US College Signings 2018 (and general college chat)

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US College Signings 2018 (and general college chat)

The Optimist · ATP qualifying

The All American Championships have just kicked off - in Tulsa for the men and Pacific Palisades for the women. So far only the pre-qualifying rounds have been played - qualies are tomorrow. I think there is some streaming on the ITA site.

Women

PQR1

Adriana Reami (North Carolina State) bt Alanna Griffin (Auburn) 6-1, 6-4

Sabrina Federici (Texas Tech) bt Aiwen Zhu (Nevada-Las Vegas) 6-4, 6-2

Zoe Douglas (iowa) bt Madison Westby (Southern California) 7-5, 5-7, 6-4

Elise Van Heuvelen (Iowa) by Elpida Malamou (Western Kentucky) 6-3, 4-6, 6-0

PQR2

Sabrina Federici (Texas Tech) bt Tea Jandric (Mississippi) 7-5, 6-4

Fatima Bizukova (Wichita State) bt Zoe Douglas (Iowa) 4-6, 6-3, 6-0

Wendy Zhang (Rice) bt Elise Van Heuvelen (Iowa) 6-1, 6-2

FPQR

Kelly Chen (Duke) bt Sabrina Federici (Texas Tech) 6-1, 6-2

Dubs

PQR1

Holly Hutchinson / Yulia Starodubtseva (Old Dominion) bt Marianna Petrei / Lucia Bodillos (Idaho) 8-2

PQR2

Holly Hutchinson / Yulia Starodubtseva (Old Dominion) w/o

FPQR

Maria-Alexandre Leduc / Fernanda Navarro (Clemson) bt Holly Hutchinson / Yulia Starodubtseva (Old Dominion) 8-7(3)

The Optimist · ATP qualifying

All Americans Men's Pre-Qualifying Results

PQR1

Angus Bradshaw (Stetson) Bye

James Davis (Oklahoma) bt Osgar O'Hoisin (Wisconsin) (ATP=1484) 6-4, 6-3

Paul Jubb (South Carolina) bt Grayson Godlin (South Florida) 6-4, 5-7, 6-3

Luke Hammond (Oklahoma State) bt Ben Vandixhorn (Northwestern) no score given

Joe Tyler (Iowa) bt Julian Zlobinsky (Wake Forest) no score given

Lucas Taylor (Northern Arizona) bt Aviv Ben Shabat (Butler) (CH=1755) 6-4, 6-3

Gonzalo Raschiatore (Middle Tennessee State) bt Youssef Hassan (Fresno State) 6-7(6), 7-5, 7-6

Gueininle Abdoul Ouattara (Nebraska-Omaha) (CH=1513) bt Matt Story (Memphis) 7-6(5), 6-2

Luca Marquand (UC Irvine) bt Jack Molloy (California) 7-5, 2-6, 6-3

Shakeel Manji (Memphis) Bye

Will Davies (IowaO Bye

Linus Erhart (Nebraska) bt Sam Rice (North Carolina-Charlotte) 4-6, 6-1, 6-1

PQR2

Constandinos Christoforou (North Carolina-Charlotte) bt Angus Bradshaw (Stetson) 6-4, 1-6, 6-4

James Davis (Oklahoma) bt Igor Kolaric (Illinois State) 6-3, 6-1

Jacob Brumm (California) bt Paul Jubb (South Carolina) 6-4, 2-6, 6-4

Luke Hammond (Oklahoma State) bt Alex Knaff (Florida State) (ATP=1389) 6-3, 6-4

Chris Yun (Georgia Tech) bt Joe Tyler (Iowa) 6-2, 6-0

Lucas Taylor (Northern Arizona) bt Uladzimir Dorash (Temple) 6-0, 6-4

Nicola Pipoli (Monmouth) bt Shakeel Manji (Memphis) 6-1, 6-3

Will Davies (Iowa) bt Pelayo Antuna Meana (Troy) 6-4, 6-2

PQR3

Keivon Tabrizi (Indiana) (ATP=1541 CH=1143) bt James Davis (Oklahoma) 6-3, 6-3

Luke Hammond (Oklahoma State) bt Chris Yun (Georgia Tech) 7-6(1), 6-4

Lucas Taylor (Northern Arizona) bt Eddie Stoica (Wichita State) 7-5, 6-4

Ferran Calvo (Oklahoma) (CH=1315) bt Will Davies (Iowa) 6-2, 6-3

FPQR

Chema Carranza (Wisconsin) bt Luke Hammond (Oklahoma State) 6-3, 6-3

Tim Dollman (Alabama-Birmingham) (CH=1371) bt Lucas Taylor (Northern Arizona) 6-2, 6-3

The Optimist · ATP qualifying

The first round of men's Qualifying was played yesterday too:

QR1

Ricky Hernandez-Tong (New Mexico) bt Jose Gracia (Florida State) 4-6, 6-1, 6-3

Ewan Moore (Tulane) bt Henrik Korsgaard (Virgina Tech) 6-1, 5-7, 6-2

Alex Sendegeya (Texas Tech) bt Antonio Cembellin (Indiana) (CH=1073) 6-3, 6-7(4), 6-3

Bojan Jan Kulovski (Miami) bt Josef Dodridge (Wisconsin) 6-1, 7-6(4)

Josh Goodger (Tulsa) bt Alan Gadjiev (Wake Forest) (CH=912) 6-4, 6-2

QR2 is being played today and streamed here:

http://streamingtennis.com/Tulsa/

Ricky, Alex 8am

Ewan 9.30am

Josh 10am

All Tulsa time (6 hours behind)

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Good luck to them all.
Tx again, The O, for updating us.

And nice little article and photo about things going well for Megan Davies over the pond:

www.game****sonline.com/sports/w-tennis/recaps/092417aac.html

add: right of course, we're all infants and need to be protected from words that mean 'rooster' ....

-- Edited by Coup Droit on Tuesday 3rd of October 2017 11:03:24 AM

The Optimist · ATP qualifying

The rest of the men's qualifying results

QR2

Ricky Hernandez-Tong (New Mexico) bt Thomas Mayronne (South Carolina) 6-2, 7-6(5)

Carlos Divar (Georgia Tech) (ATP=1772 CH=1411) bt Ewas Moore (Tulane) 6-1, 6-4

Murkel Dellien (Wichita State) (CH=1312) bt Alex Sendegeya (Texas Tech) 7-6(8), 6-4

Josh Goodger (Tulsa) bt Haru Inoue (Wichita State) (ATP=1113 CH=1095)

FQR

Ricky Hernadez-Tong (New Mexico) bt Duarte Vale (Florida) (ATP=1565 CH=1250)

Josh Goodger (Tulsa) bt John McNally (Ohio State) (ATP=923 CH=918) 6-3, 7-6(6)

Dubs Qualifying

QR1

Mail Steiner / Eric Olivares (Western Michigan) bt Will Davies / Jake Jacoby (Iowa) 6-1, 4-6, (10-5)

Connor Curry / Artem Kapshuk (Texas Tech) bt Dan Little / David Micevski (Utah) 6-3, 6-4

Mathieu Garcia / Mike Pervolarakis (Portland) bt Tommy Mylnikov / Alex Sendegeya (Texas Tech) 7-5, 6-4

Chema Carranza / Josef Dodridge (Wisconsin) bt Coco Haener / Niko Vulinovich (Hofstra) 6-0, 6-4

Kai Lemke / Matt Story (Memphis) bt Carlos Diver / Chris Yun (Georgia Tech) 6-2, 6-2

Ewan Moore / Constantin Schmitz (Tulane) bt Arnaud Restifo / Joel Popov (San Diego State) 6-2, 6-2

Juan Carlos Aguilar / Jordi Arconada (Texas A&M) bt Ricky Hernandez-Tong / Dominic West (New Mexico) 6-3, 6-3

QR2

Chema Carranza / Josef Dodridge (Wisconsin) bt Jonathan Sheehy / Joshua Sheehy (Abilene Christian) 6-3, 3-6, 10-4

Kai Lemke / Matt Story (Memphis) bt Bo Boyden / Josh Peck (North Carolina) 6-3, 7-5

Loic Cloes / Clement Marzol (South Alabama) bt Ewan Moore / Constantin Schmitz (Tulane) 7-6(5), 7-5

FQR

Chema Carranza / Josef Dodridge (Wisconsin) bt Kai Lemke / Matt Story (Memphis) 7-6(5), 6-1

-- Edited by The Optimist on Wednesday 4th of October 2017 02:53:28 PM

The Optimist · ATP qualifying

Women's Qualifying

QR1

Kaitlyn McCarthy (Duke) (CH=726) bt Holly Hutchinson (Old Dominion) 6-1, 6-1

Emily Arbuthnott (Stanford) bt Ryann Foster (Louisiana State) (CH=859) 2-6, 7-5, 6-2

QR2

Makenna Jones (North Carolina) bt Emily Arbuthnott (Stanford) 1-6, 6-4, 6-3

Dubs Qualifying

QR1

Alyssa Tobita / Rifanty Kahfiani (Oregon) bt Elise Van Heuvelen / Zoe Douglas (Iowa) 8-6

Laura Gulbe / Dzina Milovanovic (Pepperdine) bt Chloe Hule / Louise Ronaldson (Colorado) 8-6

Emily Arbuthnott+ pulled out before play commenced due to injury.

paulisi · Tennis legend

Question regarding Ryan Peniston - he still seems to be on the roster for Memphis, but is still playing in Europe. Anyone know if he has taken a semester off to play pro?

The Optimist · ATP qualifying

I'm assuming that to be the case with Ryan, but in reality no idea.

Strongbow · All-time great

Well done to "The O" for supplying such interesting and useful info smile Many thanks!

Spectator · All-time great

Two quick thoughts: firstly, that's an excellent win from Josh Goodger (a name I don't recall at all). Secondly, I took a look at both the women's and the men's qualifying draw. The men's seemed relatively straightforward. But the women's included a large number of players I would have assumed would have been direct entrants, especially from some of the big teams (eg Jessie Aney from the University of North Carolina, who finished last year ranked 39 in singles and 5 in doubles). The O, is the issue that each team can only have a set number of direct entrants, so that for the teams with enormous strength in depth, some of their players wind up in qualifying?

The Optimist · ATP qualifying

Spectator wrote:
Two quick thoughts: firstly, that's an excellent win from Josh Goodger (a name I don't recall at all). Secondly, I took a look at both the women's and the men's qualifying draw. The men's seemed relatively straightforward. But the women's included a large number of players I would have assumed would have been direct entrants, especially from some of the big teams (eg Jessie Aney from the University of North Carolina, who finished last year ranked 39 in singles and 5 in doubles). The O, is the issue that each team can only have a set number of direct entrants, so that for the teams with enormous strength in depth, some of their players wind up in qualifying?

I have never seen Josh G play but I too thought that was an impressive win. He has a solid but not spectacular record in G4 and G5 ITFs and played a number of 15Ks this summer, winning several matches in qualies.

There is a regional element to the selections for the All Americans. All returning All-Americans get in along with the highest ranked singles / dubs pair from each of the 12 regions. Then I think they go down the national rankings although they may just vote on it.

The Optimist · ATP qualifying

Added the list of women currently at uni to the post on P1

The Optimist · ATP qualifying

Added the women who graduated this summer to the list on P1

The Optimist · ATP qualifying

....and the women who seem to have disappeared part way through their 4 years.