ITA Kickoff, Heading to Stanford to check out the action

[Fedace]

Stanford should breeze thru their matches today. They should be well rested for the weekend match.

[SoCal10s]

Originally Posted by Fedace

Stanford should breeze thru their matches today. They should be well rested for the weekend match.

am I missing something ? today(saturday)is a weekend .. which weekend match are you talking about ?

[Fedace]

Originally Posted by SoCal10s

am I missing something ? today(saturday)is a weekend .. which weekend match are you talking about ?

I meant last night. They were really tired yesterday due to class work during the week. Should be ready to go today.

[SoCal10s]

Originally Posted by Fedace

I meant last night. They were really tired yesterday due to class work during the week. Should be ready to go today.

OK,you're making me laugh again.. "you're the man'..

[ClarkC]

The big question for Stanford now: Can Klahn and Thacher win their singles matches fast enough to avoid the embarrassment of giving up 3 points at positions 3, 5, and 6? If they hurry up an win, the unfinished matches can be abandoned before Clayton, Lin, and Kandath lose.

[db379]

Originally Posted by SoCal10s

maybe Whit is too 'old school' but DLin is the new school tennis mold.. whit was an attack take the net kind of player .. he maybe needs to really look at the top pros and how they win nowadays,they do it from the baseline .. taking the net is still not a bad thing to do but you better put those volleys away.. giving too many chances to get passed is disastrous.

I am watching Kandath doing the same stuff as Lin yesterday and being destroyed.... this is painful to watch. These guys rush to the net after one or two shots hoping to have an easy volley or scare their opponent, but clearly it doesn't work. They get passed 9 times out of 10.

Whit, you got to go back to your books and teach these guys how to play and cut down unforced errors and stop the weak net rushing!

[db379]

The way they are playing now, Layton should move to 4, Lin to 6 and whoever at 3...

[Automator]

Hirshman? Move him to 3? That's a big jump for him, but he's been solid at 5.

[db379]

This Aumuelle guy is a pretty good player. He has a bog 1st serve, and a high % of serves in.

[SoCal10s]

Originally Posted by db379

The way they are playing now, Layton should move to 4, Lin to 6 and whoever at 3...

go watch DLin again ,his groundstrokes are so powerful .. no?

[db379]

Alex playing better suddenly.

[ClarkC]

Is the scoreboard stuck, or is it a rain delay? Frozen scores on my screen, even after a forced refresh.

[Automator]

Scoreboard stuck. I think it's 4-1 Stanford, but I could be wrong.

[db379]

I think it's 5-1 actually if Stanford won the doubles.

[matchplay]

Originally Posted by db379

I am watching Kandath doing the same stuff as Lin yesterday and being destroyed.... this is painful to watch. These guys rush to the net after one or two shots hoping to have an easy volley or scare their opponent, but clearly it doesn't work. They get passed 9 times out of 10.

Whit, you got to go back to your books and teach these guys how to play and cut down unforced errors and stop the weak net rushing!

you said it, hard to believe the amount of unforced errors.

[norcaltennisnut]

Just got back from Stanford and all I have to say is at this point there is no way Stanford is a top 10 team. If they play a good team Klahn and Thacher have to win everytime to keep them in the match. Clayton, Lin and Kandath cannot continue their sloppy play and expect to compete with the elite teams in the country. I would say at this point they are a top 20 team. After the Stanford match I walked across the street to finish up the Santa Clara match. Vanderbilt eeked out a 4-3 match. I will say this, if Vanderbilt is #38 in the country then Santa Clara should be ranked higher. Santa Clara plays very hard. I am looking forward to catch up on how Cal did. Have a great weekend everyone.

[Fedace]

Clayton and Lin to put in some extra work during next few weeks to get their games back.