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USTA National Winter Championships Update; Dragos Ignat Rolls Through USTA Midwest Indoors

The USTA National Winter Championships in Scottsdale are down to the quarterfinals after 13 of the 16 matches in the boys and girls draws finished in straight sets. Virginia commit Matthew Lord is still alive in both the singles and doubles draws as are Trey Hilderbrand and Chelsea Kung with both of the latter still uncommitted. The ones with no year listed are committed for next year. Full draws are available here.Boys Round of 16 (Friday)(17) Trey Hilderbrand (13.15/Uncom ’18) def. (17) Carson Haskins (12.86/Uncom ’18) 6-4, 6-4(6) Ryan Seggerman (13.09/Princeton) def. (9) Ivan Thamma (13.31/UC Davis) 6-4, 6-2(16) Jenson Brooksby...

Marcelo Arevalo & Alejandro Gomez Win Titles at Home; Salisbury/O’Hare Take Columbus

While most of us were feasting on turkey and stuffing last week there were several guys and gals that were out on the pro tour taking care of business. Marcelo Arevalo (Tulsa ’11*) and Alejandro Gomez (Kentucky ’14) won singles titles in their home countries while Aleksandr Nedovyesov (Oklahoma State ’10), Catherine Harrison (UCLA ’16), and Maddie Kobelt (Syracuse ’14) won doubles titles in their backyards.  Arevalo swept both the singles and doubles titles at the $10K El Salvador F2 Futures (Clay) in La Libertad. Arevalo was the top seed in both draws with he and Christopher...

Mike Redlicki Wins the Southern Intercollegiates; Pro Circuit Recap

Arkansas senior Mike Redlicki (14.31) started off his junior season by winning the Georgia Tech Invitational in Atlanta and today he began his senior season by winning the top singles flight at the Southern Intercollegiates in Athens. Redlicki, who was the top seed, won six matches (all in straight sets) over the last four days including today’s 6-4, 6-4 win over the No. 11 seed Oklahoma junior Spencer Papa (14.15). Papa also had a strong week by winning four straight matches over ranked opponents before falling in today’s final. “Mike played a beautiful match against Spencer in the final,” head coach Andy Jackson said. “He beat a...

Connor Smith Wins Again in Israel, Fanselow Too Good in Claremont, McGee Takes Cary, Doubles Success, College ATP Rankings

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...