2019 Men's National Indoors

Clemson_tennis · Feb 12, 2019

The draw has been released

https://www.slam.tennis/ita/indoors/2019/ncaam/bracket

Off the cuff predictions:

1 Ohio State > 16 Tulane 4-0
8 Virginia > 9 Stanford 4-2
12 Illinois > 5 Texas 4-2
4 Florida > 13 USC 4-2
3 Wake Forest > 14 Columbia 4-0
6 UCLA > 11 Notre Dame 4-1
7 North Carolina > 10 Baylor 4-2
2 Mississippi State > 15 TCU 4-1

quarters
Ohio State > Virginia 4-1
Florida > Illinois 4-2
Wake > UCLA 4-1
UNC > Miss State 4-2

quarters consolation
Illinois > Virginia 4-3
UCLA > Miss State 4-3

semis
Ohio State > Florida 4-3
Wake > UNC 4-2

final
Ohio State > Wake 4-3

1st round consolation
Stanford > Tulane 4-0
USC > Texas 4-3
Columbia > Notre Dame 4-3
Baylor > TCU 4-1

double consolation
Texas > Tulane 4-2
Notre Dame > TCU 4-3

consolation semis
Stanford > USC 4-3
Baylor > Columbia 4-2

which 1st round matches are going to be the best? who do you think will win it?

Nostradamus · Feb 12, 2019

Clemson_tennis said:
The draw has been released

https://www.slam.tennis/ita/indoors/2019/ncaam/bracket

Off the cuff predictions:

1 Ohio State > 16 Tulane 4-0
8 Virginia > 9 Stanford 4-2
12 Illinois > 5 Texas 4-2
4 Florida > 13 USC 4-2
3 Wake Forest > 14 Columbia 4-0
6 UCLA > 11 Notre Dame 4-1
7 North Carolina > 10 Baylor 4-2
2 Mississippi State > 15 TCU 4-1

quarters
Ohio State > Virginia 4-1
Florida > Illinois 4-2
Wake > UCLA 4-1
UNC > Miss State 4-2

quarters consolation
Illinois > Virginia 4-3
UCLA > Miss State 4-3

semis
Ohio State > Florida 4-3
Wake > UNC 4-2

final
Ohio State > Wake 4-3

1st round consolation
Stanford > Tulane 4-0
USC > Texas 4-3
Columbia > Notre Dame 4-3
Baylor > TCU 4-1

double consolation
Texas > Tulane 4-2
Notre Dame > TCU 4-3

consolation semis
Stanford > USC 4-3
Baylor > Columbia 4-2

which 1st round matches are going to be the best? who do you think will win it?

LOL,, what ? Why would the Cardinal lose to Virginia ? they just beat the Trojans and is riding high with big time momentum. They could beat wake forest right now if they played. Momentum is a huge factor in tennis, we all know this.

Also Virginia lost to notle dame.... LOL

https://www.slam.tennis/ita/indoors/2019/ncaam

Nostradamus · Feb 12, 2019

Also I found the link to the webcam at the club which I will be using a lot. I am not flying out there to that north pole weather.

https://web.playsight.com/live/midtown-athletic-club-chicago-il/11

jcgatennismom · Feb 12, 2019

I dont know if I see Texas losing to Illinois. Texas beat UNC indoors, and UNC is better than Illinois. Also Illinois lost to UNC. Alex Brown seems to be struggling this year after a great freshman year. Kovacevic may be playing his best tennis yet-cant believe he beat Blumberg, but it will take a team effort to beat the Longhorns. They do have a chance since it is indoors. I watched Kovacevic and Clark playing NCAAs as freshmen in Athens in 2017 and all the team energy and excitement. Now they are team leaders. Would like to see Illini win but will be tough battle.

The other 1st round prediction I am not sure about is UNC/Baylor. That match seem like it will be 4-3 battle with either team coming up on top. Both teams have some great players. Roy Smith seems to play better in Challengers than at duals. He will have to bring his Challenger game to beat UNC. Blumberg/Smith match should be fun to watch.

In the 2nd round, I think Wake/UCLA will be closer. Maybe it will be a 4-3 toss up too.

I dont see any team but OSU winning indoors....

Tennis Sam · Feb 12, 2019

Yeah, I expect two or three 4-3 matches in the opening round. Don't know where they'll come from, but there will be some tight matches for sure. Except Ohio State. They'll cruise though. Sorry Tulane.

CincyIllinifan · Feb 12, 2019

jcgatennismom said:
I dont know if I see Texas losing to Illinois. Texas beat UNC indoors, and UNC is better than Illinois. Also Illinois lost to UNC. Alex Brown seems to be struggling this year after a great freshman year. Kovacevic may be playing his best tennis yet-cant believe he beat Blumberg, but it will take a team effort to beat the Longhorns. They do have a chance since it is indoors. I watched Kovacevic and Clark playing NCAAs as freshmen in Athens in 2017 and all the team energy and excitement. Now they are team leaders. Would like to see Illini win but will be tough battle.

The other 1st round prediction I am not sure about is UNC/Baylor. That match seem like it will be 4-3 battle with either team coming up on top. Both teams have some great players. Roy Smith seems to play better in Challengers than at duals. He will have to bring his Challenger game to beat UNC. Blumberg/Smith match should be fun to watch.

In the 2nd round, I think Wake/UCLA will be closer. Maybe it will be a 4-3 toss up too.

I dont see any team but OSU winning indoors....

Yeah, I’m not sure about the Illini beating Texas either. Brown has been struggling because he’s mostly been playing at the top of the lineup. Kovacevic is playing great at the moment, but he’s not your typical #1 guy either.

The Illini have a lot of good players, but they need a stronger #1 player. Maybe they should find a foreign stud? Texas fields an all foreign lineup.

Clemson_tennis · Feb 12, 2019

CincyIllinifan said:
Yeah, I’m not sure about the Illini beating Texas either. Brown has been struggling because he’s mostly been playing at the top of the lineup. Kovacevic is playing great at the moment, but he’s not your typical #1 guy either.

The Illini have a lot of good players, but they need a stronger #1 player. Maybe they should find a foreign stud? Texas fields an all foreign lineup.

Why not try Khlif or Montsi at 1?

Nostradamus · Feb 12, 2019

Clemson_tennis said:
Why not try Khlif or Montsi at 1?

I want Illini to bring in more Asians into the team from Asia, phillipines, china and south korea. there are tons of good players there who wants to get education in American colleges.

Nostradamus · Feb 12, 2019

CincyIllinifan said:
Yeah, I’m not sure about the Illini beating Texas either. Brown has been struggling because he’s mostly been playing at the top of the lineup. Kovacevic is playing great at the moment, but he’s not your typical #1 guy either.

The Illini have a lot of good players, but they need a stronger #1 player. Maybe they should find a foreign stud? Texas fields an all foreign lineup.

I can't see anyone in this lineup that can beat Stanford lineup. do you ?

https://virginiasports.com/boxscore.aspx?id=14135&path=mten

Deon Sanders · Feb 12, 2019

Ohio State is straight clowning people right now

Hard not to have them winning this

Nostradamus · Feb 12, 2019

CincyIllinifan said:
Yeah, I’m not sure about the Illini beating Texas either. Brown has been struggling because he’s mostly been playing at the top of the lineup. Kovacevic is playing great at the moment, but he’s not your typical #1 guy either.

The Illini have a lot of good players, but they need a stronger #1 player. Maybe they should find a foreign stud? Texas fields an all foreign lineup.

What about these juniors ?

Tseng, Nakashima, Museti, to name a few.

https://www.itftennis.com/juniors/rankings/player-rankings.aspx

Nostradamus · Feb 12, 2019

Deon Sanders said:
Ohio State is straight clowning people right now

Hard not to have them winning this

They can't handle the Pac-12 power house like UCLA and Stanford. They are totally scared of the most powerful division in D1 tennis.

jcgatennismom · Feb 12, 2019

Clemson_tennis said:
Why not try Khlif or Montsi at 1?

Montsi should be better outside or later in the season. He played a lot of $15ks in midEast and Africa. Has to be an adjustment starting in Jan coming from where it's summer to extremely cold Illinois, starting classes, playing on a different surface (indoors) with different scoring. Players have to tweak their game going from ads to no ads-changing from playing long points to quick points indoors. Saw he lost in 3 to Gio of Miss State in Jan in AZ so he can be competitive at a high college level. However at MLK exhibition in Atlanta, it took him 3 sets to beat GT's line 6. Bet Illinois will gradually put him in and move him up the lineup-could end up at 4. Agree with the poster who said llinois has no true top 20 #1 this year.

chris-swede · Feb 12, 2019

poor Stanford....could ve easier draw in 1st round
Illininois is homecourt, i could see them beating Texas

chris-swede · Feb 12, 2019

OSU just killed Stanford and USC....from the Pac12 Powerhouse....

Nacho · Feb 13, 2019

Clemson_tennis said:
The draw has been released

https://www.slam.tennis/ita/indoors/2019/ncaam/bracket

Off the cuff predictions:

1 Ohio State > 16 Tulane 4-0
8 Virginia > 9 Stanford 4-2
12 Illinois > 5 Texas 4-2
4 Florida > 13 USC 4-2
3 Wake Forest > 14 Columbia 4-0
6 UCLA > 11 Notre Dame 4-1
7 North Carolina > 10 Baylor 4-2
2 Mississippi State > 15 TCU 4-1

quarters
Ohio State > Virginia 4-1
Florida > Illinois 4-2
Wake > UCLA 4-1
UNC > Miss State 4-2

quarters consolation
Illinois > Virginia 4-3
UCLA > Miss State 4-3

semis
Ohio State > Florida 4-3
Wake > UNC 4-2

final
Ohio State > Wake 4-3

1st round consolation
Stanford > Tulane 4-0
USC > Texas 4-3
Columbia > Notre Dame 4-3
Baylor > TCU 4-1

double consolation
Texas > Tulane 4-2
Notre Dame > TCU 4-3

consolation semis
Stanford > USC 4-3
Baylor > Columbia 4-2

which 1st round matches are going to be the best? who do you think will win it?

I agree with most of what you have. I really can't make up my mind who will win between Florida and USC. SC has had a tough week, but I think they will rebound and play well in the tournament. I also think Texas may edge out Illinois, but lose to Florida or USC.

Nostradamus · Feb 13, 2019

chris-swede said:
poor Stanford....could ve easier draw in 1st round
Illininois is homecourt, i could see them beating Texas

Yes the draw is rigged. Illini gets the easiest opponent being the lower seed. where as Cardinal gets very tough under-rated Virginia team. What is going on here ?

Nostradamus · Feb 13, 2019

chris-swede said:
OSU just killed Stanford and USC....from the Pac12 Powerhouse....

they got lucky at home with their home crowd going crazy. this time at neutral court, it will be different. also this is 2nd meeting if they meet, and they learned all the weakness of OSU and now have the perfect plan to beat them easily

CincyIllinifan · Feb 13, 2019

Clemson_tennis said:
Why not try Khlif or Montsi at 1?

They’re good players, but not top of the lineup. Both will probably play anywhere from 4-6, assuming no injuries. I’m expecting Gomes to find his way into the lineup at some point, too.

Nostradamus · Feb 14, 2019

CincyIllinifan said:
They’re good players, but not top of the lineup. Both will probably play anywhere from 4-6, assuming no injuries. I’m expecting Gomes to find his way into the lineup at some point, too.

People who are actually going there to see the event, it looks like from the webcams, there is no place to sit and watch the event for some of the courts. This is pretty ridiculous

Nacho · Feb 14, 2019

Nostradamus said:
they got lucky at home with their home crowd going crazy. this time at neutral court, it will be different. also this is 2nd meeting if they meet, and they learned all the weakness of OSU and now have the perfect plan to beat them easily

OSU home crowd is a bunch of parents and young kids....Its no TCU or UGA crowd....

Nacho · Feb 14, 2019

Nostradamus said:
Yes the draw is rigged. Illini gets the easiest opponent being the lower seed. where as Cardinal gets very tough under-rated Virginia team. What is going on here ?

Texas is easy? And Stanford should whoop on Virginia right?

Nostradamus · Feb 14, 2019

Nacho said:
Texas is easy? And Stanford should whoop on Virginia right?

Illinois did beat the PAC-12 elite UCLA yesterday at midtown. It was such a bad bad shame that their WEBCAM kept on freezing. that really sucks. They better fix that before Stanford match on Friday or I am launching a official complaint to ITA that midtown never host this event ever again.

Nostradamus · Feb 14, 2019

Nacho said:
OSU home crowd is a bunch of parents and young kids....Its no TCU or UGA crowd....

Nacho, this is hilarious,, Look at these court assignments for the matches for higher seeded teams and lower seeded teams, this mean Not all 6 singles will be played at the same time. That is so bad because these guys thrive on pulling for each other as they play......

Featured Match Courts:

Court 6 - Doubles Line 1; Singles Line 1

Court 7 - Doubles Line 2; Singles Line 3

Court 8 - Doubles Line 3; Singles Line 5

Match #2 Courts:

Court 9 - Doubles Line 1; Singles Line 1

Court 10 - Doubles Line 2; Singles Line 2

Court 11 - Doubles Line 3; Singles Line 3

Court 12 - Singles Line 4

Nacho · Feb 15, 2019

Nostradamus said:
Nacho, this is hilarious,, Look at these court assignments for the matches for higher seeded teams and lower seeded teams, this mean Not all 6 singles will be played at the same time. That is so bad because these guys thrive on pulling for each other as they play......

Featured Match Courts:

Court 6 - Doubles Line 1; Singles Line 1

Court 7 - Doubles Line 2; Singles Line 3

Court 8 - Doubles Line 3; Singles Line 5

Match #2 Courts:

Court 9 - Doubles Line 1; Singles Line 1

Court 10 - Doubles Line 2; Singles Line 2

Court 11 - Doubles Line 3; Singles Line 3

Court 12 - Singles Line 4

I still have no idea why they choose to play this in a Gentleman's club, instead of at one of the many amazing tennis facilities on a host campus....

Nacho · Feb 15, 2019

Nostradamus said:
Illinois did beat the PAC-12 elite UCLA yesterday at midtown. It was such a bad bad shame that their WEBCAM kept on freezing. that really sucks. They better fix that before Stanford match on Friday or I am launching a official complaint to ITA that midtown never host this event ever again.

Yes, you should complain, never would happen out West. Texas is underrated, or we will see what they are made of this weekend. Illinois is a really good team, I actually wish they were using their facility instead of this Midtown club...

ClarkC · Feb 15, 2019

Nacho said:
Yes, you should complain, never would happen out West. Texas is underrated, or we will see what they are made of this weekend. Illinois is a really good team, I actually wish they were using their facility instead of this Midtown club...

Does Illinois have 12 indoor courts in Champaign?

Nacho · Feb 15, 2019

ClarkC said:
Does Illinois have 12 indoor courts in Champaign?

They have 6, and there is another club nearby, play consolation rounds there....Illinois did a nice job hosting the NCAA's a few years ago, Atkins is a great place to watch a college match, and they host a bunch of ATP events there as well....

jcgatennismom · Feb 15, 2019

Where's Roy Smith and Benitez for Baylor who were on submitted lineup for 1 and 2? Sick? Injured? Roy Smith played in NY 5 days ago... Was looking forward to Smith/Blumberg match.

Clemson_tennis · Feb 15, 2019

Maybe the flu that caused them to cancel vs Wake is still bothering them. But you would think Smith would be available.

ClarkC · Feb 15, 2019

Benitez of Baylor has not played so far this spring, right?

Nacho · Feb 15, 2019

And now the streaming is starting to suck

Tennis Sam · Feb 15, 2019

Nacho said:
And now the streaming is starting to suck

Wonder if too many people are streaming now. Watched the TCU and UNC matches without much problem. Not good now, though.

Nacho · Feb 15, 2019

Tennis Sam said:
Wonder if too many people are streaming now. Watched the TCU and UNC matches without much problem. Not good now, though.

same issue, no problem earlier, now its a mess

ajtennis12 · Feb 15, 2019

Yeah, I’m not sure why Roy Smith and Juan Benitez didn’t play. Anyone know?

ajtennis12 · Feb 15, 2019

Also, it is kind of strange that Juan Benitez hasn’t played at all this season either. Anyone know why?

jmnk · Feb 15, 2019

Nostradamus said:
Nacho, this is hilarious,, Look at these court assignments for the matches for higher seeded teams and lower seeded teams, this mean Not all 6 singles will be played at the same time. That is so bad because these guys thrive on pulling for each other as they play......

Featured Match Courts:

Court 6 - Doubles Line 1; Singles Line 1

Court 7 - Doubles Line 2; Singles Line 3

Court 8 - Doubles Line 3; Singles Line 5

Match #2 Courts:

Court 9 - Doubles Line 1; Singles Line 1

Court 10 - Doubles Line 2; Singles Line 2

Court 11 - Doubles Line 3; Singles Line 3

Court 12 - Singles Line 4

I'm not sure where did you get the idea that they do not pay all 6 singles at the same time. They pay two matches at a time, and there are 12 courts they play on

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jmnk · Feb 15, 2019

Nacho said:
I still have no idea why they choose to play this in a Gentleman's club, instead of at one of the many amazing tennis facilities on a host campus....

Because the club is in Chicago, easily accessible. While Illinois campus is like 4 hrs drive away

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Tennis Sam · Feb 15, 2019

jmnk said:
I'm not sure where did you get the idea that they do not pay all 6 singles at the same time. They pay two matches at a time, and there are 12 courts they play onSent from my SM-G950U using Tapatalk

Yeah, they only live stream 6, but all courts play at the same time. The schedule seems pretty solid. Everything's on time, and there's about a 20-30 minute break before the next session starts.

jmnk · Feb 15, 2019

Great matches so far. Every single one was competitive.

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Tennis Sam · Feb 15, 2019

Nostradamus said:
Illinois did beat the PAC-12 elite UCLA yesterday at midtown. It was such a bad bad shame that their WEBCAM kept on freezing. that really sucks. They better fix that before Stanford match on Friday or I am launching a official complaint to ITA that midtown never host this event ever again.

Have you filed the complaint yet?

db379 · Feb 15, 2019

anyone having trouble with the play sight cams? IT says there are no matches playing right now and won't show me any court.... How is it possible?

Tennis Sam · Feb 15, 2019

db379 said:
anyone having trouble with the play sight cams? IT says there are no matches playing right now and won't show me any court.... How is it possible?

"There are some technical difficulties at Midtown that we are trying to work out. Apologies for the inconvenience. "

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1096511034083368960

db379 · Feb 15, 2019

Thanks Sam, I guess that explains.

db379 · Feb 15, 2019

At least the live scoring works... Stanford won the doubles. Go Card.

jmnk · Feb 15, 2019

The great thing about hosting at that club is that you can sit essentially next to player's bench. And the acoustics are such that hits are like cannon shots.
They may be just a tad above 4.5 ttw player. Just by a whisker [emoji6]

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mikej · Feb 15, 2019

Nostradamus said:
I can't see anyone in this lineup that can beat Stanford lineup. do you ?

https://virginiasports.com/boxscore.aspx?id=14135&path=mten

I assume Stanford won, right? or did they get straight clowned / beaten over the head on just about every singles court? I guess either are possibilities...

Matthew Lee · Feb 15, 2019

Virginia beats out Stanford in a 4-2 scoring.

The Cavaliers rebounded after a Doubles loss to win 4 out of their 6 singles matches. Visible on their website, the order of finish went from Nakashima beating Genesen, Lizen defeating Sridhar, Goetz beating Geneder, and Soderlund finishing off Geller. Wiersholm's match with Rotsaert was left unfinished, but Kumar beat out Ross.

University of Virginia def. Stanford University

Doubles
1. Geller/Rotsaert (STAN) def. Soderlund/Woodall (UVA), 6-1
2. Kumar/Sah (STAN) def. Wiersholm/Nakashima (UVA), 6-4
3. Genesen/Barber (STAN) vs. Ross/Goetz (UVA), 5-4 UF

Order of Finish: 1, 2

Singles
1. Soderlund (UVA) def. Geller (STAN), 6-4, 7-5
2. Wiersholm (UVA) vs. Rotsaert (STAN), 6-4, 4-6, 1-0 UF
3. Nakashima (UVA) def. Genesen (STAN), 6-1, 6-2
4. Kumar (STAN) def. Ross (UVA), 6-4, 6-2
5. Goetz (UVA) def. Geneder (STAN), 6-4, 6-0
6. Lizen (UVA) def. Sridhar (STAN), 6-1, 6-4

Order of Finish: 3, 6, 5, 4, 1

jmnk · Feb 15, 2019

Matthew Lee said:
Virginia beats out Stanford in a 4-2 scoring.

The Cavaliers rebounded after a Doubles loss to win 4 out of their 6 singles matches. Visible on their website, the order of finish went from Nakashima beating Genesen, Lizen defeating Sridhar, Goetz beating Geneder, and Soderlund finishing off Geller. Wiersholm's match with Rotsaert was left unfinished, but Kumar beat out Ross.

University of Virginia def. Stanford University

Doubles
1. Geller/Rotsaert (STAN) def. Soderlund/Woodall (UVA), 6-1
2. Kumar/Sah (STAN) def. Wiersholm/Nakashima (UVA), 6-4
3. Genesen/Barber (STAN) vs. Ross/Goetz (UVA), 5-4 UF

Order of Finish: 1, 2

Singles
1. Soderlund (UVA) def. Geller (STAN), 6-4, 7-5
2. Wiersholm (UVA) vs. Rotsaert (STAN), 6-4, 4-6, 1-0 UF
3. Nakashima (UVA) def. Genesen (STAN), 6-1, 6-2
4. Kumar (STAN) def. Ross (UVA), 6-4, 6-2
5. Goetz (UVA) def. Geneder (STAN), 6-4, 6-0
6. Lizen (UVA) def. Sridhar (STAN), 6-1, 6-4

Order of Finish: 3, 6, 5, 4, 1

It was actually closer then the scores would suggest. Axel had set points to even the match, he lost those and never won another game. If he did get it to the 3rd set they're was hope since I think Stanford would have won on court 2.anyway does not matter much, the winner faces Ohio and no one is beating them

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Nostradamus · Feb 15, 2019

Matthew Lee said:
Virginia beats out Stanford in a 4-2 scoring.

The Cavaliers rebounded after a Doubles loss to win 4 out of their 6 singles matches. Visible on their website, the order of finish went from Nakashima beating Genesen, Lizen defeating Sridhar, Goetz beating Geneder, and Soderlund finishing off Geller. Wiersholm's match with Rotsaert was left unfinished, but Kumar beat out Ross.

University of Virginia def. Stanford University

Doubles
1. Geller/Rotsaert (STAN) def. Soderlund/Woodall (UVA), 6-1
2. Kumar/Sah (STAN) def. Wiersholm/Nakashima (UVA), 6-4
3. Genesen/Barber (STAN) vs. Ross/Goetz (UVA), 5-4 UF

Order of Finish: 1, 2

Singles
1. Soderlund (UVA) def. Geller (STAN), 6-4, 7-5
2. Wiersholm (UVA) vs. Rotsaert (STAN), 6-4, 4-6, 1-0 UF
3. Nakashima (UVA) def. Genesen (STAN), 6-1, 6-2
4. Kumar (STAN) def. Ross (UVA), 6-4, 6-2
5. Goetz (UVA) def. Geneder (STAN), 6-4, 6-0
6. Lizen (UVA) def. Sridhar (STAN), 6-1, 6-4

Order of Finish: 3, 6, 5, 4, 1

This has to be some kind of mistake.

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