Week 47: NCAA Div 1 Ind Singles & Doubles Championships, Waco, TX, USA - Hard

Lambda · Challenger level

RE: Week 47: NCAA Div 1 Ind Singles & Doubles Championships, Waco, TX, USA - Hard

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

That was a true heart-breaker - I'm actually really sad for him - and I don't even know the lad ....

Lambda · Challenger level

Mens Singles
R64: Carl Emil Overbeck (Cal) [4] d. Roan Jones (UA) 2-6 6-4 7-6(1)

R64: Oli Tarvet (USD) [7] v Radu Papoe (Cornell) in play 6-2 4-6 0-2*

R64: Lui Maxted (TCU) [6] d. Tiago Silva (Pacific) 2-6 6-3 6-2

R64: Jamie Connel (FSU) d. Niccolo Baroni (Mississippi State) 6-1 6-4

Womens singles:
R64: Sofia Johnson (ODU) [8] d. Esha Velaga (Penn) 6-4 6-2

R64: Grace Piper (USC) d. Lucie Petruzelova (Ole Miss) 6-2 6-4

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

And Oli T went down, thats disappointing . Oh well. Still 4 alive and kicking

Lambda · Challenger level

Our most likely chance of success in singles goes out at the first hurdle. Although it will go down as an upset it was always going to be a 50/50 match. Brutal match up for R1.

R64: Radu Papoe (Cornell) d. Oli Tarvet (USD) 2-6 6-4 6-3

Lambda · Challenger level

Today is the round of 32 for singles. The winners today will receive All-America honours.
Doubles starts today.

Our remaining men are in the same quarter of the draw, but Jamie is in the opposite half of the that quarter to the other two.

R32: Raffaello Papajcik (Jr, Denver) v Maxi Homberg (Sr, Pepperdine)
R32: Lui Maxted (Sr, TCU) [6] v Luca Staeheli (Sr, NC State)
R32: Jamie Connel (Sr, FSU) v Thomas Paulsell (Sr, Georgia) [9-16]

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R32: Sofia Johnson (Sr, ODU) [8] v DJ Bennett (Sr, Auburn)

R32: Grace Piper (Sr, USC) v Julia Garcia Ruiz (Sr, Oklahoma) [9-16]

Sofia's match is too close to call. The other seeded matches I'd expect to go with the seeds. If Raffaello can beat Jonah, there's no reason why Raffaello can't beat the pre-season #103.

-- Edited by Lambda on Wednesday 20th of November 2024 07:36:51 AM

Lambda · Challenger level

Apologies folks. I missed an entry

and he upset the only other seed to fall in the opening round.

R64: Raffaello Papajcik (Jr, Denver) d. Jonah Braswell (Jr, Texas) [9-16]

5-7 7-6(3) 7-5

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Lambda wrote:
Apologies folks. I missed an entry and he upset the only other seed to fall in the opening round.

R64: Raffaello Papajcik (Jr, Denver) d. Jonah Braswell (Jr, Texas) [9-16] 5-7 7-6(3) 7-5

Thats good to see! He actually has a world ranking of around 2200 and has played the odd ITF, qualies, this year, but not a name I would have been familiar with - his junior career didnt include much of note.

Lambda · Challenger level

Raffaello saved 6 match points in a match lasting 3 hours 39mins, coming back from 15-40 down in each of his last 2 service games in the second set. He is the first player in Denver men's programme history to ever win a singles match at the NCAAs.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Ah, that's cheered me up again - I like Rafa P - saw him play at Paddington once

Sofia's opponent is the girl who beat Gabia last week or whenever in Lincoln, no? (And beat young Liutova) But netiher say a huge deal, tbh

Lambda · Challenger level

Yes, Sofia's opponent is who beat Gabia the other week.

Sofia started dreadfully giving away a 0-4* lead. Not by being overplayed just making too many errors. She got over her nerves, upped her level and was outplaying Bennett to pull it back to 4-4*. But then gave away the last 2 games to lose the set 4-6. DJ is getting coached after every point. Sofia is being left to it.
4-6 1-1*

Paulsell appears to be getting revenge for Jamie beating him at the regionals with Jamie losing the 1st set 2-6, but Jamie is fighting back.
2-6 4-1*

Grace is fighting hard, but lost a 1st set breaker
6-7(1) 0-0*

Lambda · Challenger level

A poor performance from an out of sorts Sofia. She was way off her level today. For large parts she looked like someone that didn't want to be out there, which I'm sure is not the case. I think she'll have regrets about this.
She falls 4-6 2-6.

Lambda · Challenger level

Our involvement in the women's singles is over as Grace falls 6-7(1) 3-6.

It's very windy out on the back courts. Something I hadn't appreciated watching Sofia on the main bank.

Lambda · Challenger level

And Jamie continues the bad day for GB
Loses 2-6 6-1 1-6

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Oh heck - just Lui and Rafaello left then, got to hope Lui has it in him to have a decent run