by Bobby Knight | Feb 4, 2016 | Blog
The second-largest team tournament in collegiate tennis behind the NCAAs is the ITA National Team Indoor event. 15 schools advanced in Kick-Off Regionals to join host Wisconsin in Madison in the prestigious event that lasts from Friday through Monday. Last year, North Carolina dropped only 2 points in its 4 matches to clinch its 2nd title in 3 years. Lots of questions come into the tournament – can UNC match its title run after two of its three stars left? Can Vanderbilt show the world that its NCAA title isn’t a fluke? Will UGA turn its consistency into a national title? Will a new team emerge from Madison as a top-tier team?Master LineupsRound of...
by Bobby Knight | Feb 1, 2016 | Blog
While the final day of the Pac-12/SEC Showdown in Los Angeles was a washout, it was warm and dry at the indoor facilities in Norman and Tulsa.Wake Forest was coming off a tough loss on Friday to #25 Oklahoma State but the Demon Deacons made up for it today by taking out #2 Oklahoma. Wake played a solid doubles point as its #2 team of Petros Chrysochos and Jon Ho ran away with a quick 6-1 win at #2. Wake’s #1 team of Christian Seraphim and Skander Mansouri broke the Axel Alvarez serve to go up 2-0 but Alvarez and Spencer Papa broke back to make it 2-1. It stayed on serve until Wake broke Spencer Papa’s 5-6 service game on the deciding point to take...
by Bobby Knight | Jan 22, 2016 | Blog
There will be 15 men’s regionals taking place this weekend with 2 of the 15 getting started on Friday. I’ll start off by previewing the USC and Illinois Regionals since they both start on Friday and I’ll work my through all 15 of them by Friday evening. Keep checking back for updates since I’ll just be adding on to this post. FYI, the numbers beside the school name are each player’s current Universal Tennis Rating (UTR) as of 1/20/16. USC Regional (Fri/Sat) – Marks Stadium (no live scoring due to construction)#57 UC Davis [4] at #8 USC [1] 4pm est/1pm pst USC Twitter – This will be the dual-match...
by Bobby Knight | Jan 11, 2016 | Blog
The final day of the FGCU Invitational was cut short a little with LSU and Memphis leaving after doubles due to a 6-hour rain delay. Kentucky waited out the delay and played singles with the host Florida Gulf Coast with Kentucky winning 4 of 6 matches. Kentucky ended up the big winner during the 3-day tournament winning 15 of 21 singles matches and 6 of 10 doubles matches. Kentucky’s Jake Stefanik, Gus Benson, and Kevin Lai each went 3-0 in singles while Ryotaro Matsamura went 2-0. Memphis’s Ryan Peniston, Andrew Watson, Kai Lemke each went 2-0 as did LSU’s Gabor Csonka.Sunday Results Singles/DoublesKentucky 4-2/2-0Memphis 0-0/2-1LSU...
by Bobby Knight | Jan 10, 2016 | Blog
Kentucky and Memphis were the big winners on Day 2 of the Florida Gulf Coast Invitational. Kentucky went 9-2 overall including 6-1 in singles with freshman Ryotaro Matsamura rolling for a second day in both singles and doubles. Memphis’s Ryan Peniston knocked off LSU’s #78 Justin Butch in 2 close sets and Memphis freshman Chris Patzanovsky picked up a win over LSU’s Tam Trinh. Sunday wraps up the tournament with each starting dual-match play in the coming weeks. Below the scores are quotes from 3 of the 4 coaches.Saturday Results Singles/DoublesKentucky 6-1/3-1Memphis 5-2/2-1LSU 2-5/1-2FGCU 1-6/1-32-day totalsKentucky 11-4/4-4Memphis...
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