by Bobby Knight | Feb 6, 2017 | Blog
The fourth Pac-12/SEC Challenge is in the books and the big winner from the weekend was the Florida Gators. Florida had only won one match at this event over the last three years but this year they doubled that number with a win over USC yesterday and today they took out UCLA 4-2. Florida started off the match in a 1-0 hole after UCLA won the doubles point with 6-4 wins at No. 1 and No. 3. The key point at No. 3 doubles came when UCLA’s Max Cressy was serving at 4-4 (40/40). Florida’s Elliott Orkin and McClain Kessler were in control of the point and had an overhead at the net to get the break but Cressy used his quick reflexes to block back the...
by Bobby Knight | Jan 29, 2017 | Blog
I tell you if you are a fan of college tennis today was as good at gets with one close match after another as all 15 Men’s KOW regionals were in full swing. There were two regional hosts that got knocked out in the first round which is something that doesn’t happen very often. Another thing that doesn’t happen very often is Iowa winning a match during an ITA Kick-Off Weekend because this was the first time since 2010 that the Hawkeyes had a high enough previous year-ending ranking to be selected to participate. Iowa rolled into Lubbock on a cool and windy day and jumped on Texas Tech early by going up breaks on all three courts and would...
by Bobby Knight | Jan 17, 2017 | Blog
Alabama missed out on last year’s NCAA Tournament by one spot so in the offseason men’s head coach George Husack overhauled the roster and brought in five newcomers. On Monday afternoon all five of those newcomers were in the lineup and played a pivotal roll in the Crimson Tide’s tight 4-2 win over East Tennessee State. The doubles point was decided in a tiebreak at No. 2 after ETSU’s Diego Nunez and Robert Herrera pulled off an upset at No. 1 and Alabama freshmen Thibault Cancel and Zhe Zhou won at No. 3. Alabama freshmen Alexey Nesterov and Edson Ortiz would pull out the tiebreak at No. 2 by a 7-2 score to give Alabama the early 1-0...
by Bobby Knight | Nov 14, 2016 | Blog
The fall season came to a close on Sunday with Baylor, Oregon, North Texas, and Rice getting the strongest all-around performances from several of its players. See who won titles and see who came up short. Jack Kramer Invitational – Baylor senior Max Tchoutakian only dropped one set in route to claiming the singles titleSingles Finals(1) Maxime Tchoutakian (Baylor) def. (6) Bjoern Petersen (Baylor) 6-2, 6-3 Doubles FinalSimon Freund/Nicolas Moreno de Alboaran (UCSB) def. Maxime Tchoutakian/Constantin Frantzen (Baylor) 6-4, 7-6 A successful weekend for the Bears ends with Max Tchoutakian claiming the singles title...
by Bobby Knight | Nov 13, 2016 | Blog
Saturday was semifinal day at all the fall tournaments – take a look down below to see who is playing in Sunday’s finals. Jack Kramer Invitational Semifinals:(1) Maxime Tchoutakian (Baylor) def. Constantin Frantzen (Baylor) 6-3, 6-4(6) Bjoern Petersen (Baylor) def. (5) William Little (Baylor) 6-1, 6-1 Finals(1) Maxime Tchoutakian (Baylor) vs. (6) Bjoern Petersen (Baylor) Doubles FinalSimon Freund/Nicolas Moreno de Alboaran (UCSB) def. Maxime Tchoutakian/Constantin Frantzen (Baylor) 6-4, 7-6 Wake Forest Fall Invite A1 SemifinalsBennett Crane (Indiana) def. Shamel Chaudhry (Davidson) 6-1,...
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