US College Signings 2016 (and general college tennis chat)

The Optimist · ATP qualifying

RE: US College Signings 2016 (and general college tennis chat)

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Thanks, The O.

Interesting about Katie. I'd thought that when I posted about her IMG contract - it's that that tripped up Evan Hoyt, wasn't it? (a 6-week - I think it was - stint with an agency being enough to bar him).

Strange, in my view, that she wanted to shut that door so early on.

But I've no idea what sort of student she is - she may well know that it's really not for her, no matter what.

paulisi · Tennis legend

Maybe the offer was too good to turn down and if she decides she wants an education at a later, she doesn't have to get a tennis scholarship in the US

The Optimist · ATP qualifying

The women's Indoor Team Championships get underway today (the Kickoff weekend was the qualifying for this). So far only 2 results featuring British players

Ella Taylor, Louisiana State (WTA UNR, JCH 467) bt Carla Tur Mari, Oklahoma State (WTA UNR JCH 1795) 7-5, 7-5 - played at 6

#109 Kennedy Shaffer, Georgia (WTA UNR JCH 517) bt Sabrina Federici, Texas Tech (WTA UNR JCH 503) 6-2, 6-2 - played at 4

For curiosity I looked to see if these matches went the way the universal rating suggested they would, and in fact they did.

-- Edited by The Optimist on Saturday 6th of February 2016 09:56:36 AM

Oakland2002 · All-time great

i think Katie shut the door early because she is too good to be a college player and committed to becoming an elite professional. On that basis seems a very sensible choice.

The Optimist · ATP qualifying

More Team Indoor Results

Georgina Sellyn, Vanderbilt (WTA UNR JCH 94) led #70 Ellyse Hamlin, Duke (WTA UNR JCH 136) 6-2, 4-6, 1-0 - played at 5

Sophie Watts, Fresno (WTA UNR CH 953) bt Gabriella De Santis, Ohio State (WTA UNR JCH 967) 6-3, 6-3 - played at 2

Femy Angeles, Ohio State (WTA UNR CH 1150) bt Emma Wilson, Fresno (WTA UNR JCH 1381) 6-3, 6-0 - played at 5

Olivia Sneed, Ohio State (WTA UNR JCH 803) bt Anneka Watts, Fresno (WTA UNR JCH 921) 6-2, 6-2 - played at 6

The Optimist · ATP qualifying

More Team Indoor results

Chloe Ouellet-Pizer, N Carolina (WTA UNR JCH 203) bt Ella Taylor, Louisiana State (WTA UNR JCH 467) 6-4, 6-4 - played at 6

Femy Paz, Ohio State (WTA UNR JCH 1150) bt Georgina Sellyn, Vanderbilt (WTA UNR JCH 94) 6-1, 7-6(11) - played at 5

Sabrina Federici,Texas Tech (WTA UNR JCH 503) bt #80 Wendy Zhang, Miami (WTA UNR CH 808) 1-6, 7-5, 6-3 - played at 4

Kaitlyn McCarthy, Duke (WTA 740 CH 726) bt Sophie Watts, Fresno (WTA UNR CH 953) 6-0, 6-1 - played at 2

Christina Makarova, Duke (WTA UNR CH 584) led Anneka Watts, Fresno (WTA UNR, JCH 921) 6-0, 2-3 - played at 6

I had another look at the UTR for these matches and, apart from Sabrina's match, they all went the way the UTR said they should. Sabrina (UTR 10.65) bt Zhang (UTR 10.92) so not a huge difference in that rating.

None of the teams featuring Brits are left in the main draw now, but will continue to play in consolation matches. I'll put the results of these up tomorrow.

The Optimist · ATP qualifying

Last match results from the Indoor Team Championships

Natalia Maynetto, Alabama (WTA UNR JCH234) v Sabrina Federici, Texas Tech (WTA UNR JCH 503) 6-1, 1-6 susp - played at 5

Sophie Watts, Fresno (WTA UNR CH 953) bt Ekaterina Stepanova, Wisconsin (WTA UNR JCH 1236) 6-1, 6-4 - played at 2

Anneka Watts, Fresno (WTA UNR JCH 921) bt Sydney Rider, Wisconsin (WTA UNR) 3-6, 6-1, 6-1 - played at 6

Ella Taylor, Louisiana State (WTA UNR JCH 467) led Teona Velehorschi, Michigan (WTA UNR JCH 672) 5-7, 6-2, 5-1 - played at 6

Again, for curiosity looked up the UTRs in the finished matches and they both went the way it predicted.

The Optimist · ATP qualifying

The latest rankings are out and this time a couple of girls have broken in

Women

92 Zoe Douglas, Iowa

105 Emma Devine, Oklahoma

Dubs:

Alicia Barnett, Northwestern

Beth Coton, Colorado

Jennifer Brown, Mississippi State

Daneika Borthwick, Florida State

Ella Taylor, Louisiana State

Men

6 Cameron Norrie - TCU

24 Jordan Angus - San Diego

46 Ryan Peniston - Memphis

59 Julian Cash, Oklahoma State

61 Alex Sendegeya, Texas Tech

73 Jathan Malik, Michigan

76 Ben Lott, Drake

87 Andrew Watson, Memphis

99 Jack Findel-Hawkins, North Florida

Dubs:

Jack Findel Hawkins, North Florida

Alex Sendegeya, Texas Tech

Ben Lott, Drake

Vinny Gillespie, Drake

Calum MacGeoch, Drake

Alex Gasson, Denver

Jordan Angus, San Diego

Julian Cash, San Diego

Some you might have expected to feature probably didn't play college tennis in the autumn (maybe playing futures instead) and so don't have a huge number of points yet within the college system but will probably come through as the season moves on.

paulisi · Tennis legend

Jordan Angus is a name I'm not familiar with and thus I'm surprised he is quite so high up. There are a few men's names on that list that you would hope would have a go at a pro career when they graduate.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Should say a big thanks to The O for doing these reports - I'd never find them otherwise, although I flick through various college sites, but love to read them.

Jordan Angus is a name I know (used to be top 100 junior) but have never heard of Zoe Douglas who's our number one girl, on that list, so it seems.

But so good to see the names out there, doing their stuff, and maybe a couple of them will be on the pro-tour sooner rather than later. So Tx again, The Optimist.

The Optimist · ATP qualifying

Jordan started his college career at Mississippi State and transferred to San Diego after 2 years. He's featured pretty regularly in the dubs rankings and last year in the lower end of the singles. Obviously I've not seen him play since he's been in the States, but he was a good solid junior on the domestic circuit before he went although I don't think he did very much internationally. He's one I would expect to give the circuit a go. And yes, there's several others I would hope to see join him. However, over the past couple of years it's a very small percentage of those graduating who do seem to try the circuit at all.

edit: as pointed out above, Jordan did do a lot internationally as a junior getting to a JCH of 74

-- Edited by The Optimist on Monday 15th of February 2016 08:50:22 AM

The Optimist · ATP qualifying

Zoe, I believe, hails from somewhere near Cambridge. She's been a regular competitor on the domestic circuit from a young age and always had good solid results, although rarely played in the top level of competition. I think she's one who stayed in school and so has a lower profile. I always enjoyed watching her whenever I came across her as she has a different style of play to most of the girls. She's not the tallest one out there and so has developed a very 'crafty' game which is very entertaining to watch and for some opponents, immensely frustrating to play!

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

News of Alannah Griffin - sounds as though it's going very well

www.auburntigers.com/sports/w-tennis/spec-rel/021016aaa.html

The Optimist · ATP qualifying

This weekend is the turn of the men in the National Indoor Team Championship. Four of our guys played but none of them managed to finish a match!!

Brett Clark, North Carolina (ATP UNR CH 1746) v #61 Alex Sendegeya, Texas Tech (ATP UNR CH 1392) 5-7, 6-0 susp - played at position 3

Cameron Norrie, Texas Christian (ATP 706 CH 637) led Aleks Vukic, Illinois (ATP 678 = CH) 6-4, 1-6, 1-0 susp - played at 1

Thai-Son Kwiatkowski, Virginia (ATP 2144 CH 990) led Jordan Angus, San Diego (ATP UNR JCH 74) 6-4, 4-1 susp - played at 2

JC Aragone, Virginia (ATP UNR JCH 149) led Josh Page, San Diego (ATP UNR JCH 123) 7-5, 4-1 susp - played at 5

-- Edited by The Optimist on Saturday 13th of February 2016 09:06:51 AM