by Bobby Knight | Jul 20, 2015 | Blog
4 guys made finals this week and 2 brought home the gold as Rajeev Ram (Illinois ’03) and Georgi Rumenov Payakov (Armstrong State ’13) were the 2 to get it done.Rajeev Ram (Illinois ’03) won his 2nd career ATP title in Newport by defeating Ivo Karlovic 7-6 in the 3rd. Ram’s other career ATP title also came in Newport back in 2009. Ram has also won 7 Challenger and 2 Futures in his accomplished career.Georgi Rumenov Payakov (Armstrong State ’13) won his 3rd career Futures title by knocking off recent Texas grad Soren Hess-Olesen 6-3 in the 3rd in the finals of the Portugal F9. All 3 of Rumenov Payakov’s titles have come this...
by Bobby Knight | Jul 12, 2015 | Blog
Normally I just highlight singles results but I had to give a shout out to Jean-Julien Rojer (UCLA ’02) on winning the Wimbledon Men’s Doubles Championship as he and partner Horia Tecau defeated John Peers (Baylor ’11) and Jamie Murray 7-6(5), 6-4, 6-4 in the finals. It was Rojer’s 39th career professional doubles title but his 1st grand slam.Somdev Devvarman (Virginia ’08) won his 2nd Challenger title this year and 9th career pro title (5 Challenger/4 Futures) with a 7-5, 4-6, 7-6(5) win over #229 Daniel Nguyen in the finals of the Winnetka, Illinois Challenger. Devvarman led 7-5, 4-0 before dropping 9 of the next 10 games to go...
by Bobby Knight | Jul 5, 2015 | Blog
Another nice week on the tour with 4 former college guys picking up Futures titles and 4 coming up just short by losing in the finals. Below are the guys that made it to at least the semis last week and further down below are all the results from this past week.Marek Michalicka (Wisconsin ’11) picked up Futures title #10 with a 6-2, 6-4 win over Maximilian Neuchrist in the finals of the Czech Republic F5. It was Michalicka’s 2nd title in 4 finals appearances this year.Tucker Vorster (Ole Miss ’11) improved to 3-1 in Futures finals this year after knocking off Evan King (Michigan ’13) 6-1, 3-6, 6-3 in the finals of the Zimbabwe F3....
by Bobby Knight | Jun 27, 2015 | Blog
University of Kentucky athletes not only did extremely well in the NBA draft this week they also performed exceptional well on the tennis court with Tom Jomby (’14) winning a Future in Spain, Alex Musialek (’12) winning a Future in France, Eric Quigley (’12) making the semis in Canada, Trey Yates (Soph) winning the Atlanta City Open and thus getting a wild card into qualies at the ATP 250 in Atlanta, and Jesse Witten (’05) winning US Open National Playoff Southern Sectional and thus getting a chance to compete for a qualifying wild card at the US Open. It was pro singles title #1 for Jomby after he defeated #369 Roberto...
by Bobby Knight | Jun 21, 2015 | Blog
Another great week for former college players as both Evan King (Michigan ’13) and Clay Thompson (UCLA ’14) each won their first professional singles title. Thompson didn’t drop a set or get broke all week in route to winning his title in Manzanillo, Mexico while King only dropped 1 set in route to his title Harare, Zimbabwe.Kevin Anderson (Illinois ’07) made his 2nd career final in an ATP 500 event (lost to Dimitrov 7-6(5) in 3rd in Acapulco in February 2014) but came up just short against #3 Andy Murray.Adrien Puget (UCLA ’14) made his second final of the year (won Spain Future in April) before falling 6-4, 7-6 to Zhizhen...
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