by Bobby Knight | Mar 11, 2015 | Blog
The headlining match of the day lived up to its billing as #1 Oklahoma came from behind to knock off #7 Virginia 4-3. This showdown was played using the traditional scoring system which had doubles play a pro set to 8 and had ad scoring used in both doubles and singles. Oklahoma jumped out to early 4-2 leads at 1 and 3 doubles and would actually lead 6-3 at #1 before Virginia started turning it around. Virginia’s #1 team of Corinteli/Shane broke at 4-6 to get it back on serve and it stayed that way until the tiebreak. In the tiebreak the UVA #1s would win the final 2 points to take it 8-6. Virginia’s #2 team of Kwiatkowski/Aragone...
by Bobby Knight | Mar 10, 2015 | Blog
Tuesday should be a terrific day of tennis with 6 of the top 12 in action with Norman (OK), Oxford (MS), and Gainesville (FL) the place to be at 3 and 6pm. Usually matches like these are reserved for the weekend but we get 3 blockbusters early in the week. #12 Virginia (9-2) at #1 Oklahoma (13-1) – 6pm est (Calm – Temps in 60s) – This is the premier match of the day with both of these teams expected to be national title contenders come May. Despite the #12 ranking many consider Virginia to be a top 5, if not top 2 or 3, team because they are loaded with talent but have had a few spots in the lineup that haven’t produced...
by Bobby Knight | Mar 7, 2015 | Blog
What a match tonight in Columbus with #1 Oklahoma coming in and knocking off #8 Ohio State 4-3 and thus snapping the Buckeyes unbelievable home court winning streak at 200. Early on it looked like the streak would live on as Ohio State came out strong and took the doubles point by winning 6-4 at #1 and 6-2 at #3. Ty Tucker decided to change up the singles lineup a bit by moving freshman Mikael Torpegaard up from 2 to 1 while moving Chris Diaz from 1 to 2 and Tucker also switched up Ralf Steinbach and Hunter Callahan by moving Steinbach up to 4 and dropping Callahan down to 5. Steinbach woud be the first off the court with an impressive 6-2, 6-2 win...
by Bobby Knight | Mar 6, 2015 | Blog
It should be a fabulous Friday of college tennis and if you happen to be in close proximity to Athens (GA), Columbus (OH), Winston-Salem (NC), or Nashville (TN) I suggest you find a way to make it over to campus and watch some great high-level tennis. If you can’t make it out in person then at least make sure you take advantage of the free live streaming video that Georgia, Wake Forest, and Ohio State will be offering up for the matches. I think we’ll see at least 1 upset in the 4 big matches though I’d be surprised if we saw more than 1.FYI, the number beside the player’s school is the player’s Universal Tennis Rating as of...
by Bobby Knight | Feb 28, 2015 | Blog
Compared to what we’ll see on Sunday (Virginia at Baylor, Wake Forest at Texas, Vanderbilt at Ole Miss) Saturday should be fairly tame day with just 1 matchup between top 15 schools. Below are the best ones that I saw on the docket so check them out if you get a chance.#34 South Carolina (8-6) at #17 Florida (5-3) – 1pm est. – Live Scoring – South Carolina comes into this one on a 3-match losing streak which includes a 4-2 loss on Thursday to Auburn while Florida is coming off a tough 4-1 loss to Georgia. Florida is 4-4 in doubles while South Carolina is 11-3 with both dropping the doubles point the last time...
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