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As with the girls, GB has an entrant into the junior boys qualifying tournament. Mr Colautti first plays Henrik Wiersholm (USA) [15]; his FQR opponent would be either Joao Menezes (BRA) [8] or S. Taylor (BAH). Mr Wiersholm is ranked 128 with a CH of 108 (all 2013; he's only 16).

Having checked the ITF lists out of curiosity (never seen a player listed by initial before), I believe Mr Taylor to be Shaquille Montel Taylor (how many Bahamian S Taylors with a reasonable ITF ranking can there be?) but could be wrong. Have also discovered that if people think the Joao Sousa/Souza thing is interesting, they could really be confused by the two Joao Menezes, both of whom are 16, and both of whom spell their name the same way. (Portuguese Menezes, however, seems to be an occasional player, unlike his Brazilian counterpart).

 

      
  
 


-- Edited by DavidC on Friday 30th of August 2013 05:56:02 PM

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It is definitely Shaquille, at 295 the highest ranked Bahamian, who was therefore well down in the Alternates, which presumably threw whatever site listed him by initial. However it will need two upsets for Tom to play him - Wiersholm beat a couple of top juniors (Rubin and Nakagawa) in a US G1`event earlier in the year. The match against the American follows the one which has just started on court P19 (scores on the US Open site). Cameron Norrie, Luke Bambridge and Jonny O'Mara are in the main draw

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Tom went down an early break but has just levelled at 4-4*.

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Tom loses the first set 6-4

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Tom takes the second set 6-2

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Tom won 7-5 in the 3rd

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Tom wobbled in the third set, serving for it 3 times, but eventually came through 4-6 6-2 7-5

FQR: (8) Joao Menezes (BRA) v Thomas Colautti (GBR)

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Coup Droit wrote:

Well done to Tom !

He's off to Princeton this September so tip-top university, tennis scholarship (only 3 accepted and they must have had a LOT of applicants), a win yesterday - life looking good . . .

Interestingly, not a tennis scholarship. Ivy League universities are prohibited from giving any athletic scholarships. So students have to be able to be accepted as students - though having a particular talent that helps to distinguish them from other similarly academically gifted applicants doesn't hurt their chances. Doing research for a friend earlier this year, I found that Princeton - and to a large degree Harvard and Yale - will then offer financial aid programmes that ensure that any student admitted receives enough financial aid to cover their costs (including travel), without loans. (Nice having endowments that are measured in billions!) And, for the record, according to their website, 26,498 people applied and 1.963 were accepted, for an "admit rate" of 7.4%.  Life is indeed looking good.

 



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What impresses me is that Princeton, Yale, Northwestern and University of Texas, Austin - all of which have recently been attended by GB players - are ranked in the Times Higher Education Supplement's Top 25 Global Universities ... ahead of Edinburgh, the LSE, Manchester, King's College (London) and Bristol. Indeed Princeton - congratulations to Mr Colautti - comes in ahead of Cambridge and Imperial. Yes, the rankings - like all of their ilk - form a very arbitrary (and one could easily argue, dodgy!) measuring scale. But the fact remains that GB student/players at these universities are getting a first-rate education and the opportunity to grow their tennis. It seems rather a good arrangement.



-- Edited by Spectator on Saturday 31st of August 2013 11:44:30 AM

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Well done Tom for getting through.

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Well done to Tom !

He's off to Princeton this September so tip-top university, tennis scholarship (only 3 accepted and they must have had a LOT of applicants), a win yesterday - life looking good . . .

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Tom's second on court P10 today

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Thanks for that Spectator. Interesting.

I hadn't realised the Ivy League sports scholarships rule. (I really don't know much about the US college system in general, although we used to live there!).

This is the article I saw, which doesn't add a great deal but just for general info:

www.goprincetontigers.com/ViewArticle.dbml

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Tom recovered from a double break down to level but then was broken again to lose the first set 6-4

He went a break up early in the second bit it is now back all square at 4*-4


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5* - 5 now. Impressive effort

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