by Bobby Knight | Apr 25, 2015 | Blog
Another action packed day of college tennis is in the books and it was the ACC giving us the 2 best matches of the day as Georgia Tech and North Carolina both pulled out 4-3 thrillers. I’m big fan of the schools that take the time to put an audio or video interview out on twitter shortly after the match finished. TCU has done a great job all year getting a 30-second interview with David Roditi out on twitter and the last few days Georgia Tech has done the same with Kenny Thorne. It’s always better to hear the comments from someone as opposed to reading them. I’m also a fan of school’s posting video clips of match...
by Bobby Knight | Apr 24, 2015 | Blog
Most of the conference tournaments have reached the quarterfinals so its time for the rubber to hit the road as the higher seeds start to face a little heat. Below I’ll take a look at the matches in the ACC, Big 12, Pac 12, and Big 10. I’m not seeing any upsets in these 4 conferences although the match between Georgia Tech and Virginia Tech could be very, very close. The Mountain West Network has wall-to-wall coverage of every match on both the men’s and women’s side and I must say that I’ve been very impressed with the production they’ve put out so far. If you haven’t checked it out yet make sure you do...
by Bobby Knight | Apr 13, 2015 | Blog
Just when we thought the weekend couldn’t get any crazier #23 Texas Tech pulled off a 4-3 stunning upset over seemingly unstoppable #1 Oklahoma. Texas Tech was just 7-9 in doubles coming in but they managed to take the point over Oklahoma by winning 6-3 at #3 doubles and 7-6(6) at #1. Oklahoma was 12-10 in doubles coming in but time and time again they overcame the early deficit to come back and win – not today. (TT’s live scoring & recap showed Nick Papac with Spencer Papa at #3 dubs but it was Florin Bragusi who partnered with Papa).Oklahoma would take the opening set at 1, 2, 4, and 6 singles while Texas Tech took the...
by Bobby Knight | Apr 12, 2015 | Blog
It’s been a great weekend of tennis so let’s see if North Carolina and Wake Forest can finish it off in style. #16 North Carolina (17-8) at #13 Wake Forest (15-6) – 2pm est – UNC is coming off a big 5-2 win over Duke while Wake Forest streamrolled Miami 7-0. UNC continues to be hampered by injuries with both Esben Hess-Olesen (13.48) and Oystein Steiro (13.47) likely to miss their final regular season match in the powder blue. If neither Hess-Olesen or Steiro can play doubles I’m not sure who UNC will put out though Brayden Schnur should be more than capable even though he hasn’t played doubles since returning...
by Bobby Knight | Apr 10, 2015 | Blog
North Carolina won the big match of the day as they knocked off cross town rival #6 Duke 4-2. The Tar Heels started off by taking the doubles point as its #3 team of Esben Hess-Olesen and Andrew Gores provided the clincher winning 8-5. The senior duo had never played an official doubles match before today but were thrown together after fellow senior Oystein Steiro had to sit out with an injury. Duke quickly tied the match at 1 with Chris Mengel picking up a win when Esben Hess-Olesen was retired with an injury when trailing 5-2 in the 1st. Just a few minutes later UNC would retake the lead when Robert Kelly laid out TJ Pura 6-0, 6-1 at #6...
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