by Bobby Knight | Jul 19, 2017 | Blog
If you are looking to help out recent college graduates as they embark on their pro tennis journey then here are some links of players that are looking for assistance. If you know of more let me know and I’ll gladly add them. Nick Bybel (Bucknell)Jeffrey Schorsch/Charlie Emhardt (Valpo)Alex Lawson (Notre Dame)
by Bobby Knight | Jul 17, 2017 | Blog
There were no ITF pro circuit events in the United States this week but players with college ties still had plenty of success across the globe. University of Miami (FL) rising senior Sinead Lohan won her second career singles title after defeating Alicia Barnett (Northwestern ’16) in the final of the ITF $15K in Cantanhede, Portugal. Lohan jumped out to a 5-0 lead in the first set and took it 6-2 but Barnett came back in the second and after going up 3-0 she took the set 6-4. Lohan bounced back in the third set and opened up a 5-0 lead. Barnett broke Lohan from 15/40 to get on the board but Lohan broke back in a one-deuce game to close it out 6-2, 4-6,...
by Bobby Knight | Jul 15, 2017 | Blog
Hayley Carter accomplished just about everything there was to accomplish in her four years at North Carolina but instead of continuing her playing career on the pro tour she has decided to start her coaching career. Oklahoma State women’s head coach Chris Young announced on Thursday that Carter will become the Cowgirls new women’s assistant coach replacing Matt Manasse who left to take the same position at Duke. Below are some quotes from OSU’s release:”I am excited to welcome Hayley to the Cowgirl tennis family,” Young said. “I have known Hayley for a while and I value the characteristics she will bring to our program which...
by Bobby Knight | Jul 13, 2017 | Blog
Radford Director of Athletics Robert Lineburg announced the hiring of Ricardo Vargas as the new men’s head coach. Vargas comes to Radford after spending the last seven seasons as the men’s and women’s head coach at Auburn University at Montgomery which recently moved up from NAIA to D2. Both of his teams won a lot with the women winning four national titles while the men were runner-ups once. Vargas replaces Mike Anderson who recently retired after 21 years. Below are some quotes from Radford’s release:”We are very excited to have Rolando Vargas as our new men’s tennis head coach. Rolando has had tremendous success at Auburn...
by Bobby Knight | Jul 10, 2017 | Blog
Chuck Merzbacher retired from coaching at the end of April but after two months off he decided to jump back in and last Friday he was named the new men’s head coach at The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. Merzbacher coached the women’s team at his alma mater, Minnesota, for the last five years and prior to that he served as the women’s head coach at Ohio State for 15 years. Merzbacher replaces Carlos Garcia who stepped down after going 154-208 (.425) over the last 16 season. Below are some quotes from UTC’s release:”We are very excited to welcome Coach Merzbacher to the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga,”...
by Bobby Knight | Jul 9, 2017 | Blog
Tristan Meraut had never won a pro title of any kind before this week but the Oklahoma State rising senior managed to win eight matches over the last week to win the singles title at the Germany F6 Futures in Saarlouis. Meraut only dropped nine games in his three qualifying matches then during the main draw he won all five matches in straight sets with no opponent winning more than seven games. In Sunday’s final, Meraut won 75% of the points on his serve and broke his opponent Alexis Gautier three times in a 6-3, 6-4 win. Meraut came into the week with only three career main draw wins and he had never advanced past the second round but the draw...
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