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American Collegiate Invitational, Hainline To Receive Achievement Award, Coaching News, US Open Results

by | Sep 8, 2016 | Blog

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The third annual American Collegiate Invitational begins tomorrow at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center with an eight-person draw in both men’s and women’s singles. The fields are comprised of the top two players in the ATP/WTA rankings (as of July 18) and the top five players in the year-end Intercollegiate Tennis Association singles rankings (excluding those selected by pro ranking), including at least two graduating seniors or players who have turned pro/exhausted their collegiate eligibility. Georgia junior Paul Oosterbaan was originally selected to participate but he had to withdraw due to an injury so Northwestern senior Konrad Zieba filled the opening.

According to this article from the New York Times the ACI will use traditional ad-scoring – the article also gives some players’ comments about no-ad versus ad scoring. 

 

Men’s Draw
[1] Thai-Son Kwiatkowski (Virginia Sr) vs. Michael Redlicki (Arkansas Sr)
[3] Tom Fawcett (Stanford Jr) vs. Konrad Zieba (Northwestern Sr)
[4] Austin Smith (Georgia ’16) vs. Chris Eubanks (Georgia Tech Jr)
[2] Jared Hiltzik (Illinois ’16) vs. Ryan Shane (Virginia ’16)

Women’s Draw
[1] Francesca Di Lorenzo (Ohio State Soph) vs. Ronit Yurovsky (Michigan ’16)
[3] Hayley Carter (North Carolina Sr) vs. Julia Elbaba (Virginia ’16)
[4] Breaunna Addison (Texas ’16) vs. Brooke Austin (Florida Jr)
[2] Danielle Collins (Virginia ’16) vs. Kennedy Shaffer (Georgia Jr)

If the 2016 American Collegiate Invitational Champion is ranked 120 or better at the 2017 US Open Singles Qualifying entry deadline, he/she will receive a Wild Card into the 2017 US Open Singles Main Draw if his/her ranking would not allow him/her to gain entry into the 2017 US Open Singles Main Draw on his/her own. If not ranked 120 or better then he/she will receive a Wild Card into the 2017 US Open Singles Qualifying.
 
The 2016 American Collegiate Invitational Men’s and Women’s Champions will each also receive Wild Cards into the Main Draw of two USTA Pro Circuit events (event selection is at the sole discretion of USTA Player Development).
 

The 2016 American Collegiate Invitational Men’s and Women’s Finalists will each receive a Wild Card into the Main Draw of one USTA Pro Circuit event (event selection is at the sole discretion of USTA Player Development).

 
Brian Hainline, who played for Notre Dame back in the late 1970s, will receive the 2016 ITA David A Benjamin Achievement Award. The award pays tribute to past participants in collegiate tennis who have achieved excellence in their chosen careers. Check out the ITA’s release for more details on Hainline’s accomplishments.

Colorado State’s new women’s head coach Jarod Camerota announced the hiring of Erica Medlin as the Rams new assistant coach. Medlin, who is a 2015 Northern Iowa graduate, was an assistant at Northern Arizona last season. Camerora was the Rams assistant last season before his promotion to head coach after the season concluded.

D2 powerhouse Armstrong State announced that Max Sukalo will be the Pirates new men’s and women’s assistant coach. Sukalo, who is a 2007 Arizona graduate, served as the men’s and women’s head coach for D3’s Adrian (MI) College for the past two seasons. Jamison Clark was the assistant last season at ASU but I’m not sure where he went. 

 
Rajeev Ram, who won an NCAA Doubles and Team Championship at Illinois in 2003, will play for the US Open Mixed Doubles Championship after he and Coco Vandeweghe defeated former USC Trojan Robert Farah and his doubles partner Anna-Lena Groenfeld 7-6, 6-4 – US Open’s recap is here.

US Open Men’s Doubles Quarterfinals
[1] P Herbert/N Mahut def. Robert Lindstedt (Pepperdine ’98)/A Qureshi 6-3, 7-6(4)

US Open Mixed Doubles Semifinals
[7] Rajeev Ram (ILL ’03*)/Coco Vandeweghe def. Robert Farah (USC ’10)/Anna-Lena Groenefeld 7-6(4), 6-4

Championship
[7] Rajeev Ram (ILL ’03*)/Coco Vandeweghe vs. M Pavic/L Siegemund/
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2017 Ohio State commit JJ Wolf blew out the the No. 4 seed Geoffrey Blancaneaux 6-1, 6-3 and next will face American qualifier Patrick Kypson.

The Duke duo of Nick Stachowiak (current) and Sean Sculley (future) moved into the quarterfinals after winning a third set supertiebreak 12-10 over Youssef Hossam and Ergi Kirkin. Columbia freshman Anthony Jackie Tang also moved into the quarterfinals after he and Chien Hsun Lo defeated the second seeds Kenneth Raisma and Stefanos Tsitsipas 10-7 in the third set STB.

The only remaining doubles teams in the girls draw will face each other in the quarterfinals with UCLA’s incoming freshman Jada Hart and Ena Shibahara set to meet 2017 Georgia commit Morgan Coppoc and her partner Taylor Johnson.

Check out Zoo Tennis for more details/quotes from the US Open Juniors.

US Open Junior 

Boys’ Singles Second Round
#24 JJ Wolf (’17 Ohio State commit) def. #5 [4] Geoffrey Blancaneaux 6-1, 6-3
#9 [7] Yosuke Watanuki def. #42 Liam Caruana (Texas ’15*) 6-2, 6-4

Third Round
#24 JJ Wolf (’17 Ohio State commit) vs. #128 [Q] Patrick Kypson

Boys’ Doubles Second Round
Nick Stachowiak (Duke Fr)/Sean Sculley (’17 Duke cmt) def. Y Hossam/E Kirkin 3-6, 6-4, 1-0 (10)
Z Bergs/Y Oliel def. Oliver Crawford (’17 Florida commit)/Patrick Kypson 6-4, 6-7(6), 1-0 (10)
Anthony Jackie Tang (Columbia Fr)/C Lo def. [2] K Raisma/S Tsitsipas 6-3, 2-6, 1-0 (7)

Quarterfinals
Nick Stachowiak (Duke Fr)/Sean Sculley (’17 Duke commit) vs. T Horie/Y Shimizu
Anthony Jackie Tang (Columbia Fr)/C Lo vs. Z Bergs/Y Oliel
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Girls’ Singles Third Round
#71 [Q] Ashley Lahey (Pepperdine Fr) vs. #9 [8] Sofia Kenin

Girls’ Doubles Second Round
Jada Hart/Ena Shibahara (UCLA Fr’s) def. I Cho/Y Naito 6-3, 7-6(5)
Morgan Coppoc (’17 Georgia commit)/Taylor Johnson def. [8] M Mateas/I Minca 7-6(1), 6-1

Quarterfinals
Jada Hart/Ena Shibahara (UCLA Fr’s) vs. Morgan Coppoc (’17 Georgia commit)/Taylor Johnson