by Bobby Knight | May 19, 2015 | Blog
After days of rain it was hot and very humid for the semifinals and all four teams had to fight the elements just as much as their opponents. By the time the dust cleared after just over 4 hours we had #1 Oklahoma and #3 Virginia sitting atop the podium after Oklahoma held off #6 TCU 4-3 and Virginia outlasted #2 Baylor 4-2I can attest the weather was very hot and I was standing in the shade so I can only imagine what it felt like for the players to stand out there and slug it out for hours on end.I thought the crowd today was great for the 2 matches that were played simultaneously. Early on there more people watching TCU/OU on the Riverside Courts...
by Bobby Knight | May 18, 2015 | Blog
[1] Oklahoma (29-2) vs. [5] TCU (25-7) – Monday 1pm – Oklahoma is coming off a 4-2 win over #7 Georgia while TCU beat #13 North Carolina 4-1. Oklahoma won the regular season meeting in Norman 4-1 but all the singles match-ups will be different this time around except for the Alvarez/Chappell pairing. Regular Season Meeting:#1 Oklahoma 4, #10 TCU 1March 27, 2015 at Norman, OKSingles competition1. #19 Andrew Harris (OU 14.74) def. #37 Cameron Norrie (TCU 14.30) 7-6(5), 6-42. #7 Axel Alvarez (OU 14.59) vs. #36 Nick Chappell (TCU 13.82) 5-7, 6-4, 2-3 DNF3. #76 Guillermo Nunez (TCU 13.72) def. #26 Dane Webb (OU...
by Bobby Knight | May 17, 2015 | Blog
I was expecting 4 knock down drag em out fights but in the end there were 2 good matches and 2 that weren’t as close as I anticipated. It was expected to be another wet day with the chance of rain around 50% but the showers stayed away and for the most part is was a very pleasant day (for the spectators). It was overcast, humid, and windy for the first 2 matches and then the sun came out for the last 2 but the wind and humidity stayed around all day. In the opening match of the day on the main Grandstand Courts it was #1 Oklahoma pushing past #7 Georgia 4-2. This will be Oklahoma’s second ever NCAA semifinal appearance with the first time...
by Bobby Knight | May 16, 2015 | Blog
The stage is set for Quarterfinal Saturday and it should be a good one with 7 of the top 8 seeds still alive. It wouldn’t surprise me to see all 4 matches finish with a 4-3 score and I’d actually be pretty surprised if at least 1 higher seed didn’t go down. For those that didn’t see the notice tomorrow’s matches have been moved up 2 hours to try and stay ahead of the rain so tune in at 11am eastern for 1st serve.Let’s dive in and get started:[1] Oklahoma (27-2) vs. [8] Georgia (24-4) – Saturday 11am est.- Oklahoma is coming off a 4-3 win over #16 UCLA in a match that saw the Sooners win the doubles point and...
by Bobby Knight | May 14, 2015 | Blog
It was a wild and crazy Thursday with it taking 6+ hours to complete the opening matches due to a series of rain/lightning delays. Both the Oklahoma/UCLA and Georgia/Texas matches started outdoors and were finished indoors due to 3 rain delays and lastly a lightning delay.Before I go through the matches I wanted to thank you guys on twitter for Periscoping some of the key points in the indoor matches where there wasn’t streaming video available. Big shout out to Jeff McMillan and Drew Mastin who both did a great job letting me and many others follow the end of the Oklahoma/UCLA and Georgia/Texas matches. Jeff also had footage of many of the key...
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