US College Signings 2017 (and general college tennis chat)

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

US College Signings 2017 (and general college tennis chat)

Spectator · All-time great

Thanks for that link, Optimist. Looks quite an impressive group of players.

Oakland2002 · All-time great

It's a tournament he may win. It is a fantastic achievement to be able to get into Princeton and play international level junior tennis.

I still don't see the college route as being a way into professional tennis unless you are on the cusp of the top 20, or because of lack of opportunity haven't played much ITF tennis and are underanked.

Academic qualifications aren't for everyone indeed some aren't worth the paper they are written on. Billy playing ITF's all around Europe in his trannie may have some dirty undies this week, but if that is not experience of a lifetime what is.

The Optimist · ATP qualifying

Vinny Gillespie of Drake voted Player of the Week in his conference

http://godrakebulldogs.com/news/2017/2/14/mens-tennis-gillespie-receives-second-mvc-weekly-honor.aspx

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Don't really know anything about the system (although love The O's posts) but saw this:

9h

StanfordWTennis
@StanfordWTennis

Tied 1-1 after @emilyarbuthnott delivers a 6-3, 6-0 win at No. 5. Despite losing doubles, Cardinal is fighting back. We've seen this before.

the addict · Tennis legend

Another snippet picked up from Twitter for you - this time concerning Holly Hutchinson, who is on a roll at ODU

wtkr.com/2017/02/17/hoos-next-to-take-on-the-red-hot-lady-monarchs-tennis-team/

(very brief interview in the video)

The Optimist · ATP qualifying

Holly is one I expect to do very well in the college system. It is interesting she has chosen to go to a team generally considered to be 'on-the-up' as opposed to an established powerhouse. But Americans do make me smile with their view of 'the world' - 'Holly is 57 (ITA) in the world'. ITA signifying 'in the world' of US college rankings........

Oakland2002 · All-time great

Hopefully if Emily keeps winning she will get to play 1 or 2 and build a rank by playing the better college players. She is arguably there best prospect since Carol Zhao and Nicole Gibbs

The Optimist · ATP qualifying

Deleted post - somehow managed to duplicate the list on P1 here

-- Edited by The Optimist on Saturday 18th of February 2017 11:51:40 AM

The Optimist · ATP qualifying

The men's Indoor Team Championships got underway yesterday. Our only representative is Julian Cash playing for Oklahoma State

#12 Oklahoma State bt #6 Northwestern 4-2

1. #32 Julian Cash (Oklahoma State) bt #25 Strong Kirchheimer (Northwestern) (ATP 970) 6-1, 6-7, 6-4

Dubs

#5 Julian Cash / Arjun Kadhe (Oklahoma State) bt #53 Konrad Zieba / Sam Shropshire (Northwestern) 6-4

paulisi · Tennis legend

Oakland2002 wrote:
Hopefully if Emily keeps winning she will get to play 1 or 2 and build a rank by playing the better college players. She is arguably there best prospect since Carol Zhao and Nicole Gibbs

thought it was strange that Emily is playing at 5 - should be higher than that.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

I assume, like the European system, the team has no choice over which player plays at which level - it's purely done on their (domestic) ranking.

Kenneth · Lower Club Player

No it's based on where coach thinks players fit, she's a freshman and at a strong team so probably getting her into things rather than dropping her in at the deep end. Chance to establish herself and if she's good enough she will move up the order. These top teams have some very good players so no assumption that she is better than those at 1-4 just now.

The Optimist · ATP qualifying

Yes, it is supposed to be in current strength order, so doesn't necessarily follow ratings. For example, Cam N is rated relatively lowly at the moment because from January onwards rankings are based only on college matches, whereas there is an element of voting at the start of the academic year. He hardly played any college matches before Christmas as he was busy competing in Challengers. However, he will certainly be at the top of TCU's lineup as the strongest player. If a coach feels his opposite number is playing the stronger players low down, maybe sacrificing the top positions in order to get a win he can challenge the result and have it overturned. It has to be pretty obvious though. This is where UTR comes in, although Emily currently has the highest UTR at Stanford!! This means she will probably move up the order very rapidly. However, even really strong freshmen often struggle when they first start off as they are not used to a team environment and a 'Davis Cup' type atmosphere. It is rare for a freshman to play above 3 initially for this reason. Emily though is a real team player, loves her lacrosse, loves all the county and club team tennis so I'm sure she'll find her feet quicker than most.

The Optimist · ATP qualifying

Report of yesterday's Oklahoma State match at the Indoor Championships and Julian's performance within it

https://www.collegetennistoday.com/item/1406-cash-bankrolls-oklahoma-state-s-win-redlicki-delivers-for-ucla-banzer-wrestles-a-gator-more.html