by Bobby Knight | Aug 31, 2016 | Blog
For most of the evening Steve Johnson looked down and out but the 2011 and 2012 NCAA Singles Champion showed some grit and rallied from two sets down to win in five over Russia’s Evgeny Donskoy. Johnson had rocked Donskoy 6-1, 6-1 just a few weeks ago at the Rio Olympics so to see him down 4-6, 1-6, 2-5 (0-40) was surprising to say the least. Johnson fought off four match points in his 2-5 service game, broke from 30/40 to put the match back on serve, and then fought off two more match points on his 5-6 service game before rolling in the tiebreak. Johnson broke midway through the fourth set and then early in the fifth set before pulling out the 4-6, 1-6,...
by Bobby Knight | Aug 23, 2016 | Blog
Steve Johnson (USC ’12) not only became the highest ranked American this week but he also became the highest ranked player with college ties. Johnson moved up two spots to 21 with John Isner (Georgia ’07) staying at 22. Both Kevin Anderson (Illinois ’07) and Benjamin Becker (Baylor ’05) remain in the top 100 though Anderson is defending 250 points this week in Winston-Salem after winning the title last year.TCU’s Cameron Norrie is still the highest current player although he fell seven spots last week from 298 to 305. Norrie only has 30 points to defend the rest of the year with 27 of those coming the first week of October since...
by Bobby Knight | Aug 15, 2016 | Blog
In the past I’ve done the current college player ATP rankings but I thought I’d do an update and also include all college players both past, present, and future. To view the sheet in a separate window click here. There is a tab listed for current/future college players, past college players, and both combined. TCU’s Cameron Norrie is now inside the top 300 after a run to the finals of the Aptos Challenger last weekend while Virginia commit Carl Soderlund is the only other current/future player inside the top 500. John Isner (Georgia ’07), Steve Johnson (USC ’12), and Kevin Anderson (Illinois ’07) are each inside the top...
by Bobby Knight | Aug 3, 2016 | Blog
Florida State head coach Dwayne Hultquist announced the hiring of Ryler DeHeart as the Seminoles new associate head coach. DeHeart played collegiately at Illinois from 2003 to 2006 and then spent the five years afterwards on the pro tour. DeHeart had been the assistant coach under George Husack at Alabama for the last four years so now that means the Crimson Tide are on the market for an assistant. St. Leo Director of Athletics Francis Reidy announced the hiring of Pablo Montana as the Lions new men’s and women’s head coach. Montana, who is a two-time National Coach of the Year, spent the last 12 seasons as the women’s head coach of...
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