British Tennis Forum

It doesn't directly affect UK players, obviously, but it's interesting that this year, for the first time, the US federation are running a College player wildcard quali event. Details from Colette Lewis:


USTA's inaugural US Open Collegiate Wild Card Playoffs. Today's release from the USTA is here:

ORLANDO, Fla., May 28, 2025 The United States Tennis Association (USTA) today announced the participants that will be competing in the US Open Wild Card Playoffs, set to be held at the USTA National Campus, June 16-18.

The new event featuring the top American collegiate players, which was announced earlier this month, will more than double the average number of American collegiate players that earn US Open wild cards this year, with six guaranteed US Open wild card entries up for grabs. The winners of the singles and doubles competitions will earn US Open main draw singles and doubles wild cards, respectively, while the mens and womens singles finalists will earn US Open qualifying wild cards.

The mens singles field is headlined by Columbias Michael Zheng, who won the NCAA mens singles title last November, and Michigan States Ozan Baris, who lost to Zheng in the NCAA mens singles final. The womens singles field will feature Auburns DJ Bennett, who was the NCAA womens singles runner-up in November. All three players automatically qualified for the event based upon their NCAA performance, while the remainder of the field is made up of players selected by a committee of USTA staff, college coaches and an ITA representative.

LordBrownof wrote:

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AnnaM wrote:

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It is chaos out there!

People are also having their already booked appointments cancelled.

This could damage the college system and the exchange program beyond repair.

If the big baby was not hated before, which he was, he is now despised on an even greater scale.

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 Does this impact those already in the college system? Or just new applicants? Must be so worrying.

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Not unless you go to Harvard who the government cancelled their right to register international students last week, and current international students their must transfer to maintain the visa status (part of the govt spat with Harvard) but there is an injunction preventing the govt from implementing the ban. Immigration lawyers advise it doesn't impact on students that have completed their course requirements to graduate.

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 My son knows an international student (visa all in order) who has been forced to leave the US  after being caught speeding (60 in a 40) 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/07/trump-student-visas-deportation

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 You live in New York, right, EP? Do you see anything changing on the ground day to day in terms of changing attitudes to foreigners? 

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You might be thinking of me. 

It's obviously a very dumb idea, not least because of how much it impacts the economy in both the short and long term. Most experts predicting at least an $9b drop in spending from overseas tourists. 

I heard a rumour (a rumour for sure, although it came from a former WH staffer) that they've gone after Harvard after declining Baron's application. 

 

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Sorry, Lordbrownof, it is you, of course. More widely, do you find any general non American sentiment there - anti foreigners- or are the general public largely non plussed by what is going on? 

LordBrownof wrote:

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[...]I heard a rumour (a rumour for sure, although it came from a former WH staffer) that they've gone after Harvard after declining Baron's application. [...]

 Incredible and unbelievable - if it were anyone else but Trump!