carly Siegel........................Dix Hills, N.Y.4..........Alyssa D. Rosello................Garden City, N.Y.5..........Nicholle Torres ..................North Hills, N.Y.6..........Jennifer C. Ferguson ..........Franklin Square, N.Y.7..........Amanda Seeley ..................Sound Beach, N.Y.8..........Mary Harding ....................Northport, N.Y.9..........Courtney Sokol ..................Floral Park, N.Y.10........Jaclyn Mary Cartwright ......Deer Park, N.Y.11........Veronika Paikin ..................Valley Stream, N.Y.12........Alison Wang ......................Great Neck, N.Y.13........Yuliya V. Astapova ..............Port Washington, N.Y.14........Jessica Nowak ..................Huntington, N.Y.15........Cameron Leigh Moskol ......Wantagh, N.Y.16........Kate C. Weidenman ............Syosset, N.Y.17........Jessica Sickles ..................Massapequa Park, N.Y.18........Taylor Wilkins ....................Syosset, N.Y.19........Ashley Sandler ..................Jericho, N.Y.20........Robin Mehta ......................Manhasset, N.Y.

Boys & GirlsSectional Rankings(as of 04/11/11)

BOYSSectional Boys 10 Singles—Long Island RegionRank ..Name ............................City6..........Cannon Kingsley ................Northport, N.Y.9..........Ronald P. Hohmann ............Oyster Bay, N.Y.11........Neel Raj ............................Oyster Bay, N.Y.13........Michael Medvedev ............Oceanside, N.Y.15........Steven Well Sun ................Glen Cove, N.Y.16........Billy Suarez ........................Huntington, N.Y.17........Sujay Sharma ....................New Hyde Park, N.Y.19........Benjamin Cole Grossman ..Sands Point, N.Y.20........Oliver Worth ......................Locust Valley, N.Y.24........Amani Siddiqui ..................West Babylon, N.Y.33........Jeffrey McDonnell ..............Glen Cove, N.Y.38........Niles Ghaffar ......................Massapequa, N.Y.62........Robert Steven Bellino ........Huntington, N.Y.68........Philip Yunjae Chang............New Hyde Park, N.Y.77........Michael Wexler ..................Old Westbury, N.Y.78........Wiktor Marek Figiel ............Sea Cliff, N.Y.82........Maxwell Moadel ................Brookville, N.Y.83........Daniel Chikvashvili ............Syosset, N.Y.85........Alec Hunter Barres ............Old Westbury, N.Y.95........Zachary Reid Berlin ............Dix Hills, N.Y.116......Torin Suner Bograd ............Huntington, N.Y.122......Abhinay Raj Srivstava ........Melville, N.Y.126......Michael Bruck ....................Roslyn, N.Y.129......Henry Bilicic ......................Locust Valley, N.Y.131......JohnChristian Matute ........Oyster Bay, N.Y.132......Luke Torel Karniewich ........Glen Head, N.Y.133......Jacob Rusinek ..................East Hills, N.Y.150......Tyler Joseph Milner ............Jericho, N.Y.

Sectional Boys 12 Singles—Long Island RegionRank ..Name ............................City5..........Finbar Talcott ....................Sea Cliff, N.Y.8..........Sean M. Mullins ................Lloyd Harbor, N.Y.9..........Athell Patrick Bennett ........Valley Stream, N.Y.10........Sean Patrick ......................Oyster Bay, N.Y.12........Alan Delman ......................Great Neck, N.Y.15........Colin Francis Sacco............Brightwaters, N.Y.18........Ryan Goetz ........................Greenlawn, N.Y.21........Daniel Shleimovich ............Merrick, N.Y.22........Keegan James Morris ........Franklin Square, N.Y.23........Jordan Michael Bennett ....Valley Stream, N.Y.31........Rajan Jai Vohra ..................Glen Head, N.Y.38........Patrick F. Maloney ..............Oyster Bay, N.Y.40........Brian Shi ............................Jericho, N.Y.48........Daniel Eric Pellerito ............Syosset, N.Y.52........Yuval Solomon....................Plainview, N.Y. 53........Ronald P. Hohmann ............Oyster Bay, N.Y.54........Kyle Hudson Gower ............Oceanside, N.Y.55........Michael Medvedev ............Oceanside, N.Y.66........Neel Raj ............................Oyster Bay, N.Y.69........Logan Beckerman ..............East Norwich, N.Y.72........Andy Zhou..........................Commack, N.Y.76........Pete Siozios ......................New Hyde Park, N.Y.77........Ian Bank ............................Old Westbury, N.Y.82........James Kyrkanides..............Stony Brook, N.Y.85........Giancarlo Cavallero ............West Hempstead, N.Y.88........Cannon Kingsley ................Northport, N.Y.93........Titus Syon Sung ................Roslyn Heights, N.Y.98........Eli Grossman......................Woodbury, N.Y.101......Thomas Korossy ................Oyster Bay, N.Y.103......Steven Well Sun ................Glen Cove, N.Y.110......Justin Ilan Lempert ............Roslyn Heights, N.Y.111......Benjamin Cole Grossman ..Sands Point, N.Y.113......Mark Julian Baker ..............North Baldwin, N.Y.115......Brady Berman ....................Glen Head, N.Y.122......Amani Siddiqui ..................West Babylon, N.Y.125......Tyler Spencer Bloch ..........Jericho, N.Y.134......Michael Thomas Jaklitsch ..South Setauket, N.Y.

138......Carl Grant ..........................Water Mill, N.Y.139......Austin Egna........................Port Washington, N.Y.146......Daniel Weitz ......................Roslyn, N.Y.

Sectional Boys 14 Singles—Long Island RegionRank ..Name ............................City1..........Brenden Andrew Volk ........Dix Hills, N.Y.5..........Josh Silverstein..................Great Neck, N.Y.8..........Alexander Lebedev ............Island Park, N.Y.15........Daniel Grunberger ..............Great Neck, N.Y.23........Lubomir T. Cuba ................Massapequa Park, N.Y.31........Eric Wagner........................Roslyn Heights, N.Y.35........Jared R. Halstrom ..............Bellmore, N.Y.39........Bryant J. Born ....................Manhasset, N.Y.44........Palmer T. Clare ..................North Bellmore, N.Y.45........Conor Mullins ....................Lloyd Harbor, N.Y.52........Alex Brebenel ....................Glen Head, N.Y.66........Kevin Cino..........................East Quogue, N.Y.79........Colin Francis Sacco............Brightwaters, N.Y.84........Zacarias Imperial ..............Garden City Park, N.Y.85........Cory Seltman ....................Smithtown, N.Y.89........William Scribner Bader ......Water Mill, N.Y.93........Finbar Talcott ....................Sea Cliff, N.Y.94........Sean Mullins ......................Lloyd Harbor, N.Y.97........Joshua Williams Gordon ....Hicksville, N.Y.98........Athell Patrick Bennett ........Valley Stream, N.Y.100......Travis Leaf ........................Dix Hills, N.Y.107......Chris Kuhnle ......................Shoreham, N.Y.108......Brandon Eric Remer ..........Hewlett, N.Y.115......Benjamin Rosen ................Port Washington, N.Y.117......Jordan Michael Bennett ....Valley Stream, N.Y.119......Andy Zhou..........................Commack, N.Y.120......Nikhil Raj ..........................Oyster Bay, N.Y.126......Brian Hoffarth ....................Fort Salonga, N.Y.128......Dennis Uspensky................Atlantic Beach, N.Y.130......Evan Kober ........................Wantagh, N.Y.142......Faran Nazir ........................Deer Park, N149......Raizada Bhavin Vaid ..........Old Westbury, N.Y.

Sectional Boys 16 Singles—Long Island RegionRank ..Name ............................City1..........Noah B. Rubin ....................Merrick, N.Y.4..........Aidan Talcott ......................Sea Cliff, N.Y.8..........Samuel Lam ......................Old Westbury, N.Y.10........Vihar Shah ........................New Hyde Park, N.Y.12........Philip Daniel Antohi ............Glen Head, N.Y.15........Ethan Bogard ....................Lido Beach, N.Y.18........Alexander Schidlovsky ......Sea Cliff, N.Y. 20........Josh Silverstein..................Great Neck, N.Y.22........Douglas Notaris..................Wantagh, N.Y.39........Conor Dauer ......................Lloyd Harbor, N.Y.40........Brandon T. Stone ................Melville, N.Y.45........Alex Sacher........................Glen Head, N.Y.49........Lamar Remy ......................Roslyn, N.Y.50........Jeremy Dubin ....................Southampton, N.Y.56........Julian Alexi Zlobinsky ........Greenvale, N.Y.57........Austin Davidow ..................Glen Head, N.Y.61........Tyler J. Hoffman ................Sayville, N.Y.68........Ali Zain ..............................Dix Hills, N.Y.76........Matthew R. Demichiel ........Hewlett, N.Y.77........John P. D’Alessandro..........Northport, N.Y.80........Conor Mullins ....................Lloyd Harbor, N.Y.81........Zachary A. Lessen ..............Roslyn Heights, N.Y.90........Mark Daniel Temporal ........Carle Place, N.Y.92........Daniel Wong ......................Great Neck, N.Y.101......Doron Saraf........................Great Neck, N.Y.102......Daniel Grunberger ..............Great Neck, N.Y.108......Brian W. Slivonik ................Oyster Bay, N.Y.111......Alexander Lebedev ............Island Park, N.Y.117......Erik Ujvari ..........................Hauppauge, N.Y.122......Dylan Hobbs Appel ............Locust Valley, N.Y.124......Benjamin Q. King................East Meadow, N.Y.129......Joshua Williams Gordon ....Hicksville, N.Y.131......Jared R. Halstom................Bellmore, N.Y.135......Jonathan Paris ....................Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y.

138......Jeffrey Cherkin ..................Melville, N.Y.140......Kyle Alper ..........................Dix Hills, N.Y.142......Benjamin Mermelstein ......Northport, N.Y.148......Gonzalo E. Mocorrea ..........Locust Valley, N.Y.149......Ian Combemale ..................Bridgehampton, N.Y.

Sectional Boys 18 Singles—Long Island RegionRank ..Name ............................City2..........Josh M. Levine ..................Syosset, N.Y.3..........Andrew Yaraghi ..................Mill Neck, N.Y.4..........Bert Vancura ......................New Hyde Park, N.Y.5..........Eric Rubin ..........................Lido Beach, N.Y.14........Matthew O. Barry ..............Lido Beach, N.Y.27........Howard J. Weiss ................Great Neck, N.Y.30........Noah B. Rubin ....................Merrick, N.Y.32........Jensen H. Reiter ................Syosset, N.Y.34........Brendan Henry ..................Massapequa, N.Y.37........Alex Tropiano ....................Laurel Hollow, N.Y.38........Samuel Lam ......................Old Westbury, N.Y.39........Eric Ambrosio ....................Lloyd Harbor, N.Y.42........Jonahiby Tauil ....................Valley Stream, N.Y.46........Alexander Schidlovsky ......Sea Cliff, N.Y.50........Zachary Morris ..................Garden City, N.Y.53........Jonathan Defrancesch ......Manhasset, N.Y.58........Kevin A. Katz ......................Woodbury, N.Y.63........David Greenbaum ..............Great Neck, N.Y.64........Shaun Bernstein ................Plainview, N.Y.66........Alan S. Pleat ......................Roslyn, N.Y.68........Adam S. Gottlieb ................Great Neck, N.Y.70........Eric Sumanaru ..................Middle Island, N.Y.73........Jason Hubsher ..................Sands Point, N.Y.77........Ofir Solomon ......................Plainview, N.Y.85........Austin Davidow ..................Glen Head, N.Y.91........Sean Jagi Chhugani ..........Roslyn, N.Y.97........Harrison R. Digia ................Manhasset, N.Y.105......Conor A. Dauer ..................Lloyd Harbor, N.Y.106......Michael T. Puntillo ..............Sands Point, N.Y.108......Paul Abrudescu ..................Great Neck, N.Y.114......Clark D. Ruiz ......................Glen Head, N.Y.115......Matthew J. Richards ..........Bayport, N.Y.118......Austin Blau ........................Roslyn, N.Y.120......Henry D. Lee ......................Sag Harbor, N.Y.130......Jacob Mishkin....................Woodbury, N.Y.131......Sloan Millman ....................Woodmere, N.Y.133......Daniel R. Grinshteyn ..........Hewlett, N.Y.135......Darren Reisch ....................Floral Park, N.Y.137......Jared Drzal ........................West Sayville, N.Y.142......Jason A. Fruchter ..............Lawrence, N.Y.148......Pasha Shapouri ..................Albertson, N.Y.

GIRLSSectional Girls 10 Singles—Long Island RegionRank ..Name ............................City3..........Lea Ma ..............................Dix Hills, N.Y.4..........Francesca Karman ............Port Washington, N.Y.13........Julia Kielan ........................Valley Stream, N.Y.20........Alexa Susan Goetz ............Greenlawn, N.Y.23........Merri Kelly ........................Oyster Bay, N.Y.25........Maryam Beshir Ahmad ......Albertson, N.Y.29........Rachel Arbitman ................Hewlett, N.Y.34........Marisa Menist ....................Great Neck, N.Y.36........Amy Delman ......................Great Neck, N.Y.44........Emily Austin ......................Hewlett, N.Y.52........Allison Cooney ..................Manhasset, N.Y.69........Kira Rose Giordano ............Massapequa Park, N.Y. 75........Gabriela Sciarrotta ............Woodmere, N.Y.78........Rebecca Suarez ................Huntington, N.Y.79........Alexa Lynn Bracco..............Freeport, N.Y.87........Alexandra Chirinkin ............Woodbury, N.Y.


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Sectional Girls 12 Singles—Long Island RegionRank ..Name ............................City3..........Alexa Graham ....................Garden City, N.Y.8..........Celeste Rose Matute ..........Amityville, N.Y.9..........Claire Handa ......................Rockville Centre, N.Y.20........Jacqueline Rae Bukzin ......Manorville, N.Y.21........Stephanie Chikvashvili ......Syosset, N.Y.35........Jasmine Olivia Abidi ..........Glen Head, N.Y.42........Courtney Kowalsky ............Oyster Bay, N.Y.51........Lea Ma ..............................Dix Hills, N.Y.52........Dominique Woinarowski ....Syosset, N.Y.57........Amanda Allison Foo............Manhasset, N.Y.64........Ashley Lessen ....................Roslyn Heights, N.Y.67........Abigail Carrie Okin ............Amagansett, N.Y.68........Nicole Kielan ......................Valley Stream, N.Y.70........Emily Kate Shutman ..........Huntington, N.Y.73........Josephine Winters..............Elmont, N.Y.76........Francesca Karman ............Port Washington, N.Y.79........Morgan Wilkins ..................Syosset, N.Y.82........Brynn Maris April................Dix Hills, N.Y.86........Theodora Brebenel ............Glen Head, N.Y.90........Trinity Chow ......................Glen Cove, N.Y.92........Lexee Taylor Shapiro ..........Syosset, N.Y.96........Julia Kielan ........................Valley Stream, N.Y.102......Ashley Debra Yevdosin ......Hewlett, N.Y.107......Olivia Rose Scordo ............Glen Head, N.Y.109......Marisa Menist ....................Great Neck, N.Y.110......Alexa Susan Goetz ............Greenlawn, N.Y.111......Devika Kedia ......................East Norwich, N.Y.115......Merri Kelly ........................Oyster Bay, N.Y. 117......Katelyn Walker ..................Sands Point, N.Y.118......Nicole Kyrkanides ..............Stony Brook, N.Y.123......Hannah Rosalie Dayton ......East Hampton, N.Y.124......Cecilia Thomas CombemaleBridgehampton, N.Y.132......Marina Bracken Hilbert ......Locust Valley, N.Y.150......Elena Artemis Vlamakis ......Garden City, N.Y.

Sectional Girls 14 Singles—Long Island RegionRank ..Name ............................City8..........Madison Battaglia ..............Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y.13........Isabella Pascucci................Oyster Bay, N.Y.14........Alexa Graham ....................Garden City, N.Y.20........Morgan Hermann ..............Garden City, N.Y.21........Shanice Nadia Arthur..........Glen Head, N.Y.28........Taylor S. Cosme ................New Hyde Park, N.Y.29........Mia M. Vecchio ..................Manhasset Hills, N.Y.47........Karen A. Serina ..................Islip Terrace, N.Y.48........Bridget Elaine Harding........Northport, N.Y.53........Rachel Gastaldo ................Syosset, N.Y.54........Aimee N. Manfredo ............Shoreham, N.Y.66........Lauren Ann Livingston........Sands Point, N.Y.71........Elena Nitsa Maria Nastasi ..Bayville, N.Y.73........Brittany Burke ....................Garden City, N.Y.74........Michele Sheila Lehat ..........Great Neck, N.Y.79........Olivia C. Funk ....................Hicksville, N.Y.85........Esther Chikvashvili ............Syosset, N.Y.96........Nicole Koskovolis ..............Manhasset, N.Y.97........Julia Ciardullo ....................Locust Valley, N.Y.104......Rhea Malhotra....................Syosset, N.Y.107......Vanessa L. Scott ................Dix Hills, N.Y.120......Nikaylah Imani Williams ....Wheatley Heights, N.Y.123......Katie Jean Cirella ..............Woodbury, N.Y.132......Julia Khan..........................Port Washington, N.Y.

Sectional Girls 16 Singles—Long Island RegionRank ..Name ............................City9..........Hannah L. Camhi................Woodbury, N.Y. 13........Nadia Smergut ..................East Hampton, N.Y.16........Sophie R. Barnard ..............Mill Neck, N.Y. 18........Vivian Cheng ......................Woodbury, N.Y. 22........Ola Mally............................Franklin Square, N.Y.25........Julia Elbaba ......................Oyster Bay, N.Y. 39........Morgan C. Feldman ............Glen Head, N.Y.

40........Paulina Tafler ....................Oceanside, N.Y.48........Stephanie Loutsenko..........Bellmore, N.Y. 53........Alison Wang ......................Great Neck, N.Y.57........Claudia M. Ruiz ..................Glen Head, N.Y.60........Nicholle Torres ..................North Hills, N.Y.61........Sunaina Vohra ....................Glen Head, N.Y.66........Sara Finger ........................St. James, N.Y.68........Madison Battaglia ..............Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y.69........Rithika D. Reddy ................Syosset, N.Y.70........Mia M. Vecchio ..................Manhasset Hills, N.Y.92........Gabriella Nicole Leon ........Woodmere, N.Y.93........Julia Zhuang ......................Great Neck, N.Y.99........Zenat Rashidzada ..............Dix Hills, N.Y.100......Rachel Gastaldo ................Syosset, N.Y.103......Yuliya V. Astapova ..............Port Washington, N.Y.104......Aimee N. Manfredo ............Shoreham, N.Y.106......Erica Bundrick....................Mattituck, N.Y.107......Bianca Posa ......................Valley Stream, N.Y.109......Jennifer Ferguson ..............Franklin Square, N.Y.113......Emma R. Brezel..................Port Washington, N.Y.118......Cameron Leigh Moskol ......Wantagh, N.Y.121......Brittany Burke ....................Garden City, N.Y.124......Laura Torsiello....................Bayport, N.Y.126......Mary C. Harding ................Northport, N.Y.132......Olivia C. Funk ....................Hicksville, N.Y.134......Ruth Freilich ......................Lawrence, N.Y.135......Bridget Elaine Harding........Northport, N.Y.137......Isabella Pascucci................Oyster Bay, N.Y.145......Shanice Nadia Arthur..........Glen Head, N.Y.

Sectional Girls 18 Singles—Long Island RegionRank ..Name ............................City6..........Katherine Yau ....................Manhasset, N.Y.7..........Hannah L. Camhi................Woodbury, N.Y. 14........Shelby Talcott ....................Sea Cliff, N.Y.23........Theresa Smith....................Port Washington, N.Y.36........Jacqueline Raynor..............Garden City, N.Y.38........Morgan Feldman ................Glen Head, N.Y.42........Stephanie Loutsenko..........Bellmore, N.Y.50........Missy Edelblum..................Roslyn, N.Y. 51........Julia Elbaba ......................Oyster Bay, N.Y. 56........Nadia Smergut ..................East Hampton, N.Y.57........Samantha Rosca-Sipot ......Malverne, N.Y.60........Sophie Barnard ..................Mill neck, N.Y.67........Ludmila Yamus ..................Melville, N.Y.70........Nicholle Torres ..................North Hills, N.Y.72........Samantha L. Elgort ............Melville, N.Y.74........Taylor A. Diffley ..................Hampton Bays, N.Y.77........Devlin-Ann Ammendola......Massapequa, N.Y.83........Carly Siegel........................Dix Hills, N.Y.88........Melissa Carlay....................New Hyde Park, N.Y.89........Jessica Nowak ..................Huntington, N.Y.91........Alison Wang ......................Great Neck, N.Y.92........Vivian Cheng ......................Woodbury, N.Y.93........Ashley Sandler ..................Jericho, N.Y.97........Claudia M. Ruiz ..................Glen Head, N.Y.105......Lila B. Martz ......................Long Beach, N.Y.107......Mia M. Vecchio ..................Manhasset Hills, N.Y.108......Samantha Gann ................Massapequa, N.Y.111......Paige J. Mintz ....................Roslyn, N.Y.133......Sunaina Vohra ....................Glen Head, N.Y.134......Alyssa D. Rosello................Garden City, N.Y.142......Erica Bundrick....................Mattituck, N.Y.

Boys & Girls National Rankings(as of 04/20/11)

BOYSNational Boys 12 Singles—Long Island PlayersRank ..Name ............................City92........Sean Mullins ......................Lloyd Harbor, N.Y.100......Sean Patrick ......................Oyster Bay, N.Y.

114......Finbar Talcott ....................Sea Cliff, N.Y.155......Athell Patrick Bennett ........Valley Stream, N.Y.167......Ryan Goetz ........................Greenlawn, N.Y.228......Jordan Michael Bennett ....Valley Stream, N.Y.238......Colin Francis Sacco............Brightwaters, N.Y.244......Alan Delman ......................Great Neck, N.Y.277......Daniel Shleimovich ............Merrick, N.Y.340......Rajan Jai Vohra ..................Glen Head, N.Y.378......Keegan James Morris ........Franklin Square, N.Y.473......Ronald P.Hohmann ............Oyster Bay, N.Y.552......Daniel Eric Pellerito ............Syosset, N.Y.564......Brian Shi ............................Jericho, N.Y.596......Michael Medvedev ............Oceanside, N.Y.643......Patrick Maloney ................Oyster Bay, N.Y.693......Kyle Hudson Gower ............Oceanside, N.Y.867......Yuval Solomon....................Plainview, N.Y.877......James Kyrkanides..............Stony Brook, N.Y.914......Neel Raj ............................Oyster Bay, N.Y.937......Andy Zhou..........................Commack, N.Y.967......Pete Siozios ......................New Hyde Park, N.Y.

National Boys 14 Singles—Long Island PlayersRank ..Name ............................City61........Josh Silverstein..................Great Neck, N.Y.75........Brenden Andrew Volk ........Dix Hills, N.Y.120......Alexander Lebedev ............Island Park, N.Y.136......Daniel Grunberger ..............Great Neck, N.Y.221......Lubomir T. Cuba ................Massapequa Park, N.Y.262......Jared Halstrom ..................Bellmore, N.Y.285......Eric Wagner........................Roslyn Heights, N.Y.471......Dennis Uspensky................Atlantic Beach, N.Y.617......Bryant J. Born ....................Manhasset, N.Y.789......Palmer T. Clare ..................North Bellmore, N.Y.981......Benjamin Rosen ................Port Washington, N.Y.

National Boys 16 Singles—Long Island PlayersRank ..Name ............................City14........Noah B. Rubin ....................Merrick, N.Y.41........Aidan Talcott ......................Sea Cliff, N.Y.77........Samuel Lam ......................Old Westbury, N.Y.144......Vihar Shah ........................New Hyde Park, N.Y.179......Ethan Bogard ....................Lido Beach, N.Y.268......Alexander Schidlovsky ......Sea Cliff, N.Y.398......Conor A. Dauer ..................Lloyd Harbor, N.Y.406......Douglas Notaris..................Wantagh, N.Y.428......Lamar Remy ......................Roslyn, N.Y. 503......Philip Daniel Antohi ............Glen Head, N.Y.576......Brandon T. Stone ................Melville, N.Y.610......Josh Silverstein..................Great Neck, N.Y.632......Julian Alexi Zlobinsky ........Greenvale, N.Y.685......Austin P. Davidow ..............Glen Head, N.Y.773......Tyler J. Hoffman ................Sayville, N.Y.822......Alex C. Sacher....................Glen Head, N.Y.850......Stanislav Korshunov ..........Oceanside, N.Y.925......John P. D’Allesandro ..........Northport, N.Y.979......Jeremy Dubin ....................Southampton, N.Y.984......Conor Mullins ....................Lloyd Harbor, N.Y.

National Boys 18 Singles—Long Island PlayersRank ..Name ............................City102......Josh M. Levine ..................Syosset, N.Y.150......Andrew S. Yaraghi ..............Mill Neck, N.Y.153......Bert Vancura ......................New Hyde Park, N.Y.173......Matthew O. Barry ..............Lido Beach, N.Y.189......Eric Rubin ..........................Lido Beach, N.Y.206......Jensen Reiter ....................Syosset, N.Y.292......Eric Ambrosio ....................Lloyd Harbor, N.Y.296......Howard J. Weiss ................Great Neck, N.Y.368......Alex Tropiano ....................Laurel Hollow, N.Y.382......Jonathan Defrancesch ......Manhasset, N.Y.402......Shaun Bernstein ................Plainview, N.Y.478......Zachary Morris ..................Garden City, N.Y.496......Noah B. Rubin ....................Merrick, N.Y.

659......Jonahiby Tauil ....................Valley Stream, N.Y.792......Alexander Friedlich ............Great Neck, N.Y.894......David Greenbaum ..............Great Neck, N.Y.895......Samuel Lam ......................Old Westbury, N.Y.916......Brendan Henry ..................Massapequa, N.Y.

GIRLSNational Girls 12 Singles—Long Island PlayersRank ..Name ............................City80........Alexa Graham ....................Garden City, N.Y.196......Claire Handa ......................Rockville Centre, N.Y.239......Celeste Rose Mautute ........Oyster Bay, N.Y.390......Stephanie Chikvashvili ......Syosset, N.Y.439......Jasmine Olivia Abidi ..........Glen Head, N.Y.517......Jacqueline Rae Bukzin ......Manorville, N.Y.552......Courtney B. Kowalsky ........Oyster Bay, N.Y.738......Merri Kelly ........................Oyster Bay, N.Y.837......Lea Ma ..............................Dix Hills, N.Y.963......Francesca Karman ............Port Washington, N.Y.984......Ashley Lessen ....................Roslyn Heights, N.Y.985......Amanda Allison Foo............Manhasset, N.Y.

National Girls 14 Singles—Long Island PlayersRank ..Name ............................City157......Isabella Pascucci................Oyster Bay, N.Y.167......Madison Battaglia ..............Cold Spring harbor, N.Y.325......Mia M. Vecchio ..................Manhasset Hills, N.Y.387......Taylor Cosme ....................New Hyde Park, N.Y.420......Shanice Nadia Arthur..........Glen Head, N.Y.558......Karen A. Serina ..................Islip Terrace, N.Y.614......Alexa Graham ....................Garden City, N.Y.642......Morgan Herrmann..............Garden City, N.Y.790......Bridget Elaine Harding........Northport, N.Y.928......Aimee Manfredo ................Shoreham, N.Y.

National Girls 16 Singles—Long Island PlayersRank ..Name ............................City56........Hannah L. Camhi................Woodbury, N.Y. 59........Julia Elbaba ......................Oyster Bay, N.Y.121......Vivian Cheng ......................Woodbury, N.Y.150......Nadia Smergut ..................East Hampton, N.Y.447......Morgan C. Feldman ............Glen Head, N.Y. 608......Stephanie Loutsenko..........Bellmore, N.Y. 610......Ola Mally............................Franklin Square, N.Y.873......Paulina Tafler ....................Oceanside, N.Y.964......Alison Wang ......................Great Neck, N.Y.

National Girls 18 Singles—Long Island PlayersRank ..Name ............................City109......Hannah L. Camhi................Woodbury, N.Y. 146......Katherine Yau ....................Manhasset, N.Y.158......Shelby Talcott ....................Sea Cliff, N.Y. 186......Julia Elbaba ......................Oyster Bay, N.Y.188......Theresa Smith....................Port Washington, N.Y.540......Stephanie Loutsenko..........Bellmore, N.Y. 548......Jacqueline Raynor..............Garden City, N.Y.698......Morgan Feldman ................Glen Head, N.Y.847......Samantha Rosca-Sipot ......Malverne, N.Y.


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MAY 2011Friday-Sunday, May 6-8L1 Sportime Lynbrook ChampionshipSportime Tennis Lynbrook175 Merrick Road • Lynbrook, N.Y.Divisions: Championships B(18)s, SESurface Type: Hard IndoorEntry Fee: $54.25 per player (deadline for entriesis Friday, April 22)For more information, call (516) 887-1330.

Friday-Sunday, May 6-8L1B Ross School Tennis Academy ChampionshipRoss School Tennis Academy18 Goodfriend Drive • East Hampton, N.Y.Divisions: Challenger BG(18-12)s, SE; BG(12)d, SESurface Type: Clay IndoorEntry Fee: $54.25 per player (deadline for entriesis Friday, April 29 at 11:59 p.m.)For more information, call (631) 907-5721.

Friday-Sunday, May 6-8L3 Sportime Bethpage ChampionshipSportime Tennis Bethpage101 Norcross AvenueBethpage, N.Y.Divisions: Novice BG(18-12)s, RRSurface Type: Hard IndoorEntry Fee: Entry Fee: $43.50 per player (dead-line for entries is Monday, May 2 at 1:00 p.m.)For more information, call (516) 933-8500.

Friday-Sunday, May 6-810 & 8U QuickStart Sportime Syosset ChampionshipSportime-Syosset75 Haskett DriveSyosset, N.Y.Divisions: QuickStart BG(10-8)s, RRSurface Type: UnknownEntry Fee: $43.50 per player (deadline for entriesis Monday, May 2 at 1:00 p.m.)For more information, call (516) 364-2727.

Friday-Sunday, May 6-8L1 LBTC ChampionshipLong Beach Tennis Center899 Monroe BoulevardLong Beach, N.Y.Divisions: Championships G(12)sd, SESurface Type: UnknownEntry Fee: $54.25 per player for singles/$28 perplayer for doubles (deadline for entries is Mon-day, May 2 at 1:00 p.m.)For more information, call (516) 432-6060.

Friday-Sunday, May 6-8 & May 13-15L1 Deer Park Anuj Agarwal Memorial ChampionshipDeer Park Tennis Center30 Burt DriveDeer Park, N.Y.Divisions: Championships BG(14)s, SESurface: UnknownEntry Fee: $54.25 per player (deadline for entriesis Friday, April 22)For more information, call (631) 667-3476.

Saturday, May 7LI Regional Junior Team Tennis 12URobbie Wagner Tournament Training at Glen Cove60 Sea Cliff Avenue • Glen Cove, N.Y.Divisions: BG(12)sd; XJ(12)dSurface: Hard IndoorEntry Fee: $0.00 per player (deadline for entriesis Monday, May 2)For more information, call (516) 822-8711.

Friday-Sunday, May 13-15L1 Sportime Syosset ChampionshipSportime-Syosset75 Haskett DriveSyosset, N.Y.Divisions: Championships B(16)s, SESurface Type: UnknownEntry Fee: $54.25 per player (deadline for entriesis Monday, May 2 at 1:00 p.m.)For more information, call (516) 364-2727.

Friday-Sunday, May 13-15L2O Sportime Bethpage ChampionshipSportime Tennis Bethpage101 Norcross AvenueBethpage, N.Y.Divisions: Intermediate BG(16-12)s, SESurface Type: UnknownEntry Fee: Entry Fee: $54.25 per player (dead-line for entries is Monday, May 2 at 1:00 p.m.)For more information, call (516) 933-8500.

Friday-Sunday, May 13-15L1 Sportime LR Summer ChampionshipSportime RoslynLanding Road, P.O. Box 1Roslyn, N.Y.Divisions: Championships B(12)s, SESurface Type: UnknownEntry Fee: $54.25 per player for one event (dead-line for entries is Friday, April 29 at 1:00 p.m.)For more information, call (516) 484-9222.

Friday-Sunday, May 13-15L1 Sportime Kings Park ChampionshipSportime Kings Park275 Old Indianhead RoadKings Park, N.Y.Divisions: Championships G(18-16)s, SESurface Type: UnknownEntry Fee: $54.25 per player for singles (deadlinefor entries is Friday, April 29 at 1:00 p.m.)For more information, call (631) 269-6300.

Friday-Sunday, May 13-15L1B LBTC ChallengerLong Beach Tennis Center899 Monroe BoulevardLong Beach, N.Y.Divisions: Challenger BG(18-16)sd, SESurface Type: UnknownEntry Fee: $54.25 per player/$28 per player fordoubles (deadline for entries is Monday, May 9 at1:00 p.m.)For more information, call (516) 432-6060.

Friday-Sunday, May 13-15Sportime Massapequa NTRPSportime Massapequa5600 Old Sunrise HighwayMassapequa, N.Y.Divisions: Ranked NM(3.0-4.5)sd, SE; NW(3.0-4.0)sd, SESurface Type: Clay IndoorEntry Fee: $38.13 per player (deadline for entriesis Saturday, May 7at 11:59 p.m.)For more information, call (516) 799-3550.

Saturday, May 14L3 Eastern Athletic at Bluepoint Eastern UPSChampionshipEastern Athletic Clubs9 Montauk Highway, Unit ABlue Point, N.Y.Divisions: Novice BG(14)s, RRSurface Type: Hard IndoorEntry Fee: $38.13 per player (deadline for entriesis Saturday, May 7at 1:00 p.m.)For more information, call (631) 363-2882.

Saturday, May 14JTT LI Regional 18URobbie Wagner Tournament Training at Glen Cove60 Sea Cliff AvenueGlen Cove, N.Y.Divisions: BG(18)sd; XJ(18)dSurface: Hard IndoorEntry Fee: $0.00 per player (deadline for entriesis Monday, May 2)For more information, call (516) 822-8711.

Friday-Sunday, May 20-22L3 Sportime Massapequa Eastern UPS ChampionshipSportime Massapequa5600 Old Sunrise HighwayMassapequa, N.Y.Divisions: Novice BG(14-10)s, RRSurface Type: UnknownEntry Fee: $43.50 per player (deadline for entriesis Friday, May 13 at 1:00 p.m.)For more information, call (516) 799-3550.

Friday-Sunday, May 20-22L2R Long Island Regional Sportime SyossetChampionshipSportime-Syosset75 Haskett DriveSyosset, N.Y.Divisions: Intermediate B(18-10)s, SESurface Type: UnknownEntry Fee: $54.25 per player (deadline for entriesis Tuesday, May 10 at 1:00 p.m.)For more information, call (516) 364-2727.

Friday-Sunday, May 20-22 & Friday-Monday, May 27-30+L1 RWTTC Eastern Designated Closed Championship L3 FICRobbie Wagner Tournament Training at Glen Cove60 Sea Cliff AvenueGlen Cove, N.Y.Divisions: Grand Prix G(16)sd, FICSurface: Hard IndoorEntry Fee: $54.25 per singles player/$28 perdoubles per player with an additional $25 forplayers qualifying or accepted directly to themain draw (deadline for entries is Monday, May9 at 1:00 p.m.)For more information, call (516) 759-0505.

Friday-Sunday, May 20-22 & Friday-Monday, May 27-30+L1 Sportime Lynbrook Eastern DesignatedClosed Championship L3 FICSportime Tennis Lynbrook175 Merrick RoadLynbrook, N.Y.Divisions: Grand Prix G(18)sd, FICSurface Type: UnknownEntry Fee: $54.25 per singles player/$28 perdoubles per player with an additional $25 forplayers qualifying or accepted directly to themain draw (deadline for entries is Monday, May9 at 1:00 p.m.)For more information, call (516) 887-1330.

Friday-Sunday, May 20-22 & Friday-Monday, May 27-30+L1 Point Set Eastern Designated Closed Championship L3 FICPoint Set Indoor Racquet3065 New StreetOceanside, N.Y.Divisions: Grand Prix B(16)sd, FICSurface Type: UnknownEntry Fee: $54.25 per singles player/$28 perdoubles per player with an additional $25 forplayers qualifying or accepted directly to themain draw (deadline for entries is Monday, May9 at 1:00 p.m.)For more information, call (516) 536-2323.

Friday-Sunday, May 20-22 & Friday-Monday, May 27-30+L1 Sportime Bethpage Eastern DesignatedClosed Championship L3 FICSportime Tennis Bethpage101 Norcross AvenueBethpage, N.Y.Divisions: Grand Prix B(14)sd, FICSurface Type: UnknownEntry Fee: Entry Fee: $54.25 per singlesplayer/$28 per doubles per player with an addi-tional $25 for players qualifying or accepted di-rectly to the main draw (deadline for entries isMonday, May 9 at 1:00 p.m.)For more information, call (516) 933-8500.

USTA/Long Island Region 2011TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE

For detailed information on these and all USTA tournaments, visit tennislink.usta.com/tournaments.


USTA/Long Island Region 2011TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE

For detailed information on these and all USTA tournaments, visit tennislink.usta.com/tournaments.

Friday-Sunday, May 20-22 & Friday-Monday, May 27-30+L1 Sportime Roslyn Eastern Designated ClosedChampionship L3 FICSportime RoslynLanding Road, P.O. Box 1 • Roslyn, N.Y.Divisions: Grand Prix G(12)sd, SESurface Type: UnknownEntry Fee: $54.25 per singles player/$28 per dou-bles per player with an additional $25 for playersqualifying or accepted directly to the main draw(deadline for entries is Monday, May 9 at 1:00 p.m.)For more information, call (516) 484-9222.

Saturday-Sunday, May 21-22First Niagara Tennis Family Classic @ RWTTCRobbie Wagner Tournament Training at Glen Cove60 Sea Cliff Avenue • Glen Cove, N.Y.Divisions: Grand Prix G(16)sd, FICSurface: Hard IndoorEntry Fee: $20.50 per singles player (deadlinefor entries is Friday, May 20 at 1:00 p.m.)For more information, call (516) 759-0505.

Friday-Sunday, May 27-29L3 Sportime Lynbrook Eastern UPS ChampionshipSportime Tennis Lynbrook175 Merrick Road • Lynbrook, N.Y.Divisions: Novice BG(14-12)s, RRSurface Type: Hard IndoorEntry Fee: $43.50 per singles player (deadlinefor entries is Friday, May 20 at 1:00 p.m.)For more information, call (516) 887-1330.

Friday-Sunday, May 27-298U & 10U QuickStart Sportime Syosset ChampionshipSportime-Syosset75 Haskett Drive • Syosset, N.Y.Divisions: QuickStart BG(10-8)s, RRSurface Type: UnknownEntry Fee: $43.50 per player (deadline for entriesis Monday, May 23 at 1:00 p.m.)For more information, call (516) 364-2727.

Friday-Monday, May 27-30L1B Sportime Kings Park ChallengerSportime Kings Park275 Old Indianhead Road • Kings Park, N.Y.Divisions: Challenger BG (14-10)sd, SESurface Type: UnknownEntry Fee: $54.25 per player/$25 per player for dou-bles (deadline for entries is Friday, May 13 at 1:00 p.m.)For more information, call (631) 269-6300.

JUNE 2011Friday-Monday, June 3-6L1B Sportime AmagansettSportime Amagansett320 Abraham’s Path • P.O. Box 778 • Amagansett, N.Y.Divisions: Challenger BG(18-12)s, SESurface Type: ClayEntry Fee: $54.25 per player (deadline for entriesis Friday, May 20 at 1:00 p.m.)For more information, call (631) 267-3460.

Friday-Sunday, June 3-5L3 Sportime Kings Park Eastern UPS ChampionshipSportime Kings Park275 Old Indianhead Road • Kings Park, N.Y.Divisions: Novice BG(18-10)s, RRSurface Type: UnknownEntry Fee: $43.50 per player (deadline for entriesis Tuesday, May 31 at 1:00 p.m.)For more information, call (631) 269-6300.

Friday-Sunday, June 3-5L2O LBTC ChampionshipLong Beach Tennis Center899 Monroe BoulevardLong Beach, N.Y.Divisions: Intermediate B(18-10)s, SESurface Type: UnknownEntry Fee: $54.25 per player (deadline for entriesis Friday, May 20 at 1:00 p.m.)For more information, call (516) 432-6060.

Friday-Sunday, June 10-12L2O Eastern Athletic at Bluepoint ChampionshipEastern Athletic Clubs9 Montauk Highway, Unit ABlue Point, N.Y.Divisions: Intermediate B(16-14)s, SESurface Type: Hard IndoorEntry Fee: $54.25 per player (deadline for entriesis Friday, May 27at 1:00 p.m.)For more information, call (631) 363-2882.

Friday-Sunday, June 10-12L1B Sportime Bethpage ChallengerSportime Tennis Bethpage101 Norcross AvenueBethpage, N.Y.Divisions: Challenger BG(16)s, SESurface Type: UnknownEntry Fee: Entry Fee: $54.25 per player (dead-line for entries is Tuesday, May 31 at 1:00 p.m.)For more information, call (516) 933-8500.

Friday-Sunday, June 10-12L3 Huntington Eastern UPS ChampionshipHuntington Indoor Tennis100 Broadway StreetHuntington Station, N.Y.Divisions: Novice BG(18-10)s, RRSurface Type: UnknownEntry Fee: $43.50 per player (deadline for entriesis Friday, June 3 at 1:00 p.m.)For more information, call (631) 421-0040.

Friday-Sunday, June 10-12 & June 17-19L2R Long Island Regional Point Set ChampionshipPoint Set Indoor Racquet3065 New StreetOceanside, N.Y.Divisions: Intermediate BG(18-10)s, SESurface Type: UnknownEntry Fee: $54.25 per player (deadline for entriesis Monday, May 27 at 1:00 p.m.)For more information, call (516) 536-2323.

Friday-Sunday, June 10-12L1B LBTC ChallengerLong Beach Tennis Center899 Monroe Boulevard • Long Beach, N.Y.Divisions: Challenger BG(18)sd, SESurface Type: UnknownEntry Fee: $54.25 per player for singles/$27.38per player for doubles (deadline for entries is Fri-day, May 27 at 1:00 p.m.)For more information, call (516) 432-6060.

Saturday-Sunday, June 11-123rd Annual Bayport-BluePoint Men’s & Women’sDoubles Open—CIP150 Academy StreetBayport, N.Y.Divisions: Unranked M(Op)d; W(Op)dSurface Type: UnknownEntry Fee: $50 per doubles teamFor more information, call (516) 524-2971.

Friday-Sunday, June 17-19L2O Eastern Athletic at Bluepoint ChampionshipEastern Athletic Clubs9 Montauk Highway, Unit ABlue Point, N.Y.Divisions: Intermediate G(16-14)s, SESurface Type: Hard IndoorEntry Fee: $54.25 per player (deadline for entriesis Friday, June 3at 1:00 p.m.)For more information, call (631) 363-2882.

Friday-Sunday, June 17-19L1B Sportime KP ChallengerSportime Kings Park275 Old Indianhead RoadKings Park, N.Y.Divisions: Challenger BG(18)s, SESurface Type: UnknownEntry Fee: $54.25 per player (deadline for entriesis Friday, June 3 at 1:00 p.m.)For more information, call (631) 269-6300.

Friday-Sunday, June 17-19L1B Atlantic Beach Mayor’s Cup ChallengerAtlantic Beach Tennis Center60 The PlazaAtlantic Beach, N.Y.Divisions: Challenger BG(16)s, SESurface Type: ClayEntry Fee: $54.25 per player (deadline for entriesis Friday, June 3 at 1:00 p.m.)For more information, call (516) 239-3388.

Friday-Sunday, June 17-19L3 Sportime Massapequa Eastern UPS ChampionshipSportime Massapequa5600 Old Sunrise HighwayMassapequa, N.Y.Divisions: Novice BG(14-10)s, RRSurface Type: Clay IndoorEntry Fee: $43.50 per player (deadline for entriesis Friday, June 10 at 1:00 p.m.)For more information, call (516) 799-3550.

Friday-Sunday, June 17-19L1B Old Westbury ChallengerRacquet Club At Old Westbury24 Quail Run • Old Westbury, N.Y.Divisions: Challenger BG(14-12)s, SESurface Type: Clay Entry Fee: $54.25 per player (deadline for entriesis Wednesday, June 8 at 1:00 p.m.)For more information, call (516) 626-1625.

Friday-Sunday, June 24-26L2O ATS Summer Kick-OffAdvantage Tennis Strategies LLC/Cedarbrook Club32 Oak LaneOld Brookville, N.Y.Divisions: Intermediate BG(18,14)s, SESurface Type: ClayEntry Fee: $54.25 per player (deadline for entriesis Friday, June 10 at 1:00 p.m.)For more information, call (917) 991-0088.

Friday-Sunday, June 24-26L2R Long Island Regional Sportime RoslynChampionshipSportime RoslynLanding Road, P.O. Box 1 • Roslyn, N.Y.Divisions: Intermediate BG(16,12-10)s, SESurface Type: UnknownEntry Fee: $54.25 per player (deadline for entriesis Friday, June 10 at 1:00 p.m.)For more information, call (516) 484-9222.

Friday-Sunday, June 24-26L3 Deer Park Tennis Eastern UPS ChampionshipDeer Park Tennis Center30 Burt DriveDeer Park, N.Y.Divisions: Novice BG(18-10)s, RRSurface: UnknownEntry Fee: $43.50 per player (deadline for entriesis Friday, June 10 at 1:00 p.m.)For more information, call (631) 667-3476.

Friday-Sunday, June 24-26L3 LBTC Eastern UPS ChampionshipLong Beach Tennis Center899 Monroe BoulevardLong Beach, N.Y.Divisions: Novice BG(16-10)s, RRSurface Type: UnknownEntry Fee: $43.50 per player (deadline for entriesis Tuesday, June 21 at 1:00 p.m.)For more information, call (516) 432-6060.

Friday-Tuesday, June 24-28L1 Port Washington Eastern Open ChampionshipPort Washington Tennis Academy100 Harbor RoadPort Washington, N.Y.Divisions: Championships BG(18-12)s, SESurface Type: UnknownEntry Fee: $54.25 per player (deadline for entriesis Friday, June 10 at 1:00 p.m.)For more information, call (516) 883-6425.

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