by Bobby Knight | Oct 6, 2015 | Blog
The final round of the pre-qualifying draw was completed on Monday and the 16 pre-qualifers had a quick turnaround as they had to play again in the opening round of the qualifying draw. Below are the guys that came through pre-q’s:16 Pre-QualifersDavid Fox (Denver 12.66)Yannick Zuern (North Florida 13.04)Alfredo Perez (Florida 13.63)Jose Salazar (Arkansas 13.77)Maksim Kan (Wake Forest 13.18)[9-16] John Mee (Texas 13.48)[17-32] Sam Matheson (Liberty 12.54)Leopold Gomez Inslinger (UW-Green Bay 12.77)[17-32] Jordi Arconada (Texas A&M 13.59)Cristobal Rivera (Loyola Marymount 12.92)Howard Scott (UW-Green Bay 12.57)Jerry Lopez (TCU 13.78)[9-16] Ricky...
by Bobby Knight | Oct 5, 2015 | Blog
The 266 man pre-qualifying draw is down to the final 32 with 16 matches tomorrow to decide who goes on to the 128 man qualifying draw. It’s interesting to note that only 8 of the 32 seeded players have made it to the final round and only 1 of the top 8 seeds is still alive. If you look the qualifying draw further down you’ll notice there are 19 spots reserved for guys coming from the pre-qualifying draw – 16 of those will be earned with the other 3 going to lucky losers. If the ITA does what the ATP/ITF does and awards the lucky loser spots to the highest ranked losers then that guarantees Michael Riechmann a spot since he is the highest...
by Bobby Knight | Oct 4, 2015 | Blog
Day 1 of the All Americans is in the books with 6 of the top 8 seeds picking up wins on the the opening day of the pre-qualies. Top 8 Seeds1. Rogerio Ribeiro (East Tennessee State) – WON2. Christian Cargill (William & Mary) – WON3. Tito Moreiras (UTSA) – WON4. Gabor Csonka (LSU) – WON5. Michael Riechmann (Texas) – WON6. Jonny Rigby (Southern Illinois) – WON7. Maik Steiner (Western Michigan) – LOST8. Luis Valero (Tennessee) – LOSTITA’s event page (as a reminder no live scoring until the qualifying draw begins.
by Bobby Knight | Oct 3, 2015 | Blog
The massive 266 person pre-qualifying draw for the All Americans is out as play officially gets underway on Saturday morning in Tulsa.There are 20 guys that will meet in the Round of 512 so the road for those guys will be that much harder with each needing to win 5 times to reach the qualifying draw while the other 246 guys will only need to win 4 times to qualify.Here are the top 8 seeds for the pre-q draw:1. Rogerio Ribeiro (East Tennessee State)2. Christian Cargill (William & Mary)3. Tito Moreiras (UTSA)4. Gabor Csonka (LSU)5. Michael Riechmann (Texas)6. Jonny Rigby (Southern Illinois)7. Maik Steiner (Western Michigan)8. Luis Valero...
by Bobby Knight | Oct 1, 2015 | Blog
If you’ve looked at the current list of players that are confirmed for next week’s Saint Francis Health Care ITA All-American Championships you’ll notice that they are a lot of heavy hitters taking a pass on the 1 true Grand Slam of the college tennis season. There isn’t another event all season that has this big of a draw with all the matches held at one site over a 10 day period – just like a Grand Slam yet apparently the appeal isn’t there this year.The preseason #1, #2, #3, #4, #6, #9, #12, and #15 are all skipping the AAs so that means just 7 of the preseason top 15 will be participating. The #1 seed will be Notre...
by Bobby Knight | Sep 30, 2015 | Blog
We’re just a few days away from the beginning of the second major of the year with the pre-qualifying portion of the Saint Francis Health System ITA Men’s All American Championships getting started on Saturday in Tulsa at the Michael D. Case Tennis Center and Union High School. Since so many schools participate in this event there are only a handful of other small tournaments taking place this weekend.Below is the schedule of play for the next week and below that are all the listed participants for the pre-qualifying, qualifying, and main draw. Tentative Schedule of Play: * Please note that tournament play will take place at two...
by Bobby Knight | Sep 28, 2015 | Blog
Lafayette, Louisiana native and LSU junior Jordan Daigle won his hometown Cajun Classic on Sunday by defeating USC junior Nick Crystal 6-3, 1-6, 6-2 in the finals. Daigle defeated Ole Miss’s Grey Hamilton, Oklahoma’s Austin Siegel, USC’s Max De Vroome, and Georgia’s Paul Oosterbaan in route to today’s final with each of those 4 wins coming in straight sets. Crystal was trying to make it 3-0 against LSU players after beating Boris Arias and Justin Butsch but it was not to be Crystal.Quotes from LSU’s recap”It started off really well, Daigle said. “I lost a little bit of focus in the second set but once the...
by Bobby Knight | Sep 28, 2015 | Blog
It was a perfect day on Sunday with our favorite former/current college guys going 4-0 in finals with Dennis Novikov, Sanam Singh, Adrien Puget, and Ryan Shane each winning pro singles titles.Dennis Novikov (UCLA ’13) won his 2nd career Challenger by defeating #116 Ryan Harrison 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 in the finals of the $50K Columbus, Ohio Challenger. It was the second week in a row that Novikov won a Challenger and the second week in a row that he beat Ryan Harrison in the finals. After each of his first 4 sets went to tiebreaks, Novikov didn’t play another the rest of the week. Novikov has now won 8 career singles titles (2 Challenger/6 Futures)...
by Bobby Knight | Sep 27, 2015 | Blog
Florida continued it’s dominance at the Bedford Cup as the Gators filled all 4 semifinal spots in the A draw along a spot in the B draw semis.Arkansas’s 2 newest members, Michael Redlicki (Duke transfer) and Jose Salazar (Oklahoma transfer), each won today in the quarters of the Georgia Tech Invitational with Redlicki taking out South Carolina’s probable #1 Gabriel Freidrich and Salazar beating Auburn’s Joseph Van Dooren. The two Razorbacks will be joined by Tennessee’s Luis Valero and Georgia State’s Jannis Koeke with Valero beating South Carolina’s Alex Fennell (Penn St transfer) and Koeke knocking off UNCW’s...
by Bobby Knight | Sep 26, 2015 | Blog
The 3 seeds in the top singles draw at the Georgia Tech Invitational all went down on Friday while 3 of the 4 semifinal spots at the Cajun Classic in Lafayette are occupied by seeds.Atlanta (GA), UNC-Wilmington’s Santtu Leskinen (13.26) knocked off the #1 seed Kennesaw State’s Simon Pritchard (13.26) 6-3, 6-7(4), 7-6(4); if you’ll notice both players had identical UTRs. Tennessee’s Luis Valero (13.19) defeated the #2 seed Ole Miss’s Ricardo Jorge (12.86) 6-3, 7-6 and South Carolina’s Gabriel Friedrich (13.77) upended the #3 seed Ole Miss’s Gustav Hansson (13.90) in 2 tight sets 7-6, 7-5. Michael Redlicki (14.01)...
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