by Bobby Knight | May 28, 2017 | Blog
Virginia senior Thai-Son Kwiatkowski won the only men’s quarterfinal match that went three sets while North Carolina freshman William Blumberg won his 24th match in a row with a straight set win over UNF’s Jack Findel-Hawkins. Full day 4 results are listed below with the seeded players in bold. Quotes from each of the winners along with brackets are available at this link. Blumberg holds at love to d. Findel-Hawkins 6-4, 6-4; Blumberg is UNC’s first NCAA Singles Semifinalist in history #NCAATennis pic.twitter.com/0Skv1BKrm5— UNC Men’s Tennis (@carolinatennis) May 27, 2017 Men’s Quarterfinals#14 [9-16]...
by Bobby Knight | May 27, 2017 | Blog
Virginia senior Thai-Son Kwiatkowski took out the men’s top seed Ohio State’s Mikael Torpegaard in straight sets which set up an All-ACC quarterfinal against Georgia Tech’s Christopher Eubanks. Eubanks won the most lopsided match of the day with a 6-3, 6-0 win over Texas freshman Yuya Ito. North Carolina’s William Blumberg is the only freshman left in the draw after he won his 23rd match in a row with a three sets win over Florida’s Alfredo Perez. Blumberg will face North Florida’s Jack Findel-Hawkins in the quarterfinals after the senior ousted Wake Forest freshman Borna Gojo in three sets.Oklahoma senior Alex Ghilea pulled...
by Bobby Knight | May 26, 2017 | Blog
Most of the heavy hitters are still alive in the men’s draw with 11 of the 12 remaining seeds advancing to the round of 16. Texas freshman Yuya Ito scored the biggest upset of the day by defeating No. 10 Mike Redlicki (Arkansas) 2-6, 6-3, 7-5. North Florida’s Jack Findel-Hawkins is the lowest ranked player remaining after he came back from a set down to defeat South Florida’s Sasha Gozun 0-6, 6-2, 6-4. There are three freshman left with North Carolina’s William Blumberg and Wake Forest’s Borna Gojo joining Yuya Ito. Full day 2 results are listed below with the seeded players in bold. Quotes from a few of the men’s...
by Bobby Knight | May 25, 2017 | Blog
Just one day after winning the program’s third straight NCAA National Championship Athletic Director Craig Littlepage named former UVA associate head coach Andres Pedroso as the Cavaliers’ new men’s head coach and director of tennis. Pedroso, who served under the departing Brian Boland from 2010 to 2014, was a national coach for USTA Player Development prior to coming to Charlottesville and then after leaving in 2014 he began coaching privately in South Florida. Pedroso will also be responsible for hiring a new women’s coach to replace Mark Guilbeau who stepped down on May 5. Below are some quotes from Virginia’s release which is...
by Bobby Knight | May 24, 2017 | Blog
The University of Florida began the year ranked No. 1 and they will finish No. 1 after winning the NCAA National Championship on Tuesday night with a 4-1 win over Stanford. The match was originally scheduled to start at 5 p.m. eastern but due to more rain the starting time was pushed back until 8 p.m. eastern. Fortunately it stopped raining shortly after 4 p.m. so by 8 p.m. the outdoor courts were dry which meant we didn’t have to suffer through another indoor final. Florida and Stanford were meeting in the NCAA Championship Final for the 10th time with Stanford holding a 6-3 edge coming into this match. Florida and Stanford had met during the...
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