by Bobby Knight | Jun 29, 2016 | Blog
College Tennis Today’s mission is to help promote and grow the sport of college tennis.The primary focus of the blog will be the men’s game but I will try to highlight some of the top women’s programs as well from time to time. The biggest reason I’m doing the blog is because there just aren’t that many places out there to find information about college tennis. I know there is a passionate fan base out there that is thirsting for more information so hopefully I’ll help quench that thirst as much as I can.The more interest and excitement in College Tennis the better because with more and more men’s programs getting...
by Bobby Knight | Jun 29, 2016 | Blog
Who says you can’t come home again – certainly not Danielle McNamara after she named as the new head coach at Yale. McNamara was the head coach at Yale from 2006 to 2014 before leaving for personal reasons and then ending up at Texas. She spent one year at Texas, going 10-11 and finished ranked #37, but missed out on the NCAAs due to the dreaded .500 rule. Shortly after the season she resigned to go back to Connecticut to start Little Rockets Tennis. Her resignation at Texas was partly and possibly largely due to the lack of a facility and the penny pinching that was going on under now former Athletic Director Steve Patterson. For full...
by Bobby Knight | Jun 27, 2016 | Blog
All 15 sectionals of the US Open National Playoff have been completed so now those winners will meet in another tournament to determine who gets wild cards into the 2016 US Open. The tournament will take place in New Haven, Connecticut during the WTA’s Connecticut Open from August 19-27. Each draw will have 16 entries so that means at least one sectional runner-up will make it in.The Men’s and Women’s Singles Championships will take place August 19-22 with the winners earning wild cards into the US Open Qualifying Tournament. Below are the 15 men’s sectional winners sorted by Universal Tennis Rating (UTR). Jesse Witten, Martin Joyce,...
by Bobby Knight | Jun 27, 2016 | Blog
It was a tremendous week on the pro tour with four guys winning singles titles and another nine winning doubles titles. If you forgot to check out my Saturday recap may sure you give that a read to see how Steve Johnson, Benjamin Lock, and Roberto Cid won singles titles and Nate Lammons and Dane Webb won doubles titles.$25K Tulsa, OK, USA F21 (Hard) – TCU rising junior Cameron Norrie won his second career Futures singles title with a quick 53-minute win over Ryan Haviland (Stanford ’02). Haviland held in a three-deuce game to start the match but Norrie won the next nine games to take an insurmountable 6-1, 3-0 lead. Haviland held from 40/30 to...
by Bobby Knight | Jun 26, 2016 | Blog
Saturday was a great day for former collegians with Steve Johnson, Benjamin Lock, and Roberto Cid each winning pro singles titles.ATP 250 Nottingham, Great Britain (Grass) – Steve Johnson (USC ’12) won his first-ever ATP level singles title after knocking off #25 Pablo Cuevas in straight sets. There were no breaks of serve in the opening set but Cuevas got the first mini-break in tiebreak and led 3-1. Johnson took the next four points to go up 5-3 and would end up taking the tiebreak 7-5. Johnson opened up a 4-2 lead in the second set but Cuevas fought off a break point to hold in a two-deuce game, broke from 30/40, and then held at...
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