by Bobby Knight | Feb 5, 2016 | Blog
Going into last night’s match Memphis had dropped 14 of its last 15 against Vanderbilt with its last win over Vandy coming back in 2012. Now they can say they’ve taken split the last four meetings after coming away with a 5-2 win on Thursday night.Memphis took the doubles point with wins at #2 and #3 and then took three opening sets in singles with five singles matches in progress at the five court indoor facility. Ryan Peniston was first off the court with a 6-2, 6-2 win at #2 and then Kai Lemke made it 3-0 Tigers with a 6-2, 7-6 win at #4. Vandy’s Daniel Valent put the Commodores on the board with a 7-6, 6-1 win at #1 but a short while...
by Bobby Knight | Jan 22, 2016 | Blog
There will be 15 men’s regionals taking place this weekend with 2 of the 15 getting started on Friday. I’ll start off by previewing the USC and Illinois Regionals since they both start on Friday and I’ll work my through all 15 of them by Friday evening. Keep checking back for updates since I’ll just be adding on to this post. FYI, the numbers beside the school name are each player’s current Universal Tennis Rating (UTR) as of 1/20/16. USC Regional (Fri/Sat) – Marks Stadium (no live scoring due to construction)#57 UC Davis [4] at #8 USC [1] 4pm est/1pm pst USC Twitter – This will be the dual-match...
by Bobby Knight | Jan 18, 2016 | Blog
The big story of the day took place in the wee hours of the night here in the United States as former Wake Forest Demon Deacon #328 Noah Rubin (UTR 15.01) stunned #18 Benoit Paire (UTR 15.39) in 3 tiebreak sets in the opening round of the 2016 Australian Open. I’ll be the first to admit I was sound asleep when the match took place but when my 3-year came barreling into our room at 6am one of the first things I did was pull up Twitter and that’s when I saw the good news. I’ll let these Twitter posts from Parsa, Martin Blackman, Josh Meiseles, Noah Rubin, and the Australian Open tell you the story19-yo Noah Rubin earns his 1st tour-level win,...
by Bobby Knight | Jan 11, 2016 | Blog
The final day of the FGCU Invitational was cut short a little with LSU and Memphis leaving after doubles due to a 6-hour rain delay. Kentucky waited out the delay and played singles with the host Florida Gulf Coast with Kentucky winning 4 of 6 matches. Kentucky ended up the big winner during the 3-day tournament winning 15 of 21 singles matches and 6 of 10 doubles matches. Kentucky’s Jake Stefanik, Gus Benson, and Kevin Lai each went 3-0 in singles while Ryotaro Matsamura went 2-0. Memphis’s Ryan Peniston, Andrew Watson, Kai Lemke each went 2-0 as did LSU’s Gabor Csonka.Sunday Results Singles/DoublesKentucky 4-2/2-0Memphis 0-0/2-1LSU...
by Bobby Knight | Jan 10, 2016 | Blog
Kentucky and Memphis were the big winners on Day 2 of the Florida Gulf Coast Invitational. Kentucky went 9-2 overall including 6-1 in singles with freshman Ryotaro Matsamura rolling for a second day in both singles and doubles. Memphis’s Ryan Peniston knocked off LSU’s #78 Justin Butch in 2 close sets and Memphis freshman Chris Patzanovsky picked up a win over LSU’s Tam Trinh. Sunday wraps up the tournament with each starting dual-match play in the coming weeks. Below the scores are quotes from 3 of the 4 coaches.Saturday Results Singles/DoublesKentucky 6-1/3-1Memphis 5-2/2-1LSU 2-5/1-2FGCU 1-6/1-32-day totalsKentucky 11-4/4-4Memphis...
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