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Nunez and Doumbia Win Doubles Titles; Kwiatkowski Advances to Singles Final in Puerto Rico

Friday was a great day for Guillermo Nunez (TCU Jr) and Sadio Doumbia (Georgia ’12) as they each won pro doubles titles on opposite ends of the globe. Doumbia won his third career doubles title after he and Fabien Reboul defeated Soon Woo Kwon and Jea Moon Lee in the doubles final of the $10K Thailand F5 Futures in Hua Hin. Doumbia and Reboul earned the only break of the first set when they broke from 30/40 to go ahead 3-1 and they’d eventually take the set 6-3. The second set followed a similar pattern with Doumbia and Reboul breaking from 30/40 to go up 2-1 and they’d make that break advantage hold up to win it 6-3,...

Kwiatkowski, Schnur, & Lock into Puerto Rico Semis; Mitchell Frank New Assistant at George Mason

Virginia senior Thai-Son Kwiatkowski moved into the doubles final and singles semifinals after picking up straight set wins in both of his Thursday’s matches at the $10K Mayaguez, Puerto Rico F1 Futures. Kwiatkowski started off the day with a sound 6-1, 6-3 win over Kalamazoo Boys 18 runner-up Vasil Kirkov. Kwiatkowski won 32 of 37 (.865) points on serve and 29 of 56 (.518) on Kirkov’s serve while breaking the 17 year-old four times. Following a brief break Kwiatkowski and Quinton Vega, who spent a few years at Wisconsin, defeated the Lock Brothers. Ben and Courtney, 6-4, 6-2. Kwiatkowski will now face recent UNC Tar Heel Brayden Schnur in the...

Holt Wins SoCal; Pro Circuit Recaps; College ATP Rankings

USC freshman Brandon Holt won the Southern California Intercollegiate Championships on Monday afternoon with a straight set win over senior teammate Nick Crystal. Holt broke Crystal from 30/40 to take the opening set 6-4 but Crystal looked like he’d take the early break lead in the second after going ahead 0/40 on Holt’s 1-1 service game. Holt managed to come back and hold for 2-1 but Crystal would even it at 2-2 after coming back from 15/40 down. Crystal finally got the break, on the deciding point, to go up 3-2 but he wouldn’t win another game the rest of the way. Crystal double faulted the break back to Holt and then Holt held on the...

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...