by Bobby Knight | Aug 15, 2016 | Blog
Michael Mmoh came into this year’s USTA Boys 18 National Championships as the top seed and he definitely lived up to the billing. Mmoh only needed about 90 minutes to win the best of five sets final over the No. 7 seed Vasil Kirkov 6-1, 6-2, 6-3. Mmoh only lost 35 games in seven matches and didn’t drop a set all week. Colette Lewis has all the quotes from today’s winners over at ZooTennis. Mmoh’s Week at the Zoo:BYE in R1 def. Ivan Thamma 6-4, 6-4 in R2 def. Joshua Marchalik 6-0, 6-1 in R3 def. [18] Keegan Smith 6-2, 6-2 in R4 def. [10] Oliver Crawford 6-1, 7-6(4) in R5 def. [5] Gianni Ross 6-4, 6-2 in QF...
by Bobby Knight | Aug 8, 2016 | Blog
Pro Titles/Finals Last Week:Singles: China (CH) – Jason Jung (Michigan) Canada – Jennifer Brady (UCLA) USA – Roberto Quiroz (USC) USA – Caitlin Whoriskey (Tennessee) Italy – Jose Hernandez-Fernandez (North Carolina)Doubles: Italy (CH) – James Cerretani (Brown) USA – Jared Hiltzik (Illinois)/Rhyne Williams (Tennessee) Italy – Catalin-Ionut Gard (Ole Miss)/Ruben Gonzales (Illinois) Finland – Mikael Torpegaard (Ohio State)/Herkko Pollanen (Ohio State) Germany – Andreas Mies (Auburn) Latvia – Ewan Moore (Tulane commit) Morocco – Sander Gille (East Tennessee State)Runner-Ups:Singles: USA (ATP)...
by Bobby Knight | Jul 31, 2016 | Blog
What had already been a good week for Chris Eubanks turned into a great week after the Georgia Tech rising junior upset world #104 Thiago Monteiro to qualify for the main draw at the BB&T ATP 250 Atlanta Open. Eubanks had to earn a spot in the qualifying field by winning a Wild Card playoff over teammate Cole Fiegel and 2013 Samford graduate Zac Dunkle and then he had to beat world #210 Tommy Paul in the opening round of qualies just to get to today’s match against Monteiro.Eubanks earned the only break of the first set when he broke Monteiro’s 2-2 service game to go ahead 3-2 and three holds later he had the opening set 6-4. Eubanks broke...
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