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Join Date: Dec 2008
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Brian Baker is really good. Like amazingly good. Had a ton of potential - could have been a major force in American tennis - but injury prone. It is great to see that he is out playing again.
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Join Date: Jul 2009
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yeaaa, i talked to one of my friends that keeps up with all that, he said he had played at vandy, and would have gone pro if injury wouldn't have stopped him.
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Join Date: Jun 2004
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Wow Scoville Jenkins has really fizzled out. Not that long ago he was playing Rafa in the 2nd round of the US Open losing in 3 close sets. Now he is losing in the semis of a USTA Open tourney?
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well barring the level was REALLy high...several top d1 players. and a guy that should be top pro if it wasn't for injury..
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Join Date: Dec 2008
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He had wins over players like Warwinka, Djokovic, Karlovic, etc.. So sad he got injured. He won this tourney pretty easily from the looks of it.
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Join Date: Apr 2005
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dunno, just what i heard...i googled his name, to see if what i was told was reliable and nothing came up at all...so i just went with it.
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Join Date: Jan 2005
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Edit: He also beat Gaudio at the '05 US Open, 1st rd. lost to Malisse in 4 sets the next rd. Last edited by Rob_C : 06-17-2010 at 11:15 AM. |
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anyone gonna be there this year (2011)?
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Legend
Join Date: Jun 2004
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Wondering what Jenkins is doing theses days... It appears he is out of professional tennis and last year took a coaching job Kennesaw State University.
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Join Date: Mar 2004
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Brian Baker was freaky good as a junior and was on an upward professional trajectory when he had his first knee injury and surgery in the fall of '05'. That cut short his pro career. He turned pro out of high school and never played college tennis. I did hear at one point he was a volunteer assistant at Vandy. If you want to be impressed look at his ITF profile and use the calendar filters going back to around 2000-2008 or so. Be sure to also look at his junior career. He beat nearly every top pro in today's game. http://www.itftennis.com/mens/player...ayer=100003655 He did play a few challenger level events in '07'. I even got to see him play one of those matches in Nashville. Although he looked tremendously good then, it looked to me he still hobbled a little on the knee at times. I bet he can still play serious tennis today, although just not at the pro level. Jenkins is the assistant coach at Kennesaw State. http://www.ksuowls.com/coaches.aspx?path=mten&
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Join Date: Jul 2009
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bumping this thread for the brian baker talk before he blew up
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Join Date: Mar 2010
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He is down to earth. He stood in a doorway area of that club and had I know a 10 minute conversation with my son about grips.
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