by Bobby Knight | Aug 26, 2017 | Blog
There were seven players with college ties in action on Friday in the final round of the qualifying draw at the US Open and by the time the dust had settled six of them had secured a spot in the main draw. JC Aragone, Evan King, and Danielle Lao will each be making their grand slam debuts next week while Cameron Norrie advanced to his second grand slam main draw, JP Smith his fourth grand slam main draw, and Nicole Gibbs her 13th grand slam main draw.For the first time since 1987 there will be four men in the main draw that played college tennis in the same year because Aragone and Norrie join Thai Kwiatkowski and Chris Eubanks who were both granted main...
by Bobby Knight | Aug 25, 2017 | Blog
JC Aragone was awarded a last minute wild card into this year’s US Open qualifying draw and now he’s just one match away from the main draw after a come from behind win over Italy’s Riccardo Bellotti. Aragone dropped the opening set 6-3 and went down a break at 3-2 in the second but he broke back in the next game to even it at 3-all. After an exchange of holds, Aragone went up 40/0 on his 4-4 service game but Bellotti took the next four points to take the advantage. Aragone worked it back to deuce but Bellotti would have the advantage three more times until Aragone finally managed to win two straight and then after getting the advantage he...
by Bobby Knight | Aug 24, 2017 | Blog
The opening round of qualifying at the US Open wrapped up on Wednesday with the guys with college ties going 12-14 while the girls went 5-5. UCLA and USC were the only schools to put more than one player through to the men’s second round while on the women’s side Stanford was the only school to do the same. Those that played college tennis last season went 2-4 with Cameron Norrie and JC Aragone picking up wins while JJ Wolf, William Blumberg, Francesca Di Lorenzo, and Ashley Lahey came up short. Second round matches will be played on Thursday with live scoring available here. US Open Men’s Qualies – First RoundGleb Sakharov...
by Bobby Knight | Aug 22, 2017 | Blog
It’ll be a busy week for many current and former collegians as they try to qualify for the 2017 US Open. There are 26 players with college ties in the men’s qualifying draw with two first round matches pitting one against another. There are 10 players with college ties in the women’s draw with the only college versus college match coming when Francesca Di Lorenzo faces Nicole Gibbs. To see all the first round matchups scroll down and to see the order of play for Tuesday click here and to track the live scoring click here. The World University Games are underway in Taiwan with plenty of representation from college tennis players...
by Bobby Knight | Aug 26, 2016 | Blog
Rutgers Director of Athletics Patrick Hobbs announced that Hilary Ritchie had been elevated from acting women’s head coach to full-time head coach. Ritchie, who played at Iowa and Colorado State, had been the assistant coach at Rutgers for the past six years under Benjamin Bucca who recently stepped down after 13 years to become a New Jersey Superior Court judge.RELEASE: Ritchie elevated to head coach of Rutgers tennis program: https://t.co/k7ghCkbl1dpic.twitter.com/Jkfz3l6QAW— Rutgers Tennis (@RutgersTennis) August 25, 2016 Duke men’s head coach Ramsey Smith announced that Diego Garavito (Bethune-Cookman ’16) will be the Blue Devils...
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