by Bobby Knight | Dec 3, 2016 | Blog
The singles final is all set in Waco and it’ll be a pair of recent college graduates meeting as Jared Hiltzik squares off against Ryan Shane. Hiltzik (14.57) dropped the opening set 6-1 to recent Tulane graduate Dominik Koepfe (14.31) but the recent Illinois graduate was able to turn the tide in the second and third sets. Hiltzik came back from 0/40 down to hold for 2-1 in the second and fought off another break point to hold for 4-3. Hiltzik then converted his only break point opportunity of the set when he broke Koepfer from 30/40 to go ahead 5-3 and then he served out the set from 40/15 to take it 6-3. In the third set Hiltzik got a huge hold for 3-3...
by Bobby Knight | Dec 2, 2016 | Blog
Three of the four semifinalists in Waco just finished up their college eligibility in May but they felt right at home on Thursday on the indoor courts at Baylor University in the $25K USA F39 Futures. Ryan Shane, who won the 2015 NCAA Singles Championship on these same indoor courts, advanced to his first semifinal since Tallahassee last December after defeating the second seed Tim Van Rijthoven in straight sets. Shane started off the match by fighting off four break points and holding in a seven-deuce game (won’t see that in college tennis) and then followed that up by breaking for an early 2-0 lead. Van Rijthoven came back and took five of the next six...
by Bobby Knight | Dec 1, 2016 | Blog
The $25K USA F39 Futures in Waco finished up the second round on Wednesday with all remaining players in the doubles draw and six of eight in the singles draw having college ties. TCU junior Cameron Norrie, who is the top seed in the singles draw, came back from a set down to defeat Texas freshman Yuya Ito. Next up for Norrie will be recent Tulane graduate Dominik Koepfer after Koepfer defeated Baylor sophomore Juan Benitez in straight sets.Former Illinois teammates Jared Hiltzik and Aleks Vukic will face each other in the quarterfinals after each won on Wednesday. Hiltzik hit nine aces and won 74% of the points on his first serve in a 7-6(5), 6-7(4), 6-2 win...
by Bobby Knight | Nov 30, 2016 | Blog
The $25K USA F39 Futures in Waco is full of players with collegiate ties with 12 of the final 16 having played/currently playing college tennis. Waco First Round:[1] Cameron NORRIE (GBR/TCU Jr) def. Jimmy BENDECK (USA/Baylor Soph) 6-3, 7-5Yuya ITO (JPN/Texas Fr) def. William LITTLE (USA/Baylor R-Soph) 6-3, 4-6, 6-2Juan BENITEZ CHAVARRIAGA (COL/Baylor Soph) def. Gonzales AUSTIN (USA/Vanderbilt ’15) 4-6 6-3 6-2[8] Dominik KOEPFER (GER/Tulane ’16) def. Julian LENZ (GER/Baylor ’16) 6-2 3-6 6-3Jared HILTZIK (USA/Illinois ’16) def. [3] Eric QUIGLEY (USA/Kentucky ’12) 6-4, 6-2Naoki NAKAGAWA (JPN) def. Arthur RINDERKNECH...
by Bobby Knight | Nov 27, 2016 | Blog
While most of us were feasting on turkey and stuffing last week there were several guys and gals that were out on the pro tour taking care of business. Marcelo Arevalo (Tulsa ’11*) and Alejandro Gomez (Kentucky ’14) won singles titles in their home countries while Aleksandr Nedovyesov (Oklahoma State ’10), Catherine Harrison (UCLA ’16), and Maddie Kobelt (Syracuse ’14) won doubles titles in their backyards. Arevalo swept both the singles and doubles titles at the $10K El Salvador F2 Futures (Clay) in La Libertad. Arevalo was the top seed in both draws with he and Christopher...
by Bobby Knight | Nov 22, 2016 | Blog
After putting out the college pro rankings over the last two days its time to get caught up on some news that took place over the last few days. We’ll start with in Knoxville where former Tennessee All-American Alison Ojeda was named as Tennessee’s new women’s head coach. Ojeda, who played at Tennessee from 1998 to 2002, replaces Mike Patrick who stepped down last week after 30 years on the job due to health reasons. Ojeda came back to Rocky Top in June as an assistant coach after spending the last six seasons at Baylor. The Charlottesville Daily Progress reported that Virginia will be building a new 12-court outdoor facility at...
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