by Bobby Knight | Apr 4, 2018 | Blog
There are lots of current and former college players representing their respective countries in Davis Cup action this weekend. Doubles specialists Joran Vliegen (ECU) and Sander Gille (ETSU) will make their Davis Cup debuts for Belgium in the tie against the United States. The duo has already captured one Challenger doubles title this year after winning six titles last year of which four were Challengers. John Isner (UGA) will play in his 16th tie with Team USA while Steve Johnson (USC) will play his fifth. Aleksandr Nedovyesov (Okla St) will appear in his 10th tie for Kazakhstan while Tim Puetz (Auburn) will play in his third tie for Germany.Below...
by Bobby Knight | Sep 18, 2016 | Blog
Another round of Davis Cup action is in the books with a handful of former college guys competing along with one current player. Duke junior Nicolas Alvarez clinched Peru’s Davis Cup tie against Venezuela by defeating Jordi Munoz-Abreu 4-6, 6-4, 7-6(2), 6-1. Alvarez’s win means that Peru will be promoted from Group 2 to Group 1 when Davis Cup starts up against next year.Nico’s match point to clinch Davis Cup Group II Finals #duketennis#godukepic.twitter.com/0qbHd3dSfW— Ramsey Smith (@DukeTennis) September 19, 2016 Full results from all ties is available at the Davis Cup Scoreboard.World Group – PlayoffSlovakia at...
by Bobby Knight | Sep 17, 2016 | Blog
The 2016 Davis Cup is starting to wind down with several current and former college guys playing for their respective home countries. Below is a look at who is playing and where and you can follow along with the Davis Cup Scoreboard.World Group – PlayoffSlovakia at Australia (Grass) – Australia won 3-0John Peers (AUS/Baylor ’11)/Sam Groth def. Andrej Martin/Igor Zelenay 6-4, 6-2, 6-7(3), 7-6(2)Chile at Canada (Hard)Adil Shamasdin (CAN/Brown ’05)/Vasek Pospisil vs. Nicolas Jarry/Hans Podlipnik-CastilloKazakhstan at Russia (Hard) Andrey Kuznetsov def. Aleksandr Nedovyesov (KAZ/Oklahoma State ’10) 6-3, 6-4, 5-7,...
by Bobby Knight | Jul 19, 2016 | Blog
New Mexico Vice President of Athletics Paul Krebs announced the hiring of Ben Dunbar as New Mexico’s new men’s head coach. Dunbar, who played at New Mexico from 2008 to 2012, was an assistant coach at New Mexico for the last two seasons. Dunbar replaces Bart Scott who resigned last month after two years at the helm of the Lobos.Congrats to former player & asst. coach Ben Dunbar, who was named as head coach of New Mexico men’s tennis! #GoLoboshttps://t.co/y6oNgPEaG3— New Mexico Lobos (@UNMLOBOS) July 18, 2016I mentioned on Saturday that former Georgia graduate Wil Spencer decided to start playing again after retiring...
by Bobby Knight | Jul 18, 2016 | Blog
Joao Monteiro (Virginia Tech ’16) capped off a weekend of firsts by winning pro singles title No. 1 with a straight set win over #608 Hugo Grenier at the $10K Idanha-A-Nova, Portugal, F8 Futures (Hard). Monteiro had break points on each of Grenier’s four first set service games and broke on two of them to take the opening set 6-3. Monteiro broke from 15/40 to go up 2-1 in the second set and then broke again at love to go up 5-2. Monteiro served out the match at love to take it 6-3, 6-2. Francesca Di Lorenzo (Ohio State Rising Soph) won her second career pro singles title with a straight set win over Erin Routliffe (Alabama Rising Sr) at...
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