by Bobby Knight | Oct 9, 2016 | Blog
Ohio State sophomore Francesca Di Lorenzo just started her second year of collegiate tennis but she’s already claimed two Grand Slams after winning the Riviera/ITA All-American Championships. Di Lorenzo was playing her fifth match of the week while her opponent, UCLA freshman Ena Shibahara, was taking the court the 11th time since beginning the pre-qualifying rounds nine days earlier. Shibahara started the match off with a hold and break but Di Lorenzo broke back and held to even it at 2-2. It stayed on serve until Di Lorenzo broke to go up 5-4 and then she served it out from 40/30 to take the opening set 6-4. There were four straight holds to start the...
by Bobby Knight | Oct 8, 2016 | Blog
Six of the top eight seeds began the day in Tulsa but by mid-afternoon Wake Forest sophomore Petros Chrysochos would be the only one left with a number beside his name. Chrysochos and Arkansas senior Jose Salazar slugged it out for 2 hours and 40 minutes in their Round of 16 match. Chrysochos was broke serving for the first set at 5-4 and 6-5 before rolling 7-1 in the tiebreak. Chrysochos led 3-1 in the second set but Salazar won four straight games to go ahead 5-3 and would eventually serve the second set out to take it 6-4. Chrysochos jumped out to a single break 4-1 lead in the third set but Salazar got it back on serve and forced a third set tiebreak....
by Bobby Knight | Oct 7, 2016 | Blog
While the men’s top seed Mikael Torpegaard cruised into the Round of 16 the second seed and defending champion Thai-Son Kwiatkowski got all he wanted and more from UCLA junior Martin Redlicki. The Bruin lefty used his big serve and forehand to keep Kwiatkowski at arms length but the Cavalier senior hung around long enough to turn it around. Redlicki took the opening set 6-3 after picking up the lone break to go up 4-2. Kwiatkowski broke Redlicki to go up 3-1 in the second but Redlicki broke back and held to even it at 3-3. Redlicki came back from 15/40 down to send the set to a tiebreak but Kwiatkowski rolled 7-3 to force a deciding third set. Redlicki...
by Bobby Knight | Oct 7, 2016 | Blog
Three of the five seeds were knocked out of the main draw on Thursday with North Carolina’s Hayley Carter and Ohio State’s Francesca Di Lorenzo the lone survivors. Florida’s Kourtney Keegan knocked off the second seed Pepperdine’s Luisa Stefani, Vanderbilt’s Astra Sharma defeated the fourth seed Miami’s Sinead Lohan, and Oklahoma State’s Vladica Babic held off the fifth seed Mississippi State’s Jasmine Lee. Three of the top four seeds lost in doubles with Florida’s Brooke Austin and Kourtney Keegan, the No. 2 seeds and defending NCAA Champions, the only ones to move on to the quarterfinals.Oklahoma State...
by Bobby Knight | Oct 6, 2016 | Blog
Players from the Power 5 conferences claimed 7 of the 8 qualifying spots in California with Pepperdine’s Mayar Sherif Ahmed being the lone exception. UCLA freshman Ena Shibahara was the only player from the pre-qualifying draw to make it all the way to the main draw after the Bruin won all six matches in straight sets.Main draw bound! Ena Shibahara qualifies for the #RivieraITA main draw after a 6-3, 6-4 victory over Fahey @umichtennispic.twitter.com/BnmB3sxavi— UCLA Women’s Tennis (@uclawtennis) October 5, 2016Breakdown of Qualifiers by Conference Big 12 (2): Lushkova, Miyazaki Pac-12 (2): Shibahara, Ormeno Ruiz SEC (2): Danilina, Martins...
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