by Bobby Knight | Aug 20, 2016 | Blog
The US Open National Playoff is down to the final four with the top two seeds still alive on the men’s side and only one seed left on the women’s side. Nick Meister (UCLA ’12) and Gage Brymer (UCLA Sr) both won in straight sets and will face off in the top half semifinal while Evan King (Michigan ’13) will meet Jose Statham in the bottom half. Statham fought off match points in his 7-6(6) win in the third over Jesse Witten. Three of the four semifinalists on the women’s side have college ties with the bottom semifinals set to be an All-ACC affair. Sanaz Marand (North Carolina ’11) will meet Julia Elbaba (Virginia ’16)...
by Bobby Knight | Aug 20, 2016 | Blog
The US Open National Playoff got underway today in New Haven with three of the four men’s seeds and two of the four women’s seeds advancing to the quarterfinals. The men’s third seed Eric Quigley (Kentucky ’12) was knocked off by UCLA senior Gage Brymer in two tiebreak sets while both the second and fourth seeds, Evan King and Jose Statham, came back from a set down to win in three sets. The top seed Nick Meister (UCLA ’12) won the most lopsided match of the day 6-1, 6-1 over Philip Major. The women’s top seed Ayaka Okuno, who spent a semester at Georgia in 2013, was knocked off in straight sets by Sophie Chang while the...
by Bobby Knight | Aug 19, 2016 | Blog
The draws for the US Open National Playoff were released today with Nick Meister (UCLA ’12) the top seed on the men’s side and Ayaka Okuno (semester at Georgia in 2013) is the top seed on the women’s side. The doubles draws should be out soon with singles getting underway on Friday in New Haven, CT. Below are the draws with Universal Tennis Ratings listed as of 8/19. The participants for this year’s American Collegiate Invitational were release today. The tournament will take place during the second week of the US Open with the winner earning a wild card into the following year’s US Open if they meet certain criteria.Coaching...
by Bobby Knight | Jun 27, 2016 | Blog
All 15 sectionals of the US Open National Playoff have been completed so now those winners will meet in another tournament to determine who gets wild cards into the 2016 US Open. The tournament will take place in New Haven, Connecticut during the WTA’s Connecticut Open from August 19-27. Each draw will have 16 entries so that means at least one sectional runner-up will make it in.The Men’s and Women’s Singles Championships will take place August 19-22 with the winners earning wild cards into the US Open Qualifying Tournament. Below are the 15 men’s sectional winners sorted by Universal Tennis Rating (UTR). Jesse Witten, Martin Joyce,...
by Bobby Knight | Jun 27, 2016 | Blog
It was a tremendous week on the pro tour with four guys winning singles titles and another nine winning doubles titles. If you forgot to check out my Saturday recap may sure you give that a read to see how Steve Johnson, Benjamin Lock, and Roberto Cid won singles titles and Nate Lammons and Dane Webb won doubles titles.$25K Tulsa, OK, USA F21 (Hard) – TCU rising junior Cameron Norrie won his second career Futures singles title with a quick 53-minute win over Ryan Haviland (Stanford ’02). Haviland held in a three-deuce game to start the match but Norrie won the next nine games to take an insurmountable 6-1, 3-0 lead. Haviland held from 40/30 to...
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