Brown Director of Athletics Jack Hayes announced the hiring of Tim Gray as the Bears new men’s head coach. Gray most recently served as a consultant at Donovan Sports Strategies with his last head coaching job coming at Bradley during the 2013-14 season. Bradley went 3-19 in that one season and dropped the program a few months after the season. Gray also spent six years as the women’s coach at Auburn, three years as the women’s coach at Eastern Michigan, along with a few other stops at the D3 level. Gray replaces Bryan Koniecko who went 24-26 (.480) in two seasons before leaving to become the women’s head coach at Central Florida.
Brown welcomes Tim Gray as @brownmenstennis‘ head coach! #GoBruno#OneIvyhttps://t.co/OVBRVymfRrpic.twitter.com/UmwEpGXnHv— Brown Athletics (@BrownAthletics) September 1, 2016
Baylor women’s head coach Joey Scrivano announced the hiring of Shaimma Elsisi as the Bears second women’s assistant coach. Earlier in the summer Scrivano added former St. Leo head coach Chris Frusci as an assistant as well. Elsisi, who is a 2008 Troy graduate, had spent the last six season as the women’s head coach at Hillsboro Community College in Tampa. Alison Ojeda who was the associate women’s head coach last season left to become the assistant women’s coach at Tennessee.
St. John’s women’s head coach Lauren Leo announced that Nelo Phiri, who graduated from Louisiana-Lafayette in 2015, will join the staff as a graduate assistant.
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Oklahoma State’s Greenwood Tennis Center was honored by the USTA as one of the 12 outstanding facilities in the United States. It was one of two facilities that fit into the educational category with each nominee evaluated on the facility and the tennis program.
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Thursday wasn’t a great day for players with college ties with both Steve Johnson and Nicole Gibbs bowing out in straight sets in singles while doubles teams with college players with 5-8 (4-5 men/1-3 women).
Both John Isner and Kevin Anderson will play on Friday with Isner favored against Kyle Edmund while Anderson will be an underdog against Jo-Willy Tsonga. Stanford commit CiCi Bellis will be a hefty underdog against world No. 2 Angelique Kerber in the late match on Ashe.
The rain on Thursday pushed several doubles matches back to Friday so hopefully everything will be back on schedule by Saturday.
Men’s First Round (Monday)
#21 [20] John Isner (Georgia ’07) def. #125 [WC] Frances Tiafoe 3-6, 4-6, 7-6(5), 6-2, 7-6(3)
#35 [23] Kevin Anderson (Illinois ’07) def. #86 Yoshihito Nishioka 6-3, 7-5, 6-4
#227 [Q] Jan Satral def. #412 [WC] Mackenzie McDonald (UCLA ’16) 4-6, 3-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-2
#48 Jiri Vesely def. #143 [Q] Saketh Myneni (Alabama ’10) 7-6(5), 4-6, 2-6, 6-2, 7-5
Men’s First Round (Tuesday)
#67 Daniel Evans def. #105 [WC] Rajeev Ram (Illinois ’03) 6-2, 4-6, 7-5, 6-1
#7 [6] Kei Nishikori def. #97 Benjamin Becker (Baylor ’05) 6-1, 6-1, 3-6, 6-3
#22 [19] Steve Johnson (USC ’12) def. #79 Evgeny Donskoy 4-6, 1-6, 7-6(2), 6-3, 6-3
Men’s Second Round (Wednesday)
#21 [20] John Isner (Georgia ’07) def. #106 Steve Darcis 6-3, 6-4, 6-7 (10), 6-3
#35 [23] Kevin Anderson (Illinois ’07) def. #123 Vasek Pospisil 7-6(3), 6-4, 6-4
Men’s Second Round (Thursday)
#142 Juan Martin Del Potro def. #22 [19] Steve Johnson (USC ’12) 7-6(5), 6-3, 6-2
Men’s Third Round (Friday)
#21 [20] John Isner (Georgia ’07) vs. #84 Kyle Edmund – 5:30 pm (4th/Armst)
#35 [23] Kevin Anderson (Illinois ’07) vs. #11 [9] Jo-Wilfried Tsonga – 11:00 am (1st/Gstand)
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Women’s First Round (Monday)
#102 Evgeniya Rodina def. [WC] Danielle Collins (Virginia ’16) 6-1, 6-2
#67 Cagla Buyukakcay def. #74 Irina Falconi (Georgia Tech ’10) 6-2, 6-1
#158 [Q] Catherine Bellis (’17 Stanford cmt) def. #65 Viktorija Golubic 6-2, 6-3
Women’s First Round (Tuesday)
#49 Shuai Zhang def. #723 [WC] Ellen Perez (Georgia Jr) 6-1, 6-1
#69 Nicole Gibbs (Stanford ’13) def. #153 [Q] Aleksandra Krunic 6-1, 6-0
Women’s Second Round (Wednesday)
#158 [Q] Catherine Bellis (’17 Stanford cmt) def. #49 Shelby Rogers 2-6, 6-2, 6-2
Women’s Second Round (Thursday)
#27 [28] Laura Siegmund def. #69 Nicole Gibbs (Stanford ’13) 6-3, 7-5
Women’s Third Round (Friday)
#158 [Q] Catherine Bellis (’17 Stanford cmt) vs. #2 Angelique Kerber – 9:30 pm (late match/Ashe)
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US Open Men’s Doubles – First Round (Wednesday)
[1] P-H Herbert/N Mahut def. Mackenzie McDonald (UCLA ’16)/Martin Redlicki (UCLA Jr) 7-6 (8), 6-1
Jeremy Chardy/Sam Groth def. [13] Robert Farah (USC ’10)/Juan Sebastian Cabal 6-1, 7-6(5)
Michael Venus (LSU ’09)/Mate Pavic def. Julio Peralta/Horacio Zeballos 6-4, 6-4
[5] Jean-Julien Rojer (UCLA ’02)/Horia Tecau def. Julian Knowle/Florian Mayer 6-1, 6-3
C Guccione/A Sa def. John McNally (’17 Ohio St commit)/JJ Wolf (’17 Ohio St commit) 6-4, 6-4
[3] Bob & Mike Bryan (Stanford ’08) def. Martin Klizan/Adil Shamasdin 6-1, 6-3
Daniel Evans/Nick Kyrgios def. Daniel Nguyen (USC ’12)/Noah Rubin (Wake Forest ’15) 6-3, 6-3
Nicholas Monroe (North Carolina ’04)/Donald Young def. [2] Ivan Dodig/Marcelo Melo 7-5, 7-6(2)
Men’s Doubles – First Round (Thursday)
Robin Haase/Artem Sitak def. Dennis Novikov (UCLA ’13)/Denis Kudla 6-4, 6-2
[10] John Peers (Baylor ’11)/Henri Kontinen def. Federico Delbonis/Guido Pella 7-6(2), 3-6, 6-3
Robert Lindstedt (Pepperdine ’98)/Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi def. C Berlocq/A Ramos-Vinolas 6-3, 6-4
Marcin Matkowski (UCLA ’03)/Jurgen Melzer def. Alexandr Dolgopolov/Sergiy Stakhovsky 4-2 ret.
Nicolas Almagro/Victor Estrella Burgos def. [9] Treat Huey (Virginia ’08)/Max Mirnyi 6-4, 6-4
[7] Rajeev Ram (ILL ’03)/R Klaasen def. Eric Butorac (Gus Adolp ’03)/Scott Lipsky (Stanf ’03) 6-3, 6-4
[12] L Kubot/A Peya def. Nick Meister (UCLA ’12)/Eric Quigley (Kentucky ’12) 7-6(5), 6-1
[15] Oliver Marach/Fabrice Martin def. Dominic Inglot (Virginia ’09)/Marin Draganja 6-4, 0-6, 6-4
First Round (Friday)
Andreas Siljestrom (MTSU ’07)/Jiri Vesely vs. Dominic Thiem/Tristan-Samuel Weissborn
Steve Johnson (USC ’12)/Sam Querrey vs. Fabio Fognini/Andreas Seppi
Austin Krajicek (Texas A&M ’11)/Ryan Harrison vs. [8] Feliciano Lopez/Marc Lopez
Andre Begemann (Pepperdine ’08)/Leander Paes vs. Dudi Sela/Stephane Robert
Second Round (Friday)
[5] Jean-Julien Rojer (UCLA ’02)/Horia Tecau vs. Michael Venus (LSU ’09)/Mate Pavic
[3] Bob & Mike Bryan (Stanford ’08) vs. Jonathan Erlich/Santiago Gonzalez
Nicholas Monroe (North Carolina ’04)/Donald Young vs. Dusan Lajovic/Viktor Troicki
Second Round (Saturday)
[10] John Peers (Baylor ’11)/H Kontinen vs. Robert Lindstedt (Pepperdine ’98)/A Qureshi
Marcin Matkowski (UCLA ’03)/Jurgen Melzer vs. [4] Jamie Murray/Bruno Soares
[7] Rajeev Ram (ILL ’03)/R Klaasen vs. Andre Sa/Chris Guccione
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US Open Women’s Doubles – First Round (Wednesday)
Nicole Gibbs (Stanford ’13)/Nao Hibino def. Monica Puig/Mariana Duque-Marino 6-3, 5-7, 6-4
[7] Sania Mirza/Barbora Strycova def. Jada Hart (UCLA Fr)/Ena Shibahara (UCLA Fr) 6-3, 6-2
[10] Vania King/Monica Niculescu def. Caitlin Whoriskey (Tenn ’10)/Ashley Weinhold 6-2, 5-7, 7-5
Women’s Doubles – First Round (Thursday)
[9] Abigail Spears (UCLA ’00)/Raquel Atawo (Cal ’04) vs. Heather Watson/Michaella Krajicek
Maria Sanchez (USC ’11)/Mirjana Lucic-Baroni def. Belinda Bencic/Kirsten Flipkens 6-4, 6-4
L Chirico/A Riske def. Jacqueline Cako (Arizona State ’13)/Danielle Lao (USC ’13) 7-5, 4-6, 6-3
Asia Muhammad/Taylor Townsend def. Brooke Austin (Fla Jr)/Kourtney Keegan (Fla Sr) 6-2, 6-2
[3] Timea Babos/Yaroslava Shvedova def. Catherine Bellis (’17 Stanford cmt)/Julia Boserup 6-3, 6-0
Women’s Doubles – Second Round
Nicole Gibbs (Stanford ’13)/Nao Hibino vs. TBD
Maria Sanchez (USC ’11)/Mirjana Lucic-Baroni vs. [4] A Hlavackova/L Hradecka
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US Open Mixed Doubles – First Round (Wednesday)
Dominic Inglot (UVA ’09)/M Krajicek def. [4] Jean-Julien Rojer (UCLA ’02)/Raquel Atawo (Cal ’04) 7-6(4), 5-7, 1-0 (4)
Robert Farah (USC ’10)/Anna-Lena Groenefeld def. Treat Huey (Virginia ’08)/A Klepac 7-5, 6-4
US Open Mixed Doubles – First Round (Friday)
[7] Rajeev Ram (ILL ’03)/Coco Vandeweghe vs. Juan Sebastian Cabal/Anastasia Rodionova
Noah Rubin (Wake ’15)/Jamie Loeb (UNC ’15) vs. Rohan Bopanna/Gabriela Dabrowski
Nicole Gibbs (Stanford ’13)/Dennis Novikov (UCLA ’13) vs. Marc Lopez/Arantxa Parra Santonja
Abigail Spears (UCLA ’00)/Santiago Gonzalez vs. Horia Tecau/Bethanie Mattek-Sands
[8] Marcin Matkowski (UCLA ’03)/Lucie Hradecka vs. Scott Lipsky (Stanford ’03)/A. Kudryavtseva
Evan King (Mich ’13)/Emina Bektas (Mich ’15) vs. Eric Butorac (Gust Adolphus ’03)/Timea Babos
US Open Mixed Doubles – Second Round (Friday)
Dominic Inglot (UVA ’09)/Michaella Krajicek vs. Robert Farah (USC ’10)/Anna-Lena Groenefeld
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