by Bobby Knight | Dec 1, 2016 | Blog
The $25K USA F39 Futures in Waco finished up the second round on Wednesday with all remaining players in the doubles draw and six of eight in the singles draw having college ties. TCU junior Cameron Norrie, who is the top seed in the singles draw, came back from a set down to defeat Texas freshman Yuya Ito. Next up for Norrie will be recent Tulane graduate Dominik Koepfer after Koepfer defeated Baylor sophomore Juan Benitez in straight sets.Former Illinois teammates Jared Hiltzik and Aleks Vukic will face each other in the quarterfinals after each won on Wednesday. Hiltzik hit nine aces and won 74% of the points on his first serve in a 7-6(5), 6-7(4), 6-2 win...
by Bobby Knight | Nov 30, 2016 | Blog
The $25K USA F39 Futures in Waco is full of players with collegiate ties with 12 of the final 16 having played/currently playing college tennis. Waco First Round:[1] Cameron NORRIE (GBR/TCU Jr) def. Jimmy BENDECK (USA/Baylor Soph) 6-3, 7-5Yuya ITO (JPN/Texas Fr) def. William LITTLE (USA/Baylor R-Soph) 6-3, 4-6, 6-2Juan BENITEZ CHAVARRIAGA (COL/Baylor Soph) def. Gonzales AUSTIN (USA/Vanderbilt ’15) 4-6 6-3 6-2[8] Dominik KOEPFER (GER/Tulane ’16) def. Julian LENZ (GER/Baylor ’16) 6-2 3-6 6-3Jared HILTZIK (USA/Illinois ’16) def. [3] Eric QUIGLEY (USA/Kentucky ’12) 6-4, 6-2Naoki NAKAGAWA (JPN) def. Arthur RINDERKNECH...
by Bobby Knight | Nov 27, 2016 | Blog
While most of us were feasting on turkey and stuffing last week there were several guys and gals that were out on the pro tour taking care of business. Marcelo Arevalo (Tulsa ’11*) and Alejandro Gomez (Kentucky ’14) won singles titles in their home countries while Aleksandr Nedovyesov (Oklahoma State ’10), Catherine Harrison (UCLA ’16), and Maddie Kobelt (Syracuse ’14) won doubles titles in their backyards. Arevalo swept both the singles and doubles titles at the $10K El Salvador F2 Futures (Clay) in La Libertad. Arevalo was the top seed in both draws with he and Christopher...
by Bobby Knight | Nov 22, 2016 | Blog
After putting out the college pro rankings over the last two days its time to get caught up on some news that took place over the last few days. We’ll start with in Knoxville where former Tennessee All-American Alison Ojeda was named as Tennessee’s new women’s head coach. Ojeda, who played at Tennessee from 1998 to 2002, replaces Mike Patrick who stepped down last week after 30 years on the job due to health reasons. Ojeda came back to Rocky Top in June as an assistant coach after spending the last six seasons at Baylor. The Charlottesville Daily Progress reported that Virginia will be building a new 12-court outdoor facility at...
by Bobby Knight | Nov 22, 2016 | Blog
I’ve done the College ATP Singles Rankings on several occasions throughout the year but I hadn’t got around to breaking down the doubles rankings until now. For many former college players their best chance at success on the pro tour comes not on the singles side but the doubles side. As proof of this statement you need to look no further than numbers; there are 3 players with college ties in the ATP Doubles Top 10 and 25 with college ties in the top 100. In the most recent singles rankings there were 0 players with college ties in the top 10 and just 3 in the Top 100. Of course the one thing that can’t be overlooked is the difference in...
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