by Bobby Knight | Nov 6, 2017 | Blog
Mississippi State junior Nuno Borges finished off a dominating week in California by winning the men’s singles title at the Oracle/ITA National Fall Championships. Borges hadn’t dropped a set all week entering Sunday’s final against Wake Forest junior Petros Chrysochos and that wouldn’t change in the 1 hour and 10 minute match. Borges faced an early break point on his 1-1 service game but he managed to hold on the no-ad point when Chrysochos missed a forehand wide. Borges had three break points on Chrysochos’s 2-3 service game but the Wake junior fought them off to hold for 3-3. Borges had a pair of set points on...
by Bobby Knight | Nov 5, 2017 | Blog
The finals are set at the Oracle/ITA National Fall Championships with Mississippi State junior Nuno Borges set to meet Wake Forest junior Petros Chrysochos in the men’s final while Duke senior Samantha Harris and Florida International senior Andrea Lazaro will meet in the women’s final. Nuno Borges rolled through the first set against UCLA senior Martin Redlicki taking it 6-2 but Redlicki turned the tide in the second set and went in front 4-1. Borges fought back and after holding for 2-4 he’d break from 30/40 to put it back on serve at 3-4. Borges held for 4-4 and then broke on the no-ad point after a good angled forehand forced a...
by Bobby Knight | Nov 4, 2017 | Blog
Friday was a busy day at the Oracle/ITA National Fall Championships with two rounds of singles contested and by the time the dust had settled we had our final four. On the men’s side, three of the top five seeds advanced to the semifinals with the top seed Nuno Borges (Miss St) the only one not to drop a set. Borges will meet UCLA’s Martin Redlicki after the Bruin senior won a pair of three setters. Redlicki came back from a set down to defeat Tennessee’s Timo Stodder in the Round of 16 and then in the quarterfinals against Wake’s Skander Mansouri he squandered four match points at *5-4 (40/0) in the third but he still managed to pull...
by Bobby Knight | Nov 3, 2017 | Blog
The second day of the Oracle/ITA National Fall Championships saw 14 of 16 men’s matches finish in straight sets with 10 of the original 16 seeds advancing to Friday’s Round of 16. The top seed Mississippi State’s Nuno Borges rolled to a 6-3, 6-1 win over Kentucky’s Ryo Matsumura while the No. 2 seed USC’s Brandon Holt was upset by Florida State’s Lucas Poullain 6-3, 6-4. Texas A&M’s Jordi Arconada won the quickest match of the day after his opponent Alexis Galarneau retired early in the first set due to illness. Virginia’s Aswin Lizen accounted for the other upset with a 6-0, 6-2 thrashing of Baylor’s...
by Bobby Knight | Nov 2, 2017 | Blog
The opening day of the Oracle/ITA National Fall Championships saw most of the top seeds pull through however there were a couple of big upsets on the women’s side. Oklahoma State senior Vladica Babic (11.27) rolled the top seed Florida senior Anna Danilina (12.10) 6-3, 6-1 while Ole Miss senior Arianne Hartono (11.53) came back from a set down to defeat the No. 3 seed Cal senior Karla Popovic (11.86) 3-6, 6-4, 6-1. The No. 2 and No. 4 seeds also got all they wanted with Pepperdine sophomore Ashley Lahey (11.92) holding off Purdue junior Silvia Ambrosio (10.70) 7-6(4), 1-6, 6-3 while UCLA sophomore Ena Shibahara (11.82) edged TCU...
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