by Bobby Knight | Sep 9, 2016 | Blog
Virginia senior and top seed Thai-Son Kwiatkowski advanced to the semifinals at the American Collegiate Invitational after Arkansas senior Mike Redlicki retired down 6-4, 3-0. Kwiatkowski broke Redlicki to go ahead 5-4 in the first and then after serving the set out he broke two more times before Redlicki threw in the towel. Below is a post-match comment from Arkansas head coach Andy Jackson via Arkansas’s website:“It was a great experience for Mike and thanks to the United States Tennis Association for the opportunity,” head coach Andy Jackson said. “Mike played pretty well, but Thai-Son was just much fitter. We know what...
by Bobby Knight | Sep 8, 2016 | Blog
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...
by Bobby Knight | Aug 19, 2016 | Blog
The draws for the US Open National Playoff were released today with Nick Meister (UCLA ’12) the top seed on the men’s side and Ayaka Okuno (semester at Georgia in 2013) is the top seed on the women’s side. The doubles draws should be out soon with singles getting underway on Friday in New Haven, CT. Below are the draws with Universal Tennis Ratings listed as of 8/19. The participants for this year’s American Collegiate Invitational were release today. The tournament will take place during the second week of the US Open with the winner earning a wild card into the following year’s US Open if they meet certain criteria.Coaching...
by Bobby Knight | Sep 10, 2015 | Blog
Play gets started on Thursday in New York City with 8 of the top American current and recent collegiate men and women playing for a potential main draw wild card into next year’s US Open. Per the release below “The men’s and women’s champions will receive main-draw wild cards into the 2016 US Open if either is ranked No. 120 or better by the US Open entry deadline next summer. If they do not meet that ranking requirement, the winners will receive qualifying wild cards. The champions will also get wild cards into two USTA Pro Circuit events, while each finalist will earn one wild card.”Here is the preview on the US...
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