by Bobby Knight | Nov 5, 2017 | Blog
The finals are set at the Oracle/ITA National Fall Championships with Mississippi State junior Nuno Borges set to meet Wake Forest junior Petros Chrysochos in the men’s final while Duke senior Samantha Harris and Florida International senior Andrea Lazaro will meet in the women’s final. Nuno Borges rolled through the first set against UCLA senior Martin Redlicki taking it 6-2 but Redlicki turned the tide in the second set and went in front 4-1. Borges fought back and after holding for 2-4 he’d break from 30/40 to put it back on serve at 3-4. Borges held for 4-4 and then broke on the no-ad point after a good angled forehand forced a...
by Bobby Knight | Nov 4, 2017 | Blog
Friday was a busy day at the Oracle/ITA National Fall Championships with two rounds of singles contested and by the time the dust had settled we had our final four. On the men’s side, three of the top five seeds advanced to the semifinals with the top seed Nuno Borges (Miss St) the only one not to drop a set. Borges will meet UCLA’s Martin Redlicki after the Bruin senior won a pair of three setters. Redlicki came back from a set down to defeat Tennessee’s Timo Stodder in the Round of 16 and then in the quarterfinals against Wake’s Skander Mansouri he squandered four match points at *5-4 (40/0) in the third but he still managed to pull...
by Bobby Knight | Nov 3, 2017 | Blog
The second day of the Oracle/ITA National Fall Championships saw 14 of 16 men’s matches finish in straight sets with 10 of the original 16 seeds advancing to Friday’s Round of 16. The top seed Mississippi State’s Nuno Borges rolled to a 6-3, 6-1 win over Kentucky’s Ryo Matsumura while the No. 2 seed USC’s Brandon Holt was upset by Florida State’s Lucas Poullain 6-3, 6-4. Texas A&M’s Jordi Arconada won the quickest match of the day after his opponent Alexis Galarneau retired early in the first set due to illness. Virginia’s Aswin Lizen accounted for the other upset with a 6-0, 6-2 thrashing of Baylor’s...
by Bobby Knight | Nov 2, 2017 | Blog
The opening day of the Oracle/ITA National Fall Championships saw most of the top seeds pull through however there were a couple of big upsets on the women’s side. Oklahoma State senior Vladica Babic (11.27) rolled the top seed Florida senior Anna Danilina (12.10) 6-3, 6-1 while Ole Miss senior Arianne Hartono (11.53) came back from a set down to defeat the No. 3 seed Cal senior Karla Popovic (11.86) 3-6, 6-4, 6-1. The No. 2 and No. 4 seeds also got all they wanted with Pepperdine sophomore Ashley Lahey (11.92) holding off Purdue junior Silvia Ambrosio (10.70) 7-6(4), 1-6, 6-3 while UCLA sophomore Ena Shibahara (11.82) edged TCU...
by Bobby Knight | Nov 1, 2017 | Blog
The final major event of the fall, the Oracle/ITA National Fall Championships, kicks off on Wednesday morning at the JW Marriott and Indian Wells Tennis Garden in sunny California. Mississippi State junior Nuno Borges is the top seed in the men’s singles draw while Florida senior Anna Danilina is the top seed in the women’s singles draw. The top seeds in the doubles draws are Florida’s Johannes Ingildsen and Alfredo Perez and Duke’s Ellyse Hamlin and Kaitlyn McCarthy. There will be one round of singles played on Wednesday and one on Thursday and then on Friday they’ll be two rounds. The semifinals will be held on...
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