by Bobby Knight | Oct 7, 2016 | Blog
Three of the five seeds were knocked out of the main draw on Thursday with North Carolina’s Hayley Carter and Ohio State’s Francesca Di Lorenzo the lone survivors. Florida’s Kourtney Keegan knocked off the second seed Pepperdine’s Luisa Stefani, Vanderbilt’s Astra Sharma defeated the fourth seed Miami’s Sinead Lohan, and Oklahoma State’s Vladica Babic held off the fifth seed Mississippi State’s Jasmine Lee. Three of the top four seeds lost in doubles with Florida’s Brooke Austin and Kourtney Keegan, the No. 2 seeds and defending NCAA Champions, the only ones to move on to the quarterfinals.Oklahoma State...
by Bobby Knight | Oct 7, 2016 | Blog
Each of the top seven seeds picked up wins on a hot, humid, and windy day in Tulsa with straight set matches the norm. 25 of 32 first round matches finished in straight sets though several of those were tightly contested. The top seeded Mikael Torpegaard cruised to a 6-2 first set against Virginia senior J.C. Aragone but the hard hitting Cavalier fought back in the second set. Aragone broke Torpegaard on a disputed line call on the no-ad point to take a 4-2 lead but a fired up Torpegaard broke back from 15/40 and then held for 4-4 after Aragone netted a forehand on the no-ad point. Torpegaard broke for 6-5 when Aragone netted another forehand on the no-ad...
by Bobby Knight | Oct 5, 2016 | Blog
It’s time for the main event in Tulsa with all 64 competitors known after the conclusion of the qualifying rounds. The main draw is out and there are going to be some juicy opening round matches. I thought I would take a look at the composition of the men’s field and show you where the 64 players came from and how they made the field. 40 players made the main draw based off the ITA’s preseason ranking with the last acceptance being USC’s Logan Smith who was ranked No. 48.The top two returning players from each ITA region made it in which is why the following six made the field despite a ranking lower than the cut-off of 48. #54 Max...
by Bobby Knight | Oct 4, 2016 | Blog
The men’s pre-qualifying and qualifying rounds in Tulsa have come to a close as the 16 qualifiers will get a day off before the main draw begins on Thursday. South Florida junior Peter Bertran, Texas freshman Christian Sigsgaard, and Columbia freshman Alex Keyser each qualified for the main draw after starting play back on Saturday in pre-qualies. Four freshman qualified for the main draw, three schools had multiple qualifiers, and 11 of the 16 qualifiers came from schools in Power 5 conference.Men’s Qualifying – Round 2 Christian Seraphim (Wake Forest 14.13) def. Dominic Bechard (Tulsa 13.02) 6-1, 2-6, 6-0 Adam Moundir (Old Dominion...
by Bobby Knight | Oct 3, 2016 | Blog
The opening day of the singles qualifying draw is in the books with four of the top 10 seeds, including the top seed, making an early exit. There was one Universal Tennis Rating (UTR) upset with South Alabama’s Tuki Jacobs (13.23) knocking off the No. 4 seed Memphis’s Ryan Peniston (14.36) in straight sets. Qualifiers from the pre-qualifying draw went a stout 10-6 while both lucky losers were defeated for the second match in a row. Freshmen went 11-5 on the day with 4 of the winners coming through pre-qualies which meant they’ve now won 5 matches in the last 3 days.Seeded Upsets Dominic Bechard (Tulsa 13.02) def. [1] Justin Butsch (LSU 13.68)...
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