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The Optimist · ATP qualifying

Only one women's Kickoff Weekend box got underway yesterday

Vanderbilt Box

#49 Vanderbilt bt Virginia Tech 4-0

4. Georgina Sellyn (Vanderbilt) bt Shene Disbergen (Virgina Tech) 6-0, 6-0

Dubs

3. Emily Smith / Fernanda Contreras (Vanderbilt) bt Natalie Novotna / Sansitha Nandakumar (Virginia Tech) 6-2

The Optimist · ATP qualifying

Saturday's results from women's Kickoff Weekend

Duke Box

Duke bt William and Mary 4-0

6. Rebecca Smaller (Duke) v Maria Groener (William and Mary) (JCH=848) 2-6, 6-3, 1-2 susp

Dubs

3. Rebecca Smaller / Samantha Harris (Duke) bt Maria Groener / Ekaterina Stepanova (William and Mary) 6-3

Texas Tech Box

Texas Tech bt UC Santa Barbara 4-1

5. Sabrina Federici (Texas Tech) bt Amanda Atanasson (UC Santa Barbara) (JCH=1208) 7-5, 6-1

Dubs

2. #14 Sabrina Federici / Sarah Dvorak (Texas Tech) bt #33 Melissa Baker / Stephanie Yamada (UC Santa Barbara) 7-5

Arizona State bt South Carolina 4-3

5. Savannah Slaysman (Arizona State) (CH=906) bt #122 Brigit Folland (South Carolina) 6-4, 5-7, 6-4

Michigan Box

Mississippi State bt Syracuse 4-1

6. Jennifer Brown (Mississippi State) v Nicole Mitchell (Syracuse) 7-6(1), 2-1 susp

Dubs

2. Jennifer Brown / Madison Harrison (Mississippi State) v Dina Hegab / Miranda Ramirez (Syracuse) 5-4 susp

Today's matches here are streamed on http://www.mgoblue.com/sports/w-tennis/sched/mich-w-tennis-sched.html

Auburn Box

#15 Auburn bt Fresno State 4-0

3. Taylor Russo (Auburn) (JCH=329) v Emma Wilson (Fresno) 3-6, 2-5 susp

4. Alannah Griffin (Auburn) v Julianne Triebe (Fresno) (CH=451) 3-6, 0-0 susp

5. Roos Van Der Zwaan (Auburn) (CH=1146 JCH=84) bt Georgia Lawson (Fresno) 6-1, 7-5

6. Georgie Axon (Auburn) bt Olivia Noble (Fresno) 6-2, 6-2

Dubs

1. #25 Alizee Michaud / Taylor Russo (Auburn) bt Olivia Noble / Julianne Triebe (Fresno) 6-2

2. Andie Dikosavljevic / Alannah Griffin (Auburn) bt #50 Katerina Stloukalova / Georgia Lawson (Fresno) 7-6(5)

3. Emma Wilson / Galina Bykova (Fresno) bt Reka Muller / Roos Van Der Zwaan (Auburn) 6-4

Vanderbilt Box

#9 Vanderbilt bt Kansas 4-0

4. Nina Khmelnitckaia (Kansas) (JCH=564) v Georgina Sellyn (Vanderbilt) 6-3, 5-7, 2-5 susp

Dubs

3. Emily Smith / Fernanda Conreras (Vanderbilt) bt Tatiana Nikolaeva / Maria Toran Ribes (Kansas) 6-1

Play has now finished in the box and as the winners, Emily and Georgina along with the rest of the Vanderbilt team will head off to the National Indoor Team Championships being held next month at Yale.

-- Edited by The Optimist on Monday 30th of January 2017 12:26:12 PM

The Optimist · ATP qualifying

Saturday's results from men's Kickoff Weekend

Wake Forest Box

Wake Forest bt Georgia State 4-0

6. #122 Alan Gadjiev (Wake Forest) (922 CH=938) v Jack MacFarlane (Georgia State) 6-7(2), 0-1 susp

Play in this box has now finished

California Box

California bt Tulane 4-2

2. #15 Andre Goransson (California) (856 CH=851) bt Ewan Moore (Tulane) 6-2, 6-3

3. #69 Filip Bergevi (California) (CH=1092 JCH=34) bt Sebastian Rey (Tulane) 3-6, 6-1, 6-3

Dubs

1. #2 Filip Bergevi / Florian Lakat (California) bt Chi-Shan Jao / Sebastian Rey (Tulane) 6-3

2. #45 Andre Goranssen / Billy Griffith (California) bt Ewan Moore / Luis Erlenbusch (Tulane) 6-0

Play now finished in this box

UCLA Box

Lamar bt Boise State 4-2

6. Juuso Laitinen (Lamar) (JCH=504) bt Harvey Shackleton (Boise State) 6-0, 6-1

Dubs

2. Michael Feucht / Sebastian Santibanez (Lamar) bt Kyle Butters / Harvey Shackleton (Boise State) 6-0

#6 UCLA bt New Mexico 4-0

2. Martin Redlicki (UCLA) (1128 CH=948 JCH=45) bt Ricky Hernandez-Tong 6-4, 6-0

4. #90 Joseph Di Giulio (UCLA) v Dominic West (New Mexico) 6-4, 4-6 susp

Dubs

1. Martin Redlicki / Evan Zhu (UCLA) bt Rudolfo Jauregui / Ricky Hernandez-Tong 6-1

2. Joseph Di Giulio / Austin Rapp (UCLA) bt Bart Van Leijsen / Dominic West 3-4 susp

Southern California Box

San Diego bt Virginia Tech 4-2

3. Mitch Harper (Virginia Tech) (CH=1828 JCH=185) bt Josh Page (San Diego) 6-1, 7-6(6)

Dubs

1. Abraham Asaba / Jai Corbett (Virginia Tech) bt Josh Page / Filip Vittek 6-2

Texas Box

Oregon bt Rice 4-2

1. #33 Thomas Laurent (Oregon) (JCH=954) bt Tommy Bennnett (Rice) 6-1, 6-3

2. Simon Stevens (Oregon) (CH=1352 JCH=152) bt Jamie Malik (Rice) 6-2, 6-2

Dubs

1. #9 David Warren / Tommy Bennett (Rice) v Jayson Amos / Armando Soemarna (Oregon) susp

#9 Texas bt Drake 4-1

1. #6 Christian Sigsgaard (Texas) (JCH=147) v #73 Vinny Gillespie (Drake) 6-3, 5-5 susp

2. Calum MacGeoch (Drake) bt George Goldhoff (Texas) (1769 CH=1429) 7-5, 6-3

3. #47 Harrison Scott (Texas) (1769 CH=1405) bt Ben Stride (Drake) 6-2, 6-4

4. #36 Yuya Ito (Texas) (857 CH=852) bt Barnaby Thorold (Drake) 6-2, 6-0

5. Leo Telles (Texas) v Tom Hands (Drake) 2-6 susp

6. Rodrigo Banzer (Texas) (CH=902) bt Ben Clarke (Drake) 6-3, 6-1

Dubs

1. Leonardo Telles / George Goldhoff (Texas) bt Vinny Gillespie / Calum MacGeoch (Drake) 6-1

2. Christian Sigsgaard / Julian Zlobinsky (Texas) bt Ben Stride / Ben Wood (Drake) 6-1

3. Tom Hands / Barnaby Thorold (Drake) v Harrison Scott / Yuya Ita (Texas) 5-2 susp

Northwestern Box

#10 Northwestern bt Memphis 4-0

1. #26 Strong Kirchheimer (Northwestern) (986) v Ryan Peniston (Memphis) 7-5, 4-1 susp

2. Konrad Ziept (Northwestern) (CH=1132) v Andrew Watson (Memphis) 6-3, 4-5 susp

Dubs

1. Konrad Ziept / Sam Shropshire (Northwestern) bt Andrew Watson /Kai Lemke (Memphis) 6-2

2. Strong Kirchheimer / Dominik Stary (Northwestern) by Ryan Peniston / Felix Rauch (Memphis) 6-1

3. Chris Ephron / Michael Lorenze (Northwestern) v Matt Storey / Jan Pallares (Memphis) 3-4 susp

Texas Christian Box

#12 Texas Christian bt Pacific 4-0

5. Trey Daniel (Texas Christian) v Ross Watson (Pacific) 6-4, 4-5 susp

Dubs

Alex Rybakov / Guillermo Nunez (Texas Christian) bt Ross Watson / Akram El Sallaly (Pacific) 6-2

Oklahoma State Box

#13 Oklahoma State bt #14 Kentucky 4-0

1. #41 Julian Cash (Oklahoma State) v #23 Will Bushamuka (Kentucky) (1937 CH=960) 7-5, 3-2 susp

Dubs

1. #5 Julian Cash / Arjun Kadhe (Oklahoma State) v Will Bushamuka / Beck Pennington (Kentucky) 4-4 susp

Play has finished in the box and Julian and the Oklahoma State team were the winners and head to the National Indoor Team Championships at Virginia next month

Texas A&M Box

Southern Methodist bt Mississippi 4-3

3. Ricardo Jorge (Mississippi) (CH=1459) bt Samm Butler (Southern Methodist) 7-5m 3-6, 6-4

Dubs

2. Samm Butler / Ronald Slobodchikov (Southern Methodist) bt #40 Zvonimir Babic / Filip Kraljevic (Mississippi) 6-4

Oklahoma Box

#16 Oklahoma bt #19 Michigan 4-1

2. #18 Spencer Papa (Oklahoma) (CH858) bt Jathan Malik (Michigan) 6-3, 6-7, 7-6

Dubs

1. Spencer Papa / Andrew Harris bt #6 Jathan Malik / Kevin Wong (Michigan) 6-1

Texas Tech Box

Iowa bt Texas Tech 4-3

2. Lefteris Theodorou (Iowa) bt Alex Sendegeya (Texas Tech) 6-4, 1-6, 6-2

Dubs

1. Josh Silverstein / Lefteris Theodorou (Iowa) bt #60 Alex Sendegeya / Bjorn Thompson (Texas Tech) 6-4

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Great stuff, thanks, The O.

And not your fault at all that that looks like a truly miserable group of results from our players :::(((

So, well done to Calum McGeoch who seems to be the only player with a singles win out of the lot of them....

The Optimist · ATP qualifying

The women's Sunday results from Kickoff Weekend

Florida Box

South Florida bt DePaul 4-2

Dubs

3. Ana Roman Dominguez / Brooke Lashway (South Florida) bt Flo Abbott / Patricia Lancranjan (DePaul) 6-1

This box is complete

Duke Box

#10 Duke bt #25 Northwestern 4-3

6. Rebecca Smaller (Duke) bt Nina Van Oost (Northwestern) (JCH=432) 6-4, 4-6, 6-4

Dubs

3. #23 Rheeya Doshi / Brooke Rischbieth (Northwestern) bt Samantha Harris / Rebecca Smaller (Duke) 7-6(3)

Duke win the box so Rebecca and the team off to Yale next month for the National Indoor Team Championships

Texas Tech Box

South Carolina bt UC Santa Barbara 4-1

5. #122 Brigit Folland (South Carolina) bt Amanda Atansson (UC Santa Barbara) 6-2, 6-3

Texas Tech bt Arizona State 4-3

5. Sabrina Federici (Texas Tech) bt Savannah Slaysman (Arizona State) (CH=906) 6-4, 3-6, 6-3

Dubs

2. #14 Sarah Dvorak / Sabrina Federici (Texas Tech) v #36 Kelley Anderson / Savannah Slaysman (Arizona State) 4-3 susp

Texas Tech win the box so Sabrina and the team will be going to the National Indoor Team Championships at Yale.

Michigan Box

#14 Michigan bt #23 Mississippi State 4-0

6. Valeria Patiuk (Michigan) (CH=640) v Jennifer Brown (Mississippi State) 6-1, 3-0 susp

Dubs

2. #29 Mira Ruder-Hook / Brienne Minor (Michigan) bt Madison Harrison / Jennifer Brown (Mississippi State) 6-1

This box now complete

Auburn Box

Rice bt Fresno State 4-0

3. #110 Katherine Ip (Rice) (989 CH=662) v Emma Wilson (Fresno) 4-6, 6-2, 1-2 susp

5. Fernande Astete (Rice) (CH=1240 JCH=71) bt Georgia Lawson (Fresno) 6-3, 6-2

Dubs

1. Wendy Zhang / Lindsey Hodge (Rice) bt Olivia Noble / Julianne Triebe (Fresno) 6-3

2. Alison Ho / Priya Niezgoda (Rice) bt #50 Katerina Stloukalova / Georgia Lawson (Fresno) 6-3

3. Katherine Ip / Savanna Durkin (Rice) v Emma Wilson / Glina Bykova (Fresno) 5-3 susp

#15 Auburn bt #18 Southern California 4-1

3. Alanna Griffin (Auburn) bt #46 Jessica Failla (Southern Cal) (703 ch=691) 6-2, 7-6(4)

5. Georgie Axon (Auiburn) v Angela Kulikov (Southern Cal) (JCH=508) 6-2, 2-6, 2-3 susp

Dubs

2. Andie Dikosavljevic / Alannah Griffin (Auburn) bt Jessica Failla / Rianna Valdes (Southern Cal) 7-6(6)

Auburn win the box so Alannah, Georgie and the team will be going to the National Indoor Team Championships at Yale next month.

-- Edited by The Optimist on Monday 30th of January 2017 02:27:18 PM

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Go, the girls !

That's a lot better.

And congrats to Alannah, in particular, beating the current WTA WR 703

The Optimist · ATP qualifying

Thought that was a particularly good win for Alannah myself..

The Optimist · ATP qualifying

Ohio State Box

Utah bt Denver 4-0

2. Dan Little (Utajh) bt Yannik James (Denver) (JCH=257) 7-6, 6-4

3. Santiago Sierra (Utah) (JCH=430) bt Alex Gasson (Denver) 3-6, 6-2, 6-4

5. Joe Woolley (Utah) v Pedro F Del Valle (Denver) 6-4, 4-6, 2-5 susp

Dubs

1. Joe Woolley / Dan Little (Utah) v Alex Gasson / Yannik James 4-5 susp

Box complete

Georgia Box

#5 Georgia bt Washington 4-0

Dubs

1. #54 Robert Loeb / Jan Zielinski (Georgia) bt Piers Foley / Wendell Watanabe (Washington) 6-2

Box complete

UCLA Box

New Mexico bt Boise State 4-0

2. Brian Tran (Boise State) (JCH=113) v Ricky Hernandez-Tong (New Mexico) 7-6, 2-3 susp

4. Dominic West (New Mexico) bt Pedro Platzeck (Boise State) (CH=1720) 6-1, 6-3

6. Sean Baklini (New Mexico) bt Harey Shackleton (Boise State) 6-2, 6-4

Dubs

1. Jack Heslin/ Brian Tran (Boise State) bt Rudolfo Jauregui / Ricky Hernandez-Tong (New Mexico) 6-4

2. Bart Van Leijsen / Dominic West (New Mexico State) bt Kyle Butters / Harvey Shackleton (Boise State) 6-3

Box complete

Southern California Box

#8 Southern California bt San Diego 6-1

3. #88 Nick Crystal (Southern Cal) (JCH=267) bt Josh Page (San Diego) 6-1, 6-3

Dubs

1. Brandon Holt / Riley Smith (Southern Cal) bt Filip Vittek / Josh Page (San Diego) 6-2

Box complete

Texas Box

Drake bt Rice 4-3

1. #73 Vinny Gillespie (Drake) bt Tommy Bennett (Rice) 6-4, 6-2

2. Jamie Malik (Rice) bt Calum MacGeoch (Drake) 7-5, 6-4

3. Jake Hansen (Rice) bt Ben Stride (Drake) 6-4, 1-6, 7-6(5)

4. Barnaby Thorold (Drake) bt Eric Rutledge (Rice) 6-7(6), 6-4, 6-4

5. Tom Hands (Drake) bt David Warren (Rice) 6-4, 7-6(2)

6. Emanuel Llamas (Rice) (JCH=321) bt Ben Wood (Drake) 6-7, 6-2, 6-4

Dubs

1. David Warren / Tommy Bennett (Rice) bt Vinny Gillespie / Calum MacGeoch (Drake) 6-1

2. Ben Stride / Ben Wood (Drake) bt Oscar Janglin / Emanuel Llamas (Rice) 7-5

3. Tom Hands / Barnaby Thorold (Drake) bt Eric Rutledge / Jake Hansen (Rice) 7-5

Box complete

Northwestern Box

#18 Stanford bt Memphis 4-3

1. #8 Tom Fawcett (Stanford) (1246 CH=1127) bt #35 Ryan Peniston (Memphis) 6-2, 6-4

2. #111 Andrew Watson (Memphis) bt Sameer Kumar (Stanford) (1289 CH=1276) 7-6(7), 4-6, 6-3

Dubs

1. #15 Yale Goldberg / Sameer Kumar (Stanford) v Kai Lemke / Andrew Watson (Drake) 2-5 susp

2. Ryan Peniston / Felix Rauch (Memphis) bt #55 Tom Fawcett / David Wilczynski (Stanford) 6-1

Box complete

Texas Christian Box

Wichita State bt Pacific 4-3

5. Murkel Dellien (CH=1313) bt Ross Watson (Pacific) 6-2, 6-1

Dubs

2. Ross Watson / Akram El Sallaly (Pacific) bt Eddie Stoica / Haru Inoue (Witchita) 6-4

Box complete

Texas A&M Box

#21 Baylor bt #23 Southern Methodist 4-0

2. Samm Butler (SMU) v Johannes Schretter (Baylor) (CH=1137) 5-7, 1-3 susp

Dubs

2. Juan Benitez / Constantin Frantzen (Baylor) bt Samm Butler / Ronald Slobodchikov (SMU) 6-2

Box complete

Oklahoma Box

#19 Michigan bt #25 Arkansas 4-0

1. Jathan Malik (Michigan) v Jose Salazar (Arkansas) 6-3, 5-4 susp

Dubs

1. Jathan Malik / Connor Johnston (Michigan) bt Juan Marino / Jose Salazar (Arkansas) 6-1

Box complete

Texas Tech Box

Florida State bt Texas Tech 4-1

2. Lucas Poullain (Florida State) (1492 CH=1298) bt Alex Sendegeya (Texas Tech) 6-4, 6-3

Dubs

1. #60 Alex Sendegeya / Bjorn Thomson (Texas Tech) v Aziz Dougaz / Alex Knaff (Florida State) 1-4 susp

Box complete

The Optimist · ATP qualifying

That's the men all done. There are a couple of women's events to finish today. Don't think there are any Brits in them but I'll check and post any results.

The Optimist · ATP qualifying

Coup Droit wrote:
Great stuff, thanks, The O.

And not your fault at all that that looks like a truly miserable group of results from our players :::(((

So, well done to Calum McGeoch who seems to be the only player with a singles win out of the lot of them....

Not quite as bad as that taking the weekend overall. Singles wins for

Piers Foley - Washington

Vinny Gillespie - Drake

Tom Hands - Drake

Dan Little - Utah

Jamie Malik - Rice

Sebastian Rey - Tulane

Barnaby Thorold - Drake

Andrew Watson - Memphis

Dominic West - New Mexico

Georgie Axon - Auburn

Sabrina Federici - Texas Tech x 2

Brigit Folland - South Carolina

Alannah Griffin - Auburn

Georgina Sellyn - Vanderbilt

Rebecca Smaller - Duke

and several suspended matches that looked like they were heading the right way.....

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Yes, the second batch really stood up to be counted. I take it all back

The Optimist · ATP qualifying

As well as the 2 girls caught up in the merger of Georgia Southern / Armstrong State universities (Paige Christian and Ella Monsey), Southern Illinois has announced that it is dropping its men's and women's tennis programmes at the end of this year due to financial constraints within the university. Athena Chrysanthou is a junior there. As with Georgia Southern and Armstrong State, Southern Illinois has guaranteed all current tennis athletes can finish their degrees under the terms of their scholarships but it must be a worry for the girls involved.

http://www.siusalukis.com/news/2017/1/26/mens-tennis-southern-illinois-university-announces-cost-cutting-measures-in-athletics.aspx

The Optimist · ATP qualifying

Although no Brits involved, this clip from the weekend's match between Georgia Tech and UCLA is worth a look. I couldn't extract it from Georgia T's site so have picked it up from YouTube unfortunately with a dodgy heading

http://www.bobsblitz.com/2017/02/gts-sexy-cheetah-rasheeda-mcadoo-had.html

The Optimist · ATP qualifying

Those who were scheduled to go in January and who have now appeared on their college rosters, I have moved onto the list of those already out there.