by Bobby Knight | Sep 28, 2015 | Blog
It was a perfect day on Sunday with our favorite former/current college guys going 4-0 in finals with Dennis Novikov, Sanam Singh, Adrien Puget, and Ryan Shane each winning pro singles titles.Dennis Novikov (UCLA ’13) won his 2nd career Challenger by defeating #116 Ryan Harrison 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 in the finals of the $50K Columbus, Ohio Challenger. It was the second week in a row that Novikov won a Challenger and the second week in a row that he beat Ryan Harrison in the finals. After each of his first 4 sets went to tiebreaks, Novikov didn’t play another the rest of the week. Novikov has now won 8 career singles titles (2 Challenger/6 Futures)...
by Bobby Knight | Sep 21, 2015 | Blog
2 more singles titles last week for former college guys with Dennis Novikov and Tom Jomby winning in Cary and Antalya respectively. Mackenzie McDonald, Jaime Pulgar-Garcia, and Sanam Singh each made Futures finals but came up just short.Dennis Novikov (UCLA ’13) won his 1st career Challenger by knocking off Ryan Harrison 6-4, 7-5 in the finals of the $50K Cary Challenger. Novikov only dropped 1 set all week in route to his 7th career pro singles title and with the 80 points that he earned he now has a new career high singles ranking of 163 (184 was previous). Below is Novikov’s post-match speech courtesy of Lang.Tom Jomby (Kentucky...
by Bobby Knight | Sep 13, 2015 | Blog
3 more singles titles this week as Adrien Puget, Remi Boutillier, and Matija Pecotic each won on the ITF Futures circuit.Adrien Puget (UCLA ’14) won his 2nd career Futures singles title with a 7-5, 4-6, 6-2 win over Albert Alcaraz Ivorra in the finals of the Spain F28. Puget’s other title came earlier this year at the Spain F10 which was also on clay. When these 35 points are added in next week Puget will have a new career high singles ranking of somewhere in the 450-460 range (583 was previous high).Remi Boutillier (Fresno State ’12) won his 7th career Futures singles title with a 6-2, 6-4 win over Francesco Vilardo in the finals of the...
by Bobby Knight | Sep 6, 2015 | Blog
It was another strong week for the former college guys on Tour as Nik Scholtz and Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan each claimed Futures singles titles.Scholtz (Ole Miss ’15) won his 5th career Futures title after defeating Javier Pulgar-Garcia 6-2, 5-7, 7-5 in the finals of the Gabon F2. It was Scholtz’s 1st title this year after winning 3 a year ago.Nedunchezhiyan (Washington ’11) won his 7th career Futures title after defeating Prajnesh Gunneswaran 7-6(8), 6-4 in finals of the India F12. All 7 of Nedunchezhiyan’s singles titles have come in his native India.Below are the results of those guys that made it to the finals and below that are...
by Bobby Knight | Aug 31, 2015 | Blog
Great week for our favorite former college guys as Kevin Anderson, Eric Johnson, Tucker Vorster, and Gonzalo Escobar each won a singles title on the Tour.Kevin Anderson (Illinois ’07) won his 3rd ATP singles title with a 6-4, 7-5 win over Pierre-Hugues Herbert at the Winston-Salem Open. Anderson wins $83000 and picks up 250 ATP points.Gonzalo Escobar (Texas Tech ’12) won his 5th career Futures singles title with a 7-6(4), 6-0 win over Fritz Wolmarans at the Winnipeg, Canada F7. It was Escobar’s 1st title this year and 1st career title outside of his native Ecuador.Tucker Vorster (Ole Miss ’11) won his 5th career Futures singles title...
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