Tuesday was a pretty good day for the top 16 seeds with 12 of 16 on the men’s side advancing to the second round while 14 of 16 on the women’s side pulled through.
The biggest men’s upset was Georgia Tech’s Chris Eubanks, the No. 7 seed, going down to Texas A&M’s Shane Vinsant 6-4, 4-6, 6-4.
The biggest women’s upset was Florida’s Brooke Austin, the No. 4 seed, getting beat by Rice’s Katherine Ip who had an ITA ranking of No. 104.
Singles will continue today with second round action while doubles gets started today with first round matches.
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| USF’s Roberto Cid |
The fine folks at The Tennis Recruiting Network have a chart that shows the winning probabilities of each player so I recommend checking it out. They show four men’s players with a greater than 10% chance of winning the tournament – three of them are from the Big Ten. They also have the women’s probabilities you just need to click the tab that says women’s singles – they show four women’s players with a great than 10% chance of winning with the top two from the ACC.
Men’s Notes – Northwestern’s Strong Kirchheimer and Ole Miss’s Stefan Lindmark made the draw after Wichita State’s Tin Ostojic and Mississippi State’s Mate Cutura withdrew due to injury.
Kirchheimer lost in straight sets to Notre Dame’s Quentin Monaghan while Lindmark lost in straight sets to Virginia’s Thai-Son Kwaitkowski.
Men’s Singles First Round
#1 [1] Mikael Torpegaard (Ohio St.) def. #80 David Biosca (ETSU), 6-3, 6-7 (3), 7-5
#29 William Bushamuka (Kentucky) def. #33 Collin Altamirano (Virginia), 6-4, 6-4
#15 [9-16] Tom Fawcett (Stanford) def. #22 Nicolas Alvarez (Duke), 6-2, 6-3
#39 Gustav Hansson (Ole Miss) def. #26 Brayden Schnur (North Carolina), 6-2, 6-2
#52 Shane Vinsant (Texas A&M) def. #7 [7] Christopher Eubanks (Georgia Tech), 6-4, 4-6, 6-4
#16 Jared Hiltzik (Illinois) def. #43 Piotr Lomacki (Miami (FL)), 4-6, 7-6 (2), 6-0
#27 Petros Chrysochos (Wake Forest) def. #12 [9-16] Julian Lenz (Baylor), 7-6 (9), 7-6 (4)
#53 Alfredo Perez (Florida) def. #81 Shawn Hadavi (Columbia), 6-3, 3-6, 6-0
#3 [3] Dominik Koepfer (Tulane) def. #23 Max de Vroome (Southern California), 6-4, 6-4
#38 Martin Redlicki (UCLA) def. #50 Gergely Madarasz (Purdue), 6-2, 7-6 (3)
#9 [9-16] Thai-Son Kwiatkowski (Virginia) def. #59 Stefan Lindmark (Ole Miss), 6-2, 6-2
#32 Wayne Montgomery (Georgia) def. #93 Sam Matheson (Liberty), 6-1, 6-3
#5 [5] Cameron Norrie (TCU) def. #21 Mike Redlicki (Arkansas), 6-2, 6-2
#40 Sam Shropshire (Northwestern) def. #115 Alec Adamson (UC Davis), 7-6 (5), 4-6, 7-5
#47 Dominic Cotrone (South Fla.) def. #10 [9-16] Diego Hidalgo (Florida), 6-2, 6-4
#51 Gabriel Friedrich (South Carolina) def. #30 Florian Lakat (California), 2-6, 6-1, 7-6 (4)
#48 Or Ram-Harel (Tulsa) def. #20 Konrad Zieba (Northwestern), 6-2, 6-4
#14 [9-16] Joao Monteiro (Virginia Tech) def. #41 Nick Crystal (Southern California), 6-4, 6-3
#37 Elliott Orkin (Florida) def. #55 Simon Norenius (North Carolina St.), 7-5, 6-2
#8 [8] Ryan Shane (Virginia) def. #31 Andre Goransson (California), 6-2, 7-6 (0)
#28 Ronnie Schneider (North Carolina) def. #122 Santtu Leskinnen (UNC Wilm), 6-2, 4-6, 6-3
#11 [9-16] Benjamin Lock (Florida St.) def. #36 Daniel Valent (Vanderbilt), 6-2, 6-1
#54 Rishab Agarwal (Miss St.) def. #109 Jack Findel-Hawkins (North Florida), 3-6, 6-4, 7-6 (1)
#4 [4] Aleks Vukic (Illinois) def. #56 Julian Cash (Oklahoma St.), 6-2, 6-4
#24 Alex Rybakov (TCU) def. #45 Hugo Di Feo (Ohio St.), 6-3, 6-2
#13 [9-16] Skander Mansouri (Wake) def. #18 Arthur Rinderknech (Tex A&M), 1-6, 6-4, 3-0 def.
#35 Quentin Monaghan (Notre Dame) def. #57 Strong Kirchheimer (Northwestern), 6-4, 6-0
#6 [6] Mackenzie McDonald (UCLA) def. #42 Ryotaro Matsamura (Kentucky), 6-0, 6-2
#65 Uros Petronijevic (San Diego) def. #44 Jordan Daigle (LSU), 6-7 (2), 6-4, 6-3
#25 Axel Alvarez Llamas (Oklahoma) def. #17 [9-16] Austin Smith (Georgia), 7-5, 3-6, 6-2
#49 Mazen Osama (Alabama) def. #46 Brett Clark (North Carolina), 6-2, 6-2
#2 [2] Roberto Cid (South Fla.) def. #19 Felipe Soares (Texas Tech), 4-6, 6-0, 7-5
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| UNC’s Hayley Carter |
Women’s Notes – LSU’s Jessica Golovin, Wake Forest’s Kimmy Guerin, and Syracuse’s Anna Shkudun made the main draw as alternate after Stanford’s Taylor Davidson, Oklahoma State’s Vladica Babic, and Duke Beatrice Capra pulled out. Davidson pulled out after getting injured (ankle) during the team victory celebration.
Golovin made the most of her opportunity by defeating Fresno State’s Mayar Sherif Ahmed in straight sets while Guerin lost the closest match of the day to Duke’s Kaitlyn McCarthy 7-6(5), 7-6(5), 7-6(7). Shkudun fell in straight sets to the No. 2 seed Danielle Collins.
The only seeded losers were Florida’s Brooke Austin and Miami’s Stephanie Wagner.
Women’s Singles First Round
#1 [1] Hayley Carter (North Carolina) def. #56 Lauren Chypyha (Wisconsin), 6-2, 7-5
#17 Catherine Harrison (UCLA) def. #58 Caroline Dailey (South Carolina), 6-0, 6-3
#12 [9-16] Julia Elbaba (Virginia) def. #29 Aldila Sutjiadi (Kentucky), 6-2, 6-4
#36 Georgiana Patrasc (Mississippi St.) def. #38 Daneika Borthwick (Florida St.), 6-4, 6-0
#5 [5] Ellen Perez (Georgia) def. #43 Kanika Vaidya (Columbia), 6-0, 6-4
#47 Katarina Adamovic (Oklahoma St.) def. #18 Sydney Campbell (Vanderbilt), 2-6, 6-2, 6-4
#11 [9-16] Belinda Woolcock (Florida) def. #52 Maddie Lipp (Northwestern), 7-6 (6), 7-6 (7)
#23 Erin Routliffe (Alabama) def. #54 Lauren Marker (Arizona), 6-3, 2-6, 6-2
#3 [3] Francesca Di Lorenzo (Ohio St.) def. #40 Kourtney Keegan (Florida), 6-0, 7-5
#34 Johnnise Renaud (Georgia Tech) def. #31 Alizee Michaud (Auburn), 6-7 (1), 6-1, 6-2
#10 [9-16] Breaunna Addison (Texas) def. #27 Giuliana Olmos (Southern California), 6-4, 6-0
#26 Joana Eidukonyte (Clemson) def. #107 Alexandria Stiteler (South Ala.), 6-2, 7-5
#8 [8] Sinead Lohan (Miami (FL) def. #19 Brienne Minor (Michigan), 6-3, 6-4
#59 Jessica Golovin (LSU) def. #62 Mayar Sherif Ahmed (Fresno St.), 6-4, 7-6 (4)
#16 [9-16] Klara Fabikova (California) def. #53 Beatriz Machado Santos (Missouri), 6-3, 2-6, 6-3
#35 Desirae Krawczyk (Arizona St.) def. #49 Quinn Gleason (Notre Dame), 6-0, 5-7, 6-4
#99 Elizaveta Nemchinov (William & Mary) def. #48 Andie Daniell (Alabama), 6-4, 7-6 (2)
#14 [9-16] Frances Altick (Vanderbilt) def. #85 Yulia Shupenia (DePaul), 6-3, 6-4
#50 Sadie Hammond (Tennessee) def. #51 Ayan Broomfield (Clemson), 6-2, 5-7, 7-5
#6 [7] Luisa Stefani (Pepperdine) def. #92 Gabriela Porubin (Wichita St.), 7-5, 6-3
#28 Kennedy Shaffer (Georgia) def. #41 Whitney Kay (North Carolina), 6-1, 6-4
#15 [9-16] Ronit Yurovsky (Michigan) def. #22 Joana Vale Costa (LSU), 1-6, 6-4, 6-3
#39 Paige Hourigan (Georgia Tech) def. #20 Andie Dikosavljevic (Auburn), 6-2, 6-0
#104 Katherine Ip (Rice) def. #4 [4] Brooke Austin (Florida), 6-4, 5-7, 6-4
#55 Kaitlyn McCarthy (Duke) def. #64 Kimmy Guerin (Wake Forest), 7-6 (5), 6-7 (5), 7-6 (7)
#13 [9-16] Jasmine Lee (Mississippi St.) def. #102 Maeva Razakasoa (Long Beach St.), 6-2, 6-3
#21 Yuliya Lysa (Arkansas) def. #86 Saana Saarteinen (Tulsa), 6-3, 6-2
#7 [6] Maegan Manasse (California) def. #30 Caroline Brinson (Georgia), 6-3, 6-2
#33 Arianne Hartono (Ole Miss) def. #45 Martina Frantova (North Carolina St.), 6-1, 6-4
#24 Saska Gavrilovska (Texas A&M) def. #9 [9-16] Stephanie Wagner (Miami), 7-6 (8), 6-4
#57 Jessie Aney (North Carolina) def. #32 Astra Sharma (Vanderbilt), 6-3, 6-1
#2 [2] Danielle Collins (Virginia) def. #61 Anna Shkudun (Syracuse), 6-2, 6-0
This was last year's packet – http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/bay/sports/m-tennis/auto_pdf/2014-15/misc_non_event/media-handbook.pdf
Bob do you know anywhere where I can view past NCAA singles brackets?
Uh, because it took ALL SEASON for the ITA rankings to make any sense. And Singles and Doubles rankings are even worse.<br />For half the season there were kids with singles rankings not even playing the Spring season. <br /><br />If ITA Rankings are good, why can no one but Bobby Knight figure out how they work?
If the ITA rankings are so close to the UTR rankings that it is "AMAZING," which I generally agree with, then why should the ITA rankings change their methodology…the ITA rankings, by the end of the year, get it right and do so based on the actual matches played over four months compared to UTR using a year of data and not allowing for teams to be higher or lower based on doubles ability or a key upset or two! Kudos to the ITA for getting it right.
Here here!!
Working towards it but I have currently have another full-time job.
I thought this was his job?
He has a real job too. (I think?)
6 days was enough for me – spent about 80 hours at the tennis center and watched plenty of great tennis but I needed to recharge my batteries.
Bobby why did you leave? For many the individuals tournaments are the real highlight of the season.
no bad idea
I had already left but I was told Rinderknech was DQd for throwing his wristband at the chair after an overrule
Pretty amazing how close ITA final team rankings are to UTR rankings.<br />ITA should completely update their ranking methodology because it is antiquated and inaccurate. ITA should use UTR or at least some component of UTR.
know anything about the reason for Rinderknech's default against mansouri?