by Bobby Knight | Nov 22, 2017 | Blog
The USTA announced that the popular College MatchDay series will return to Lake Nona in 2018 with eight matches scheduled between February 3rd and April 15th. The series kicks off with the Florida State and Florida men and women playing simultaneously and then a week later the Georgia and Georgia Tech men will play on February 9. The USTA National Campus drew over 5300 fans a year ago including just under 1800 for Florida State’s upset win over Florida. Last year, College MatchDay cemented itself as the bowl series of college tennis, with marquee matches and elite programs, said USTA Collegiate Tennis Director Stephen Amritraj via the USTA’s...
by Bobby Knight | Mar 21, 2017 | Blog
Last Friday night Mackenzie McDonald and Danielle Collins were selected by a panel of six as the two inaugural winners of the Oracle US Tennis Awards. Both McDonald and Collins, who were the 2016 NCAA singles champions, won a $100,000 grant to help with their transition from college to professional tennis. Collins, who was actually a two-time NCAA singles champion, currently has a career-high WTA ranking of 237 after having no ranking when she graduated from Virginia last May. McDonald, who left UCLA after his junior year, currently has a career-high ATP ranking of 245 after having a ranking of 427 when he officially turned pro. The full release is available...
by Bobby Knight | Oct 4, 2016 | Blog
12 players with collegiate ties won pro titles last week with 10 of those titles coming within the United States. Jarmere Jenkins (Virginia ’13) won his first singles title of the year, seventh of his career, with a 6-1, 7-5 win over #292 Marc Polmans in the final of the $25K Australia F6 Futures in Brisbane. Interesting to note that five of Jenkins’s seven career titles have come in Australia. Here was article on the match from Tennis Australia.Sebastian Fanselow (Pepperdine ’13) won his second singles title in his last three tournaments with a 6-1, 7-6(9) win over #514 Takanyi Garanganga in the finals of the $10K USA F30 Futures in Fountain...
by Bobby Knight | Sep 15, 2016 | Blog
Santa Clara Athletic Director Renee Baumgartner announced the hiring of Niall Angus as the Broncos’ new men’s head coach. Angus, who graduated from Texas A&M in 2013, joined the staff last year as an assistant coach. Angus replaces Derek Mills who retired after nine seasons.Niall Angus has been named our head coach! https://t.co/KZ5jYcJKXHpic.twitter.com/4nEsVvKxIl— SCU Men’s Tennis (@SCUMTennis) September 15, 2016 Stetson Athletic Director Jeff Altier announced that Travis Sandlant had been hired as the Hatters’ new women’s head coach. Sandlant, who is a 2007 East Tennessee State graduate, had...
by Bobby Knight | Sep 11, 2016 | Blog
Virginia’s Thai-Son Kwiatkowski and Danielle Collins gave the Cavaliers a clean sweep on Saturday afternoon at the American Collegiate Invitational in New York City. Kwiatkowski needed just 65 minutes to dispatch Georgia’s Austin Smith 6-2, 6-2 while Collins defeated Michigan’s Ronit Yurovsky 6-2, 6-4 in 1 hour and 21 minutes. Kwiatkowski won a stout 73% of the points on his serve and topped that off by winning 50% of the points on Smith’s serve. Here were some quotes from Thai-Son via Virginia’s recap:”I felt like I was serving well today,” Kwiatkowski said. “I was focusing on having a high first-serve...
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