by Bobby Knight | Nov 16, 2015 | Blog
It was Championship Sunday at the National Indoor Intercollegiates and Tulane senior Dominik Koepfer and Ohio State freshman Francesca Di Lorenzo would claim the singles championships while Texas Tech’s Hugo Dojas and Felipe Soares and North Carolina’s Hayley Carter and Whitney Kay would win the doubles championships.Below are the final scores from all championship matches along with photos of the winners of the main draw events courtesy of the ITA. Here is the ITA’s recap of the day’s events and here is Colette Lewis’s recap on Zoo Tennis which has more insight in the singles matches.Dominik Koepfer makes history as he...
by Bobby Knight | Nov 14, 2015 | Blog
The singles finals are set at the National Indoor Intercollegiates and it’ll be Cal’s Andre Goransson taking on Tulane’s Dominik Koepfer on the men’s side and Clemson’s Joana Eidukonyte meeting Ohio State’s Francesca Di Lorenzo on the women’s side.Cal’s Andre Goransson got the only break of the opening set when he broke Chris Eubanks’s 5-5 service game and then he served it out to take the set 7-5. Below is a clip of Goransson’s break (FYI, I recorded all the clips off ESPN3 so some are better than others but at least it’s something)The Georgia Tech sophomore would bounce back in the...
by Bobby Knight | Nov 14, 2015 | Blog
A day after the #1 seed on the women’s side went down the men’s #1 followed suit as Virginia Tech senior Joao Monteiro upset Virginia junior Thai-Son Kwiatkowski 6-1, 7-6(4) in the NIIC quarterfinals. Kwiatkowski had beat Monteiro 6-3, 4-6, 6-1 back on September 20th in the finals of the UVA Ranked 1+1 but Monteiro was able to turn the tide today.Stanford sophomore Tom Fawcett upset the #2 seed TCU sophomore Cameron Norrie 6-4, 7-6(8) so that means we’ll be guaranteed to have a first time major winner on Sunday. Norrie of course won the Oracle Masters back in September while Kwiatkowski won the All-Americans in October.Cal’s Andre...
by Bobby Knight | Nov 13, 2015 | Blog
6 of the top 8 seeds on the men’s side won their opening round matches while 7 of the top 8 on the women’s side did though the 1 that lost on the women’s side was the #1 seed Virginia’s Danielle Collins. The men’s doubles #1 seed Virginia’s Thai-Son Kwiatkowski and Mac Styslinger were upset in the 2nd round by Texas Tech’s Hugo Dojas and Felipe Soares 7-6(5), 6-4.Links to bookmark:ITA host pageLive ScoringLive Scoring (Mobile)Live BlogRadioTennis – Live Tennis ChatESPN3NIIC Facts NIIC – Men’s 1st Round:[1] Thai-Son Kwiatkowski (UVA) def. Benjamin Lock (FSU) 6-2, 6-4Konrad Zieba...
by Bobby Knight | Nov 11, 2015 | Blog
The draws are out and we are less than 24 hours away from first serve of the 2015 National Indoor Intercollegiates in the NYC. The tournament starts on Thursday morning and finishes on Sunday. ESPN3 will have streaming video of the semifinals and finals on Saturday and Sunday. Ken Thomas of RadioTennis.com will broadcast all weekend, the USTA has a live blog that will run, and Columbia will provide live scoring so as a fan you should be covered from all angles. Links to bookmark:ITA host pageLive ScoringLive Scoring (Mobile)Live BlogRadioTennisESPN3NIIC Facts Below are the all the draws and my google doc has the men’s draw sorted by preseason...
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