by Bobby Knight | Aug 4, 2015 | Blog
After a day off the USTA Boys 18 Nationals resumed play with 3rd round action and while 21 seeds advanced there were 3 that got upset.The seeded losers were:#18 Spencer Furman lost to Alexander Lebedev 2-6, 6-1, 6-2. Levedev (2015 Notre Dame commit) is a TRN 5-star with a 12.81 UTR while Furman (2016 uncommitted) is a TRN Blue Chip with a 13.92 UTR.#17 Nick Stachowiak lost to Ben VanDixhorn 6-4, 6-1. VanDixhorn (2015 Northwestern commit) is a TRN 4-star with a 12.89 UTR while Stachowiak (2016 Duke commit) is a TRN Blue Chip with a 13.90 UTR.#31 Jacob Brumm lost to Vincent Rettke 6-2, 6-1. Rettke (2016 uncommitted) is a TRN 4-star with a 12.22 UTR while...
by Bobby Knight | Aug 2, 2015 | Blog
Day 2 of the USTA Boys 18 National Championship in Kalamazoo is in the books with 24 of the top 32 seeds moving on to Day 3. 4 of the top 16 seeds were upset with 2 of those being top 10 seeds. Below are the 8 seeds to lose though a few wouldn’t be considered upsets based off TRN and UTR info.The seeded losers were as follows:#27 Andrew Heller lost to Vincent Lin 6-2, 6-2. Lin (2015 Duke commit) is a TRN Blue Chip with a 13.50 UTR while Heller (2016 Yale commit) is a TRN 5-star with a 12.59 UTR.#21 Connor Hance lost to to Grayson Broadus 6-2, 5-7, 6-3. Broadus (2015 Notre Dame commit) is a TRN 5-star with a 13.11 UTR while Hance (2017...
by Bobby Knight | Aug 1, 2015 | Blog
All the seeds had 1st round byes but there were some upsets on the opening day. Below were the 4 Universal Tennis upsets, which occur when the difference in rating is more than 1.0, and the 4 biggest upsets per TennisRecruiting.Net based off their ranking system.UTR Upsets:Sean Burnette (11.95) def. Oliver Sec (13.47) 6-3, 3-6, 6-1Jacob Wareti (11.36) def. Nikolai Parodi (12.55) 7-6(2), 6-3Ryland McDermott (11.65) def. Payam Ahmadi (12.82) 2-6, 6-1, 6-3Alex Ross (12.29) def. Blaine Boyden (13.77) 6-1, 7-5TR.Net Biggest Upsets – chance of winning in ( ):Lorenzo Rollhauser (11%) def. Adrian Chamdani 2-6, 6-1, 6-0Sean Burnette (9%) def. Oliver Sec...
by Bobby Knight | Jul 31, 2015 | Blog
It’s late July/early August so that means it’s time for the Zoo as the USTA National Championships get started in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Play gets underway Friday morning at 8am at both Kalamazoo College and Western Michigan University. Here is the Day 1 schedule of play and the tournament’s host site which includes all schedules, results, and profiles. If you want to follow the tournament throughout the next week you also need to follow Colette Lewis on Twitter and check out her site, Zoo Tennis.A few years ago when I was writing for a different site I did a breakdown of the Boys 18 singles draw where I listed each...
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