by Bobby Knight | Jul 11, 2016 | Blog
Sunday capped off a terrific week for Georgia rising junior Ellen Perez as the Australia native won a total of 12 matches in route to sweeping both the singles and doubles titles at the ITF $10K in Brussels, Belgium. Since Perez entered the week unranked she had to play singles qualies and after winning all three of those matches in straight sets she mowed down the competition in the main draw. Perez didn’t drop more than 5 games in any main draw match which included today’s championship match against #673 Kimberley Zimmermann.Ellen Perez (Emily Selby Photography)Perez broke Zimmermann from 30/40 to go up 3-1 in the opening set but Zimmermann broke...
by Bobby Knight | Jul 10, 2016 | Blog
$106.5K Braunschweig, Germany Challenger (Clay) – James Cerretani (Brown ’04) and Phillip Oswald won a Challenger for the second week in a row with a 4-6, 7-6(5), 1-0 (2) win over Mateusz Kowalczyk and Antonio Sancic. Kowalczyk and Sancic served for the match twice but Cerretani and Oswald broke both times to force a second set tiebreak. Cerretani and Oswald went down an early mini-break but quickly regained the upper-hand and took both the second set and third set supertiebreak to win it all. It was Cerretani’s fourth title this year and 26th overall.$50K Winnetka, Illinois, USA Challenger (Hard) – JP...
by Bobby Knight | Jul 9, 2016 | Blog
Friday was a pretty slow news day so I’ll mainly just have a pro circuit roundup today.$42.5K Bastad, Sweden, Challenger (Clay) – Virginia commit Carl Soderlund had a great week but his run came to an end today after falling to #115 Roberto Carballes Baena 6-4, 6-0. Soderlund entered the week ranked 611 but should rise inside the top 480 with the semifinal showing.Johan Brunstrom (SMU ’03) and Andreas Siljestrom (Middle Tennessee State ’07) moved into the finals in Bastad after defeating Thomas Fabbiano and Jurgen Zopp 6-4, 3-6, 1-0(7). Brunstrom and Siljestrom will be seeking their fourth doubles title this year when...
by Bobby Knight | Jul 8, 2016 | Blog
Treat Huey (Virginia ’08) and his doubles partner Max Mirnyi made it to the doubles semifinals at Wimbledon but they came up just short falling 6-4, 3-6, 6-7(3), 6-4, 6-4 to the top seeded team of Nicolas Mahut and Pierre-Hugues Herbert. Huey and Mirnyi got broke while serving at 4-4 in both the fourth and fifth sets.Rajeev Ram (Illinois ’03) and Raven Klaasen also saw their run at Wimbledon come to an end after falling to Julien Benneteau and Edouard Roger-Vasselin 7-5, 6-4, 5-7, 7-6(5).Texas Tech head coach Brett Masi announced the hiring of Jordan Szabo as his new assistant coach. Szabo played at Texas A&M from 2012 to 2015 and served as a...
by Bobby Knight | Jul 7, 2016 | Blog
Two more head coaching openings were filled today while another one opened up.George Washington Athletic Director Patrick Nero announced that Torrie Browning has been named as the new women’s head coach. Browning served as the interim head coach of both the women’s and men’s programs for the majority of last season after Greg Munoz resigned five matches into the season. Browning guided the men’s team to an Atlantic 10 Championship and a NCAA Tournament berth while the women’s team finished 8-15 and lost in the semifinals of the conference tournament. As a side note I just noticed that Munoz is now a tennis coach and personal...
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