by Bobby Knight | Nov 1, 2017 | Blog
The final major event of the fall, the Oracle/ITA National Fall Championships, kicks off on Wednesday morning at the JW Marriott and Indian Wells Tennis Garden in sunny California. Mississippi State junior Nuno Borges is the top seed in the men’s singles draw while Florida senior Anna Danilina is the top seed in the women’s singles draw. The top seeds in the doubles draws are Florida’s Johannes Ingildsen and Alfredo Perez and Duke’s Ellyse Hamlin and Kaitlyn McCarthy. There will be one round of singles played on Wednesday and one on Thursday and then on Friday they’ll be two rounds. The semifinals will be held on...
by Bobby Knight | Oct 28, 2017 | Blog
The majority of the field for the 2017 Oracle ITA National Fall Championships was released on Thursday but on Friday the field was completed with the addition of a handful of wild cards and a few last minute at-large selections. Baylor sophomore Bjoern Petersen was awarded an Oracle Wild Card into the singles draw which wasn’t too surprising due to Oracle’s Mark Hurd being a Baylor graduate. Georgia’s Wayne Montgomery and Walker Duncan got the extra at-large selection due to UNC’s William Blumberg and Robert Kelly pulling out due to Blumberg possibly getting a wild card into Charlottesville next week. Clemson’s Alex...
by Bobby Knight | Oct 27, 2017 | Blog
The ITA released the at-large and wild card selections for next week’s Oracle ITA National Fall Championships which will be held in Indian Wells and Palm Desert, California. On the men’s side, the teams with multiple singles at-large selections were Ohio State (3), Florida State (3), Georgia (2), Kentucky (2), and Tulane (2). The two men’s wild cards went to Mississippi State’s Nuno Borges (ITA Preseason No. 2) and Ohio State’s JJ Wolf (ITA Preseason No. 29).There were four extra at-large selections on the men’s side due to qualifiers William Blumberg, Mikael Torpegaard, Gustav Hansson, and David Volfson opting not...
by Bobby Knight | Oct 16, 2017 | Blog
The following is the selection criteria from the ITA’s page:The 2017 Oracle ITA National Fall Championships, which serves as the concluding event to the fall portion of the college tennis schedule, is the only intercollegiate event to feature competitors from all five divisions competing for a national championship.Through a combination of on-court competition and at-large berths and wild cards, there are several ways for student-athletes to qualify for the 2017 Oracle ITA National Fall Championships, which will be held November 1-5, at the JW Marriott Desert Springs Resort & Spa in Palm Desert, California, and the Indian Wells Tennis Garden in...
by Bobby Knight | Jun 30, 2017 | Blog
The Wimbledon main draws were released on Friday with 34 players with college ties set to compete at the All England Lawn Tennis Club. There were 23 former college players in the singles qualifying draws but Irina Falconi was the only one to come through with the former Yellow Jacket qualifying with a straight set win over Mariana Duque-Marino. Falconi’s reward for qualifying will be a match against the top seed and last year’s runner-up Angelique Kerber.There will be four former college players in the men’s singles draw and two in the women’s singles draw. The men’s doubles draw has 25 former college players while the...
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