by Bobby Knight | Sep 24, 2016 | Blog
Seeds rolled through the opening day of the Battle in the Bay Classic in San Francisco with 7 of the top 8 advancing to the Round of 16. The only seeded loser was Pepperdine’s Pedro Iamachkine who fell to San Francisco’s Johan Jonhagen 7-6, 6-4. 10 of the top 16 seeds moved into the Round of 16 at the Southern Intercollegiates with another seed (Tchoutakian) still having to play his R32 match on Saturday. One of the biggest surprises of the day came in the second round when Florida’s Maxx Lipman took out the No. 10 seed David Biosca of East Tennessee State 6-0, 6-3.Results from a few tournaments are listed below and I also created a Fall...
by Bobby Knight | Sep 23, 2016 | Blog
The John Breaux Cajun Classic got underway on Thursday in Lafayette with Texas sophomore Colin Markes picking up where he left off last weekend in Midland. Markes won six matches in three days in route to winning the Racquet Club Invitational and today he won another two matches with the second coming over the No. 7 seed Oklahoma State’s Arjun Kadhe. Markes will meet Texas Tech sophomore Bjorn Thomson in the quarterfinals after Thomson picked up a nice 4-6, 6-4, 6-2 win over the No. 2 seed and defending champion LSU’s Jordan Daigle. Full results from today are listed below.Round of 32 [1] William Bushamuka (Kentucky) def. Jamie Fraser (Louisiana)...
by Bobby Knight | Sep 22, 2016 | Blog
The fall season is underway and most coaching openings have been filled some with new hires and some with interims. Mike Edles announced his retirement at UC Irvine on September 1st and it was announced yesterday that assistant coach Elizabeth Ferris had been elevated to interim women’s coach for the upcoming season. Ferris, who played at Utah from 2004 to 2008, had been the Edles assistant for the last three seasons.UC Irvine Names Elizabeth Ferris Interim Women’s Tennis Coach https://t.co/1Lmg68iTY0— Bobby Knight (@College10s2day) September 20, 2016 Northern Arizona men’s head coach Ki Kroll was named the interim women’s coach...
by Bobby Knight | Sep 20, 2016 | Blog
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by Bobby Knight | Sep 20, 2016 | Blog
Connor Smith (Ohio State ’13) swept both the singles and doubles titles at the Israel F12 Futures in Ashkelon. Smith crushed #600 Neil Pauffley 6-1, 6-0 in the singles final and then he and Danny Thomas defeated Nate Lammons (SMU ’16) and Dane Webb (Oklahoma ’15) 6-0, 7-6(3) to win the doubles title. Smith also won both the singles and doubles title the previous week in Israel so that means he now has a 10-match winning streak in singles and an 8-match winning streak in doubles. The singles title was Smith’s second of the year, six of his career, while the doubles title was his 11th and third with Thomas.Sebastian Fanselow (Pepperdine...
by Bobby Knight | Sep 19, 2016 | Blog
Jimmy Bendeck was the big winner at the Porsche Napa Valley Tennis Classic after the Baylor sophomore went 3-0 in singles action and then won USTA Wildcard Shootout by winning three 10-point supertiebreaks. Bendeck’s shootout win guarantees him a main draw wildcard into a future USTA Challenger event. Bendeck had a solid freshman year in Waco going 17-8 in dual-match play while splitting time between No. 4 and No. 5 singles and it looks like he’s progressing towards another strong season.Jimmy Bendeck with an inside out forehand winner to clinch the Porsche Napa Classic and the Wild Card event. #SicEmpic.twitter.com/GPTUBJHmSi— Michael...
by Bobby Knight | Sep 18, 2016 | Blog
Another round of Davis Cup action is in the books with a handful of former college guys competing along with one current player. Duke junior Nicolas Alvarez clinched Peru’s Davis Cup tie against Venezuela by defeating Jordi Munoz-Abreu 4-6, 6-4, 7-6(2), 6-1. Alvarez’s win means that Peru will be promoted from Group 2 to Group 1 when Davis Cup starts up against next year.Nico’s match point to clinch Davis Cup Group II Finals #duketennis#godukepic.twitter.com/0qbHd3dSfW— Ramsey Smith (@DukeTennis) September 19, 2016 Full results from all ties is available at the Davis Cup Scoreboard.World Group – PlayoffSlovakia at...
by Bobby Knight | Sep 18, 2016 | Blog
Michigan was the top performer on Day 2 at the Hall of Fame/ITA Grass Court Invitational after going 6-2 in singles – here are results broken down by flight. You can watch the final day beginning at 10 a.m. ET via FloTennis at this link (subscription required).ITA Grass Courts – Men’s Singles Results(82) Alex Knight (Michigan) def. Tom Colautti (Princeton), 4-6, 7-6(4), (10-5)Luca Corinteli (Virginia) def. Alex Day (Princeton), 6-4, 6-2Luke Gamble (Princeton) def. Reese Stalder (TCU), 6-3, 7-5Payton Holden (Princeton) def. Kevin Wong (Michigan), 6-4, 7-6(7)Gabe Tishman (Michigan) def. Jonathan Carcione (Princeton), 6-2,...
by Bobby Knight | Sep 17, 2016 | Blog
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by Bobby Knight | Sep 17, 2016 | Blog
The 2016 Davis Cup is starting to wind down with several current and former college guys playing for their respective home countries. Below is a look at who is playing and where and you can follow along with the Davis Cup Scoreboard.World Group – PlayoffSlovakia at Australia (Grass) – Australia won 3-0John Peers (AUS/Baylor ’11)/Sam Groth def. Andrej Martin/Igor Zelenay 6-4, 6-2, 6-7(3), 7-6(2)Chile at Canada (Hard)Adil Shamasdin (CAN/Brown ’05)/Vasek Pospisil vs. Nicolas Jarry/Hans Podlipnik-CastilloKazakhstan at Russia (Hard) Andrey Kuznetsov def. Aleksandr Nedovyesov (KAZ/Oklahoma State ’10) 6-3, 6-4, 5-7,...
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