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Battle in the Bay, Cajun Classic, Southern Intercollegiates, Bedford Cup, & More

Seeds rolled through the opening day of the Battle in the Bay Classic in San Francisco with 7 of the top 8 advancing to the Round of 16. The only seeded loser was Pepperdine’s Pedro Iamachkine who fell to San Francisco’s Johan Jonhagen 7-6, 6-4. 10 of the top 16 seeds moved into the Round of 16 at the Southern Intercollegiates with another seed (Tchoutakian) still having to play his R32 match on Saturday. One of the biggest surprises of the day came in the second round when Florida’s Maxx Lipman took out the No. 10 seed David Biosca of East Tennessee State 6-0, 6-3.Results from a few tournaments are listed below and I also created a Fall...

Cajun Classic is Underway Plus a UTR Breakdown of the Southern Intercollegiates & Furman Fall Invitational

The John Breaux Cajun Classic got underway on Thursday in Lafayette with Texas sophomore Colin Markes picking up where he left off last weekend in Midland. Markes won six matches in three days in route to winning the Racquet Club Invitational and today he won another two matches with the second coming over the No. 7 seed Oklahoma State’s Arjun Kadhe. Markes will meet Texas Tech sophomore Bjorn Thomson in the quarterfinals after Thomson picked up a nice 4-6, 6-4, 6-2 win over the No. 2 seed and defending champion LSU’s Jordan Daigle. Full results from today are listed below.Round of 32 [1] William Bushamuka (Kentucky) def. Jamie Fraser (Louisiana)...

Coaching Updates & Upcoming Fall Tournaments with Draws

The fall season is underway and most coaching openings have been filled some with new hires and some with interims. Mike Edles announced his retirement at UC Irvine on September 1st and it was announced yesterday that assistant coach Elizabeth Ferris had been elevated to interim women’s coach for the upcoming season. Ferris, who played at Utah from 2004 to 2008, had been the Edles assistant for the last three seasons.UC Irvine Names Elizabeth Ferris Interim Women’s Tennis Coach https://t.co/1Lmg68iTY0— Bobby Knight (@College10s2day) September 20, 2016 Northern Arizona men’s head coach Ki Kroll was named the interim women’s coach...

Connor Smith Wins Again in Israel, Fanselow Too Good in Claremont, McGee Takes Cary, Doubles Success, College ATP Rankings

Connor Smith (Ohio State ’13) swept both the singles and doubles titles at the Israel F12 Futures in Ashkelon. Smith crushed #600 Neil Pauffley 6-1, 6-0 in the singles final and then he and Danny Thomas defeated Nate Lammons (SMU ’16) and Dane Webb (Oklahoma ’15) 6-0, 7-6(3) to win the doubles title. Smith also won both the singles and doubles title the previous week in Israel so that means he now has a 10-match winning streak in singles and an 8-match winning streak in doubles. The singles title was Smith’s second of the year, six of his career, while the doubles title was his 11th and third with Thomas.Sebastian Fanselow (Pepperdine...