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This year, two Long Islanders had the op-portunity to live out one of their dreams by

getting to play in the 2010 U.S. Open JuniorTournament. The U.S. Open Junior Tourna-ment is played on the grounds of the USTABillie Jean King National Tennis Center duringthe U.S. Open. Long Island Tennis Magazinespoke with the two top Long Island juniors,Julia Elbaba of Oyster Bay, N.Y. and ShaunBernstein of Plainview, N.Y., to get theirthoughts on their big moment. Julia playedboth girls singles and doubles at the 2010 Jun-ior Open, while Shaun played boys singles.

Shaun Bernstein“It was really excitingto finally be able toplay at the U.S. Openafter going as a spec-tator from the age offive until now. Gettinga player’s badge made

it official, being that I got second looks frommost teenaged girls and mothers that walkedby. I thought I played okay, but didn’t servewell enough to win that particular day.

“My opponent was a good competitor,stayed level-headed, and closed out the matchwell. It was extremely fun to get the chance toplay an official match on those courts, and to fi-nally say that I competed in the U.S. Open.

“This will be an experience that will stay withme for a while, even though I lost in straightsets in the first round. This was a very signifi-cant point in my life and tennis career, for it wasmy final tournament competing as a junior. Itwas a great way to conclude the last severalyears as a junior player, and now I am off to thenext step in my tennis and life in having theprivilege to attend and play for the University ofMichigan.

“It was also great to have my long-timecoach, Lawrence Kleger, on hand to watch,as well as my other coach, Salomon Levy,my college coach Bruce Berque, and mostimportantly, my family and a few friends.

“I want to take this opportunity to let every-one know who showed up that it meant a lot,and that I couldn’t be more appreciative ofyour support. Long Island tennis has treatedme well up until now, and I have definitely meta lot of great people along the way.”

Julia Elbaba“As a kid growing up,I’ve always been in-spired by the amazingtennis played at the U.SOpen. Being able toplay in it this year for thefirst time was a dream

come true and an unforgettable experience.“My favorite part of the experience was

having a team with me, ‘The J-Block,’ whichconsisted of my family members and manyfriends who cheered me on during my threesingles and two doubles matches. My fanswere very supportive as well.

“It was a great feeling being able to gain entryinto the U.S. Open Junior Tournament on myown based on my own hard work. I got in off ofmy own ITF Girls 18s ranking, rather than beinghanded a wild card by the USTA. All of the trav-eling for ITF tournaments has really paid off!

“I feel fortunate to have this Grand Slamevent in my own backyard where I am able totrain throughout the two weeks with my fitnesstrainer and tennis coach, Adrian Chirici andcompete at the highest level without traveling.”

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Features1 Two Long Islanders Soak in the Open Experience

Insight inside the world of the U.S. Open from the eyes of two Long IslandJunior players, Julia Ebalba and Shaun Bernstein.

3 Windtuition By Daniel KreshAuthor Daniel Kresh takes a look at the impact of Mother Nature and windon a tennis match and how to use wind to your advantage.

6 Stony Brook Hosts Collegiate Women’s ONE-ON-ONEDOUBLES Event By Gary SimeoneA recap of a recent Stony Brook University hosted unique and innovativewomen’s tennis event.

14 The World’s Best Beach Tennis Players Shine on LongBeach for NationalsA look back at the $10,000 Beach Tennis National Championships held inour own backyard, Long Beach, N.Y.

20 USTA Eastern Juniors Honored at the 2010 U.S. OpenLong Island Tennis Magazine was on hand as the USTA took time out of the2010 U.S. Open to celebrate the season of many of the area’s top juniorplayers.

21 Corporate Challenge Has a Beautiful Day of Tennis PlayBy Bill MeccaA recap of the Third Annual Corporate Challenge from Broadway Park inSayville, N.Y.

22 Long Island Tennis Magazine’s Coaches Roundtable Dis-cussionThe area’s top tennis coaches sound off in our second annual CoachesRoundtable Discussion on a variety of topics from their opinions on theNew York tennis scene to the relationship between coach and player.

30 Junior Player Spotlight: Matt Richards … A Lesson inResilience By Laurie GrupposoLaurie Grupposo focuses on USTA-ranked national player Matt Richardsand his family’s off-the-court battle with illness and Matt’s perseverancethrough it all.

32 Alan King Pro-Am Raises $20,000 for Wheelchair SportsFederation By Peter FishbachPeter Fishbach reviews the annual charitable event, the Alan King Pro-Ambenefitting the Wheelchair Sports Federation.

38 It’s High School Football Season—A Little Respect forTennis Please! By Lonnie MitchelLonnie Mitchell takes a look at the lack of respect that tennis players getfrom other athletes and unveils some of pro football’s top names who gottheir start in the world of tennis.

48 An Open Experience By Daniel KreshDaniel Kresh recaps his experiences as a ballboy at the recent 2010 U.S.Open.

51 Long Island Tennis Charitable Initiatives: CommackTennis Student/Teacher Doubles Event Raises BreastCancer AwarenessCommack High School Varsity Girls Tennis takes up a good cause withsome fun as they host a tennis fundraiser for breast cancer with theirschool’s faculty members.

62 A Look Back at Long Island Tennis Summer Camps:Summer of 2010Long Island Tennis Magazine highlights some of the area’s top summercamps from 2010 in this photo gallery.

Columns4 College Tennis for Girls By Steven Kaplan

Author Steven Kaplan recounts the recent City Parks Foundation event fea-turing Steffi Graf and Billie Jean King and his discussion on collegiate ten-nis.

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

9 Injury Prevention: Knee Injuries By Dr. Eric PriceDr. Eric Price discusses the severity, surgery and recovery of a torn menis-cus injury.

10 My Opinion: What’s the Story With How to Beat Nadal? By Eric MeditzEric Meditz strategizes ways in which to topple the world’s top men’s ten-nis professional, Rafael Nadal.

16 Long Island Tennis Magazine’s Literary Corner By Brent ShearerBrent Shearer takes a look at the book co-authored by Rod Laver and BudCollins, The Education of a Tennis Player.

18 College Tennis Spotlight: Mythbusters … Playing CollegeTennis Will Hurt Your Social Life By Ricky BeckerRicky Becker tells his own personal stories of joining the Stanford’s collegetennis team and the many on-the-court and off-the-court perks that wentalong with it.

28 Adult League Wrap-Up By Kathy MillerKathy Miller recaps the Adult League Sectionals and previews the Tri-LevelLeague.

34 Dr. Tom on Dealing With Rage By Dr. Tom FerraroSports Psychologist Dr. Tom Ferraro explains the cure to keeping your coolon the court.

52 The Sand Pit: Jump on the Beach Tennis BandwagonA look at the growing global phenomenon that is beach tennis.

60 Tips From the Tennis Pro: Doubles Weapons … The Cross-Court Lob By Miguel Cervantes IIIMiguel Cervantes III takes a look at what he considers the most underes-timated weapon in USTA doubles, the cross-court lob.

67 Long Island Tennis Club Directory

68 Long Island Rankings Sponsored by Denny’s

71 USTA/Long Island Region 2010 Tournament Schedule

News Briefs28 South Shore Tennis Captures the 2010 North Shore Men’s

Tennis League Title

35 Long Island Teams Take Second Place at 2010 SummerSectional

35 Carefree Women’s 2.5 Team Finishes Fourth in the Nation

53 New Yorkers to Represent Team USA for InternationalBTUSA Event in Aruba

57 Garden City’s Jacqueline Raynor and South Side DoublesTeam Win 2010 Nassau County Championship

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November/December 2010Volume 2, Number 6 The 2010 U.S. Open: A Look Back at Two Memorable Weeks of Tennis in the Big Apple

A collection of articles, photos and highlights recapping the 2010 U.S. Open as the stars of the tennis world descendedupon New York for two weeks of non-stop action

Cover story

Eric MeditzEditorial Contributor

Brent ShearerEditorial Contributor

Gary SimeoneWriting Intern

Laura SchroederPR Associate

Cover photo credit: Kenneth B. Goldberg


WindtuitionMost recreational tennisplayers could be groupedinto two categories when itcomes to dealing with thewind. I like to call them either

windmills or straw houses. A windmill issomeone who uses the wind to enhancetheir tennis game and a straw house issomeone who gets blown over by abreeze. A tennis ball only weighs around2 oz., and therefore, any amount of windwill impact its flight through the air. The as-tute player understands how to use thewind to his or her advantage instead of let-ting it negatively impact the quality of tennis.Shot selection and game plan should varydepending on the velocity and direction ofthe wind. Here are some tips to prevent thefall weather from blowing you off the court.

1. With the wind at your back, hitmore topspin and don’t be afraid torush the netTopspin is great at preventing a ball from fly-ing long since it pulls the ball into the courtmore sharply than a ball which is hit flat; withthe wind at your back it is easy to over hit,so not only does topspin give you extrasafety, but the wind accentuates the topspin,thus making the ball seem even heavier toyour opponent.

Conversely, since your opponent is hittinginto the wind their ball will fall short moreoften thus attacking the net can be an intel-ligent game plan. Your opponent’s passingshots will have less on them since the windslows them down, and their lobs will often-times fall short or be easier to run down. Becareful slicing into the wind however as asliced ball descends slower so with the windat your back and your slice have more of atendency to float longer than other shots.

2. When you are hitting into the windaim higher over the net and hit afaster flatter ballThe wind will deaden your shots, so you

have to hit out a little more to prevent yourballs from becoming easy shot for your op-ponent to capitalize on. Slices into the windwill really die on you, so they can be good tochange the pace, and if you catch your op-ponent behind the baseline, a drop shot intothe wind can be incredibly effective.

3. Serve and volley with the wind atyour backThe advice I gave on ground strokes alsoapplies to your serve. If I am playing amatch outside with heavy wind at myback, one of my favorite plays is to hit a bigkick or topspin serve and follow it into net.If my opponent is serving into the wind Iknow to step in a little more and hit ag-gressive, heavy topspin returns, especiallyon second serves. Oftentimes, wind willnot just be blowing from one baseline tothe other, but also laterally, so try to takeadvantage of it. If the wind is blowing tomy left, serving as a righty, I know a sliceserve will pick up more action. If it is blow-ing to my right, I like to hit kick or twistserves out wide on the ad side, the windcan often help you to pull the ball off of thecourt more then you could on a calm day.

4. If it’s windy don’t cancelSometimes, recreational players will de-cide not to play if it is too windy, this is amistake. You may have an importantmatch in the wind sometime and there isno substitute for practicing under theseconditions.

Do not be discouraged by wind, re-member that tennis is as much mental asit is physical, and next time you play ona windy day, play smarter than your op-ponent and see if you can become awindmill. �

Daniel Kresh is a USPTA-certified tennisprofessional working out of Sportime inKings Park, N.Y. where he is also the tennisconcierge. He graduated from BinghamtonUniversity in May of 2009 with a bachelorof arts degree in English. While at Bing-hamton, he was the captain of the ClubTennis Team and was the undefeatedthree-time champion of the school’s bian-nual Intra-Club Tournament. He was also arookie ballperson at the 2010 U.S. Open.He may be reached by e-mail [email protected].

By Daniel Kresh


Our tennis is the icing on the cake. ennOur tte isnis s the iccihhe can the cingg on hhe akke.

On Sept. 2, 2010, The CityParks Foundation hosted aclinic in Central Park for 40of the best eight to 12-year-old girls in the USTA EasternSection. Steffi Graf and BillieJean King were the stars in

attendance and they were wonderful, helpingthe players for over three hours.

I had the opportunity to address the girlson long-range preparation for college tennis.The following is a summary of this talk …

Welcome, and if you are accomplishedenough to have been invited here today,then I have some very good news for you.It’s a great time to be a female tennis playerbecause there are so many opportunities foryou to use tennis to help your education.

It is also fitting that we are just milesaway from the USTA Billie Jean King Na-tional Tennis Center during the U.S. Open

in a public park because Billie Jean King issuch a strong supporter of tennis in theparks both here in New York and every-where else. She grew up playing in publicparks and became one of the greatest ten-nis players of all time!

We would not be here today to talkabout college tennis opportunities for girls,were it not for Billie Jean King becausethese opportunities might not exist andmany of you today would not be athletes.

Billie Jean King founded the Women’sSport Foundation and championed Title (9)legislation which equalized opportunitiesfor women in sports. What that means isthat today, there are tremendous opportu-nities for girls to achieve college tennisscholarships despite the influx of foreignplayers and the increasing competitiveplaying level. Fully-funded women’s pro-grams have eight full scholarships forwomen and only four for men.

Even at a very young age, it is not tooearly to recognize and understand the ath-letic, academic and personal qualities thatcoaches look for when recruiting a team.

It is a long road ahead, but tennis suc-cess, especially for girls, is not a sprint, it isa marathon If past history remains consis-tent, many of you will not be competitivetennis players at 17 and 18, and that wouldbe a shame because you will miss out onsome great experiences and opportunitiesthat will enhance the rest of your lives.

The following areas are of tremendousimportance and should be considered asyou plan the road ahead:

1. Establishing a record of tourna-ment participation, success, achieve-ment and improvement. Don’t worryabout any one tournament win or any sin-gle loss. By the time you reach the age thatcoaches will take serious notice of you, as

College Tennis for GirlsBy Steven Kaplan


you will have played hundreds of matchesand you will have a record of achievementthat will represent your abilities.

2. Displaying athleticism and versa-tility as a singles and doubles player.The sport is becoming increasingly athletic,and even though your wins and lossesmatter, this emphasis should be balancedwith the goal of improving, learning to playthe whole court and developing yourgame. Coaches look for players with thepotential and desire for improvement.

3. Tending to health and well-being,with a record and emphasis of beingillness and injury resistant, fit andwell-conditioned. College tennis is chal-lenging, and you are not going to be agreat help to the team sitting on the side-lines unable to play because you have nottaken great care of your body.

4. Achieving a record of academicparticipation, success, achievementand improvement. As a student-athlete,schools want you to represent them well inthe classroom and on the tennis courts,and often, the classroom will come first.You will need to maintain a healthy gradepoint average to be eligible to play and youwill need to be a strong student to get intosome the best schools.

5. Recognizing the value of team andcommunity orientation with an em-phasis on using your abilities to helpothers. While junior tennis is an individualsport, college tennis is a team sport andcoaches will be sensitive to your willing-ness to put the needs of the team first.

6. Having personal integrity and areputation of competitive, as well asfair, play. As I have discussed, in collegetennis you represent the school as well asyourself. Coaches will be very concernedabout players whose past behavior indicatesthat they may not be sportsman like, as wellas behavior disruptive to team harmony.

7. Understanding personal independ-ence, as well as a demonstration thatyou can be responsible for yourself.You may not have your family with you tohelp you with the day to day tasks that you

may take for granted now, like laundry andgetting to sleep on time. Coaches will get agood feeling if they know that you can takecare of yourself when you get to school.

8. A desire to improve and grow sothat coaches feel you will improveand inspire others rather than merelyuse your tennis to leverage admissionand money. Once you get into a school,there is often little a coach can do if you donot perform your best. Many experiencedcoaches will look to character, as well asability, when choosing a team.

Tennis can help you get into a school thatyou might have been otherwise unable to at-tend. It can help you get a schol-arship that is worth hundreds ofthousands of dollars. It will helpyou form lifelong friendships andbe one of the most important andfun parts of your education.

Players have theiragility tested during

the Central Park clinic

Steven Kaplan oversees activities during the City Parks Foundation-hosted tennis clinic in Central Park

Steffi Graf delivers one-on-one instruction duringthe City Parks Founda-tion-hosted clinic in Central Park

Steven Kaplan discusses college opportunities with the girls in attendanceat the City Park Foundation-hosted event

I hope you all choose this path …good luck. �

Steven 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, two NCAADivision 1 Singles Champions, and numer-ous touring professionals and prominentcoaches. Steve’s students have beenawarded in excess of $7 million in collegescholarship money. He may be reached bye-mail at [email protected].


“This is just the tip of the iceberg for us,”said Coach Krass. “Our next step is to bringmore exposure to the game at the profes-sional level. Having some of the top playersinvolved with is one of our main goals. We

know the USTA is excited about this so fromhere we can only go forward.” �

Gary Simeone is writing intern/public relationsassociate for Long Island Tennis Magazine.

Girls from 10 major college teams tookpart in a new and innovative form of

tennis at Stony Brook University on Sun-day, Sept. 19. ONE-ON-ONE DOUBLES®,as it is called, is a half-court serve and vol-ley singles game played on a doublescourt. Two players challenge each other ina singles match. The second match waits asecond after the first match has finishedtheir point to start playing. There is an in-visible line drawn through the middle of thecourt from the center service line to themiddle of the baseline.

The game was invented by Ed Krass,founder and director of College Tennis Ex-posure camps and former Harvard Univer-sity Women’s Tennis team coach. “Thescoring is the same as regular tennis. It isthe first person to six games with a tie-breaker played at five-all. It is a little bit dif-ferent format, but a very exciting gameparticularly at the collegiate level.”

“It really highlights the importance ofserve and return,” said Army’s AnneHoughton who has won back to backchampionships. “It is more aggressive witha lot of moving forward towards the net.Females for the most part have a tendencyto stay back away from the net but withone on one doubles you can’t do that andexpect to win.”

“We’ve played this format in some of ourpractices,” said Lehigh’s PatriciaMuething. “It is fast-paced and excitingand is good practice for regular doubles.”

“It is a whole new type of game,” saidthis year’s runner-up, Katherine Hansonfrom Stony Brook. “It is a lot of fun andputs pressure on the player to move to-wards the net.”

Stony Brook Head Coach Gary Glassmanhelped bring the game to the Long Islandarea.

“This is our third year doing this,” saidCoach Glassman. “It helps take a lot ofkids out of their comfort zone and bringsthem forward towards net. It is great forworking on that first volley.”

Stony Brook Hosts Collegiate Women’sONE-ON-ONE DOUBLES® Event

By Gary Simeone

All photos credited to Kenneth B. Goldberg

NYC RACQUET SPORTS


out a great @johnlegend show tonight ...good times.”

� The Bryan Brothers (@Bryanbros):During the U.S. Open after Roger Federermade the through the legs shot, “AnotherFederer ‘tweener!?!’ This cat is one sickpup!”

� Serena Williams (@Serenawilliams):After Venus Williams won her eveningmatch on Arthur Ashe Court at the U.S.Open, “Great dancing Venus! Next timedo your pretty boy swagg!”

� Kim Clijsters (@Clijsterskim): Afterher opening night win at the 2010 U.S.Open, “Beautiful ceremony at the U.S.Open! That 12-yearold could sing!:-)Having a massage now, Jada andBrian are running around the massagetable :-)”

� Svetlana Kuznetsova (@Vika7):While in New York City at the U.S. Open,“So many people out there watching andcheering! How is everyone? I’m walkingin the city, I love NYC! Going for break-fast with my mom.”

� JoWilfred Tsonga (@JoWillyTsonga):Excited for his home country’s big win,“France sweeps into Davis Cup final. Ayear after staving off relegation, Francecharged into the Davis Cup final.”

� Serena Williams (@Serenawilliams):Watches reality TV, “Congrats to Rick Foxon Dancing With the Stars! U and Brandyworked it!”

Bob Bryan gets engaged, finds newdoubles partner for life

Sorry ladies, tennisdoubles superstar andAmerican standout BobBryan is now engagedto his long-time girl-

friend, Michelle Alvarez. Here are someTweets from the tennis world about the en-gagement:

� Bob Bryan (@Bryanbros): “Just gotengaged at Pfeifer Falls in Big Sur,Calif. Special place, special girl.”

� Lindsey Davenport (@LDavenport76):“Woohoo! Congrats! Great news!”

� Caroline Wozniacki (@CaroWozniacki):“CONGRATULATIONS for your engage-ment! So happy for you!”

� Kim Clijsters (@Clijsterskim): “Con-gratulations … It is about time you put aring on her finger :-) Just kidding!”

By Emilie KatzAgassi Opens Up in New York City

On Thursday night Sept. 2 with Long IslandTennis Magazine on hand, Andre Agassi spokeabout his book Open, while discussing his life ingeneral and answered questions from the au-dience at Town Hall in New York City. Here area few of Agassi’s best quotes from the show:

� On being number one in the world: “Ifound being the best player on earth tobe a very overrated experience.”

� On his feud with Pete Sampras: “If wewoke up and found out we were theother person, we’d both go back to bed.”

� On how top Americans of his generationwould match up with Roger Federer in hisprime: “People would be asking mewhat’s wrong with American tennis, andthat includes Pete, too.”

� On his kids: “My son sees that peopleknow us and we don’t know them andthat’s bizarre.”

� His life motto: “Every day is an oppor-tunity to make yourself one day better.”

Tennis tweets of late

� Andy Roddick (@Andyroddick): Forhis birthday, he saw a concert, “Checked

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A meniscus is a cartilagestructure that provides shockabsorption and cushioning inthe knee joint. There are twomenisci. They are located inbetween the thigh bone

(femur) and the shin bone (tibia). Meniscustears are very common among tennis players.They are often the result of a twisting injury.

When a patient has a torn meniscus, heor she usually complains about sharp painin the knee. A torn meniscus is similar to ahangnail. The same way that a hangnail cancatch and cause discomfort, a torn menis-cus can catch and get pinched betweenthe bones in the knee during regular activ-ities causing pain. Torn menisci can occuras a result of a singular traumatic event,such as an abrupt twist of the knee, or asthe result of many years of wear and tear.

To diagnose a meniscus tear, a doctor willtake a history and perform a physical exami-nation. X-rays and an MRI are usually or-dered. X-rays show the bones of the knee butdo not show the meniscus. The MRI showsthe meniscus and any possible tears. Othercauses of knee pain in addition to meniscustears include ligament tears, such as a tornACL, sprains and arthritis. These are eluci-dated by the X-rays, exam and MRI, and aretreated differently than meniscus tears.

The majority of meniscus tears do notheal on their own. Therefore, surgery isoften recommended. Surgery for a tornmeniscus is performed arthroscopically.Arthroscopic surgery uses small incisionsand small tools, about the size of a pencil,to perform the procedure. All the work isvisualized with a small camera, the arthro-scope. The surgeon sees inside the kneewith the arthroscope and its images areprojected on a video screen.

The torn meniscus fragment is removedand the remaining meniscus is trimmed. Oc-casionally, the meniscus is torn in such away that it can be sewn back in place andwill heal if stitches are placed across the tear.However, the majority of meniscus tears aretreated by removing the torn fragment.

Even though a portion of the meniscus isremoved in these procedures, a significantportion of a normal intact meniscus is leftbehind. While it does not function in the waythat it did prior to the injury, a significantamount of its function is still retained.

Recovery after meniscus surgery de-pends upon whether a repair or a partialmeniscus removal was performed. If a par-tial meniscus removal is performed, then apatient can usually resume his or her normalactivities within several weeks of surgery. Ifa repair is performed, weight-bearing re-strictions may apply and crutches may beneeded. Additionally, the patient may be re-stricted from returning to sports until appro-

priate healing has taken place. Rehabili-tation with physical therapy may be nec-essary, and if so, it will be prescribed bythe surgeon.

Dr. Eric Price is a board-certified, fellow-ship-trained orthopedic surgeon at Orlinand Cohen Orthopedic Associates, LongIsland’s premier orthopedic group. He spe-cializes in Sports Medicine. For appoint-ments, call (516) 536-1212, ext. 213.

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Let me start off by saying that I’m a hugeRafael Nadal fan. I respect his talent. I

respect his drive to be the very best. I re-spect the way he competes and handleshimself during his matches. I even respecthis entourage of family members he alwayshas in his box supporting him during hismatches. I mean, I’m sure they’re all totallyinsane and probably have spent most ofhis childhood yelling and throwing flowerpots across the living room when he lost,but you have to have that type of de-meanor to produce a player of that caliber.And even with that all being said … I stillrespect that!

Outside of tennis, Nadal seems like he’sa really nice guy who spends a lot of timesmiling. In my opinion, he’s the perfect am-bassador for the sport. So the point I’m try-ing to make here is that I like Rafael Nadal

as a tennis player and as a person. In fact,I will even go so far as saying that he’s alevel above Roger Federer. And if youshould disagree with me, please try to ex-plain his 14-7 record against him. Plus, hepretty much owns him in every grand slamfinal match on a variety of different sur-faces. He’s made Federer cry more timesthan when I do when Rudy finally gets intothat stupid college football game.

The bottom line is that Rafael Nadal is aspecial talent that is, at times, almost su-perhuman, but he’s not perfect. He has bla-tant weaknesses that opposing playershaven’t taken advantage of over the years.I think many players and fans have failed todetect these weaknesses … but not me!I’ve been on to him this whole time! If I everhad the opportunity to coach a top 75 inthe world player, I would sit him down and

lay out a blueprint on how to beat the besttennis player in the world. And since I’m ina good mood today because the PumpkinSpice Lattes are back at Starbucks, I willlet you in on what needs to be done to beatthe great Rafael Nadal.

A big weakness that Nadal has that canbe exploited by an opponent is that he suf-fers from an extreme case of an obsessivecompulsive disorder (OCD). In fact, he usesthis disorder to his advantage when he’sout there competing. I’m a firm believerthat his OCD helps him stay focusedthroughout a tennis match. And this deepOCD makes him one of the most mentallytough athletes that I have ever seen com-pete. I firmly believe that the most beauti-ful woman in the world could streak acrossa tennis court during one of his matches,and Nadal wouldn’t even notice her pres-

What’s the Story With How to Beat Nadal?

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ence. Most players would laugh and ogleher, while Nadal would be staring at theground. This is because he’s so compul-sively into his routines when he’s not play-ing points that acknowledging anythingelse would disrupt his subliminal patterns.I feel that this is one of the major reasonsthat he never gets into any type of argu-ment with a chair umpire. This is simply be-cause yelling at a chair umpire in themiddle of play would take him out of all hisroutines and fluster him tremendously.

Now, a lot of tennis players have strangelittle quirks that they do in between points.Andy Roddick paces quickly back andforth as if he’s waiting for a urinal to openup in a men’s room. Maria Sharapovastands with her back to her opponent withher head down as if I just approached herat a bar and was trying to start a conversa-tion with her. These are two examples ofrelatively small doses of OCD that theseplayers have developed over their lifetimeof playing tennis matches. All players havetheir own certain routines, but Nadal is dif-

ferent. He has about 10 different things thathe does that puts all others to shame.

First off … when Nadal gets on the court,he sits down, and then takes his sweettime arranging and setting up camp at hischangeover chair. He always makes surethat when it is time for the coin flip, that thechair umpire and his opponent are alwayswaiting for him at the net as he sits therefutzing around with his power gel and tow-

els. He never waits for his opponent, theyalways wait for him.

Next, and most importantly to him, isthat he always sets up two water bottles inbetween his feet when he sits down at achangeover. Those water bottles stay per-

fectly positioned next to each other andthey always have equal amounts of waterin each bottle. There’s even a video onYouTube of a ballboy moving one of thebottles aside and then Nadal quickly repri-manding him not to touch them, then rear-ranging it back to the way he needs themto be.

Now when play starts, Nadal has a fewmore patterns that needs to be done in be-tween points. He infamously picks at theback of his shorts just like we all do whenwe think nobody else is around. He alwaysfixes and adjusts the level of his socks.Much like the water bottles, they too haveto be at the same level on his calf. Beforehe starts each point, he makes sure the hairthat sticks out from underneath his head-band is tucked behind his ears.

With all of this stuff to do, it has helpedNadal always stay focused and become asmentally strong as he can be. So if you werea top 75 player and I was coaching you toplay him, I would make sure that you try to

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“The bottom line is that RafaelNadal is a special talent that is,at times, almost superhuman,

but he’s not perfect.”

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take Nadal out of these routines. If you takesomeone like that out of their routines, thenyou take one of Nadal’s biggest strengthsaway from him … his mental toughness.

From the get go, when you go on the court,I would say to stay in your chair and makeRafa wait for you for the coin toss. Nadalprobably won’t break, and it might get to apoint where the chair umpire comes up to youand tries to pull you up from a chair like a highschool student who stole someone’s seat inthe lunch room. If this doesn’t work, a pointhas been made to him. Now as the matchstarts, at the first changeover while you areswitching sides of the court, you “acciden-tally” knock over one of his water bottles. Trustme, Nadal would go crazy with high anxietyabout this. He’ll look like me when I check myAmeritrade account and see how muchmoney my stock portfolio has left in it. Whatthe hell was I thinking buying that Chinese textmessaging stock? Stupid … so stupid!

Moving right along … Nadal does all thesequirks in between points, and because of it,he goes way past his allotted 25 sec. Some-times, he’s clocked at around 50-60 sec.Right away from the get go, you should makean issue of this to the chair umpire and con-tinue to pressure him to force Nadal to speedit up. This is a legitimate rule, and I can un-derstand if there’s leeway to go a little over

sometimes, but not double or sometimestriple the allotted time. That’s ridiculous! Dur-ing the whole match, every time you walkpast the umpire’s chair you should address it.

Okay, so now we’ve disrupted his focus, andnow we move to the tactical thing that needs tobe done to beat him. In my opinion, I feelNadal’s two biggest weapons are his heavyspinning forehand and his speed. Nadal givesmany players fits, especially Federer, by hittingheaving spinning forehands that immediately hitthe ground and fly up to his opponents shoul-ders. This shot is especially difficult to handlewhen he’s playing on clay and when he’s play-ing guys who have one-handed backhands likeFederer. Another huge weapon that he has ishis speed and his ability to run down balls thatseem far out of reach. This is usually followedby a Nadal fist pump, and a very deflated op-ponent. Combine these two things, and it

makes beating himalmost an impossi-ble task.

So the advice Iwould give you (atop 75 player)would be to sim-ply, pound his

backhand. Now I know this sounds like ad-vice you would overhear from a parent duringa 10-min. break when you split sets at a 12-

and-under tournament, but it will take two ofhis weapons out of the mix. Nadal hits hisbackhand relatively flat. In fact, every playerpretty much does. It’s almost impossible tohit super heavy two-handed backhands.Plus, if you watch carefully, Nadal chips a lotof backhands as well, and his chips reallydon’t impress me at all. So, by pounding thatbackhand side, you would be able to haveopportunities to take advantage of whatpresents itself from using this tactic. And youwould be keeping him in that corner insteadof allowing him to use his speed all aroundthe court. Now are you going to hit every ballto that side of the court? No, of course not!But you are going to try to for the majority ofthe time, and use this tactic especially dur-ing the big points (break points opportunities,first points in games, etc.).

So there you have it … a blueprint of howto beat the greatest tennis player in world.Try to take him out of his routines, try to takehis speed away and try to pound his back-hand … simple, but effective. If you dothese three simple things, you might havean opportunity to beat him one day. And re-member, if that doesn’t work, there is alwaysthe Tonya Harding way! Good luck! �

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Sun, Sand and Sport! That’s one of themottos of Beach Tennis. On Saturday-Sun-day, Sept. 4-5, the world’s best beach ten-nis players converged on Long Beach, N.Y.to compete in the $10,000 Beach TennisNational Championships. This tournamentwas the first national tournament held inthe United States sanctioned by the newgoverning body of Beach Tennis USA, theITF (International Tennis Federation).

The best players from the United States,Italy, Brazil, Greece, Aruba, Bermuda, Hol-land, Czech Republic and other nations, aswell as hundreds of beachgoers, descendedon Long Beach to watch the best in theworld compete. In addition to the highly an-ticipated pro division play, there was also anamateur tournament, a mixed-doubles tour-nament, and a junior tournament which en-sured everyone who wanted to take part inthe fun and give the sport a try could.

And who wouldn’t want to give this sporta try with the setup that was out in LongBeach? Along the beach was a 60-ft. tent,fully equipped with everything from food anddrinks, to a player’s lounge with couches

and tables. Also, seating was set up on allends of the main courts. Music was playedby a DJ throughout to further liven the expe-rience and two announcers brought fans theplay by play of the action on the courts.

On Saturday, wind from the remnants ofHurricane Earl were swirling, but Pro Divisionaction got underway. Pool play started thingsout with eight pools of four teams each on themen’s side, with the top two teams from eachpool advancing. Three of those teams thatadvanced were American teams and the restwere comprised of international players.These American teams advanced throughpool play and to the round of 16 which was abig accomplishment in this international com-petition—Chris Henderson & Phil Whitesell,Devin Wakeford & Stephen Sayoc, and DavidSickmen & Mike Cochrane.

Women’s pool play was also completedon Saturday, with the top two teams fromthe pools advancing from Saturday to Sun-day. The advancing American teams wereNadia Johnston & Nicole Melch, AshleyHornishy & Lisa Goldberg, and JenniferPetersen & Irene Plonczok.

On Sunday, with the weather perfect andthe crowds even larger than the previousday, everyone was ready for the big finale.The day concluded with the main event ...the Men’s Pro Divisional Final.

With all of the American teams havingbeen knocked out by the top internationalsquads, the final was played between thetop two seeded teams, both from Italy. Thelevel of play was extremely high and thecompetition was fierce. In the end, MatteoMarighela & Alex Mingozzi from Italy wonthe Beach Tennis Championship by de-feating fellow Italian countrymen, MichelleCappelletti & Alessandro Calbucci, 6-4, 6-7 (4), 6-2. This match showed all in atten-dance just how Beach Tennis is played atits highest level.

In the Women’s Pro Division, SimonaBonnadonna & Joana Cortez defeatedFederica Bacchetta & Veronica Visani 7-5,3-6, 6-4 to take home the women’s crown.

Earlier in the day ...In the Mixed-Pro Division ... Niccolo

Strano & Giorgia Pennetta defeatedBertrand Coulet & Maria Buuts 9-5.

In the Amateur Division ... AnthonyChan & John Bonnet defeated David Mate& Michael Dieber, 2-6, 7-6 (4), 7-5.

In the Junior Division ... Alegrea Han-lon & Rachel Gastaldo defeated Ben Lee &Robby Altheim, 9-8, (7-3) tie-breaker.

A great time was had by all, and to con-clude the festivities, all the players fromaround the world enjoyed a Players Partyin Long Beach. Beach Tennis has becomea huge international sport and it’s grow-ing fast across the U.S. Next summer, wehope you join us for the Long Island Ten-nis Magazine Challenge events, as well asthe 2011 Nationals which will again beplayed in Long Beach, N.Y. �

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The Education of aTennis Player

By Rod Laver WithBud CollinsAmong the many fas-cinating tidbits of ten-nis history, the readercan glean from TheEducation of a TennisPlayer by Rod Laverwith Bud Collins is

that accusations of stinginess between top

rivals didn’t start with Andre Agassi’s jokesabout Pete Sampras being a lousy tipper.

Here is Laver on his great rival Ken Rosewall. “Somewhere in his home outside of Sydney,

Kenny has his first five dollar bill framed overthe mantel.”

Laver goes on to say that Rosewall is theleast appreciated great player in the historyof tennis. He attributes this to the fact thatRosewall spent some of his best yearsplaying as a pro in the era before the arrivalof Open tennis.

Laver also points out that any ranking of

the game’s great rivalries such as ChrisEvert-Martina Navratilova, Sampras-Agassiand Rafael Nadal-Roger Federer must in-clude the Laver-Rosewall matchups. Thebook reports that the two most likely talliesof this series of matches has Laver slightlyahead by either 71-68 or 69-67, as record-keeping was shaky during both players’barnstorming “pro” years.

The Education of a Tennis Player is full ofportraits of the game’s great players andcoaches who were on the scene duringLaver’s career.

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As the only man to win two Grand Slams,in 1962 and in 1969, Laver is the perfectplayer to share stories and insight about theon and off-court battles of his era.

In addition, at the end of each chapter,there is an instructional segment designedto help readers improve their games, aswell as becoming well-versed in the per-spective of the man who may have beenthe greatest tennis player in history.

It isn’t hard to argue that if Laver, like Rosewall,hadn’t spent years at the height of his skillsunable to play in the Slams, he might evenhave pulled off a third Grand Slam.

As it is, it doesn’t appear that his two-Slam record will ever be equaled. WhileNadal looks like he is on the verge of beingable to pull off a Slam after his first U.S.Open triumph, the idea of a second playerbeing able to do it twice seems unlikely.

But even in his two years of triumph, Laverhad some shaky moments. As it has been forgenerations of attacking players, the FrenchOpen was Laver’s toughest Slam.

In fact, his bid to win the Slam in 1962almost vanished when he found himselfdown two sets to one and serving at 4-5,30-40 against fellow Aussie Marty Mulliganin the quarterfinals. On that match point,he missed his first serve, but managed topull the match out. Laver had to win threestraight five-set matches that year to win inParis.

New Chapter Press has reissued thebook to honor the 40th anniversary ofLaver’s second Slam in 1969, with newforewords from both Laver and Collins.This is a perfect pairing because while ten-nis people may argue about who thegreatest player is, Collins is clearly thegreatest tennis writer. And if any scribes orfans of tennis writing dispute this, yeah, AHandful of Summers by Gordon Forbesgives Collins some competition, show meanother tennis writer who has won a“gold” ball, signifying a national champi-onship. Collins won a U.S. national indoordoubles title in the 1950s.

This timely reissue of The Education of aTennis Player, a collaboration between pos-sibly the greatest player ever and the “RodLaver” of tennis writers deserves a place onevery tennis player’s bookshelf. �

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Mythbusters: Playing College Tennis Will Hurt Your Social Life

By Ricky Becker

My experiences were 15years ago, but I rememberthem like they were yesterday.

I stepped foot on Stanford’s Palo Alto, Calif.campus, an academically and socially un-confident kid from Long Island. I almost feltlike I didn’t belong. I had two freshmanroommates: A “hippie” pot-smoking kid fromChicago who would go “jam” with his friendsevery night and another kid who oozed in-telligence and played Nintendo every night.“This is why I worked my tail off? To be over-matched?,” I asked myself.

Now to be honest, my first version ofthis article included some stories aboutwell-known tennis players and very fa-mous non-tennis players who spent time

with the tennis team. However, afterreading the first version, I realized thatsome of the stories were more aproposfor People magazine or Cosmopolitanthan a family tennis publication. So, thisarticle is the cleaned-up version, but Ihope you get the idea.

The first night of Freshman Orientation,we had a hall meeting where we intro-duced ourselves. When it was my turn tospeak, I did the standard naming myhometown, possible major and includedthat I play tennis for the tennis team. Thelook I got from my RA made me realize Iwasn’t considered just another freshman.Later that night, while discussing thePopol Vuh with my dorm, three upper-class tennis players came into the lounge,interrupted the meeting and asked me

why I wasn’t at the SAE house. They pro-ceeded to take me to the fraternity housewhere all the upper-class tennis playerslived. It was from this point forward that Irealized in high school, playing tennis wassometimes considered kind of lame, but,in college, it is considered cool to be atennis player!

What motivated the tennis team in thefall to play well was the annual Thanks-giving Trip to Hawaii. The top eight guysand top eight girls went with Stanfordtennis benefactors for a week of fun andsun in Hawaii. Challenge matches werefierce! Once in Hawaii, everything waspaid for. We had some of the best foodand hotel accommodations in the world.We played a match against the Univer-sity of Hawaii to make the trip legal, but

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it was a joke. The guys and girls wouldparty together until 4:00 a.m., teach thebenefactors at 8:00 a.m. (with sun-glasses in tow), nap until 6:00 p.m. anddo it all over again. “What happens inHawaii, stays in Hawaii” was the popularrefrain.

The spring season was the teammatches and the subsequent daily news-paper articles. An unimportant non-con-ference match might draw 200 people,matches against UCLA or USC wouldget a sell-out crowd of around 2,000people. The Stanford band would comeand play between singles and doublesfor the big matches. I once heard thattennis matches used to get more studentattendees than any other varsity sportoutside football until 1995. I think stu-dents came because it was a leisurely af-ternoon activity to wear skimpy clothes,get some sun and have a few adult bev-erages. Sometimes, the crowds got per-sonal and verbally attacked the visitors.The fans created some very clever signs.

Our coaches publicly acted like theycared, but in reality, they asked us to re-cruit our fraternity brothers to come outand cause some havoc.

Most of the tennis players at Stanfordlive in the SAE fraternity house. Myfreshman year, I decided to join an un-housed fraternity thinking the housedfraternity life was too fast. My sopho-more year, I changed my mind andwanted to live in the SAE house. If I was-n’t a tennis player, there would havebeen no shot getting in. Being a tennisplayer, there were no questions askedand no problems getting a bid. Life waswilder than I probably would havewanted it to be, but it was fun. Whereelse would I be able to celebrate Pac-10Basketball Championships with mem-bers of the basketball team who werealso my fraternity brothers?

The big spring trip for the fraternity wasto go to the NCAA Tennis Champi-onships. The guys took over the town.Hotel vacancy signs were manipulated to

read pro-Stanford messages. Fraternitybrothers brought their adult beverageson-court and celebrated with us live onESPN after winning the national champi-onships. Commercial airlines returninghome from successful team events turnedinto airborne party buses.

Does playing college tennis preventsomeone from having a social life? Notin the least. As a high school kid, littledid I know (or think) that running weeklysprints at Roslyn High School in thepitch black at 10:00 p.m. on Fridaynights would pay off social dividendsdown the road. �

Ricky Becker is the founder of JuniorTennis-Consulting LLC, which offers off-court col-lege guidance services to junior tennisplayers, in addition to teaching tennis at theRobbie Wagner Tournament TrainingCenter in Glen Cove. He can bereached by phone at (516) 605-0420, e-mail [email protected] or visitwww.JuniorTennisConsulting.com.


On Monday, Aug. 30, 24 junior players fromacross New York, New Jersey and Con-

necticut were awarded for their outstandingperformance in tournaments this year at USTAEastern’s Annual Junior Awards Gala. The galahonored juniors, ages 12-18, who have ex-celled in sectional tournaments and traveledacross the country to represent the Easternsection in team competitions this summer. All ofthe junior players received free grounds passesto watch the best players in the world competeon Opening Day of the 2010 U.S. Open.

“These juniors are not just strong individ-ual competitors, but also outstanding teamplayers,” said Julie Bliss, director of com-petition and player development for USTAEastern. “They recognized the importanceof playing local tournaments and represent-ing the section on Eastern teams in placeslike Texas, Louisiana, and California.”

The gala was held in the Indoor TrainingCenter at the USTA Billie Jean King Na-tional Tennis Center prior to the start of DayOne of 2010 U.S. Open play.

Boys’ 121. Brendan Volk (Dix Hills, N.Y.)2. Mwendwa Mbithi (Succasunna, N.J.)3. Justin Lee (Cos Cob, Conn.)

Girls’ 121. Morgan Herrmann

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Boys’ 141. Taiyo Hamanaka (Eastchester, N.Y.)2. Douglas Notaris (Wantagh, N.Y.)3. Kyle Mautner (Greenwich, Conn.)

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The Third Annual Corporate Challenge wasplayed on a beautiful September day at Broad-

way Park in Sayville, N.Y., courtesy of the Town ofIslip. It was a full-filled day with five teams compet-ing in a round-robin format for prizes and trophies.

The tournament has three major sponsors: Out-back restaurants, which provided a great meal forall participants and guests; Synergy 3, the officialmarketing partner; and World Gym in Bay Shore,N.Y., which provided all participants with event t-shirts and other gifts and coupons.

Other sponsors that provided raffle prizes in-cluded: Advantage Tennis shop in Westbury, N.Y.;Grand Slam Tennis shop in Commack, N.Y.; SteveAbbondondelo; and Long Island Tennis Associates.Clif’s Bars were the official snack of the event.

If you would like to have a team enter the Cor-porate Challenge next year or if you are interestedin becoming a sponsor of the Corporate Chal-lenge, contact Terry Fontana at (516) 822-8711. �

Bill Mecca is a USTA/Eastern tennis service rep-resentative for the Long Island Region. He may bereached by e-mail at [email protected].

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right here in our backyard. Recently, Long Island Tennis Mag-azine spoke with some of these top coaches to get insight intotheir coaching/training strategies, what they look for in a greatplayer, views on important local tennis topics, and a back-ground in how they got into coaching. Even the best coachcan always learn an extra tip or two, and the following articlewill provide all players and coaches with a chance to learnfrom the best.

Meet the roundtable…Howie Arons Cunningham Park Tennis Center 196-00 Union Turnpike • Queens, N.Y.(718) 217-6452

Howie Arons has been coaching and di-recting junior programs in Queens, N.Y.for the past 35 years at Alley Pond, BayTerrace and currently, Cunningham ParkTennis Center. Howie served as a na-tional coach for ETA in 1991 and 1997.He was ETA Coach of the Year in 1989and USPTA High School Coach of the

Year in 2007. As head coach of Benjamin N. Cardozo HighSchool in Flushing, N.Y., his teams have won 18 City Cham-pionships. With 556 wins, Howie has the most of any coachin New York State.

Carl BarnettGlen Head Racquet Club, Home of the Early HitTraining Center95 Glen Head Road • Glen Head, N.Y.(516) 455-1225

This is the ninth season of Carl Barnett’sEarly Hit Training Center at Glen Head Rac-quet Club. Early Hit is dedicated to provid-ing lessons, groups and training in itscomprehensive ALPS program. PatEtcheberry has worked with Carl as an ad-visor with the ALPS training program. Carl

has concluded that students learn faster when they have core fit-ness, flexibility and explosive strength. Early Hit not only servesjuniors, as the program features nationally-ranked players in theU.S. Open, 40s, 60s and 70s divisions.

Vinicius CarmoRoss School18 Goodfriend Drive • East Hampton, N.Y.(631) 907-5162

Vinicius Carmo is tennis director of theRoss School tennis academy and coach ofthe boys and girls varsity tennis teams. Asa player, Vinicius was ranked among thetop five junior players in Brazil and playedseveral international junior tennis tourna-ments, and attended the University of Ten-

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nessee for four years on a full scholarship. For seven years,Vinicius was the regional tennis director of the East EndSportime locations. He also coached many top juniors in thecountry and has helped them to get tennis scholarships in manyuniversities. Now, Vinicius runs the tennis program at the RossSchool. The boys varsity tennis team won the league VII title in2010 and finished second in the Suffolk County team tourna-ment. The Ross School tennis team also had three players qual-ify for the state tournament in 2010.

Adrian ChiriciRobbie Wagner’s Tournament Training Centerat Glen Cove60 Sea Cliff Avenue • Glen Cove, N.Y.(516) 759-0505

Adrian Chirici has been a coach at RobbieWagner’s Tournament Training (RWTT)Center at Glen Cove for over 15 years. Inthat time, more than 50 of his studentshave gone on to play for NCAA Division Icolleges, and a handful have gone on toplay on the pro tour. Adrian is currently the

head pro/coach at RWTT’s Glenwood Landing facility and partowner of the RWTT facility at Glen Cove. He is a two-time Long Is-land Section Coach of the Year, three-time USPTA Sectional Tour-ing Coach of the Year, and recently received the USPTA NationalTouring Coach of the Year Award. In addition, Adrian still enjoyscompeting and currently holds the number one ETA sectional rank-ing in both the Men’s 35s and Men’s 40s age divisions.

Steven KaplanBethpage Park Tennis Center99 Quaker Meeting House Road #1Farmingdale, N.Y.(516) 777-1358

Steven 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, two NCAA

Division 1 Singles Champions, and numerous touring profession-als and prominent coaches. Steve’s students have been awardedin excess of $7 million in college scholarship money.

Lawrence KlegerSportime Clubs of New York(516) 938-6076

Lawrence Kleger is nationally acclaimedas a unique talent in junior development.As the director of Sportime’s Excel Ten-nis Camps each summer and of the Elitedevelopment program each winter,Lawrence has trained hundreds of sec-tionally- and nationally-ranked juniors.

His knowledge, experience and keen “eye” help Lawrence toproduce players who are fundamentally, technically and me-chanically sound. His commitment to true sportsmanship andproper tennis etiquette has produced 13 USTA/Eastern year-end Sportsmanship Award winners. Lawrence is one of a se-lect group of coaches invited to attend two levels of the USAHigh Performance Coaching Program. He was named the 2006USTA/Eastern Section Long Island Section Tennis Professionalof the Year. Lawrence’s campers have captured more than 70USTA National Championships.

Whitney KraftUSTA Billie Jean King National Tennis CenterMeridian Road at Grand Central ParkwayQueens, N.Y.(718) 760-6200

Whitney Kraft is director of tennis programsat the USTA Billie Jean King National Ten-nis Center and director of player operationsfor the U.S. Open. A native of Summit, N.J.,Whitney brings more than 25 years of ten-nis experience to the USTA Billie Jean KingNational Tennis Center. Prior to joining the

USTA, Kraft served as director of tennis for the city of Ft. Laud-erdale, Fla. where he oversaw the daily programming and opera-tions of more than 45 courts at nine different facilities. His tennisindustry affiliations include serving in as district president of theUSPTA, district director for the USTA, as well as city liaison forFirst Serve of Broward County. He is also a member of the Na-tional Cardio Tennis Speaker Team. For the past eight years Krafthas served as tournament director for both the USTA Boy’s 14Clay Court Nationals and USTA Open National Clay Court Cham-pionships.

As a tennis player, Kraft was a four-time National Mixed-OpenChampion and most recently in 2006, Kraft was the USPTA In-ternational Championship 45 Doubles Champion. An avid beachtennis player, in 2007 Kraft captured two national tour eventswinning Beach Tennis USA events in Delray Beach, Fla. and LongBeach, NY.

Maurice TrailGlen Head Racquet Club95 Glen Head Road • Glen Head, N.Y.(516) 302-5613

Maurice Trail has been coaching for 15years, beginning as a coach at the RickMacci Academy in Florida. Mauriceplayed on the circuit for a few years be-fore moving to New York. He is currentlythe director and owner of the AdvancedHigh Performance Tennis Academy in

N.Y. “I find great satisfaction in helping players develop theirtennis and accomplishing their goals,” said Trail. “Knowing thatyou’ve had a hand in the success of a player you’ve workedwith is very rewarding.”


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Tonny vandePietermanPoint Set Indoor Racquet Club3065 New Street • Oceanside, N.Y.(516) 330-6070

Tonny vandePieterman is director of tennisat Point Set Indoor Racquet Club in Ocean-side, N.Y. He is the co-founder of Point Set’shigh performance Tournament Training (TTP)programs, and he has coached many juniorsto sectional and national rankings. Before ar-riving in New York, he was traveling coach

for the Harry Hopman Academy in Saddlebrook, Fla. He was brieflyan ATP touring pro after college. Tonny was the captain of the Uni-versity of Miami Hurricanes men’s tennis team where he won the BigEast title in 1993. He currently resides in Long Beach, N.Y.

What are the best things you see about tennis in the NewYork area? What are your biggest concerns about thelocal tennis scene?Steven Kaplan: The local area has a tradition of inspiring tennisactivity and success. We are the home to the U.S. Open and to asgreat a wealth of the top players, coaches, trainers and facilities asanywhere in the world. Local players, as a whole, value education,achievement and understand time efficiency and they need to be-cause tennis is costly here.

Players and parents also have lofty goals and high expectationsfor success. I am concerned about the ability of the industry tosatisfy its demanding population with the economy tanking, thecost of living rising and the underlying economics of providing ten-nis services rising.Lawrence Kleger: The most exciting thing to happen intennis in the greater New York area in a long, long time is theopening of the John McEnroe Tennis Academy (JMTA) atSportime Randall’s Island. Not only is John McEnroe one ofthe all-time great tennis players, he is considered by manyto be one of the top five competitors in the history of allsports. With Gilad Bloom at the helm, the JMTA will be de-veloping and training many of the areas top juniors and over-coming many of the obstacles towards future championshailing from the greater New York City area. Advantage … allNew Yorkers.

On Long Island, we have some of best and most dedicatedjunior coaches in the country. Many have excellent trackrecords in developing junior talent for the national and inter-national level. And, most of these names are know in tennisplaying households across Long Island and are regular con-tributors to this fine publication. Advantage … Long Island. Themain challenges in our region start with our northeastern cli-mate. We mostly train and play indoors from September toJune, so our players are less prepared to face the challengesand adverse conditions of outdoor play. The cost of participa-tion is high and court time is not always available. Advantage… warm weather climates. Whitney Kraft: The vitality and interest in tennis in the New Yorkarea is incredible. A lot of credit should go to the USTA Eastern

Section and their competent and innovative staff for coordinating,promoting and implementing so many great programs, events andtournaments. I think people appreciate and value the sport andgame, and view court time as a privilege and coveted amenitywhich, in turn, produces constructive use of one’s play and prac-tice time. On the flip side, this is probably the biggest concern:Not enough courts and/or court time to go around or court timethat is inexpensive enough to supply the demand in winter andduring inclement days.

If you were training an elite junior player, would you ad-vise them to attend college or go right to the pro circuit?Howie Arons: If I were coaching an elite junior player who had tomake this decision, my answer would be pretty one-sided. JohnMcEnroe, Jimmy Connors, Todd Martin, James Blake and JustinGimelstob were all great juniors who decided to go to college tofurther develop their tennis abilities.

The top schools in the United States offer elite juniors the op-portunities to play other elite players on a regular basis. There is ahuge influx of international players in many of the top conferenceswhich leads to even greater competition.

In terms of fitness and conditioning, that junior player, fresh outof high school, will become a lot stronger and more fit. The op-portunity to become a better tennis player and ultimately turn procan be achieved by going to college. The college tennis experi-ence will enable that elite junior to know just how good they reallyare. Turn pro after you win the NCAAs.Carl Barnett: These are rare kids that can make the early transitionto the pro circuit out of high school.. Would John Isner have made itout of high school? Absolutely not. Timing is very important and veryfew are ready to make that transition at such a young age.Maurice Trail: This is a question I’ve been asked so many timesover the years from players, parents and people looking for myadvice. My advice would be to sit down and determine what yourlevel is.

If you are 16 or 17, and are on a level in which Andre Agassi,Pete Sampras, Rafael Nadal or Roger Federer are at, then gostraight to the pros. However, if you are not quite at that level,go to college and play on a college team first. Playing for a col-lege is an honor and will help improve your match play, whileyou are obtaining an education. A few notable players that tookthis route are Todd Martin, John McEnroe, James Blake, andrecently, John Isner. This route will give you the best of bothworlds, college education and then the opportunity to play onthe pro tour.

What do you suggest a junior player look at when theyare approaching the college recruiting process?Howie Arons: When a junior player is approaching the collegerecruiting process, there are many important issues to consider.Every one of these issues has equal importance in selecting theright school. Ultimately, the junior being happy with their choiceis the number one consideration. Meeting and talking withcoaches in person is essential. Did they like the coach? Was thecoach interested in you? Did you visit the school and meet theteam? Do you think you can honestly play for the team and will


you have an opportunity to play? Does the college meet yourneeds academically and socially? If you weren’t an athlete,would you still enjoy attending that particular school? If you cananswer “yes” to all of these questions, then I think you havefound the right school.Adrian Chirici: A junior player should look at what schoolswill fit their academic profile and playing ability, and make a listof them in the summer before their junior year. The list shouldinclude schools that are a realistic fit and some of the list shouldhave “reach” academic schools sprinkled with some “reach”tennis schools in case there is improvement in either or bothareas. Once the list is made, the player should e-mail thecoaches immediately.Maurice Trail: Research is key in this process. Not every schoolis a good fit for everyone. Players should visit schools and meetwith coaches. Players need to make sure their targeted school of-fers studies of main interest, and geographically, it is an environ-ment they are looking for. Players need to look into schools thatwill best serve them academically and provide them the bestchance to play on a team.

How do you feel about training on different surfaces?How important is it that your players understand how toplay on all surfaces?Whitney Kraft: I’m a huge proponent of training on all surfaces,especially clay where players learn to play defense, are more aptto learn and make use of a drop shot, topspin lob, slice backhand,etc. Stamina and conditioning improve from longer points beingplayed and the body doesn’t absorb the same physical toll thatplaying on a hard court can cause.Tonny vandePieterman: Training players on different sur-faces is an interesting challenge. It often takes a few sessionsfor a player to get in sync with a different court surface: Thetiming, the different footing and the pace of play requires sometime to adjust to. Having played my junior tennis in Europe, Ibelieve I got the best of both worlds. In the summer, all train-ing and tournaments were held on the slow red clay courts,where in the winter, lightning-fast carpet courts had to be dealtwith. This resulted in most juniors ending up with skills for all-around games.

I think Rafael Nadal has shown us all how a once labeled “claycourt specialist” can be successful on all surfaces by continuingto add to his game. By adding a backhand slice, little nuances inhis court positioning and beefing up his first serve, he attained all-court surface champion status.

During our high performance tournament training sessions atPoint Set, which are held on hard courts, we sometimes hold littleGrand Slam practice tournaments. We encourage our players tovisualize being at Wimbledon and playing grass court tennis. Or tobattle out long baseline exchanges with lots of variety, while pre-tending to be at Roland Garros. It is not only a valuable exercise,it is great fun as well!

What makes for the perfect player/coach relationship?Vinicius Carmo: I think that what makes the perfect coach/playerrelationship is how the coach understands the player’s needs and

how the coach will help his/her player. Players have different needsand it is up to the coach to find them and work with them. Being acoach is not only understanding tennis, but it is understanding theplayers as human beings. In order for a tennis player to be suc-cessful, the player needs to have confidence and needs to be men-tally tough to overcome the challenges inside the court.Tonny vandePieterman: Naturally, there has to be a greatdeal of trust. A “we are in this together attitude” has to be de-veloped and the player has to know that the coach has theplayer’s best interest at heart. Naturally, over the years, a rela-tionship changes. I have found myself change during longerterm player/coach relationships from teacher, to coach, tomentor. In addition, motivation has to be present on both partsof the equation. Sometimes, I need to be the spark to get thesession off on the right foot, sometimes my student’s enthusi-asm and readiness to be productive will start us off right. Mostof the time it is both.

What is your opinion of the state of American tennis?Vinicius Carmo: I think that American tennis needs a profes-sional player with charisma that will motivate the kids to get outthere and play more tennis. I think that Patrick McEnroe is doinga great job in Flushing Meadows working with the juniors. He un-derstands the game and cares about this country.Adrian Chirici: On the men’s side, we are doing okay. I see noneed to panic like some articles I have read have mentioned. SamQuerrey and John Isner have positioned themselves nicely to pos-sibly make a top 10 run or better. Some of our younger crop ofplayers, like Ryan Harrision, are starting to make a mark on theATP Tour, and Jack Sock and Dennis Kudla have shown that theyhave potential by winning on the highest level in the juniors.

The old guard of Andy Roddick and Mardy Fish are still playingtop 10 level tennis and are great role models for the younger play-ers because they have been putting in the hard work which is thekey to success. They still have the hunger and that’s what its goingto take for the younger American crew to make an impact on thetour. Hopefully, these up and comers take some pointers fromthese guys.

On the women’s side, we are not doing quite as well onceyou take away Venus and Serena Williams. Our next highestplayer is Bethanie Mattek-Sands ranked at 59th. Why is this …I’m just not sure we have the athletes at the moment. MelanieOudin, Vania King and Christina McHale are good, don’t get mewrong, but there are no major weapons there to make me be-lieve they could reach the top 10 within the next couple ofyears. A few athletes with athletic pedigree that catch my eyeand could do damage in a few years are Coco Vandeweghe andSloane Stephens.

What would be the most important things for a parent ofa young child (ages three to six) to look for when choos-ing a coach?Carl Barnett: I would suggest that they look for a coach that ispatient, strong on fundamentals, well-versed in Quick Start andcan make it fun for children.


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Whitney Kraft: I’d have them ask friends and others who the“pied piper” of tennis professionals is in their neighborhood, andwho works well with that age range. Some coaches have a knackfor connecting and relating well to Pee Wees. They know how tomake it fun! They most likely use lots of props, soft balls, prop-erly-sized racquets and are advocates of the QuickStart Under 10Tennis format of how to learn and play.

What in your teaching/coaching philosophy do youthink is the backbone of your teaching and coachingmethods?Adrian Chirici: The backbone of my coaching philosophy is tostart accentuating the things that a student does well which in turnwill make the player have confidence, and with that confidence,makes them more eager to want to evolve.Steven Kaplan: My philosophy of coaching centers on en-abling students with those tools necessary to develop prob-lem solving abilities. I do so by exploring the “why” ofperforming skills, tactics and behaviors, rather than simply di-recting them “how” to perform. While I have always viewedcoaching as the integration of art and science, I have come tobelieve that the science of tennis is undervalued and over-compartmentalized, and that, too often, teaching emphasizesstyle over substance.

Clear, precise and persuasive communication skills are impor-tant of course, but they are no substitution for proving sound in-formation derived from understanding, mechanics, physics,physiology and psychology. The reinforcement of the idea thatsuccess is derived primarily from a philosophy of, “whatever youbelieve, you can achieve,” is limiting, because while motivation isa necessary prerequisite to achievement, it is not the foundation ofsuccess.Lawrence Kleger: My philosophy of coaching junior playersis: Athletes first; winning second. I believe that the chances ofany of my students having a successful career on the pro cir-cuit are very remote at best. And, if any of them had the talentand drive for greatness, it would show itself like a beacon oflight. I do not think that I can create greatness, nor do I think Ican prevent it. Therefore, my role as a coach is to make eachindividual player better off for having gone through the processof trying to become the best player he or she can be. I nevertell my students that it is impossible to make it on the tour. Iwould never kill a child’s dream. But, I have to be realistic as Ihelp each player set their goals. I take the responsibility ofbeing a coach very seriously. I am very comfortable with thelife lessons I teach my players. My greatest accomplishmentsas a coach do not involve the highest-ranked players. I believein the process. If the process is healthy, feelings of accom-plishment and winning usually follow. If the process is nothealthy, I do not believe the player will be happy, regardless ofthe level he or she reaches.

I believe in hard work and goal-directed work. Working hardgives a player a sense of accomplishment and the feeling that heor she is deserving of success. It is very hard to feel like a truewinner when part of you believes that your preparation has beeninadequate.

I believe that competition is inherently healthy. As long asthe player realizes that his or her self-worth is totally inde-pendent of winning or losing a match, competition can be usedfor character building. Competition is a big part of every as-pect of life. It cannot be ignored, but it must be placed in itsproper perspective.

What role should a parent play in their child’s tennisdevelopment?Howie Arons: A parent’s job is the most important job theywill ever have. Giving your children good values and teachingthem to be good human beings is an important role and onenot to be taken lightly. The most important factor a 10-year-old junior looking to get better in tennis is by truly enjoying thesport. Juniors who love the game become the best players asthey grow from 16s to 18s to college. Parents really have theability to help their children enjoy the game even more by beingtotally supportive. Supportive means many things becausethere are many things a parent has to do to let a junior try tobecome a national player, including time spent going to prac-tices and lessons, and all those late Friday night matches inNew Jersey. The time that you spend with your child in be-tween matches and in the car is all very important. This timeperiod will go very fast, so enjoy it and make it a life positiveexperience. Be a loving parent and not a coach!Maurice Trail: Parents play a big role in helping their child reachtheir fullest potential. The encouragement and support of a parentis very important in their child’s development as a tennis player.Parents must pick a coach that best suits their child’s needs. Theymust also pick a coach that they can trust, and that will help theirchild reach their potential.Tonny vandePieterman: The role of parents in this processseems to be the hardest part to get right. Parents often feel theneed to help coach the player, especially after they have become“experts” by watching hours and hours of tennis. Parents, ofcourse, mean well, but I find their most important role is in the bal-ance of life part. They must try to keep their child emotionally bal-anced, pick them up when they are down and bring them back toEarth when they’re flying high. It’s not an easy job, but a very im-portant one nonetheless!

What is your opinion of the new USTA rules for 10-and-under tournaments? What impact do you think it willhave?Carl Barnett: Because of our physical training program, ourseven- and eight-year-olds are already playing full court. I per-sonally feel, and so do many other coaches, that many nine- and10-year-olds will start playing the 12-and-under events soonerpossibly than they should.Steven Kaplan: The 10-and-under rule changes at a grassrootslevel makes the game easier and more fun, and is a very worth-while development; however, the imposition of this change at thetournament level is a concern. My curiosity was sparked when Ifirst read about the change on the USTA Web site after reading thefollowing statement:

“Studies have found that competition, when conducted in a wel-


coming environment that allows for multiple play opportunities,enhances kids’ enjoyment of the game.”

This statement seemed out of context, so I contacted the USTAdirector, recreation coaches and programs, and asked to see these“studies” and guess what … they don’t exist. They were “lengthydiscussions” about de-emphasizing winning and increasing playopportunities. When the headline article on the USTA Web site de-ceptively references fictional studies that focus on unrelated top-ics to promote the rule change, it makes me question just howthought-out this change was planned.

The USTA director subsequently explained to me that thephilosophy of the change is in part the result of the notion that,in his words, “We basically have nothing to lose by changingthe format because we have such a small amount of players inthe 10-and-under age group who are actually competing intournaments.”

I happen to coach seven players ranked in the top 10 in the eastin boy’s and girl’s. In conversations with some of these playersand their parents, it is clear that they would like the option of com-petition in the current format, as well as the new format. Ultimately,the loss of opportunity and freedom of choice for this group ofhighly-skilled players is unfortunate, unnecessary and potentiallycounterproductive to growing the game.Lawrence Kleger: The new format for 10-and-under tourna-

ments has been, and will continue to be, a very hotly debatedissue. Obviously, for any (Boys/Girls) BG10 that is already playing12-and-under tournaments, this rule is irrelevant. For any BG10that is ranked very high in the standings, he or she will be forcedto move to BG12 possibly a little earlier than expected; not verytragic in my opinion.

But, BG10s who are not quite ready to make the jump to BG12competition will face a dilemma. Do they move up to BG12 andtake their lumps, or do they play BG10 in the new format thatsome might consider “going backwards?”

For all others, there really is no choice … they must play withinthe new format.

In order to introduce a new comprehensive system of learning,there have to be major changes made. QuickStart Tennis, and sim-ilar programs around the world, are now accepted as the bestmethods for learning our sport. By utilizing slower-moving andlower-bouncing balls, on smaller courts and with lighter, smallerracquets, QuickStart now parallels Little League Baseball andyouth soccer. The mantra is now, “The scaled-down equipmentand smaller playing fields allow kids to achieve success the firsttime out—and sustain that success as they continue to developand refine their skills.”

Time will tell if this system will work in the United States as it hasin other countries, but I believe that it deserves the opportunity.

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Great job by all the teams!The Tri-Level League began play the first

week in October and will run until mid-De-cember. Next up will be the Mixed-DoublesLeague. This league will be based on thefinal ratings which will be out the end of No-vember. League play will begin the firstweek in January and run through May. TheMixed-Doubles League is based on com-bined ratings at the 6.0 Level (two 3.0 play-ers or a 2.5 and 3.5 player), 7.0 Level (two3.5 players of a 3.0 and 4.0 player), 8.0, 9.0and 10.0 Level. A match consists of three

courts of mixed-doubles with the winningLong Island team advancing to sectionalsin June. If you are interested in captaininga team or joining an already existing team,please e-mail me at [email protected]. Imust know of all teams by Wednesday,Dec. 1 so schedules can be made and dis-tributed to all captains by mid-December.

Looking forward to hearing from you andseeing you on the courts! �

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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have or will be advancing to the Na-tionals! The Women’s 2.5 team fromCarefree Racquet Club, captained byCarrie Alfano and coached by GabeRaneses, went to the nationals in PalmSprings and placed fourth. Congratula-tions to them for a job well done! Alsoadvancing to nationals is the Men’s 5.0team from Sportime Syosset captainedby David Grossman, the Women’sSuper Senior 6.0 team from RockvilleRacquet captained by Joyce Tomainoand the Men’s 7.0 Super Senior team

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ing clubs from across Long Island. The outdoor seasonruns from May through August, and matches areplayed on Tuesdays with the playoffs taking place inmid-August. The match format for the North ShoreMen’s Tennis League consists of five courts of men’sdoubles.

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If you are interested in information about the leagueor are a club considering fielding a team during the2011 season, contact Steve Abbondondelo by e-mailat [email protected]. �

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As Matt Richards prepared to play in his firstUSTA match seven years ago as a 10-year-old, something would happen off the courtthat would change his life forever.

It was the morning before Thanksgivingwhen Matt was awakened by his father

and he was told that his 19-year-old sisterJenn was taken to Stony Brook UniversityHospital in the middle of the night after dis-covering a lump the size of an orange pro-truding from her neck. He would soonlearn she had Hodgkin’s Lymphoma, acancer of the immune system.

Matt remembers his sister showing aninner strength as she battled throughchemotherapy and radiation treatments,and averting death after a blood clot dis-lodged into one of her lungs. He was byher side when the nausea from chemother-apy was at its worst.

“Nobody knew what was going tohappen next,” recalled Matt. “But theone thing we never doubted was thelove we shared as a family. We alwaysbelieved my sister would get better, andthat we would help her every step of the

way. And even though I was only 10 atthe time, my parents made sure I knewwhat I needed to know.”

Throughout the worst of times, Matt’sparents did all they could to maintain asense of normalcy. Even though both hisfather and mother lost their jobs due tothe time commitment required to carefor his sister, they still found the re-sources necessary to support his new-found passion for tennis. Before pickingup a tennis racket, Matt was already ap-plying his athletic ability to winningchampionships playing baseball, soccerand basketball. It wasn’t until he was ona family vacation in New Hampshire’sWhite Mountains that he discoveredtennis.

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said Matt. “My father, though, is afraid ofheights. So he encouraged us to go to thetop of the mountain, and said he wouldmeet us back at the hotel. I decided to chillwith him. When we got back to the hotel,we spotted a red clay tennis court. My dadasked me if I wanted to try playing tennis.After a few games, I was hooked.”

Seven years later, Matt is a USTA-ranked national player (he just aged outof the Boys 16s with a ranking of 76th inthe Eastern Section, and is quickly risingup the rankings in Boys 18s). His majorweapons are his 120 mph flat serve andequally nasty kick and slice serves. Hehas trained under such coaches as Johnand Bill Cook (Sportime Kings Park), NickBrebenel, Afzal Ali (Deer Park Tennis), andCraig Schwartz (Queens College men’stennis coach). He has also practiced atthe USTA Billie Jean King National TennisCenter and at Robbie Wagner Tourna-ment Training.

Matt is also going into his sixth year

playing for the Bayport Blue-Point HighSchool varsity boy’s tennis team, leadingthe Phantoms at first singles since eighthgrade under coach Keith Scharfshwerdt.He is a two-time All-County player andhas helped Bayport make the playoffs thelast two years. Matt also won a goldmedal playing for the Long Island teamthat captured first place two years ago atthe Empire State Games. Last summer, heand his doubles partner, David Arroyave,won a Long Island doubles tournament atthe USTA Billie Jean King National TennisCenter. He also recently won a USTA sin-gles tournament at Sportime in theHamptons.

“Matt’s upside is very high, which iswhy college coaches across D1, D2, andD3 schools are paying close attention tohim,” noted John Cook. “As good as heis now, he has the potential to take hisgame to an even higher level. I believehe’s going to get there because of hisdeep commitment to achieving his goals.”

For Matt, it’s about keeping life in per-spective.

“I love tennis, but it’s not life anddeath. I learned how to be resilient dur-ing my family’s dark times,” said Matt.“My sister beat cancer and went on tograduate from Pratt Institute, which isone of the best art schools in the world.And you know what? If you believe inyourself and are willing to work hard, youcan achieve anything.” �

Laurie Gruppuso is president of Bay-port-Blue Point Community Tennis As-sociation. The association was foundedin 2009 and its goal is to offer high-qual-ity, low-cost tennis to residents of theBayport-Blue Point and surroundingareas. More than 200 juniors and adultsare involved in the Bayport-Blue PointCommunity Tennis Association. Shemay be reached by phone at (516) 524-2971, e-mail [email protected] orvisit www.bbpcommunitytennis.org.

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The members of Shelter Rock werevery supportive, and plans are alreadyunderway for next year’s event. Shel-ter Rock’s professional Robin Deitch-Nogrady helped organize many of themembers into volunteer groups, andthe club raffle raised a considerableamount of money for charity.

Our sponsors included Donnay USA andNetjets. Former number one-ranked StanSmith dropped by to lend a hand, and otherparticipants included Jimmy Arias, theJensen brothers, Rick Leach, and manyother former champions.

The Alan King Pro-Am has become a fix-ture on Long Island, and will continue tohelp the Wheelchair Sports Federationachieve its goals.

If you would like to help contributeto this event, or are interested in join-ing our family of sponsors for nextyear’s please contact TournamentChairman Peter Fishbach by e-mail [email protected]. �

Peter Fishbach is Alan King Pro-Am TennisTournament Chairman. He may be reachedby e-mail at [email protected].

Shelter Rock Tennis Club played host tothe annual Alan King Pro-Am event on

Aug. 29. Tennis champions Peter Fleming,Virginia Wade, Johan Kriek, Mark Woodforde,Rosie Casals, Bob Lutz and many othersteamed with some of Long Island’s best am-ateurs for a day of fun that raised nearly$20,000 for the charitable beneficiary.

Thanks to the support of Donna Bernstein,the Wheelchair Sports Federation benefitsfrom events such as the Alan King Pro-Am.Once again, as he has done for so manyyears, host Morris Levy ensured that every-one enjoyed the day.

Alan King Pro-Am Raises $20,000 forWheelchair Sports Federation

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Alan King Pro-Am ChampionsAdam Schwartz and Dick Stockton

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Marc Woodforde serves during the2010 Alan King Pro-Am

Members of the Wheelchair Sports Federation wereon hand to play a wheelchair tennis exhibition

Many thanks to the event organizers for co-ordinating the very successful 2010 Alan KingPro-Am

Murphy Jensen and Jonathan Klee take part in a chari-table event for a good cause

Fomer women’s champion VirginiaWade gives some pointers

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By Tom Ferraro, Ph.D.

Tennis is a frustrating game. You get abad call, you double fault or miss an

easy net ball and you’re ready to blow. Butwait just a moment before you break thatracket. One mistake will never destroy you,but the way you react to it can.

The days of yelling, screaming andpouting like John McEnroe or JimmyConnors are long gone. The bad boys oftennis lived in the 1970s and they taughtan entire generation of players to behavelike babies. We now know that acting likethis warrants a diagnosis of “Intermittent

Explosive Disorder.”These are the playerswho cannot con-trol theiranger and destroy property. They alsodestroy their reputation in the process.Losing your temper wastes energy,kills focus and will get you depressedenough to lose the next few points. Ialways tell my players that if you areserious about winning, you cannot af-ford to lose your temper. It serves todo nothing other than encourage youropponent and give the oppositionhope.

The cureThe best thing to do ifyou have anger prob-lems is as follows:

1. Realize it will hurtyour game if youshow your anger.2. Realize you are not perfect and do notneed to be perfect in order to win.3. Learn to forgive yourself by taking adeep breath after misses.4. Use the great Roger Federer as a rolemodel. He rarely shows anger and hastaught a generation of players how tomanage their anger with grace, dignityand patience.

Do these things and you will play better ten-nis and enjoy the game alot more as well.

For consultations, treatment or on-site visits, contact Dr. Tom FerraroPh.D., sport psychologist, at(516) 248-7189 or visitwww.drtomferraro.com.

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The 2010 USTA Eastern Summer JuniorTeam Tennis (JTT) season culminated with

the Eastern Summer Sectional Championship.The event was held at Central Park in Sch-enectady, N.Y. on Aug. 21-22. The round-robintournament followed the Junior Team Tennisformat of boys and girl’s singles, doubles andmixed-doubles. Sportsmanship and teamworkdemonstrated by both the players and thecoaches highlighted the event.

Two teams from Long Island took home sec-ond place honors in both the 18 & Under Divisionand the 14 & Under Division. Congratulations tothe 14 & Under team from Sun & Surf Beach Cluband the 18 & Under team Hicksville Smash rep-resenting Hicksville Community Tennis.

Danielle Lapierre from Hicksville Smash andFrancesca DeMarco from Sun & Surf were hon-ored with two of the three sportsmanshipawards presented. The Long Island Region would like to recognize all of the players, parents and coaches for their hard work anddedication to the JTT program.

The Winter Junior Team Tennis program will be starting in November. If you would like any information about the JTT programor the upcoming season, please contact Steve Abbondondelo, JTT Eastern Committee Chair/L.I. Regional Coordinator by e-mailat [email protected]. �

The USTA 2.5 Women’s team from Carefree Racquet Club in Mer-rick, N.Y., who first won their Long Island Regional, and then trav-eled to Syracuse and won their Sectional, headed out to PalmSprings, Calif. for the Nationals. At the 2010 Nationals, they repre-sented Long Island very well by finishing fourth in the nation.

“I am very proud of what they have accomplished,” said Gabe Raneses,coach of the Women’s 2.5 team from Carefree. “They are a great bunchof ladies to work with on and off the court. The team could not havegotten this far without the support of their friends and family.”

Congratulations again to the Women’s 2.5 team from Carefree(pictured here, from left to right): Debra Lehman, Debbie Pinciotto,Ann Marie Conniff, Coach Gabe Raneses, Liz Schiff, Mara Mazzaand Captain Carrie Alfano in Palm Springs at the Nationals. �

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It’s High School Football Season–A Little Respect for Tennis Please!

It’s a warm fall Septemberday in 1975, and I am inmy senior year of highschool. The football play-ers are getting ready forpractice in the lockerroom. They have blood

stains all over their shirts and pants and“machismo” oozing out of their locker-room, and onto the field. In the back of thelocker, there are a few of us tennis playersgetting ready for tennis practice becausein those days, boys high school tennis wasplayed in the fall season. I am trying to beinconspicuous and not let the footballplayers see me.

I am a thin, nerdy kid putting on my ten-nis whites and I am about to trot out to thetennis courts which, of course, is right nextto the football field.

The merciless trash talking directed atus was hardly bearable. “Tennis was fornerds, tennis is a sissy sport, real men play

football” were comments that I heard al-most on a daily basis. I emerged from thelocker room unscathed and my head wasstill held up high with pride. Not just be-cause there was something deep insideme that told me that the football playerswere wrong, but how could they be right?I had tendonitis in my knees, my bodyached from the daily pounding I took run-ning on the hard cement with the endlessdirectional changes just to win one point. Ihad blisters on my feet and calluses allover my hands and feet. I felt a mentaltoughness that the football players wouldnever experience in that I was out on thetennis court battling my opponent one onone. I was 100 percent committed to thesport of tennis, and I worked hard at itthroughout the year.

Never once did the football coach tellthe players to respect the other schoolathletes, and yes, I am sorry to say thatthe high school tennis coach was a part-

timer who really knew very little abouttennis. I was truly out there on my ownalong with my teammates. I did not knowit at the time, but I really believe theseexperiences helped build some greatcharacter.

I wonder what Mike Holmgren and PatSummerall would have said? What wouldChad Ocho Cinco and Drew Brees say?Mike Holmgren, in addition to his illustriouscareer as football coach in the NFL havingcoached two separate teams to the SuperBowl, started his coaching career as acoach for the high school girl’s tennisteam. He is now the president of footballoperations for the Cleveland Browns. PatSummerall, a great football player whoplayed for the New York Giants won theFlorida State Tennis Championship. ChadOcho Cinco, a regular competitor in theUSTA, is now an all-pro wide receiver forthe Cincinnati Bengals. Drew Brees was anaccomplished high school and collegiate

By Lonnie Mitchel

ketball and baseball coaches allowingthis. Maybe if the coaches on some ofthese tennis teams give their playerssome tough love, the tennis team insome of these schools would earn a littlemore respect. The high school caliberplayer will improve and that helps thesport in general. Come on high schooltennis coaches and players … if youwant more respect … go and earn it. Ten-nis is a game that requires brains, brawnand commitment! �

Lonnie Mitchel has been teaching ten-nis since 1985, mostly at Carefree Rac-quet Club in North Merrick, N.Y. and isa USPTA Level 1 certified tennis in-structor. He has produced many highschool and collegiate level tennis play-ers, including his own children, Wayne(who plays at Muhlenberg College ) andTrevor (who competes regularly on theUSTA Long Island Junior Circuit, gain-ing the number one ranking in the 14s).Lonnie has also worked in the traveland tourism industry as a regional salesmanager for 25-plus years for suchcompanies the Walt Disney Companyand Royal Caribbean International.Lonnie is now the national accountmanager for Sandals and Beaches Re-sorts. His wife, Harriet, is a club leveltennis player and can often be foundon the court. Lonnie may be reachedby phone at (516) 414-7202 or [email protected].


tennis player who beat Andy Roddick earlyin their junior tennis careers and who, asquarterback of the New Orleans Saints,won Super Bowl XLIV. All of these menhave one thing in common … they learnedmuch of their athletic and coaching ex-ploits on a tennis court.

Football is played on a rectangularplot of grass where the players andteams compete for territorial positioning.Tennis is also played on a rectangularplaying surface and each player battlesfor positioning advantages. These twogames have a lot in common and let’snot forget about the mental toughnesseach game requires of their participants.I wish I knew then what I know now. Icould have been a much better ambas-sador for our game rather than just hop-ing to make it out of the locker room inone piece. However, I did wonder whymany of the football players then andnow did not give the respect a tennisplayer deserves. Other than ignorance,there is more to it than that in the eyes ofa teenager.

In middle class towns across Long Is-land and nationwide, the high schoolfootball player trains, in many cases,year-round for what amounts to lessthan a three-month season. Footballplayers are required to lift weights andbegin their practices in mid- to late-sum-mer. These practices can last two-plushours in some cases and are usuallyperformed in 90 degree heat, oftentimestwice a day. This is a requirement, oth-erwise you cannot play. The coachesrarely tolerate a note from a parent for achild to leave practice early because of adoctor’s appointment, orthodontic ap-pointment or a similar excuse. Yet, in mygame, the great game of tennis, thegame that can be played for a lifetime,many of the participants want to be onan athletic team but just don’t take itquite as serious. The parents of some ofthese participants might be guilty aswell, thinking that the coach won’t mindif they miss a practice here or there.Now I am saying it as blunt and straightas I can … short of an academic excuseor a major health issue, “you come topractice or you’re off the team.” Ofcourse, I am not talking about some ofthe top USTA ranked players who might

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be leaving their team practice to practiceelsewhere. I am talking about the mem-bers of these teams who play tennis onlyduring tennis season so they can havesomething nice on their transcript. Somedo not bother to train in the offseason,whether it is some weight training, car-diovascular work or the obvious tennisdrills like hitting a tennis ball. I know thisfor a fact because some of my studentsshow up just three to four weeks beforetennis tryouts looking for the magic pillto make them a tennis player. Guesswhat, there is no magic pill. If you wantrespect from your athletic peers, youhave to prepare and do the things thatwork.

I was recently at a gathering with someother families who have teenagers thatparticipate on the tennis team. The com-ments coming from them were just unbe-lievable to me, “Oh, the coach did not likemy child because he missed practice be-cause of orthodontic appointments, hewas too tired that day, etc.” I am a tenniscoach, so this is something I am admit-tedly more sensitive to. Come on, if youwant respect from your peers in the ath-letic arena, you better take it serious. Suf-fice is to say they did not agree with me.But I am a tennis coach, what could Ipossibly know? I am blunt on this topicand even opinionated maybe to a fault.Like any successful coach though, com-mitment is demanded and nothing less istolerated. Just imagine the football, bas-


Long Island Tennis Magazine spent threeweeks at the USTA Billie Jean King Na-tional Tennis Center covering all thematches, press conferences, story linesand everything else that surrounds theworld’s greatest tennis event, which isplayed right in our backyard, the 2010 U.S.Open. Our Web site was updated daily withtremendous inside coverage and an on-court photo gallery.

For the fourth consecutive year, atten-dance topped 700,000 at the U.S. Open.In all, 712,976 fans visited the competi-tion, and new records were set in mer-chandise, food and beverage sales.

Here’s a look back at the final resultsfrom the event:

2010 U.S. Open Men’s Singles ChampionRafael Nadal

Photo credit: Kenneth B. GoldbergRafael Nadal won his first ever U.S. Opentitle by defeating Novak Djokovic in the fi-nals in four sets. Nadal proved why he isthe number one ranked player in the worldand became the seventh male player inhistory to capture a career Grand Slamtitle. Pictured here, Nadal returns a shotagainst Djokovic in the finals match.

The following is taken from Nadal’spost-match press conference on Mon-day, Sept. 13th during the 2010 U.S.Open:It’s a remarkable achievement whatyou did out there tonight and in suchan impressive fashion with suchgreat play. Now you have the careerGrand Slam. Talk about what tonightmeans to you and this trophy meansto you. Yeah, well, just thank you very much,first thing. Yeah, it was an amazingfeeling. I think winning against Novakis always very, very difficult, and the re-sults say that lots of times, I lostagainst him. So, I think for the first timein my career, I played a very, very goodmatch in this tournament. That’s myfeeling, no? I played my best match inthe U.S. Open at the most importantmoment, so I am very, very happy forthat, for sure.

How did you stay so strong mentallythroughout the tournament?I don’t know. I think my the practice isdone a lot of years ago, so is not themoment now that I have. I am strongnow because I think you can practiceeverything. I think the mentality, I prac-tice it a lot, my mentality, a lot when Iwas a kid, so right now for me, it is alittle bit easier, I think.

What do you think you have to ac-complish to convince yourself thatyou’re ahead of Roger, maybe thegreatest ever?Remain for a lot of titles, so that’s no doubt

about that, no? I think I am more thanhappy that, with my titles, I think the talkabout if I am better or worse than Roger isstupid, because the titles say he’s muchbetter than me, so that’s true at that mo-ment. I think that will be true all my life.

What do you think the future of yourrivalry is with Roger? How long doyou think it will last?I don’t know. Well, now Novak is, too,but he has to defend a lot of points nowin the end of the season now. He is goingto have his chance to win the year num-ber two. But Roger is there, too, to fin-ish number two.

You’ve achieved so much over thesebrief years starting with the claycourt streak and then winning in somany different circumstances. Inthe big picture, we sort of debatewhat are your greatest strengths.What do you think your greateststrengths are as a champion? Is itstrokes or focus, willingness tomake changes, attitude? What doyou think are your two or threegreatest strengths?What’s my best thing? I think the men-tality, attitude on court I think was al-ways good for me. I am positive oncourt, and I fight all the time. But notthe only thing. Positive attitude is notonly fighting on court. I think I was ableto listen all the time to the coach and tohave adjustments and to be ready tochange things to be better and to im-prove. So that was probably the bestthing for me.


2010 U.S. Open Women’s Singles ChampionKim Clijsters

Photo credit: Kenneth B. GoldbergKim Clijsters wasdominant in the finals, defeatingVera Zvonareva instraight sets 6-2,6-1 en route toher second con-secutive U.S.Open title. Thematch took just59 min. to com-plete. The win

gave Clijsters her third U.S. Open titleand her match winning streak at the Openis now at 21. Pictured here, Kim Clijstersraises her hands in victory after defeatingZvonareva in the 2010 Open finals.

The following is taken from Clijsters’post-match press conference on Saturday,Sept. 11th during the 2010 U.S. Open:

Last year at the 2009 U.S. Open,when you came in, we called it the“Kimdarella Story.” This year, ex-pectations were much higher asthe second seed. Did you feel thatpressure? Obviously, when I started my U.S. sum-mer, the U.S. Open was my main goal. Itwas a new situation for me as well,going back to the Grand Slam where Iwas actually defending my title for thefirst time. Not having been able to dothat in 2006 was frustrating at the time.Last year it was, you know, it was a dif-ferent kind of attention. People were stillcurious to see how I was playing, andnow, people knew that obviously withmy history here that I was maybe one ofthe contenders.

Upsets can happen in the beginningof the tournament, and, you know, Iwasn’t playing my best tennis in the be-ginning, but I was able to lift my game inthe last two matches when I needed it.

You are the first player to defendthe title since Venus Williams al-most 10 years ago, so why do youthink it is very tough for players todefend at this tournament? Why do

you think you are so successful inthis tournament?Grand Slams are always tough. You haveto stay focused throughout those wholeseven matches or for two weeks. It’s notjust the tennis. There’s so much more in-volved around it.

I’m very excited that I was able to de-fend my title, which is always an honor,especially since its a Grand Slam, whereyou’ve done well and you’ve won. Youobviously want to bring your best tennisagain.

Obviously, tennis-wise, I knew that if Iwould bring my best, that I’m capable ofbeating a lot of the top players. To behonest, I don’t think it’s been that longsince Venus yeah, maybe in 2000-2001or so where she won back to back. Theheat was a factor in the beginning of thetournament. There’s a lot of little detailsthat make a difference. But, yeah, I’mhappy that I was capable of repeatinghistory.

Is there something about the at-mosphere here at the U.S. Openthat seems to bring out the best inyou?Yeah, for sure. The surface has alwaysbeen one of my favorite surfaces to playon. I also like the blue courts, which,you know, make it a lot easier for me tosee on.

I’ve always had a very good run onAmerican hard courts, even when I wasyounger, you know, the whole U.S. Open

Series, Stanford, San Diego, Los Angeles ...those kinds of tournaments.

Now that you have your daughterbut are also playing at such a highlevel, do you have an idea in yourmind of how you want to balancetennis and family going forward orhow much longer you want to con-tinue to play?Obviously, I would like to keep it goinguntil the Olympics. But then again, younever know what can happen. You know,my main goal is to try and just stay injuryfree.

If I can do that and if I can practicehard and work hard, the Grand Slamswill always be my focus. So now that I’mplaying well, obviously I’m not going tojust give it up. I just want to keep it up.

As long as it’s worth balancing, and ifI’m able to balance it with the family,Jada [Kim’s daughter] is not obligated togo to school yet, so, it becomes a totallydifferent story once that becomesmandatory.

Does your place in tennis historymatter to you? Do you care if you godown as an all time great?I mean, it’s not that I think about that, butmaybe when I’m older and retired, I’msure it will be nice. But it’s not that that’ssomething that I’m trying to achieve onceI’m out on court. No, I don’t think aboutthat.



2010 U.S. Open Men’s Doubles ChampionsMike & Bob Bryan

Photo credit: Kenneth B. GoldbergThe Bryan Brotherscontinued their record-breaking men’s tennisdoubles dominanceas they were victori-ous in the 2010 U.S.Open Men’s DoublesFinals against the teamof Rohan Bopannafrom India & Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi from

Pakistan, 7-6 (5), 7-6 (4). Pictured here, theBryans embrace after their record victoryat the 2010 U.S. Open.

The following is taken from the BryanBrothers’ post-match press conference onFriday, Sept. 10th during the 2010 U.S.Open:

You guys talked about your emotionsa little bit out there, but could youelaborate a little more on how youguys are feeling right now?Bob Bryan: It’s just been a crazy summer.You know, there’s so much emotion in LosAngeles after we won there. There was alot of pressure building, and breaking therecord in front of our whole family actuallyjust released a lot of tension. Maybe wewere just playing safe up to that point, butthe flood gates have kind of opened sinceand we’ve played the best tennis we’ve

ever played. This is the craziest summerwe’ve ever had.

Have you been in an atmosphere likethis final in a doubles match?Mike Bryan: No, not from the very be-ginning. I mean, when we came out, itwas pretty full. Usually they start fillingin toward the end of the match, waitingfor the next match. But they came outto see the doubles, which was reallynice.

Bob Bryan: I’ve got to give JimCurley and the USTA and the U.S.Open a lot of credit, because theywere playing that final at 11:00 a.m. formany years, and it was just too early.Just moving it back that hour and 15min. has really made the difference inthe crowd, and it’s a lot more fun.

For a lifetime you’ve shared your ca-reer with the world. You’ve madetennis in doubles what it is today.What does that mean to you guysright now?Mike Bryan: I mean, we have the bestjobs in the world and we love what we do.We’re happy to be campaigning for dou-bles tennis and making doubles tennis big.

Can you guys name what those skillsare that you doubles specialistshave over singles specialists playingthe doubles sport?Mike Bryan: Yeah, it’s the quick hands.It’s the precise returns, the communication

with your partner ... knowing when to poach.If you play a lot of singles and you’re not sharpon your doubles, you can come up there andthe ball is coming pretty quick. Standing rightat net, you feel like a fish out of water. Ittakes a lot of years to keep getting better atdoubles until your mid-30s. Some of theseguys are in their upper 30s and still playingtop 10 doubles tennis. It’s basically just thequick hands that you need. In the singlesgame, guys are standing on the baseline alot. You don’t see a lot of net play anymore.

2010 U.S. Open Women’s Doubles ChampionsVania King & Yaroslava Shvedova

Photo credit: Kenneth B. GoldbergVania King & YaroslavaShvedova, the sixthseed on the women’sdoubles side, de-feated the numbertwo-seeded team of

Liezel Huber & Nadia Petrova in the U.S.Open Women’s Doubles Finals, 2-6, 6-47-6 (4).

The following is taken from King &Shvedova’s post-match press confer-ence on Monday, Sept. 13th after theirWomen’s Doubles Finals Match at the2010 U.S. Open:

Can you two just talk about winningback to back Grand Slam doubles ti-tles? What’s the feeling like rightnow, both of you?Yaroslava Shvedova: It’s strange. I don’tfeel like we won, because today was sucha short day. We played only a couple ofgames, and it just didn’t feel like we hadlong practice warm-up before the match,and so we went warm on the court already,but still, it was so short. It’s like it wasstrange.

Can you talk about your doubles suc-cess this year? It’s kind of I mean, itseems like a little bit out ofnowhere. Are you committed to be-coming a really good doubles player?Vania King: I think I was always a gooddoubles player. Doubles always cameeasier for me, even before I was playingwith Slava. I was always in the top 30,

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but I never had the success that I did ob-viously with Slava. I don’t think we ex-pected it as well, because usually greatpairs pair together for a long time toknow each other, and they really get afeel for each other and become a trueteam. We had that from the beginning. Imean, we bonded together so well andwe’re also good friends, which helped. Iactually didn’t feel so stressed, becausewe kind of went through it before atWimbledon. At Wimbledon, I was reallystressed.

Today, I was really stressed, because Ididn’t want to lose my serve. You know,I didn’t want to be like the factor to losethe match. I know my serve is not like arocket, so I was really hoping that we’dpull that game out. Then once we didthat, we were back even again. But whenwe won, I was I was shocked. It wasstrange.

You hit two beautiful lobs, the 5-6game and then match point. That’shard because you’re ripping theball, and all of a sudden to hit atouch shot like that, is that a nat-ural shot for you? Do you hit that alot? What were you thinking inthat situation? It was a perfectshot. Yaroslava Shvedova: Yeah, I’m just, likeI feel it very good, and I use it a lot in thedoubles.

Vania King: She’s very talented. Shecan do anything.

2010 U.S. Open Mixed-Doubles ChampionBob Bryan & Liezel Huber

Photo credit: Kenneth B. GoldbergThe number onemixed-doublesseeds, Bob Bryan& Liezel Huber,made the homecrowd happy bydefeating Kveta

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2010 U.S. Open Boys Junior Singles ChampionJack Sock

American and top-seeded men ’sjunior Jack Sockdefeated the num-ber two seed,Marton Fucsovicsof Hungary, 6-3,

6-4 in the finals of the U.S. Open BoysSingles Championship.

The following is taken from Jack‘s post-match press conference on Saturday, Sept.11th during the 2010 U.S. Open:

Talk about the week and winning thewhole thing. What does it mean toyou?It obviously means a lot. I had a goodweek here in the juniors. I thought Iplayed pretty well all week. I was just try-ing to stick to the game plan every matchI had with the help of my coach, and Ithink I did that pretty well. I just try toplay every point as tough as I can andcompete well.

How would you describe the atmos-phere out there?Today, there was obviously a lot of peo-ple watching, which was nice. It wasjust it was a very fun match. Court 11 isa good court for people to watch. Theycan be pretty close to the court andwatch, especially with having my groupof people over there that watched. Hav-

ing them support and root me on wasnice. Then, just the American crowdwas an awesome crowd to play in frontof.

Can you talk a little bit about yourstart in the game and also the deci-sion to move at age 11 from home totrain?I started tennis when I was eight. I was inLincoln, Neb. and my mom was a recre-ational player. So I found some racquetsat the house and just started playing andhitting against the garage door. My par-ents put me in some clinics at a local rac-quet club and I kind of got started there.Then, I was playing some local tourna-ments in our section or just local tourna-ments wherever I could play, and that’swhere my coach, Mike Wolf, saw one ofmy matches. My parents talked to him alittle bit. We decided for the next yearwhen I was 10 to go down every weekend.We’d leave Saturday morning and driveback Sunday night to go to two of hiscamps or clinics on the weekends. Then,after a year, we just had to make a deci-sion, a family decision, whether to movedown full-time or not. My mom, brother,and I moved to Kansas City while my dadstayed back for his job and all that. I’vebeen there since. I think it was a prettygood decision.

Have you decided about college or pro?I have not. I’m indecisive right now, pretty

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much. I’m going to finish out 2010 and seewhere my game is and my ranking, andtake some visits this fall. I think my ultimategoal in tennis is to be a professional playerand hopefully be able to make a living, so I’lljust decide which path is the best for me toget there. If it’s college, then it’s college; ifit’s the pros right away, then it will be pros.

Girls Junior Singles ChampionDaria Gavrilova

Russian Daria Gavrilovacame in as the num-ber one seed girl’sjunior and had no trou-ble defeating fellowRussian Yulia Pulintceva,6-3,6-2 in the finals. Pic-tured here, Gavrilovaraises her hands in vic-

tory after her finals win over Yulia Pulintceva. The following is taken from Daria’s post-

match press conference on Saturday,Sept. 11th during the 2010 U.S. Open:

How does it feel to win your firstGrand Slam?Well, I didn’t understand yet, but I’m sohappy. But it will take a while to under-stand that I won my first Grand Slam.

Were you nervous? How were youfeeling this morning?I slept so bad during the night. I woke up like

10 times, and I was thinking I think I playedmy match in my dreams like 10 times.

Have you faced Yulia Pulintceva before?Yeah. Since we were young, we have beenplaying against each other, and the last timein an official match I lost to her on clay inItaly.

Did you gain confidence from win-ning the gold medal in Singapore?That made you the number oneseed. Yeah, I was confident, but also I felt a lot ofpressure because I was the number oneseeded. So everyone expected somethinggood from me.

� Mike and Bob Bryan captured the 2010 U.S. Open Men’s Doubles Championship.

� Bob Bryan teamed with fellow American Liezel Huber to claim the 2010 U.S.Open Mixed-Doubles Championship.

� Vania King teamed with Yaroslava Shvedova of Kazakhstan to capture her firstWomen’s Doubles Championship at the 2010 U.S. Open.

� Lincoln, Neb. native Jack Sock won the boys’ singles title by defeating fellowAmerican Denis Kudla, for the 2010 U.S. Open Junior Boys Championship.

� Sloane Stephens was on the winning Girls Junior Doubles team with TimeaBabos.

� David Wagner won a pair of trophies by capturing the Quads Singles Champi-onship and teaming with fellow American Nicholas Taylor to win the QuadsDoubles Championship as part of the 2010 U.S. Open Wheelchair Competition.

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Scenes From the 2010 U.S. OpenCredit all photos to Kenneth B. Goldberg

As part of the U.S. Open, eventualWomen’s Singles Champ Kim Clijsters throws out the ceremonialfirst pitch at Citifield prior to theNew York Mets game

Gael Monfils of France, thenumber 17 seed, in his openinground win over AmericanRobert Kendrick, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4,6-7(5), 6-4

Novak Djokovic, Melanie Oudin and Andy Roddick join kids onthe court for Arthur Ashe Kids Day Nick Cannon hosted the 2010

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Gloria Estefan singsduring OpeningNight of the 2010U.S. Open

Serbian Ana Ivanovic in ac-tion against France’s VirginieRazzano at Louis ArmstrongStadium

The fourth seed Andy Murrayshows his disappointment in histhird round upset loss to the num-ber 25 seed Stanislas Wawrinka,6-7(3), 7-6(4), 6-3, 6-3

American and fourth-seeded Andy Roddick re-turns a shot in one of the

2010 Open’s biggest upsetsas Roddick fell to Serbian

Janko Tipsarevic, 3-6, 7-5,6-3, 7-6(4)


Scenes From the 2010 U.S. OpenCredit all photos to Kenneth B. Goldberg

The American doubles team of Bob & Mike Bryan defeated Spain’s Marcel Granollers & Tommy Robredo, 6-1, 6-4, on the doubles side

The number two seed Roger Federer bidsfarewell to the U.S. Open crowd as he waseliminated from play in the men’s semifi-nals by Serbian and number three seedNovak Djokovic, 5-7, 6-1, 5-7, 6-2, 7-5

Julia Ebalba from Oyster Bay, N.Y. tookpart in the 2010 U.S. Open Junior event

American Beatrice Capra in her upset defeatover the number 18 seed Aravane Rezai fromFrance, 7-5, 2-6, 6-3

Eventual Men’s Singles Champion and top-seeded Rafael Nadal inhis third round win over Gilles Simon of France

The number 14 seed, RussianMaria Sharapova fell to top-seeded Caroline Wozniacki, 6-3, 6-4 in fourth round action

Top-seeded women’s playerCaroline Wozniacki of Den-mark in third round action

against Yung-Jan Chan

Sweden’s Robin Soderling defeatedAmerican Taylor Dent, 6-2, 6-2, 6-4,in second round action

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Since 2000, when I becamea ballperson for The HamletCup, I have longed to tryout for the U.S. Open, themost elite group of ballpeo-

ple in the world. Ten years later, I finallyhad that opportunity. At the age of 23with five years of experience as aballperson for the former Commack ATPevent, and five years experience teach-ing tennis, I was not typical in the fieldof 400 who began tryouts in late June.My experience, however, didn’t assuagemy nerves, in fact, it only made me moreanxious since I felt as though I was ex-pected to make it. After a try out and acall back, there was one step left, work-

ing through the qualifying rounds and of-ficially being hired for the main draw. OnFriday Aug. 27, I was told that I hadmade the cut and could breathe a sighof relief.

There were quite a few highlights tomy experience over the fortnight inFlushing, N.Y. The first main draw match Iworked was that of Francesca Schiavone,2010 French Open Champion. Ironically,even though it was a top 10-seededmatch and on the Grandstand, the thirdlargest court (out of 18), I was notnervous and enjoyed every moment ofit. I gained a new appreciation forSchiavone’s game with the newfoundopportunity to take, quite literally, a

much closer look than I ever had be-fore. Her unrelenting one-handed back-hand and fearlessness on the attackwere truly admirable.

After her match was completed, I got tostart Robin Soderling’s first round matchwhich left me awestruck. Soderling is par-ticularly interesting to me since he hasdone what no one else in the sport hasdone, he has beaten Rafael Nadal in the2009 French Open and then became thefirst person besides Nadal to eliminateRoger Federer at the French Open since2004. He is a truly an entertaining player towatch and a few of his forehand shots leftme in disbelief.

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Other highlights included working thelast few sets of the Fernando Verdasco-David Nalbandian, where Verdasco man-aged to stay steadier later in the match,and finishing out a Mardy Fish match, anAmerican who is having the best season ofhis career.

In the main draw, the coolest match I gotto work was probably the men’s doublessemifinals between the Bryan Brothers andTommy Robredo & Marcel Granollers fromSpain. It was really fascinating to see theBryan Brothers, the winningest doublesteam of all time, do their thing in person. Iwas particularly surprised by how hard itwas to earn points against them and howthey could hit seemingly weak, but well-placed, defensive shots to get back in apoint even after they were against the ropes.

I also truly enjoyed working somematches in the junior draw and in the men’squadriplegic wheelchair division. I was on

court for the final two sets of the men’squadriplegic finals and got to watch Amer-ican David Wagner clinch his first majorsingles title. Seeing people who werewheelchair ridden, with partial hand paral-ysis, tape tennis racquets to their handsbefore battling three exciting sets, was atruly awe-inspiring experience that rein-forced the idea that tennis is really a life-long sport that can be widely accessible.

I was also privileged enough to hold anAmerican flag during the trophy presentationfor the main draw men’s and women’s sin-gles finals. Seeing Kim Clijsters win her thirdU.S Open was amazing, and it was truly aheartwarming experience especially whenshe held the trophy and her daughter Jada.

This tournament was also historic, byclinching this U.S. Open Rafael Nadal be-came only the seventh man in history towin a career Grand Slam (all four major sin-gles titles), and only the second to win a

Career Golden Slam (all four major singlestitles and an Olympic gold medal in sin-gles.) Being merely feet away from Nadalwhen he finally received that trophy wasabout the most incredible thing a tennis fancould ever experience. I thoroughly en-joyed the experience and hope that I willhave the opportunity to continue to do takepart again for many years to come. �

Daniel Kresh is a USPTA-certified tennis pro-fessional working out of Sportime in KingsPark, N.Y. where he is also the tennisconcierge. He graduated from BinghamtonUniversity in May of 2009 with a bachelor ofarts degree in English. While at Binghamton,he was the captain of the Club Tennis Teamand was the undefeated three-time cham-pion of the school’s biannual Intra-Club Tour-nament. He was also a rookie ballperson atthe 2010 U.S. Open. He may be reached bye-mail at [email protected].

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Members of the Commack High School Varsity Girls Tennis squadrecently teamed up with some of their favorite faculty members forfriendly, competitive doubles tennis matches to raise money forbreast cancer awareness.

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The Sand Pit

People often ask, “What is there tolove about beach tennis?” The re-

sponse should always be the same …“What’s not to love?” You get to spendthe day outside in the sun on the beach.You get to socialize with the other playersforming new friendships. You get greatexercise on a forgiving surface that isn’ttoo tough on the body. It’s great compe-tition, you get a nice tan and it’s just agreat way to spend a day.

Now, as the winter has come and theweather has grown colder here in NewYork, the 2010 Beach Tennis SummerSeason has come to a close, but beachtennis around the world continues tostrive, and this year, the sport hasmade great strides to bring in moreplayers and moved closer to becomingan Olympic sport in the near future.

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� Beach tennis was played as an exhibi-tion at the Sony Ericsson in Miami, thePilot Pen in Connecticut and theFrench Open.

� Beach tennis was part of the AAUgames in Virginia Beach. AAU is thelargest youth multi-sporting event inthe country.

� Sportime Kings Park‘s Summer Campbrought in beach tennis to it’s summerprogram by putting two courts in onthe grass and it was a huge hit with thecampers.

� Thursday night and weekend beachtennis league play was held from Me-morial Day to Labor Day weekend.

Quotes from those involvedwith beach tennis …“From the first day I played beach tennis, Iwas hooked. Not only was it a great work-out and way to get back into pro competi-tion, but it was just plain fun.”—Nadia Johnston, a two-time Women’sBeach Tennis National Champion who re-sides on Long Island.

“It’s nice to be able to play a tournamentmatch, then jump in the ocean and thencome out and play another match. You aremixing tough competition with a great dayat the beach.”—David Sickmen, publisher, Long IslandTennis Magazine, and fourth-ranked Amer-ican in the 2010 Men’s Pro Division BTUSAPoint Series Standings

“The beauty of this sport is that anybodycan play it. The sand is a very forgivingsurface for weekend athletes and sen-iors. The learning curve is really short.Even beginners can pick up beach ten-nis in a few hours. This is why it’s soperfectly suited for recreational leagues.This summer, being part of the AAU wasa crucial step toward our ultimate goalof making beach tennis an Olympicsport.”—Jim Lorenzo, president of Beach TennisUSA and a resident of Long Beach, N.Y.

“The sport of beach tennis is a move-ment whose time has come. Enormousefforts were taken over the past fiveseasons to lay the foundation for beachtennis here in the United States. We’revery excited to be aligned with the ITFand anticipate the movement to growexponentially.”—Marc Altheim, founder and commis-sioner of Beach Tennis USA

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(Top 15 Only)Rank ....................Name ......................................................Points1............................Whitney Kraft ..............................................6002............................Devin Wakeford............................................4803............................Stephen Sayoc ............................................4304............................David Sickmen ............................................3705............................Jared Rada ..................................................3406............................Bob Considine ............................................3307............................Alex Mingozzi ..............................................3008............................Alessandro Calbucci ....................................2509............................Brian Johnson..............................................20010..........................Anthony Chan ..............................................19011..........................Matteo Marighela ........................................15012..........................Ernesto Faisal ..............................................15013..........................Arturo Czerwiak ..........................................15014..........................Kris Barnes ..................................................12015..........................Mike Edison ................................................120

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The Nation’s Cup tournament will take place the day beforethe two-day $10,000 professional Men’s and Women’s ITF-sanctioned tournaments begins where Sickmen and Kraft willjoin forces once again in hopes of bringing an internationalbeach tennis title to the shores of the USA.

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Garden City’s Jacqueline Raynor andSyosset’s Hannah Camhi have had a

long-standing history with each other. Thetwo number one singles players and archri-vals have battled it out for Nassau CountyGirls High School Tennis supremacy andbragging rights in the past. It was all ornothing in the finals of the Girls NassauCounty High School Championship, asboth players put it all on the line for achance to be crowned 2010 NassauCounty Girls High School Champion.

Camhi came out on a tear, taking the firstthree games in dominant fashion. Raynorwas able to fight back and even up thescore at 5-5. From there, Raynor poundedshots at Camhi’s backhand and came to thenet to put balls away. She won the first setin a back and forth tie-breaker, 7-6 (7-4).

The second set was not as close, asCamhi was unable to overcome several

mental errors early on. She fell behind 4-2and was unable to muster a comeback,losing 6-7(4-7), 2-6.

“I just concentrated on keeping balls inplay and hitting everything to her back-hand,” said Raynor. “I lost to her two timesduring the season, and I really wanted thisvictory as a senior.”

The South Side High School Girls Doublesteam of Rachel Shenker & Deana Davoudiaslwere probably the happiest girls on theplanet after beating Roslyn’s Missy Edelblum& Paige Mintz, 5-7, 7-5, 6-4 in the NassauHigh School Girls Doubles Final. Playing theunderdog role, the duo of Davoudiasl &Shenker took out last year’s champs in oneof the best matches of the day.

“This is an unreal moment,” saidShenker. “I cannot even describe to youhow I’m feeling.”

In the consolation singles match, Farm-

ingdale’s Devlin Ammendola beat Syos-set’s Ashley Sandler, 6-3, 6-1. Ammendolaand Sandler will join Raynor and Camhi atthe 2010 New York State Girls High SchoolChampionships.

In the doubles consolation match, GreatNeck South’s Emma Brenner & Nicholle Torresdefeated Sewanaka’s Courtney Sokol &Samantha Perri, 6-3, 6-3 and will head to theNew York State Girls High School Champi-onships along with the finalists (South Side’sShenker & Deana Davoudiasl and Roslyn’sEdelblum & Paige Mintz).

Long Island Tennis Magazine will have afull “High School Girls Recap” in its Janu-ary/February 2011 edition, including drawsheets from States and Counties, along withteam results, final standings and player hon-ors. In the meantime, check our Web site,www.longislandtennismagazine.com, for re-sults and recaps.

Garden City’s Jacqueline Raynor and South Side Doubles Team Win

2010 Nassau County Championships

Garden City’s JacquelineRaynor, 2010 NassauCounty Girls HighSchool Tennis SinglesChampion

The team of Courtney Sokol &Samantha Perri from Sewanakadisplay their plaques

The South Side HighSchool Girls Doublesteam of Rachel Shenker& Deana Davoudiaslwith Roslyn’s MissyEdelblum & Paige Mintz

In the Doubles ConsolationMatch, Great Neck South’s

Nicholle Torres & EmmaBrenner were victorious

Nassau County first-place finisher Jacqueline Raynorfrom Garden City; third-place finisher, Farming-dale’s Devlin Ammendola; and runner-up HannahCamhi from Syosset are all headed to the 2010 NewYork State Girls High School Tennis Championship


NASSAU COUNTY GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL CHAMPIONSHIPSOceanside High School

October 16th & October 17th, 2010Singles

L. Diller (Mepham)

C. Moskol (MacArthur)

K. Deonaraine (Carle Place)

A. Giamaro (Lynbrook)

B. Hu (Carle Place)

J. Sickles (Massapequa)

L. Kallenberg (Port Wash.)

D. Mirabella (Wantagh)V. Macchia (MacArthur)

N. D’Aversa (Oyster Bay)

S. Cheng (Baldwin)

H. Goldman (West Hamp.)

H. Camhi (Syosset)

Moskol

A. Taranova (Hewlett)

J. Glasner (GNN)

D. Ammendola (Farm)

Gaimarro

P. Tafler (Oceanside)

Sickles

S. Arthur (Jericho)

Kallenberg

Macchia

A. Sandler (Syosset)

R. Gordon (Mepham)

O. Funk (Hicksville)

Goldman

J. Raynor (Garden City)

Camhi

Taranova

Ammendola

Tafler

Arthur

Sandler

Funk

Raynor

Camhi

Ammendola

Sandler

Raynor

Camhi

Raynor

WINNERNassau CountySingles Champion

Raynor

Out-Bracket(10 Game Pro-Set)

First Round(2 of 3 sets)

Quarter Finals(2 of 3 sets)(All-County)

Semi-Finals(2 of 3 sets)(All-County)

Finals(2 of 3 sets)

Seeds:1. Camhi (Syosset)

2. Raynor (Garden City)

3rd/4th PlaceAmmendola

def.Sandler


NASSAU COUNTY GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL CHAMPIONSHIPSOceanside High School

October 16th & October 17th, 2010Doubles

Edelblum & Mintz (Roslyn)

Baum & Madison (Lawrence)

Mocorrea & Heisig (Friends)

Gregas & Vollmer (Carey)

Ruiz & Vohra (North Shore)

Rosello & Burke (Garden City)

Wu & Weinstein (Baldwin)

Gerin & Pemberton (Glen Cove)

Lattner & Miller (Manhasset)

Alpert & Mitsuda (Lawrence)

Gianetti & Mattut (Oyster Bay)

Reddy & Nicholas (Syosset)

Brenner & Torres (GNS)

Aronin & Gerstman (Lynbrook)

Imber & Weiss (Bellmore)

Miller & Appel (Roslyn)

Biancardi & Krackow

Seigies & Dananberg (Massapequa)

Petruzillo & O’Rourke (Syosset)

Davoudiasl & Shenker (South Side)

Leon & Paikin (Hewlett)

Adler & Silecchio (South Side)

Brooks & Carlisi (Oceanside)

Froccaro & Froccaro (Port Washington)

Findlayter & Findlayter (Malv/East Rky)

Lavin & Kohan (Friends)

Koskovolis & DiGia (Manhasset)

Tamborino & Bentz (Massapequa)

Perri & Sokol (Carey)

Juszczak & Juszczak (MacArthur)

Jacoby & Cohen (Oceanside)

Cameron & Elbeck (Garden City)

Edleblum & Mintz

Mocorrea & Heisig

Ruiz & Vohra

Gerin & Pemberton

Lattner & Miller

Reddy & Nicholas

Brenner & Torres

Miller & Appel

Biancardi & Krackow

Davoudiasi & Shenker

Leon & Paikin

Froccaro & Froccaro

Lavin & Kohan

Koskovolis & DiGia

Perri & Sokol

Cameron & Elbeck

Edleblum & Mintz

Ruiz & Vohra

Reddy & Nicholas

Brenner & Torres


Froccaro & Froccaro

Koskovolis & DiGia

Perri & Sokol

Edleblum & Mintz

Brenner & Torres


Perri & Sokol

Edleblum & Mintz


WINNERNassau CountySingles Champion


First Round(10 Game Pro-Set)

Second Round(10 Game Pro-Set)

Quarter Finals(2 of 3 sets)(All-County)

Semi-Finals(2 of 3 sets)(All-County)

Finals(2 of 3 sets)

Seeds:1. Edelblum & Mintz (Roslyn)2. Cameron & Elbeck (Garden City)3. Froccaro & Froccaro (Port Wash.)4. Lattner & Miller (Manhasset)

3rd/4th PlaceBrenner & Torres

def.Perri & Sokol

Eisenberg & Bassin (Oyster Bay

Krackow & Biancardi (Bellmore)Line #17


By Miguel Cervantes III

The Cross-Court Lob isprobably the most underes-timated weapon in USTAdoubles today. I’d argue that

it’s the best utility shot a doubles team canhave, and yet, most doubles matches willgo by with hardly one or two cross-courtlobs hit at all. Here are a few reasons whythe Cross-Court Lob needs to be in yourtoolbox before you step out for your nextdoubles match.

The biggest and best reason why theCross-Court Lob works is because it hasthe ability to change the dynamic of thepoint. In tennis, you have offensive posi-tions, defensive positions and neutral po-

Doubles Weapons: The Cross-Court Lob

sitions. Doubles tennis is no differentthan singles in that respect and mosttimes the team that can recognize whatposition they are currently in will havepositive results.

In doubles, it can be said that whenboth players are at the net that their teamis in an offensive position, while if bothplayers are back, it can be said that theteam is in a defensive position. There arenot a great deal of options available to ateam that is in a defensive position in dou-bles. You can drill the ball hard and hopethe team at the net misses the put-away.You can try to go down the alley and hopethe team at the net will let it go thinking itwill go out (this also assumes your shotwill stay in).

Lastly, aside from a lob, you can try togo down the middle and hope that theteam at the net will get confused and they’llgive up the point on an unforced error. Alob though is a dynamic point changer, inthat if successful (meaning they cannot hitan overhead) it will push the team at the netoff of the net. This changes things so thatnow you have an opportunity to either neu-tralize their advantage or put yourself andyour team in an offensive position by com-ing to the net yourself.

Why cross court? Because it’s alonger distance.A big reason as to why most approachshots are hit straight, or better yet, downthe line, is that it is a shorter distance than

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going cross-court. Taking a shot that getsto its destination sooner takes time awayfrom your opponent. Cross-court is the op-posite. The Cross-Court Lob is such agreat shot because it’s a longer distance,therefore making it far much safer to play.I cannot count the number of times I’ve hita straight lob over someone’s head to seeit bounce an inch outside the baseline. If Ihad taken that lob cross-court, it wouldhave fallen far in. By taking the lob cross-court, it allows us to hit it higher over thenet as well (avoiding an ugly overhead re-turn), while being confident that the ball willstill stay in play.

Another reason to take the lob cross-court is because it throws your opponentoff balance—literally! Most players will feelcomfortable backwards and forwards, andmost players will feel comfortable movingsideways left and right, but most playersare not comfortable moving diagonallybackwards and forwards while tracking aball in the air. There is a very simple reasonfor this and that is that it throws off yourequilibrium. While tracking a ball in the air,your court awareness is severely ham-pered by the fact that you don’t have theusual things to relate your position to. Ral-lying a ball is easy since you can see whereyou are relative to the net, the lines, eventhe other players. While tracking a lob inthe air, if you are moving back, you can

judge how far back you are by remember-ing where you were, and the same appliesmoving left and right. When moving bothbackwards and sideways (diagonally) yourcourt awareness suffers since tracking isnow being guesstimated in an extra di-

mension. Hitting the lob cross-court will lit-erally throw most players off balance.

Lastly, the cross-court lob is an excel-lent weapon of choice in doubles becauseyou are hitting to the extremities of thecourt. By using the absolute corners of thecourt as a target, not only are you increas-ing your chances of keeping your lob in (byhitting it a longer distance), but you areopening the court up and making oneplayer (namely the player not hitting yourlob) cover more court than they feel com-fortable doing.

The cross-court lob is applicable in sev-eral situations. Most notably, if you findyourself at the baseline with the opposingteam at net, the cross-court lob can neu-tralize their advantage and even, at times,put you in an offensive position.

The cross-court lob is also good for thosepesky serve and volley players who cannothelp but come in after their serve. Even in asituation where both teams are playing thebaseline or just in a neutral position, playinga lob cross-court can help give you the timeto come to net and position yourself for anoverhead or volley winner.

To sum things up, because you are hit-ting the ball across a longer distance, youwill find more success in keeping the ballin. Hitting the lob cross-court will also fa-cilitate being able to hit it higher over thenet so that your opponents have a moredifficult time hitting an overhead, rather,they will prefer to run back and play it as agroundstroke. Tracking a ball in the airwhile moving diagonally is a tough task fora player at any level and so you’ll findgreater success in making the lob difficultto play back.

Finally, hitting the lob cross-court willopen the court up for easier play. With somany reasons to hit the cross-court lob, Isincerely hope that you’ll consider addingit to your arsenal before your next doublesmatch. �

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

“The biggest and best reason whythe Cross-Court Lob works is be-cause it has the ability to change

the dynamic of the point.”

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A Look Back at Long Island Tennis Summer Camps: Summer of 2010

4 Star Camps at Stony Brook University

22nd Annual College Tennis Exposure Camp

Bethpage Park Tennis Center

Summer Tennis Camp



Future Stars Tennis Camps

The Early Hit TrainingCenter Junior TennisCamp at Glen Head

Racquet Club

Glen Head AdvancedHigh Performance

Summer Camp



Joel Ross Tennis &Sports Camp

Tennis & Sports CampTennis & Sports CampTennis & Sports CampTennis & Sports Camp

Peter Kaplan’s Westhampton BeachJunior/Adult Tennis

Academy

Robbie Wagner’s Tournament Training

Center Summer Tennis Camp



Rockville Racquet ClubSummer Camp

ROCKVILLE RACQUET CLUB

The Suffolk CountyJunior Tennis League

Camps

Sportime Excel TennisCamps



Sportime at Kings ParkTennis Summer Camp

Summer Camp @Ross Tennis

USTA-BJK National Tennis Center

Summer Camps


Bethpage Park Tennis CenterAndrea Pappas-Manager

99 Quaker Meeting House Road #1Farmingdale, NY 11735

516-777-1358 • [email protected]

Carefree Racquet ClubKathy Miller-Manager

1414 Jerusalem Avenue • Merrick, NY 11566516-489-9005 • [email protected]

Cunningham Tennis CenterHowie Arons-Director of Tennis

196-00 Union Turnpike • Fresh Meadows, NY 11356718-740-6800

www.cunninghamsportscenter.com

Eastern Athletic ClubCira Jones-Manager

9 Montauk Highway #A • Blue Point, NY 11715631-363-2882

easternathleticclubs.com

Eastern Athletic ClubBetsy Johnson-Manager

854 Jericho Turnpike • Huntington Station, NY 11746631-271-6616


Eastern Athletic ClubGary Jones-Manager

100 Ruland Road • Melville, NY 11747631-753-3696


Glen Head Racquet ClubHeath Koch: 516-676-9849

Home of Early Hit Training CenterCarl Barnett: 516-455-1225

95 Glen Head RoadGlen Head, NY [email protected]

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

516-536-2323www.pointsettennis.com

[email protected]

Port Washington Tennis AcademyManny Igbal-Director of Tennis

100 Harbor Road • Port Washington, Ny 11050516-885-6425

www.pwta.com • [email protected]

Racquet Club at Old WestburyRose Fiorenti-Manager

24 Quail Run • Old Westbury, NY 11568516-626-1625

Robbie Wagner’s Tournament Training Center@ GLEN COVE

Stephen Alcala-Business Manager60 Sea Cliff Avenue

Glen Cove, NY 11542516-759-0505 • www.rwtt.com

Rockville Racquet ClubSusan Alvy-Manager

80 North Centre AvenueRockville Center, NY 11570

[email protected]

Ross SchoolHolly Li-Manager

18 Goodfriend DriveEast Hampton, NY 11937

631-907-5162www.ross.org/tennis

[email protected]

SPORTIME at AmagansettSue De Lara-Co-General Manager

Hana Sromova-Director of Tennis/Co-General Manager

320 Abrahams PathAmagansett, NY 11930

631-267-3460www.SportimeNY.com

[email protected]

SPORTIME at Bethpage TennisPerry Aitchison-Director of Tennis

101 Norcross AvenueBethpage, NY 11714


[email protected]

SPORTIME at Bethpage Multi-SportRandy Louie-General Manager

4105 Hempstead TurnpikeBethpage, NY 11714

516-731-4432 www.SportimeNY.com

[email protected]

SPORTIME of the HamptonsMauricio Gattuso-Director of Tennis

Route 104East Quogue, NY 11959


[email protected]

SPORTIME at Harbor IslandEric Fromm-General Manager,

Director of TennisIn Harbor Island Park

Mamaroneck, NY 10543914-777-5050

www.SportimeNY.com [email protected]

SPORTIME at Kings ParkPetr Perecinsky-Director of Tennis

275 Old Indian Head RoadKings Park, NY 11754


[email protected]

SPORTIME at LynbrookChris Morales-Director of Tennis

175 Merrick Road • Lynbrook, NY 11563516-887-1330

www.SportimeNY.com [email protected]

SPORTIME at MassapequaFayez Malik-Director of Tennis

5600 Old Sunrise HighwayMassapequa, NY 11758


[email protected]

SPORTIME at ProHealthJay Karl-General Manager

3 Delaware DriveLake Success, NY 11042

516-348-8463www.SportimeNY.com [email protected]

SPORTIME at Randall’s Island Ted Dimond-Director of Tennis

1 Randall’s IslandNew York, NY 10035


[email protected]

SPORTIME at RoslynJared Rada-Director of Tennis

Landing Road, PO Box 1Roslyn, NY 11576


[email protected]

SPORTIME at SchenectadyPhilippe Ceas

2699 Curry Road • Schenectady, NY 12303518-356-0100

[email protected]

SPORTIME at Syosset Tennis & Multi-Sport

Karl Sommer/Director of Tennis75 Haskett Drive • Syosset, NY 11791


SPORTIME at Syosset Fitness & Racquetball

Joe Gazio-General Manager10 Gordon Drive • Syosset, NY 11791


[email protected]

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

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


L O N G I S L A N D R A N K I N G SBoys & Girls Long Island Rankings(as of 10/01/10)

BOYSLong Island Boys 10 SinglesRank ..Name ..........................City1 ........Daniel Eric Pellerito ....Syosset, N.Y.2 ........Steven Well Sun ..........Glen Cove, N.Y.3 ........Billy G. Suarez ............Huntington, N.Y.4 ........Benjamin Grossman....Sands Point, N.Y.5 ........Neel Raj ......................Oyster Bay, N.Y.6 ........Ronald P. Hohmann ....Oyster Bay, N.Y.7 ........Oliver Worth ................Locust Valley, N.Y.8 ........David Ammendola ......Massapequa, N.Y.9 ........Parker Appel................Locust Valley, N.Y.10 ......Zachary Khazzam........Roslyn Heights, N.Y.11 ......Jacob Weiner ..............Oyster Bay, N.Y.12 ......Matthew T. Roberts ....Setauket, N.Y.13 ......Cody Bograd ..............Huntington, N.Y.14 ......Robert Bellino..............Huntington, N.Y.15 ......Sujay Sharma ..............New Hyde Park, N.Y.16 ......Joey Austin..................Hewlett, N.Y.17 ......Gardner Howe ............Locust Valley, N.Y.18 ......Eli Grossman ..............Woodbury, N.Y.19 ......Cannon Kingsley ........Northport, N.Y.20 ......Alexander Roti ............Woodmere, N.Y.21 ......Jeffrey McDonnell........Glen Cove, N.Y.22 ......Spencer Brachman ....Commack, N.Y.23 ......Daniel Chikvashvili ......Syosset, N.Y.24 ......Amani Siddiqui ............West Babylon, N.Y.25 ......Niles Ghaffar................Massapequa, N.Y.26 ......Brandon T. Cohen ......Westhampton, N.Y.27 ......Matthew Zapken ........Roslyn, N.Y.28 ......Henry Bilicic ................Locust Valley, N.Y.29 ......Dylan E. Spilko ............Port Washington, N.Y.30 ......Wiktor Marek Figiel......Sea Cliff, N.Y.

Long Island Boys 12 SinglesRank ..Name ..........................City1 ........Yuval Solomon ............Plainview, N.Y.2 ........Curran Varma ..............Manhasset, N.Y.3 ........Austin Egna ................Port Washington, N.Y.4 ........Brian Shi ......................Jericho, N.Y.5 ........Dylan Granat ..............Woodbury, N.Y.6 ........Ian Bank ......................Old Westbury, N.Y.7 ........Steven Well Sun ..........Glen Cove, N.Y.8 ........Arjun Mehrotra ............Woodbury, N.Y.9 ........James Kyrkanides ......Stony Brook, N.Y.10 ......Brady Berman ............Glen Head, N.Y.11 ......Michael Jaklitsch ........Islip, N.Y.12 ......Thomas A. Korossy ....Oyster Bay, N.Y.13 ......Joonho Ko ..................Huntington, N.Y.14 ......Spencer Bozsik ..........Sag Harbor, N.Y.15 ......Kyle Hudson Gower ....Oceanside, N.Y.16 ......Benjamin Tenner..........Roslyn, N.Y.17 ......Alex Grossman ............Sands Point, N.Y.18 ......Mark Julian Baker........North Baldwin, N.Y.19 ......Christian Ardito............Rockville Centre, N.Y.20 ......Carl Grant ....................Water Mill, N.Y.21 ......Aaron Askowitz............Great Neck N.Y.22 ......Nasser Ghaffar ............Massapequa, N.Y.23 ......Neel Raj ......................Oyster Bay, N.Y.24 ......Garrett Malave ............Laurel, N.Y.25 ......Tyler Spencer Bloch ....Jericho, N.Y.26 ......Titus Syon Sung ..........Roslyn Heights, N.Y.27 ......Daniel Shleimovich ......Merrick, N.Y.28 ......Jack Briamonte ..........Great Neck, N.Y.29 ......Justin Ilan Lempert......Roslyn Heights, N.Y.30 ......Del Schunk ..........................Westhampton Beach, N.Y.31 ......Daniel Eric Pellerito ....Syosset, N.Y.32 ......Patrick F. Maloney ......Oyster Bay, N.Y.33 ......Ronald P. Hohmann ....Oyster Bay, N.Y.34 ......Kyle C. Yaun ................Sands Point, N.Y.35 ......William Salzano ..........Dix Hills, N.Y.36 ......Max Egna ....................Port Washington, N.Y.37 ......Zane Siddiqui ..............West Babylon, N.Y.38 ......Ryan Goetz..................Greenlawn, N.Y.

39 ......Aziz Rashidzada ..........Dix Hills, N.Y.40 ......Jackson Weisbrot ........Dix Hills, N.Y.

Long Island Boys 14 SinglesRank ..Name ..........................City1 ........Cole Lafitte ..................East Setauket, N.Y.2 ........Bryant J. Born ............Manhasset, N.Y.3 ........Zachary M. Chang ......Massapequa, N.Y.4 ........Andrew J. Bentz ..........Massapequa Park, N.Y.5 ........Curran Varma ..............Manhasset, N.Y.6 ........Evan Kober..................Wantagh, N.Y.7 ........Kevin Alec Kowalsky ..Oyster Bay, N.Y.8 ........Samuel Federman ......Sea Cliff, N.Y.9 ........James Heaney ............Locust Valley, N.Y.10 ......Andrew Muran ............Glen Head, N.Y.11 ......Daniel Grunberger ......Great Neck, N.Y.12 ......Michael DeNigris ........Islip, N.Y.13 ......Kevin Cino ..................East Quogue, N.Y.14 ......Ian Combemale ..........Bridgehampton, N.Y.15 ......Erik Joshua Klug ........Sands Point, N.Y.16 ......Nikhil Raj ....................Oyster Bay, N.Y.17 ......Rajkumar Pammal ......Dix Hills, N.Y.18 ......Michael L. Schumer ....Syosset, N.Y.19 ......Riki Ishikawa................Woodbury, N.Y.20 ......Jonathan Staudigel ....Northport, N.Y.21 ......Varun Mehta ................Hauppauge, N.Y.22 ......Kyle Hudson Gower ....Oceanside, N.Y.23 ......Benjamin Tenner..........Roslyn, N.Y.24 ......Jack Ian Lindenman ....Roslyn Heights, N.Y. 25 ......Garrett Malave ............Laurel, N.Y.26 ......Jesse M. Levitin ..........Manhasset, N.Y.27 ......Jeremy Grossman ......Woodbury, N.Y.28 ......Michael Liebman ........Roslyn, N.Y.29 ......Jacob Ross Pion ........Roslyn, N.Y.30 ......Nasser Abdel Ghaffar ..Massapequa, N.Y.31 ......Raizada Bhavin Vaid....Old Westbury, N.Y.32 ......Palmer T. Clare ............North Bellmore, N.Y.33 ......Cory Seltman ..............Smithtown, N.Y.34 ......Thomas Dacosta ........Massapequa, N.Y.35 ......Zacarias Imperial ........Garden City Park, N.Y.36 ......Sahil Massand ............Woodbury, N.Y.37 ......Daniel Lucian Okin ......Amagansett, N.Y.38 ......Daniel Shleimovich ......Merrick, N.Y.39 ......Henry Tell ....................Woodbury, N.Y.40 ......Christian Ardito............Rockville Centre, N.Y.

Long Island Boys 16 SinglesRank ..Name ..........................City1 ........Trevor S. Mitchel..........East Meadow, N.Y.2 ........Erik Ujvari ....................Hauppauge, N.Y.3 ........Sean Jagi Chhugani ....Roslyn, N.Y.4 ........Matthew Demichiel......Hewlett, N.Y.5 ........Jake Horowitz..............Smithtown, N.Y.6 ........Ian Baranowski............Syosset, N.Y.7 ........Daniel Sliwowski..........Islip, N.Y.8 ........Daniel Wong ................Great Neck, N.Y.9 ........Michael Freilich ..........Lawrence, N.Y.10 ......Richard Mitchell ..........Franklin Square, N.Y.11 ......Marcell Rengifo ..........Copaigue, N.Y.12 ......Gabriel P. Lazar ..........Hewlett, N.Y.13 ......Jeffrey Cherkin ............Melville, N.Y.14 ......Michael Hakimi............Great Neck, N.Y.15 ......Eric Sumanaru ............Middle Island, N.Y.16 ......Samuel Hajibai ............Kings Point, N.Y.17 ......James Heaney ............Locust Valley, N.Y.18 ......Doron Saraf ................Great Neck, N.Y.19 ......Michael A. Vera............Bethpage, N.Y.20 ......Dylan Hobbs Appel ....Locust Valley, N.Y.21 ......Clark D. Ruiz................Glen Head, N.Y.22 ......Henry D. Lee................Sag Harbor, N.Y.23 ......Nick Bauer ..................Great River, N.Y.24 ......Daniel Grunberger ......Great Neck, N.Y.25 ......Michael McFelia ..........Huntington Station, N.Y.26 ......Benjamin Mermelstein..Northport, N.Y.27 ......Roshun Patel ..............Syosset, N.Y.28 ......Brett Titcomb ..............Lloyd Harbor, N.Y.29 ......Ian Combemale ..........Bridgehampton, N.Y.30 ......Joshua Williams Gordon..Hicksville, N.Y.31 ......David Saxman ............Plainview, N.Y.

32 ......Aman Sharma..............Roslyn, N.Y.33 ......Alex Philip Rosenfield..Holtsville, N.Y.34 ......Julian Koby Adler ........Roslyn, N.Y.35 ......Jack Vissicchio............Port Washington, N.Y.36 ......Shoki Yamada ............Port Washington, N.Y.37 ......Caleb Van Loon ..........Port Washington, N.Y.38 ......Jayant S. Sani ............Great Neck, N.Y.39 ......Ethan Hayden Handa ..Rockville Centre, N.Y.40 ......Matthew Orlich ............Valley Stream, N.Y.

Long Island Boys 18 SinglesRank ..Name ..........................City1 ........Jared Drzal ..................West Sayville, N.Y.2 ........Jacob Mishkin ............Woodbury, N.Y.3 ........JT Esposito..................Rockville Centre, N.Y.4 ........Sean Jagi Chhugani ....Roslyn, N.Y.5 ........Sloan Millman..............Woodmere, N.Y.6 ........William Speranza ........Hicksville, N.Y.7 ........Matthew Zuckerman ..Valley Stream, N.Y.8 ........Brian Heinlein ..............Patchogue, N.Y.9 ........Austin Davidow ..........Glen Head, N.Y.10 ......Christopher DeSimone..Centerport, N.Y.11 ......Kesar Virendra Shah....Great Neck, N.Y.12 ......Brandon Lum ..............Great Neck, N.Y.13 ......Jaewon Kim ................East Northport, N.Y.14 ......Steven Ferrantello ......Dix Hills, N.Y.15 ......Eric Sumanaru ............Middle Island, N.Y.16 ......Jonathan Sanders ......Holbrook, N.Y.17 ......Zach Cooper ..............Holbrook, N.Y.18 ......Clark D. Ruiz................Glen Head, N.Y.19 ......Jason Fruchter ............Lawrence, N.Y.20 ......Jason Quintana ..........Bethpage, N.Y.21 ......Paul Abrudescu ..........Great Neck, N.Y.22 ......Jordan Lindenmam ....Commack, N.Y.23 ......Stephen Peng..............Woodbury, N.Y.24 ......Anton Averin ................South Setauket, N.Y.25 ......Gregory B. Gittler ........Ronkonkoma, N.Y.26 ......Gonzalo E. Mocorrea ..Locust Valley, N.Y.27 ......Matthew Ryan Basile ..Smithtown, N.Y.28 ......Kenneth Gaudio ..........Miller Place, N.Y.29 ......David Kane ..................Rockville Centre, N.Y.30 ......Daniel Wright ..............Babylon, N.Y.31 ......Gregory Krolikowski ....Massapequa, N.Y.32 ......Anil Nandkumar ..........East Northport, N.Y.33 ......Aman Sharma..............Roslyn, N.Y.34 ......Christian Oliver Damour Hauppauge, N.Y.35 ......Justin Fitze ..................Greenlawn, N.Y.36 ......Daniel Sedgh ..............Roslyn, N.Y.37 ......Ryan Zuckerman ........Valley Stream, N.Y.38 ......Andrew O’Connell ......Medford, N.Y.39 ......Dylan Quintana............Bethpage, N.Y.40 ......Gabriel Moses Stine ....Great Neck, N.Y.

GIRLSLong Island Girls 10 SinglesRank ..Name ..........................City1 ........Trinity Chow ................Glen Cove, N.Y.2 ........Olivia Rose Scordo......Glen Head, N,.Y.3 ........Julia Kielan ..................Valley Stream, N.Y.4 ........Francesca Karman ......Port Washington, N.Y.5 ........Merri Kelly ..................Oyster Bay, N.Y.6 ........Katelyn Walker ............Sands Point, N.Y.7 ........Lea Ma ........................Dix Hills, N.Y.8 ........Celeste Wang Traub ....Jericho, N.Y.9 ........Alexa Susan Goetz ......Greenlawn, N.Y.10 ......Rachel Arbitman..........Hewlett, N.Y.11 ......Risha Malhotra ............Syosset, N.Y.12 ......Emily Austin ................Hewlett, N.Y.13 ......Maryam Ahmad ..........Albertson, N.Y.14 ......Alison Coben ..............Massapequa, N.Y.15 ......Cara Becker ................Great Neck, N.Y.16 ......Amy Delman ................Great Neck, N.Y.17 ......Kaitlyn Schwarz ..........Oceanside, N.Y.18 ......Kira Rose Giordano ....Massapequa Park, N.Y.19 ......Nicole Kyrkanides ......Stony Brook, N.Y.

Long Island Girls 12 SinglesRank ..Name ..........................City1 ........Lexee Taylor Shapiro ..Syosset, N.Y.

2 ........Brynn Maris April ........Dix Hills, N.Y.3 ........Nicole Kielan ..............Valley Stream, N.Y.4 ........Jacqueline Bukzin ......Manorville, N.Y.5 ........Stephanie Nakash ......Great Neck, N.Y.6 ........Emily Kate Shutman....Huntington, N.Y.7 ........Courtney Kowalsky ....Oyster Bay, N.Y.8 ........Morgan A. Wilkins ......Syosset, N.Y.9 ........Olivia Rose Scordo......Glen Head, N.Y.10 ......Abigail Carrie Okin ......Amagansett, N.Y.11 ......Trinity Chow ................Glen Cove, N.Y.12 ......Danielle Mirabella ........Wantagh, N.Y.13 ......Ayesha Chhugani ........Roslyn, N.Y.14 ......Cecelia Combemale ....Bridgehampton, N.Y.15 ......Danah Han ..................Dix Hills, N.Y.16 ......Michelle Carnovale......Massapequa, N.Y.17 ......Ashley Yevdosin ..........Hewlett, N.Y.19 ......Amanda Alison Foo ....Manhasset, N.Y.20 ......Rachel Weiss ..............Great Neck, N.Y.21 ......Victoria Bialczak ..........New Hyde Park, N.Y.22 ......Taylor Ferguson ..........East Quogue, N.Y.23 ......Dasha Dlin ..................Glen Head, N.Y.24 ......Katherine M. Heaney ..Locust Valley, N.Y.25 ......Jasmine Olivia Abidi ....Glen Head, N.Y.26 ......Devika Kedia ..............East Norwich, N.Y.27 ......Fiona Stocks-Lyons ....Glen Cove, N.Y.28 ......Alexa Susan Goetz ......Greenlawn, N.Y.29 ......Francesca Karman ......Port Washington, N.Y.30 ......Kaitlyn Byrnes ............Massapequa, N.Y.

Long Island Girls 14 SinglesRank ..Name ..........................City1 ........Lauren Livingston ........Sands Point, N.Y.2 ........Bridget Harding ..........Northport, N.Y.3 ........Katharine Brandow......East Northport, N.Y.4 ........Brittany Burke..............Garden City, N.Y.5 ........Rhea Malhotra ............Syosset, N.Y.6 ........Cameron Moskol ........Wantagh, N.Y.7 ........Aidan Owens ..............Manhasset, N.Y.8 ........Lauren Difazio..............Greenlawn, N.Y.9 ........Elena Nastasi ..............Bayville, N.Y.10 ......Nicole Koskovolis ........Manhasset, N.Y.11 ......Michele Sheila Lehat ..Great Neck, N.Y.12 ......Sarah Dionisio ............Shirley, N.Y.13 ......Morgan Hermann ........Garden City, N.Y.14 ......Taylor S. Cosme ..........New Hyde Park, N.Y.15 ......Campbell Howe ..........Locust Valley, N.Y.16 ......Katie Jane Cirella ........Woodbury, N.Y.17 ......Julia Ciardullo..............Locust Valley, N.Y.18 ......Ryann Moelis ..............Hewlett, N.Y.19 ......Madison Appel ............Locust Valley, N.Y.20 ......Sofiya Tumanova ........Middle Island, N.Y.21 ......Caroline Keating ..........Huntington, N.Y.22 ......Lauren J. Mayo............Roslyn Heights, N.Y.23 ......Danielle Mirabella ........Wantagh, N.Y.24 ......Claire Handa................Rockville Centre, N.Y.25 ......Olivia C. Funk ..............Hicksville, N.Y.26 ......Jeannie Lozowski ........Amityville, N.Y.27 ......Eudice Wong Chong ..Port Washington, N.Y.28 ......Aimee Manfredo ..........Shoreham, N.Y.29 ......Hannah Shay Juhel ....Roslyn, N.Y.30 ......Angelika Rothberg ......Centerport, N.Y.31 ......Annelise Meyding ........Port Washington, N.Y.32 ......Michelle Haykin ..........Great Neck, N.Y. 33 ......Courtney A. Digia ........Manhasset, N.Y.34 ......Denise Vollmer ............New Hyde Park, N.Y.35 ......Bridget Connors ..........East Quogue, N.Y.36 ......Lauren Salzano............Dix Hills, N.Y.37 ......Stephanie Nakash ......Great Neck, N.Y.38 ......Michelle Vancura ........New Hyde Park, N.Y.39 ......Noa Alexandra Dubin ..Southampton, N.Y.40 ......Ellen Nicole Huhulea ..Rockville Centre, N.Y.

Long Island Girls 16 SinglesRank ..Name ..........................City1 ........Jennifer C. Ferguson ..Franklin Square, N.Y.2 ........Mary Harding ..............Northport, N.Y.3 ........Lara Fishbane..............Commack, N.Y.4 ........Taylor Rose Anderson Locust Valley, N.Y.5 ........Alison Wang ................Great Neck, N.Y.

6 ........Ruth Freilich ................Lawrence, N.Y.7 ........Bridget Harding ..........Northport, N.Y.8 ........Cameron Moskol ........Wantagh, N.Y.9 ........Danielle Byrnes ..........Massapequa, N.Y.10 ......Laura Torsiello ............Bayport, N.Y.11 ......Hannah Goldman ........West Hempstead, N.Y.12 ......Jennifer Glukhman ......Syosset, N.Y.13 ......Annie Yueh ..................Hauppauge, N.Y.14 ......Nicholle Torres ............North Hills, N.Y.15 ......Rithika D. Reddy ........Syosset, N.Y.16 ......Yuliya V. Astapova ......Port Washington, N.Y.17 ......Danielle Lapierre..........Hicksville, N.Y.18 ......Anna Poslusny ............Centerport, N.Y.19 ......Erica Bundrick ............Mattituck, N.Y.20 ......Bianca Posa ................Valley Stream, N.Y.21 ......Emma R. Brezel ..........Port Washington, N.Y.22 ......Claudia M. Ruiz ..........Glen Head, N.Y.23 ......Sarah Dionisio ............Shirley, N.Y.24 ......Robin Mehta................Manhasset, N.Y.25 ......Amanda Luper ............Melville, N.Y.26 ......Megan Tamborino ......Massapequa Park, N.Y.27 ......Kristen Bomkamp........Northport, N.Y.28 ......Karen Serina................Islip Terrace, N.Y.29 ......Sarah Han....................Dix Hills, N.Y.30 ......Karishma Tank ............New Hyde Park, N.Y.31 ......Zenat Rashidzada ......Dix Hills, N.Y.32 ......Sunaina Vohra ............Glen Head, N.Y.33 ......Jessie Sarkis ..............Long Beach, N.Y.34 ......Jessica Sickles ............Massapequa Park, N.Y.35 ......Amanda Nowak ..........Huntington, N.Y.36 ......Brittany Burke..............Garden City, N.Y.37 ......Rhea Malhotra ............Syosset, N.Y.38 ......Allie N. Rothstein ........Plainview, N.Y.39 ......Christine Rienzo ..........Smithtown, N.Y.40 ......Betty Ma......................Dix Hills, N.Y.

Long Island Girls 18 SinglesRank ..Name ..........................City1 ........Veronika Paikin ............Valley Stream, N.Y.2 ........Alyssa Lavin ................Glen Head, N.Y.3 ........Carly Siegel ................Dix Hills, N.Y.4 ........Amy Ginny Naula ........East Hampton, N.Y.5 ........Alyssa D. Rosello ........Garden City, N.Y.6 ........Jessica Nowak ............Huntington, N.Y.7 ........Brett Lieb ....................Cutchogue, N.Y.8 ........Amanda Seeley ..........Sound Beach, N.Y.9 ........Taylor Wilkins ..............Syosset, N.Y.10 ......Mary Harding ..............Northport, N.Y.11 ......Robin Mehta................Manhasset, N.Y.12 ......Courtney Sokol............Floral Park, N.Y.13 ......Alison Wang ................Great Neck, N.Y.14 ......Taylor A. Diffley............Hampton Bays, N.Y.15 ......Nicholle Torres ............North Hills, N.Y.16 ......Sophie Lanter ..............East Rockaway, N.Y.17 ......Paige J. Mintz..............Roslyn, N.Y.18 ......Yuliya V. Astapova ......Port Washington, N.Y.19 ......Jessica Sickles ............Massapequa Park, N.Y.20 ......Marissa D. Lazar..........Hewlett, N.Y.21 ......Daria Schieferstein ......Sag Harbor, N.Y.22 ......Bianca Posa ................Valley Stream, N.Y.23 ......Ashley Sandler ............Jericho, N.Y.24 ......Elan King ....................Baldwin, N.Y.

Boys & Girls Sectional Rankings(as of 10/18/10)

BOYSSectional Boys 10 Singles—Long Island RegionRank ..Name ..........................City1 ........Alan Delman ................Great Neck, N.Y.2 ........Ryan Goetz..................Greenlawn, N.Y.8 ........Brian Shi ......................Jericho, N.Y.12 ......Pete Siozios ................New Hyde Park, N.Y.13 ......Cannon Kingsley ........Northport, N.Y.14 ......Neel Raj ......................Oyster Bay, N.Y.15 ......Patrick F. Maloney ......Oyster Bay, N.Y.16 ......Ronald P. Hohmann ....Oyster Bay, N.Y.

17 ......Daniel Eric Pellerito ....Syosset, N.Y.20 ......Gardner Howe ............Locust valley, N.Y.27 ......Michael Medvedev ......Oceanside, N.Y.33 ......Steven Well Sun ..........Glen Cove, N.Y.34 ......Eli Grossman ..............Glen Head, N.Y.37 ......Billy Suarez..................Huntington, N.Y.38 ......Amani Siddiqui ............West Babylon, N.Y.39 ......Benjamin Grossman....Sands Point, N.Y.55 ......Joey Austin..................Hewlett, N.Y.59 ......Sujay Sharma ..............New Hyde Park, N.Y.60 ......Cody Bograd ..............Huntington, N.Y.62 ......David Ammendola ......Massapequa, N.Y.68 ......Robert Steven Bellino..Huntington, N.Y.70 ......Oliver Worth ................Locust Valley, N.Y.71 ......Zachary Ian Khazzam..Roslyn Heights, N.Y.77 ......Alexander Roti ............Woodmere, N.Y.78 ......Parker Appel................Locust Valley, N.Y.81 ......Niles Ghaffar................Massapequa, N.Y.83 ......Kyle C. Yuan................Sands Point, N.Y.86 ......Spencer Brachman ....Commack, N.Y.88 ......Jacob Wiener ..............Oyster Bay, N.Y.89 ......Daniel Chikvashvili ......Syosset, N.Y.105 ....Jeffrey McDonnell........Glen Cove, N.Y.110 ....Eric Li ..........................Roslyn, N.Y.127 ....Brandon T. Cohen ......Westhampton, N.Y.139 ....Henry Bilicic ................Locust Valley, N.Y.145 ....Dylan E. Spilko ............Port Washington, N.Y.149 ....Alec Hunter Barres ......Old Westbury, N.Y.

Sectional Boys 12 Singles—Long Island RegionRank ..Name ..........................City1 ........Brenden Andrew Volk..Dix Hills, N.Y.12 ......Sean M. Mullins ..........Lloyd Harbor, N.Y.13 ......Athell Patrick Bennett..Valley Stream, N.Y.14 ......Colin Francis Sacco ....Brightwaters, N.Y.19 ......Finbar Talcott ..............Sea Cliff, N.Y.23 ......Sean Patrick ................Oyster Bay, N.Y.25 ......Jordan Bennett............Valley Stream, N.Y.26 ......Alan Delman ................Great Neck, N.Y.29 ......Ryan Goetz..................Greenlawn, N.Y.35 ......Keegan Morris ............Franklin Square, N.Y.36 ......Chris Kuhnle ................Shoreham, N.Y.44 ......Vincent Caracappa......Smithtown, N.Y.48 ......Nasser Abdel Ghaffar ..Massapequa, N.Y.49 ......Rajan Jai Vohra............Glen Head, N.Y.50 ......Alex Grossman ............Sands Point, N.Y.54 ......Christian Moyer Ardito..Rockville Centre, N.Y.56 ......Kyle Hudson Gower ....Oceanside, N.Y.62 ......Daniel Eric Pellerito ....Syosset, N.Y.63 ......Daniel Shleimovich ......Merrick, N.Y.64 ......Brian Shi ......................Jericho, N.Y.68 ......Patrick F. Maloney ......Oyster Bay, N.Y.74 ......Logan Beckerman ......East Norwich, N.Y.77 ......Giancarlo Cavallero ....West Hempstead, N.Y.81 ......Ronald P. Hohmann ....Oyster Bay, N.Y.83 ......Garrett Malave ............Laurel, N.Y.87 ......Ian Bank ......................Old Westbury, N.Y.96 ......Andy Zhou ..................Commack, N.Y.97 ......Michael Medvedev ......Oceanside, N.Y.100 ....Pete Siozios ................New Hyde Park, N.Y.101 ....James Kyrkanides ......Stony Brook, N.Y.102 ....Titus Syon Sung ..........Roslyn Heights, N.Y.109 ....Zane Siddiqui ..............West Babylon, N.Y.110 ....Justin Ilan Lempert......Roslyn Heights, N.Y.115 ....Neel Raj ......................Oyster Bay, N.Y.116 ....Curran Varma ..............Manhasset, N.Y.122 ....Steven Well Sun ..........Glen Cove, N.Y.130 ....Del Schunk ..................Westhampton Beach, N.Y.136 ....Yuval Solomon ............Plainview, N.Y. 138 ....Benjamin Tenner..........Roslyn, N.Y.139 ....Carl Grant ....................Water Mill, N.Y.144 ....Arjun Mehta ................Woodbury, N.Y.146 ....Spencer Bozsik ..........Sag Harbor, N.Y.150 ....Jack Briamonte ..........Great Neck, N.Y.

Sectional Boys 14 Singles—Long Island RegionRank ..Name ..........................City2 ........Lamar Remy ................Roslyn, N.Y.3 ........Noah B. Rubin ............Rockville Centre, N.Y.5 ........Julian Alexi Zlobinsky..Greenvale, N.Y.7 ........Dylan Hobbs Appel ....Locust Valley, N.Y.14 ......Josh Silverstein ..........Great Neck, N.Y.16 ......Brandon T. Stone ........Melville, N.Y.17 ......Zain Ali ........................Dix Hills, N.Y.21 ......Alexander Lebedev ....Island Park, N.Y.33 ......Brenden Andrew Volk..Dix Hills, N.Y.34 ......Lubomir T. Cuba..........Massapequa Park, N.Y.35 ......Jonathan Paris ............Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y.37 ......Daniel Grunberger ......Great Neck, N.Y.43 ......Jared R. Halstrom ......Bellmore, N.Y.49 ......Eric Wagner ................Roslyn Heights, N.Y.53 ......Kyle Alper ....................Dix Hills, N.Y.60 ......Palmer T. Clare ............North Bellmore, N.Y.68 ......Alex Brebenel ..............Glen Head, N.Y.70 ......Conor Mullins ..............Lloyd Harbor, N.Y.73 ......Kevin Cino ..................East Quogue, N.Y.76 ......Benjamin Rosen ..........Port Washington, N.Y.82 ......Zacarias Imperial ........Garden City Park, N.Y.90 ......Bryant J. Born ............Manhasset, N.Y.91 ......Josh Young..................Old Bethpage, N.Y.110 ....Ian Combemale ..........Bridgehampton, N.Y.111 ......Joshua Williams Gordon..Hicksville, N.Y.117 ....Andrew J. Bentz ..........Massapequa Park, N.Y.118 ....Nikhil Raj ....................Oyster Bay, N.Y.124 ....Cory Seltman ..............Smithtown, N.Y.130 ....Cole Laffitte ................East Setauket, N.Y.136 ....William Scribner BaderWater Mill, N.Y.143 ....Finbar Talcott ..............Sea Cliff, N.Y.149 ....Zachary M. Chang ......Massapequa, N.Y.

Sectional Boys 16 Singles—Long Island RegionRank ..Name ..........................City3 ........Andrew Yaraghi ..........Mill Neck, N.Y.4 ........Eric Rubin ....................Lido Beach, N.Y.5 ........Josh Levine ................Syosset, N.Y.7 ........Howard J. Weiss..........Great Neck, N.Y.10 ......Noah Rubin ................Merrick, N.Y.14 ......Brendan Henry ............Massapequa, N.Y.15 ......Aidan Talcott................Sea Cliff, N.Y.19 ......Samuel Lam ................Old Westbury, N.Y.24 ......Ethan Bogard ..............Lido Beach, N.Y.26 ......Kevin Katz ..................Woodbury, N.Y.28 ......Vihar Shah ..................New Hyde Park, N.Y.31 ......Ofir Solomon ..............Plainview, N.Y.33 ......Eric Bertuglia ..............Dix Hills, N.Y.36 ......Alan S. Pleat ................Roslyn, N.Y.40........Alexander Schidlovsky ..Sea Cliff, N.Y. 45 ......Brandon T. Stone ........Melville, N.Y.55 ......Lamar Remy ................Roslyn, N.Y.60 ......Alex Sacher ................Glen Head, N.Y.62 ......Douglas Notaris ..........Wantagh, N.Y.63 ......Conor Dauer ................Lloyd Harbor, N.Y.68 ......Daniel R. Grinshteyn....Hewlett, N.Y.73 ......Eric Sumanaru ............Middle Island, N.Y.77 ......Sean Jagi Chhugani ....Roslyn, N.Y.82 ......Matthew Demichiel......Hewlett, N.Y.84 ......Jeremy Dubin ..............Southampton, N.Y.88 ......Austin Davidow ..........Glen Head, N.Y.89 ......Tyler J. Hoffman ..........Sayville, N.Y.97 ......Michael Paul ................Baldwin, N.Y.100 ....Dylan Hobbs Appel ....Locust Valley, N.Y.102 ....Clark D. Ruiz................Glen Head, N.Y.106 ....Benjamin Q. King ........East Meadow, N.Y.107 ....Daniel Wong ................Great Neck, N.Y.110 ....Paul Abrudescu ..........Great Neck, N.Y.112 ....Zachary A. Lessen ......Roslyn Heights, N.Y.113 ....John P. D’Alessandro ..Northport, N.Y.114 ....Gabriel P. Lazar ..........Hewlett, N.Y.118 ....Doron Saraf ................Great Neck, N.Y.123 ....Brian W. Slivonik..........Oyster Bay, N.Y.125 ....Mark Daniel Temporal..Carle Place, N.Y.140 ....Gonzalo E. Mocorrea ..Locust Valley, N.Y.

143 ....Nick Bauer ..................Great River, N.Y.144 ....Erik Ujvari ....................Hauppauge, N.Y.148 ....Michael Frelich ............Lawrence, N.Y.

Sectional Boys 18 Singles—Long Island RegionRank ..Name ..........................City17 ......Bert Vancura................New Hyde Park, N.Y.18 ......Jensen H. Reiter ..........Syosset, N.Y.19 ......Andrew Yaraghi ..........Mill Neck, N.Y.22 ......Eric Ambrosio ..............Lloyd Harbor, N.Y.30 ......Matthew O. Barry ........Lido Beach, N.Y.35 ......Alex Tropiano ..............Laurel Hollow, N.Y.37 ......Josh M. Levine ............Syosset, N.Y.39 ......Jonathan Defrancesch..Manhasset, N.Y.41 ......Shaun Bernstein..........Plainview, N.Y.45 ......Howard J. Weiss..........Great Neck, N.Y.49 ......Zachary Morris ............Garden City, N.Y.53 ......Jonahiby Tauil..............Valley Stream, N.Y.54 ......Oliver Loutsenko ........Bellmore, N.Y.55 ......Jason Hubsher ............Sands Point, N.Y.60 ......Austin Blau ..................Roslyn, N.Y.65 ......Alan S. Pleat ................Roslyn, N.Y.66 ......David Greenbaum ......Great Neck, N.Y.68 ......Dennis Zlobinsky ........Greenvale, N.Y.80 ......Kevin A. Katz ..............Woodbury, N.Y.82 ......Eric Sumanaru ............Middle Island, N.Y.84 ......Harrison R. Digia ........Manhasset, N.Y.92 ......Matthew J. Richards ..Bayport, N.Y.94 ......Michael T. Puntillo ......Sands Point, N.Y.103 ....Ignacio Casali ..............Farmingdale, N.Y.104 ....Paul Abrudescu ..........Great Neck, N.Y.109 ....Alexander Friedlich......Great Neck, N.Y.111 ....Sean Jagi Chhugani ....Roslyn, N.Y.112 ....Clark D. Ruiz................Glen Head, N.Y.115 ....Austin Davidow ..........Glen Head, N.Y.124 ....Brendan Henry ............Massapequa, N.Y.126 ....Sloan Millman..............Woodmere, N.Y.127 ....Richard Sipala ............Quogue, N.Y.133 ....Jared Drzal ..................West Sayville, N.Y.136 ....Stephen Peng..............Woodbury, N.Y.137 ....Jason A. Fruchter ........Lawrence, N.Y.145 ....Zach Cooper ..............Holbrook, N.Y.

GIRLSSectional Girls 10 Singles—Long Island RegionRank ..Name ..........................City4 ........Jacqueline Bukzin ......Manorville, N.Y.5 ........Lea Ma ........................Dix Hills, N.Y.6 ........Jennifer Yu ..................Great Neck, N.Y.10 ......Francesca Karman ......Port Washington, N.Y.16 ......Celeste Wang Traub ....Jericho, N.Y.17 ......Julia Kielan ..................Valley Stream, N.Y.18 ......Alexa Susan Goetz ......Greenlawn, N.Y.23 ......Merri Kelly ..................Oyster Bay, N.Y.26 ......Olivia Rose Scordo......Glen Head, N.Y.27 ......Katelyn Walker ............Sands Point, N.Y.36 ......Maryam Ahmad ..........Albertson, N.Y.38 ......Trinity Chow ................Glen Cove, N.Y.50 ......Emily Austin ................Hewlett, N.Y.53 ......Amy Delman ................Great Neck, N.Y.54 ......Nicole Kyrkanides ......Stony Brook, N.Y.59 ......Marisa L. Menist ..........Great Neck, N.Y.61 ......Rachel Arbitman..........Hewlett, N.Y.70 ......Cara Becker ................Great Neck, N.Y.81 ......Alison Coben ..............Massapequa, N.Y.92 ......Kaitlyn Schwarz ..........Oceanside, N.Y.104 ....Kira Rose Giordano ....Massapequa Park, N.Y.

Sectional Girls 12 Singles—Long Island RegionRank ..Name ..........................City2 ........Madison Battaglia ......Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y.3 ........Morgan Herrmann ......Garden City, N.Y.4 ........Alexa Graham..............Garden City, N.Y.17 ......Esther Chikvashvili ......Syosset, N.Y.19 ......Jeannie Lozowski ........Amityville, N.Y.20 ......Claire Handa................Rockville Centre, N.Y.


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22 ......Taylor S. Cosme ..........New Hyde Park, N.Y.26 ......Celeste Rose Matute ..Amityville, N.Y.36........Stephanie Chikvashvili ..Syosset, N.Y.51 ......Jasmine Olivia Abidi ....Glen Head, N.Y.60 ......Courtney Kowalsky ....Oyster Bay, N.Y.65 ......Jacqueline Bukzin ......Manorville, N.Y.73 ......Lea Ma ........................Dix Hills, N.Y.74 ......Dominique Woinarowski Syosset, N.Y.81 ......Jennifer Yu ..................Great Neck, N.Y.82 ......Nicole Kielan ..............Valley Stream, N.Y.84 ......Stephanie Nakash ......Great Neck, N.Y.88 ......Abigail Carrie Okin ......Amagansett, N.Y.95 ......Emily Kate Shutman....Huntington, N.Y.97 ......Theodora Brebenel......Glen Head, N.Y.99 ......Morgan Wilkins............Syosset, N.Y.102 ....Lexee Taylor Shapiro ..Syosset, N.Y.103 ....Brynn Maris April ........Dix Hills, N.Y.118 ....Amanda Allison Foo ....Manhasset, N.Y.120 ....Ashley Yevdosin ..........Hewlett, N.Y.121 ....Michelle N. Carnovale Massapequa, N.Y.124 ....Danielle Mirabella ........Wantagh, N.Y.128 ....Alexa Susan Goetz ......Greenlawn, N.Y.129 ....Olivia Rose Scordo......Glen Head, N.Y.134 ....Gillian Moser ..............Hewlett, N.Y.136 ....Celeste Wang Traub ....Jericho, N.Y.137 ....Rachel Weiss ..............Great Neck, N.Y.141 ....Trinity Chow ................Glen Cove, N.Y.145 ....Nicole Kyrkanides ......Stony Brook, N.Y.

Sectional Girls 14 Singles—Long Island RegionRank ..Name ..........................City4 ........Ola Mally......................Franklin Square, N.Y.13 ......Paulina Tafler ..............Oceanside, N.Y. 21 ......Isabella Pascucci ........Oyster Bay, N.Y.26 ......Mia M. Vecchio............Manhasset Hills, N.Y.32 ......Madison Battaglia ......Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y.34 ......Alexa Graham..............Garden City, N.Y.36 ......Shanice Nadia Arthur ..Glen Head, N.Y.38 ......Claudia M. Ruiz ..........Glen Head, N.Y.39 ......Sunaina Vohra ............Glen Head, N.Y. 40 ......Cameron Moskol ........Wantagh, N.Y.51 ......Karen A. Serina............Islip Terrace, N.Y.54 ......Rachel Gastaldo..........Syosset, N.Y.66 ......Morgan Hermann ........Garden City, N.Y.68 ......Aimee N. Manfredo ....Shoreham, N.Y.71 ......Taylor S. Cosme ..........New Hyde Park, N.Y.82 ......Madison Appel ............`Locust Valley, N.Y.89 ......Bridget Harding ..........Northport, N.Y.97 ......Lauren Livingston ........Sands Point, N.Y.98 ......Olivia C. Funk ..............Hicksville, N.Y.102 ....Elena Nastasi ..............Bayville, N.Y.113 ....Brittany Burke..............Garden City, N.Y.115 ....Nicole Koskovolis ........Manhasset, N.Y.117 ....Michele Sheila Lehat ..Great Neck, N.Y.119 ....Esther Chikvashvili ......Syosset, N.Y.123 ....Katharine Brandow......East Northport, N.Y.138 ....Campbell Howe ..........Locust Valley, N.Y.144 ....Sarah Dionisio ............ Shirley, N.Y.

Sectional Girls 16 Singles—Long Island RegionRank ..Name ..........................City3 ........Katherine Yau ..............Manhasset, N.Y. 7 ........Hannah L. Camhi ........Woodbury, N.Y. 13 ......Nadia Smergut ............East Hampton, N.Y.19 ......Vivian Cheng ..............Woodbury, N.Y. 20 ......Sophie R. Barnard ......Mill Neck, N.Y. 29 ......Julia Elbaba ................Oyster Bay, N.Y. 31 ......Claudia Li ....................Jericho, N.Y.35 ......Morgan C. Feldman ....Glen Head, N.Y. 44 ......Stephanie Loutsenko ..Bellmore, N.Y. 51........Samantha Rosca-Sipot..Malverne, N.Y. 57 ......Paulina Tafler ..............Oceanside, N.Y.60 ......Sara Finger ..................St. James, N.Y.63 ......Diana Vamvakitis ........Quogue, N.Y. 67 ......Alison Wang ................Great Neck, N.Y.69 ......Ola Mally......................Franklin Square, N.Y.75 ......Nicholle Torres ............North Hills, N.Y.

78 ......Sunaina Vohra ............Glen Head, N.Y.82 ......Taylor A. Diffley............Hampton Bays, N.Y.93 ......Bianca Posa ................Valley Stream, N.Y.95 ......Rithika D. Reddy ........Syosset, N.Y.96 ......Melissa Carlay ............New Hyde Park, N.Y.101 ....Claudia M. Ruiz ..........Glen Head, N.Y.102 ....Zenat Rashidzada ......Dix Hills, N.Y.104 ....Erica Bundrick ............Mattituck, N.Y.110 ....Ludmila Yamus............Melville, N.Y.111 ....Aimee N. Manfredo ....Shoreham, N.Y.112 ....Laura Torsiello ............Bayport, N.Y.116 ....Jennifer Ferguson........Franklin Square, N.Y.125 ....Lila Martz ....................Long Beach, N.Y.127 ....Mary C. Harding ..........Northport, N.Y.131 ....Emma R. Brezel ..........Port Washington, N.Y.145 ....Yuliya V. Astapova ......Port Washington, N.Y.150 ....Ruth Frelich ................Lawrence, N.Y.

Sectional Girls 18 Singles—Long Island RegionRank ..Name ..........................City6 ........Jacqueline Raynor ......Garden City, N.Y.7 ........Theresa Smith ............Port Washington, N.Y.11 ......Katherine Yau ..............Manhasset, N.Y.13 ......Hannah L. Camhi ........Woodbury, N.Y. 15 ......Jennifer Kellner............Smithtown, N.Y. 17 ......Shelby Talcott..............Sea Cliff, N.Y.33 ......Samantha L. Elgort......Melville, N.Y.36 ......Jessica Podlofsky ......Port Washington, N.Y. 37 ......Stephanie Loutsenko ..Bellmore, N.Y.38 ......Missy Edelblum ..........Roslyn, N.Y. 41 ......Julia Elbaba ................Oyster Bay, N.Y. 43 ......Samantha Gann ..........Massapequa, N.Y.66 ......Olivia Pascucci ............Oyster Bay, N.Y. 70 ......Samantha Rosca-Sipot ..Malverne, N.Y.72 ........Devlin-Ann Ammendola ..Massapequa, N.Y.83 ......Carly Siegel ................Dix Hills, N.Y.85 ......Melissa Carlay ............New Hyde Park, N.Y.87 ......Jessica Nowak ............Huntington, N.Y.95 ......Taylor A. Diffley............Hampton Bays, N.Y.98 ......Paige J. Mintz..............Roslyn, N.Y.99 ......Jamie Hann ................Westhampton, N.Y.106 ....Ludmila Yamus............Melville, N.Y.111 ....Brett A. Lieb ................Cutchogue, N.Y.117 ....Ashley T. Harel ............Roslyn Heights, N.Y.123 ....Jennifer Fridman ........Port Washington, N.Y. 128 ....Morgan Feldman ........Glen Head, N.Y.129 ....Elan King ....................Baldwin, N.Y.133 ....Nadia Smergut ............East Hampton, N.Y.136 ....Sydney Simpson ........North Babylon, N.Y.137 ....Alyssa D. Rosello ........Garden City, N.Y.139 ....Sophie Barnard ..........Mill neck, N.Y.143 ....Daria Schieferstein ......Sag Harbor, N.Y.144 ....Claudia Li ....................Jericho, N.Y.

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BOYSNational Boys 12 Singles—Long Island PlayersRank ..Name ..........................City5 ........Brenden Andrew Volk..Dix Hills, N.Y.129 ....Sean Patrick ................Oyster Bay, N.Y.157 ....Sean Mullins ................Lloyd Harbor, N.Y.230 ....Finbar Talcott ..............Sea Cliff, N.Y.236 ....Colin Francis Sacco ....Brightwaters, N.Y.260 ....Athell Patrick Bennett..Valley Stream, N.Y.292 ....Ryan Goetz..................Greenlawn, N.Y.323 ....Jordan Bennett............Valley Stream, N.Y.400 ....Chris Kuhnle ................Shoreham, N.Y.416 ....Keegan Morris ............Franklin Square, N.Y.535 ....Christian Moyer Ardito ..Rockville Center, N.Y.548 ....Alan Delman ................Great Neck, N.Y.599 ....Ronald P.Hohmann......Oyster Bay, N.Y.603 ....Vincent C. Caracappa Smithtown, N.Y.650 ....Nasser Abdel Ghaffar ..Massapequa, N.Y.

747 ....Rajan Jai Vohra............Glen Head, N.Y.748 ....Logan Beckerman ......Muttontown, N.Y.769 ....Alex Grossman ............Sands Point, N.Y.780 ....Daniel Eric Pellerito ....Syosset, N.Y.985 ....James Kyrkanides ......Stony Brook, N.Y.

National Boys 14 Singles—Long Island PlayersRank ..Name ..........................City10 ......Noah B. Rubin ............Rockville Centre, N.Y.11 ......Lamar Remy ................Roslyn, N.Y.43 ......Julian Alexi Zlobinsky..Greenvale, N.Y.76 ......Dylan Hobbs Appel ....Locust Valley, N.Y.118 ....Brandon T. Stone ........Melville, N.Y.146 ....Josh Silverstein ..........Great Neck, N.Y.188 ....Alexander Lebedev ....Island Park, N.Y.221 ....Zain Ali ........................Dix Hills, N.Y.295 ....Lubomir T. Cuba..........Massapequa Park, N.Y.317 ....Brenden Andrew Volk..Dix Hills, N.Y.325 ....Jonathan Paris ............Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y.420 ....Eric Wagner ................Roslyn Heights, N.Y.456 ....Daniel Grunberger ......Great Neck, N.Y.483 ....Jared Halstrom............Bellmore, N.Y.733 ....Kyle Alper ....................Dix Hills, N.Y.787 ....Benjamin Rosen ..........Port Washington, N.Y.

National Boys 16 Singles—Long Island PlayersRank ..Name ..........................City23 ......Eric Rubin ....................Lido Beach, N.Y.26 ......Howie J. Weiss ............Great Neck, N.Y.45 ......Andrew Yaraghi ..........Mill Neck, N.Y.71 ......Josh M. Levine ............Syosset, N.Y.88 ......Noah B. Rubin ............Rockville Centre, N.Y.143 ....Samuel Lam ................Old Westbury, N.Y.156 ....Aidan Talcott................Sea Cliff, N.Y.165 ....Brendan Henry ............Massapequa, N.Y.253 ....Vihar Shah ..................New Hyde Park, N.Y.302 ....Kevin A. Katz ..............Woodbury, N.Y.318 ....Ethan Bogard ..............Lido Beach, N.Y.322 ....Ofir Solomon ..............Plainview, N.Y.376 ....Alan S. Pleat ................Roslyn, N.Y.438 ....Alexander Schidlovsky ..Sea Cliff, N.Y.582 ....Conor A. Dauer............Lloyd Harbor, N.Y.776 ....Lamar Remy ................Roslyn, N.Y. 799 ....Brandon T. Stone ........Melville, N.Y.807 ....Austin P. Davidow........Glen Head, N.Y.813 ....Eric P. Bertuglia ..........Dix Hills, 928 ....Daniel R. Grinshteyn....Hewlett, N.Y.977 ....Tyler J. Hoffman ..........Sayville, N.Y.979 ....Douglas Notaris ..........Wantagh, N.Y.984 ....Dylan Hobbs Appel ....Locust Valley, N.Y.

National Boys 18 Singles—Long Island PlayersRank ..Name ..........................City173 ....Bert Vancura................New Hyde Park, N.Y.204 ....Jensen Reiter ..............Syosset, N.Y.213 ....Eric Ambrosio ..............Lloyd Harbor, N.Y.230 ....Shaun Bernstein..........Plainview, N.Y.372 ....Howie J. Weiss ............Great Neck, N.Y.374 ....Jonathan Defrancesch..Manhasset, N.Y.443 ....Alex Tropiano ..............Laurel Hollow, N.Y.538 ....Matthew O. Barry ........Lido Beach, N.Y.543 ....Andrew S. Yaraghi ......Mill Neck, N.Y.576 ....Oliver Loutsenko ........Bellmore, N.Y.583 ....Zachary Morris ............Garden City, N.Y.675 ....Josh M. Levine ............Syosset, N.Y.698 ....Dennis Zlobinsky ........Greenvale, N.Y.758 ....Alexander Friedlich......Great Neck, N.Y.800 ....Eric Rubin ....................Lido Beach, N.Y.836 ....David Greenbaum ......Great Neck, N.Y.842 ....Adam Gottleib ............Great Neck, N.Y.

GIRLSNational Girls 12 Singles—Long Island PlayersRank ..Name ..........................City28 ......Madison Battaglia ......Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y.41 ......Morgan Herrmann ......Garden City, N.Y.140 ....Taylor S. Cosme ..........New Hyde Park, N.Y.159 ....Alexa Graham..............Garden City, N.Y.249 ....Jeannie Lozowski ........Amityville, N.Y.356 ....Esther Chikvashvili ......Syosset, N.Y.377 ....Celeste Mautute ..........Oyster Bay, N.Y.401 ....Claire Handa................Rockville Centre, N.Y.561 ....Jasmine Olivia Abidi ....Glen Head, N.Y.645 ....Courtney Kowalsky ....Oyster Bay, N.Y.648 ....Stephanie Chikvashvili ..Syosset, N.Y.

National Girls 14 Singles—Long Island PlayersRank ..Name ..........................City154 ....Isabella Pascucci ........Oyster Bay, N.Y.189 ....Paulina Tafler ..............Oceanside, N.Y. 193 ....Ola Mally......................Franklin Square, N.Y.319 ....Mia M. Vecchio............Manhasset Hills, N.Y.334 ....Sunaina Vohra ............Glen Head, N.Y. 348 ....Madison Battaglia ......Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y.534 ....Karen A. Serina............Islip Terrace, N.Y.576 ....Claudia M. Ruiz ..........Glen Head, N.Y.686 ....Cameron Leigh Moskol..Wantagh, N.Y.900 ....Shanice Nadia Arthur ..Glen Head, N.Y.968 ....Rachel Gastaldo..........Syosset, N.Y.

National Girls 16 Singles—Long Island PlayersRank ..Name ..........................City35 ......Hannah L. Camhi ........Woodbury, N.Y. 53 ......Julia Elbaba ................Oyster Bay, N.Y.66 ......Katherine Yau ..............Manhasset, N.Y. 119 ....Vivian Cheng ..............Woodbury, N.Y.194 ....Nadia Smergut ............East Hampton, N.Y.215 ....Sophie R. Barnard ......Mill Neck, N.Y. 405 ....Morgan C. Feldman ....Glen Head, N.Y. 624 ....Stephanie Loutsenko ..Bellmore, N.Y. 809 ....Taylor A. Diffley............Hampton Bays, N.Y.840 ....Claudia Li ....................Jericho, N.Y.856 ....Samantha Rosca-Sipot..Malverne, N.Y.

National Girls 18 Singles—Long Island PlayersRank ..Name ..........................City109 ....Julia Elbaba ................Oyster Bay, N.Y.120 ....Shelby Talcott..............Sea Cliff, N.Y. 134 ....Theresa Smith ............Port Washington, N.Y.157 ....Jennifer Kellner............Smithtown, N.Y.211 ....Katherine Yau ..............Manhasset, N.Y.282 ....Jacqueline Raynor ......Garden City, N.Y.418 ....Hannah L. Camhi ........Woodbury, N.Y. 507 ....Samantha L. Elgort......Melville, N.Y.600 ....Olivia Pascucci ............Oyster Bay, N.Y.620 ....Stephanie Loutsenko ..Bellmore, N.Y. 696 ....Jessica Podlofsky ......Port Washington, N.Y.842 ....Samantha B. Gann ......Massapequa, N.Y.954 ....Missy Edelbaum..........Roslyn, N.Y.964 ....Ashley T. Harel ............Roslyn Heights, N.Y.


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NOVEMBER 2010Friday-Sunday, November 5-7L3 Long Beach Eastern UPS ChampionshipLong Beach Tennis Center899 Monroe Boulevard • Long Beach, N.Y.Divisions: Novice BG (10-14)s, RRSurface Type: UnknownEntry Fee: $43.50 per player (deadline forentries is Friday, Oct. 29 at 1:00 p.m.)For more information, call (516) 432-6060.

Friday-Sunday, November 5-7L2R Long Island Regional Sportime Massapequa ChampionshipSportime Massapequa5600 Old Sunrise Highway • Massapequa, N.Y.Divisions: Intermediate: BG (14-18)s, SESurface Type: UnknownEntry Fee: $48.88 per player (deadline forentries is Sunday, Oct. 31 at 8:00 p.m.)For more information, call (516) 799-3550.

Friday-Sunday, November 5-7LBTC Men’s/Women’s NTRP Challenger &Men’s ChampionshipLong Beach Tennis Center899 Monroe Boulevard • Long Beach, N.Y.Divisions: M (40, 50, 60, 70, 80)s; M (40,50, 60, 70)d; NMW (3.0-4.0)sdSurface Type: UnknownEntry Fee: $48.88 per player for singles/$33per player for doubles (deadline for entriesis Tuesday, Nov. 2 at 11:59 p.m.)For more information, call (516) 432-6060.

Friday-Sunday, November 5-7L3 Sportime RoslynSportime RoslynLanding Road, P.O. Box 1 • Roslyn, N.Y.Divisions: Novice: BG (10-16)s, RRSurface Type: Clay IndoorEntry Fee: $43.50 per player (deadline forentries is Friday, Oct. 29 at 1:00 p.m.)For more information, call (516) 484-9222.

Friday-Sunday, November 5-7 & November 12-14L2R Long Island Regional WesthamptonChampionshipWesthampton Beach Tennis & Sport Club86 Depot Road • Westhampton Beach, N.Y.Divisions: Intermediate BG (12-16)s, SESurface Type: UnknownEntry Fee: $43.50 per player (deadline forentries is Friday, Oct. 22 at 1:00 p.m.)For more information, call (631) 288-6060.

Friday-Sunday, November 12-14L2O Long Beach ChampionshipLong Beach Tennis Center899 Monroe Boulevard • Long Beach, N.Y.Divisions: Intermediate: B (10-18)s, SESurface Type: UnknownEntry Fee: $48.88 per player (deadline forentries is Friday, Oct. 29 at 11:00 p.m.)For more information, call (516) 432-6060.

Friday-Sunday, November 12-14L1 Sportime Roslyn ChampionshipSportime RoslynLanding Road, P.O. Box 1 • Roslyn, N.Y.Divisions: Championships: BG (12)s, SESurface Type: Clay IndoorEntry Fee: $45 per player (deadline for en-tries is Friday, Oct. 29 at 1:00 p.m.)For more information, call (516) 484-9222.

Friday-Sunday, November 12-14L2O Sportime Syosset ChampionshipSportime-Syosset75 Haskett DriveSyosset, N.Y.Divisions: Intermediate G (10-18)s, SESurface Type: UnknownEntry Fee: $48.88 per player (deadline forentries is Friday, Oct. 29 at 1:00 p.m.)For more information, call (516) 364-2727.

Friday-Sunday, November 12-14 &November 19-21L1 Sportime Kings Park ChampionshipSportime Kings Park275 Old Indianhead RoadKings Park, N.Y.Divisions: Championships B (14)sd, SESurface Type: UnknownEntry Fee: $48.88 per player for sin-gles/$25.50 per player for doubles (deadlinefor entries is Friday, Oct. 29 at 1:00 p.m.)For more information, call (631) 269-6300.

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Friday-Sunday, November 12-14 &November 19-21L1 Huntington ChampionshipHuntington Indoor Tennis100 Broadway Street • Huntington Station, N.Y.Divisions: Championships: G (14)s, SESurface Type: UnknownEntry Fee: $48.88 per player (deadline forentries is Friday, Oct. 29 at 1:00 p.m.)For more information, call (631) 421-0040.

Friday-Sunday, November 12-14 &Friday-Friday, November 19-26L1 Sportime Bethpage Ron Smyth MemorialChampionshipSportime Tennis Bethpage101 Norcross Avenue • Bethpage, N.Y.Divisions: Championships BG (16)s, SESurface Type: UnknownEntry Fee: Entry Fee: $48.88 per player(deadline for entries is Friday, Oct. 29 at1:00 p.m.)For more information, call (516) 933-8500.

Saturday-Sunday, November 13-14L3 Sportime Massapequa Eastern UPS ChampionshipSportime Massapequa5600 Old Sunrise Highway • Massapequa, N.Y.Divisions: Novice BG (10-18)s, RRSurface Type: UnknownEntry Fee: $40 per player (deadline for en-tries is Monday, Nov. 8 at 1:00 p.m.)For more information, call (516) 799-3550.

Friday-Sunday, November 19-21L3 RWTT at Glenwood Landing Eastern UPS ChampionshipRobbie Wagner Tournament Training Center81 Round Hill Road • Roslyn Heights, N.Y.Divisions: Novice: BG (12-14)s, RRSurface Type: Hard IndoorEntry Fee: $43.50 per player (deadline forentries is Friday, Nov. 12 at 1:00 p.m.)For more information, call (516) 759-0505.

Friday-Sunday, November 19-2110U Roslyn QuickStart ChampionshipSportime RoslynLanding Road, P.O. Box 1Roslyn, N.Y.Divisions: Quick Start BG (10)s, RRSurface Type: Clay IndoorEntry Fee: $28 per player (deadline for en-tries is Monday, Nov. 15 at 1:00 p.m.)For more information, call (516) 484-9222.

Wednesday-Sunday, November 24-28L1B RWTTC Thanksgiving ClassicRobbie Wagner Tournament Training atGlen Cove60 Sea Cliff Avenue • Glen Cove, N.Y.Divisions: Challenger B (10-12, 18)s, SE; G(10-12)s, SESurface Type: UnknownEntry Fee: $48.88 per player (deadline forentries is Wednesday, Nov. 10 at 1:00 p.m.)For more information, call (516) 759-0505.

Friday-Sunday, November 26-2810U & 8U Sportime Syosset QuickStartChampionshipSportime-Syosset75 Haskett Drive • Syosset, N.Y.Divisions: Quick Start BG (8-10)s, RRSurface Type: UnknownEntry Fee: $40 per player (deadline for en-tries is Friday, Nov. 19 at 1:00 p.m.)For more information, call (516) 364-2727.

Friday-Sunday, November 26-28L2R Long Island Regional Sportime Beth-page ChampionshipSportime Tennis Bethpage101 Norcross AvenueBethpage, N.Y.Divisions: Intermediate BG (10-14)s, SESurface Type: UnknownEntry Fee: $48.88 per player (deadline forentries is Friday, Nov. 12 at 1:00 p.m.)For more information, call (516) 933-8500.

Friday-Sunday, November 26-28L20 Long Beach ChampionshipLong Beach Tennis Center899 Monroe BoulevardLong Beach, N.Y.Divisions: Intermediate BG (16-18)s, SESurface Type: UnknownEntry Fee: $48.88 for per player (deadlinefor entries is Friday, Nov. 12 at 1:00 p.m.)For more information, call (516) 432-6060.

Friday-Sunday, November 26-28Huntington ChampionshipHuntington Indoor Tennis100 Broadway StreetHuntington Station, N.Y.Divisions: Ranked: M(Op)sSurface Type: UnknownEntry Fee: $54.25 per player (deadline forentries is Friday, Nov. 19 at 11:59 p.m.)For more information, call (631) 421-0040.

USTA/Long Island Region 2010TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE

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


USTA/Long Island Region 2010TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE

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

DECEMBER 2010Friday-Sunday, December 3-5L3 Sportime Bethpage Eastern UPS ChampionshipSportime Tennis Bethpage101 Norcross Avenue • Bethpage, N.Y.Divisions: Novice BG (10-18)s, RRSurface Type: UnknownEntry Fee: $43.50 per player (deadline forentries is Friday, Nov. 26 at 1:00 p.m.)For more information, call (516) 933-8500.

Friday-Sunday, December 3-5L3 Westhampton Eastern UPS ChampionshipWesthampton Beach Tennis & Sport Club86 Depot RoadWesthampton Beach, N.Y.Divisions: Novice BG (12-16)s, RRSurface Type: UnknownEntry Fee: $43.50 per player (deadline forentries is Friday, Nov. 26 at 1:00 p.m.)For more information, call (631) 288-6060.

Friday-Sunday, December 3-5L2O LBTC ChampionshipsLong Beach Tennis Center899 Monroe BoulevardLong Beach, N.Y.Divisions: Intermediate BG (10-14)s, SESurface Type: UnknownEntry Fee: $48.88 for per player (deadlinefor entries is Tuesday, Nov. 30 at 1:00 p.m.)For more information, call (516) 432-6060.

Friday-Sunday, December 3-5 & December 10-12L1 RWTTC ChampionshipRobbie Wagner Tournament Training Center81 Round Hill RoadRoslyn Heights, N.Y.Divisions: Championships BG (16)s, SESurface Type: UnknownEntry Fee: $45 per player (deadline for en-tries is Monday, Nov. 22 at 1:00 p.m.)For more information, call (516) 759-0505.

Friday-Sunday, December 3-5 & December 10-12L1 Sportime Syosset ChampionshipSportime-Syosset75 Haskett Drive • Syosset, N.Y.Divisions: Championships G (18)s, SESurface Type: UnknownEntry Fee: $45 per player (deadline for en-tries is Friday, Nov. 19 at 1:00 p.m.)For more information, call (516) 364-2727.

Friday-Sunday, December 3-5 & December 10-12L1 Huntington ChampionshipHuntington Indoor Tennis100 Broadway StreetHuntington Station, N.Y.Divisions: Championships G (14)sd, SESurface Type: UnknownEntry Fee: $48.88 per player for sin-gles/$28 per player for doubles (deadlinefor entries is Friday, Nov. 19 at 1:00 p.m.)For more information, call (631) 421-0040.

Friday-Sunday, December 3-5 & December 10-12L1 Sportime Roslyn ChampionshipSportime RoslynLanding Road, P.O. Box 1 • Roslyn, N.Y.Divisions: Championships B (18)s, SESurface Type: Clay IndoorEntry Fee: $48.88 per player (deadline forentries is Saturday, Nov. 20 at 1:00 p.m.)For more information, call (516) 484-9222.

Friday-Sunday, December 10-12L2R Sportime Bethpage ChampionshipSportime Tennis Bethpage101 Norcross Avenue • Bethpage, N.Y.Divisions: Intermediate G (12-14)s, SESurface Type: UnknownEntry Fee: $45 per player (deadline for en-tries is Friday, Nov. 26 at 1:00 p.m.)For more information, call (516) 933-8500.

Friday-Sunday, December 10-12L2O LBTC ChampionshipLong Beach Tennis Center899 Monroe Boulevard • Long Beach, N.Y.Divisions: Intermediate BG (16-18)sd, SESurface Type: UnknownEntry Fee: $45 per player for singles/$25per player for doubles (deadline for entriesis Friday, Nov. 26 at 11:00 p.m.)For more information, call (516) 432-6060.

Friday-Sunday, December 10-12L3 RWTT @ Glenwood Landing ChampionshipRobbie Wagner Tournament Training Center81 Round Hill RoadRoslyn Heights, N.Y.Divisions: Novice BG 12-14)s, RRSurface Type: UnknownEntry Fee: $40 per player (deadline for en-tries is Friday, Dec. 3 at 1:00 p.m.)For more information, call (516) 759-0505.

Friday-Sunday, December 10-12L1B Sportime Massapequa Winter ChallengerSportime Massapequa5600 Old Sunrise HighwayMassapequa, N.Y.Divisions: Challenger B (12-14)s, SESurface Type: UnknownEntry Fee: $45 per player (deadline for en-tries is Friday, Nov. 26 at 1:00 p.m.)For more information, call (516) 799-3550.

Friday-Sunday, December 10-12 &December 17-19L1 Sportime Kings Park ChampionshipSportime Kings Park275 Old Indianhead RoadKings Park, N.Y.Divisions: Championships BG (10)s, SESurface Type: UnknownEntry Fee: $48.88 per player (deadline forentries is Friday, Nov. 26 at 1:00 p.m.)For more information, call (631) 269-6300.

Saturday, December 1110U & 8U QuickStart Sportime RoslynChampionshipSportime RoslynLanding Road, P.O. Box 1 • Roslyn, N.Y.Divisions: Quick Start BG (8-10)s, RRSurface Type: Clay IndoorEntry Fee: $40 per player (deadline for en-tries is Sunday, Nov. 28 at 1:00 p.m.)For more information, call (516) 484-9222.

Friday, December 1710U & 8U Sportime Syosset QuickStartChampionshipSportime-Syosset75 Haskett Drive • Syosset, N.Y.Divisions: Quick Start BG (8-10)s, RRSurface Type: UnknownEntry Fee: $40 per player (deadline for en-tries is Monday, Dec. 13 at 1:00 p.m.)For more information, call (516) 364-2727.

Friday-Sunday, December 17-19 &Friday-Wednesday, December 24-29L1B Sportime Bethpage ChallengerSportime Tennis Bethpage101 Norcross Avenue • Bethpage, N.Y.Divisions: Challenger BG (10-14)s, SESurface Type: UnknownEntry Fee: $48.88 per player (deadline forentries is Friday, Dec. 3 at 1:00 p.m.)For more information, call (516) 933-8500.

Friday-Sunday, December 17-19 &Sunday-Monday, December 26-27L1B World Gym Setauket ChallengerWorld Gym Racquet & Sports Arena384 Mark Tree RoadEast Setauket, N.Y.Divisions: Challenger BG (16-18)s, SESurface Type: Clay IndoorEntry Fee: $45 per player (deadline for en-tries is Friday, Dec. 3 at 1:00 p.m.)For more information, call (631) 751-6100.

Saturday-Thursday, December 25-30L2O Point Set Holiday ChampionshipPoint Set Indoor Racquet3065 New StreetOceanside, N.Y.Divisions: Intermediate BG (10-18)sdSurface Type: UnknownEntry Fee: $48.88 per player (deadline forentries is Saturday, Dec. 11 at 1:00 p.m.)For more information, call (516) 536-2323.

Sunday-Friday, December 26-31L1 Sportime Massapequa ChampionshipSportime Massapequa5600 Old Sunrise HighwayMassapequa, N.Y.Divisions: Championships BG (12, 16)s, SESurface Type: Clay IndoorEntry Fee: $45 per player (deadline for en-tries is Sunday, Dec. 12 at 1:00 p.m.)For more information, call (516) 799-3550.

Monday-Thursday, December 27-30L1 Sportime Syosset ChampionshipSportime-Syosset75 Haskett DriveSyosset, N.Y.Divisions: Challenger BG (14, 18)s, SESurface Type: Hard IndoorEntry Fee: $45 per player (deadline for en-tries is Monday, Dec. 13 at 1:00 p.m.)For more information, call (516) 364-2727.

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Long Island Tennis Magazine - November/December 2010