by Bobby Knight | Sep 10, 2016 | Blog
Virginia senior Thai-Son Kwiatkowski will meet recent Georgia graduate Austin Smith on Saturday in the men’s final of the American Collegiate Invitational while it’ll be recent Michigan graduate Ronit Yurovsky taking on the two-time NCAA singles champion and Virginia graduate Danielle Collins in the women’s final. Thai-Son Kwiatkowski needed just 53 minutes to get past Stanford junior Tom Fawcett 6-2, 6-0. Kwiatkowski won 64% of the points on Fawcett’s serve and converted six of seven break points with Fawcett only landing 38% of his first serves. Kwiatkowski won 24 of 31 points in the 22 minute second set. Austin Smith jumped out to a...
by Bobby Knight | Sep 9, 2016 | Blog
Virginia senior and top seed Thai-Son Kwiatkowski advanced to the semifinals at the American Collegiate Invitational after Arkansas senior Mike Redlicki retired down 6-4, 3-0. Kwiatkowski broke Redlicki to go ahead 5-4 in the first and then after serving the set out he broke two more times before Redlicki threw in the towel. Below is a post-match comment from Arkansas head coach Andy Jackson via Arkansas’s website:“It was a great experience for Mike and thanks to the United States Tennis Association for the opportunity,” head coach Andy Jackson said. “Mike played pretty well, but Thai-Son was just much fitter. We know what...
by Bobby Knight | Sep 8, 2016 | Blog
The third annual American Collegiate Invitational begins tomorrow at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center with an eight-person draw in both men’s and women’s singles. The fields are comprised of the top two players in the ATP/WTA rankings (as of July 18) and the top five players in the year-end Intercollegiate Tennis Association singles rankings (excluding those selected by pro ranking), including at least two graduating seniors or players who have turned pro/exhausted their collegiate eligibility. Georgia junior Paul Oosterbaan was originally selected to participate but he had to withdraw due to an injury so Northwestern senior Konrad...
by Bobby Knight | Sep 7, 2016 | Blog
Louisiana Tech Athletics Director Tommy McClelland announced the hiring of Amanda Stone as the Lady Techsters new women’s head coach. Stone comes to Ruston via D2’s Northeastern State (Okla) where she won 81% of her matches as head coach over the past four seasons. Stone graduated from Northeastern State in 2007 and also spent two seasons as an assistant at the University of Rochester prior to becoming coach at Northeastern State. Stone replaces Chad Camper who departed after three seasons to take the women’s head coaching job at Chattanooga.BREAKING | Amanda Stone named new @LATechTen head coach. Welcome to the LA Tech Family!...
by Bobby Knight | Sep 6, 2016 | Blog
Here are Monday’s results from the US Open.US Open Men’s Doubles – Third Round Robert Lindstedt (Pepperdine ’98)/A Qureshi def. [5] Jean-Julien Rojer (UCLA ’02)/H Tecau 6-3, 7-6(4)Quarterfinals Robert Lindstedt (Pepperdine ’98)/A Qureshi vs. [1] P Herbert/N Mahut [3] Bob & Mike Bryan (Stanford ’98) vs. [8] Feliciano Lopez/Marc LopezUS Open Women’s Doubles – Third Round [7] S Mirza/B Strycova def. Nicole Gibbs (Stanford ’13)/Nao Hibino 6-4, 7-5 _______________________________________________________________US Open Mixed Doubles Second Round Robert Farah (USC...
by Bobby Knight | Sep 5, 2016 | Blog
Brayden Schnur won his second career pro singles title on Sunday with a 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 win over Tim van Rijthoven at the $25K Canada F6 Futures in Calgary. Schnur, who turned pro in July after completing his junior year at North Carolina, broke van Rijthoven from 30/40 to go up 5-3 in the first set before serving it out from 40/15 to take the set 6-3. Van Rijthoven broke twice in the second set in route to a 6-3 set but Schnur would come back in the third. Schnur broke from 15/40 to go up 4-2 and he’d serve it out a few games later to close out the match. So pumped to get my second pro title here in Calgary! Thank you to everyone who came out to support...
by Bobby Knight | Sep 4, 2016 | Blog
Been traveling this weekend so just score updates – more to come on Sunday.US Open Men’s Doubles – Second Round (Saturday) Robert Lindstedt (Pepperdine ’98)/A Qureshi def. [10] John Peers (Baylor ’11)/H Kontinen 7-5, 6-7(7), 6-3 [5] Jean-Julien Rojer (UCLA ’02)/Horia Tecau def. Michael Venus (LSU ’09)/Mate Pavic 6-2, 6-2 [4] Jamie Murray/Bruno Soares def. Marcin Matkowski (UCLA ’03)/Jurgen Melzer 6-1, 6-1 Andre Sa/Chris Guccione def. [7] Rajeev Ram (ILL ’03)/R Klaasen 7-6(5), 2-6, 6-3Third Round [5] Jean-Julien Rojer (UCLA ’02)/Horia Tecau vs. Robert Lindstedt (Pepperdine ’98)/A...
by Bobby Knight | Sep 3, 2016 | Blog
Green Bay Athletic Director Mary Ellen Gillespie announced the hiring of Tim Dean as the new men’s and women’s head coach. Dean, who is a 2011 St. Scholastica graduate, replaces Daniel Bickett who left after one season to take a volunteer assistant position at Wisconsin. Dean doesn’t have any collegiate head coaching experience though he was recently the Head Tennis Pro at Oneida Country Club in Green Bay. The United State Tennis Association (USTA) announced that it will be increasing its support of college tennis through wild cards into pro tournaments along with basing its MatchDay series at the USTA National Campus in Orlando. Stephen...
by Bobby Knight | Sep 2, 2016 | Blog
Brown Director of Athletics Jack Hayes announced the hiring of Tim Gray as the Bears new men’s head coach. Gray most recently served as a consultant at Donovan Sports Strategies with his last head coaching job coming at Bradley during the 2013-14 season. Bradley went 3-19 in that one season and dropped the program a few months after the season. Gray also spent six years as the women’s coach at Auburn, three years as the women’s coach at Eastern Michigan, along with a few other stops at the D3 level. Gray replaces Bryan Koniecko who went 24-26 (.480) in two seasons before leaving to become the women’s head coach at Central Florida.Brown...
by Bobby Knight | Sep 1, 2016 | Blog
The US Open continued today with both John Isner (Georgia ’07) and Kevin Anderson (Illinois ’07) moving on to the third round while Stanford commit CiCi Bellis beat her second top 100 opponent to move into the third round.Men’s First Round (Monday) #21 [20] John Isner (Georgia ’07) def. #125 [WC] Frances Tiafoe 3-6, 4-6, 7-6(5), 6-2, 7-6(3) #35 [23] Kevin Anderson (Illinois ’07) def. #86 Yoshihito Nishioka 6-3, 7-5, 6-4 #227 [Q] Jan Satral def. #412 [WC] Mackenzie McDonald (UCLA ’16) 4-6, 3-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-2 #48 Jiri Vesely def. #143 [Q] Saketh Myneni (Alabama ’10) 7-6(5), 4-6, 2-6, 6-2, 7-5Men’s First Round...
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