2013 ITA National Indoors Tournament - Seattle, WA (Feb 15-18)

SoCal10s

Hall of Fame
he's on a tennis tour now... and yes I know about his back problems ,but no -one the young stays hurt for 4 years... I've had back problems and sought all kinds of help for it and went away ... chiro, acupuncture,massage therapy all kinds of stuff ,it's an old man's ailment .. young guys get rid of their aches and pains better ..
 

mikej

Hall of Fame
to get this back on track for indoors:

UVA over Ohio St 4-1 or 4-2
winner of USC/UCLA dubs pt takes it 4-2 or 4-3, and i'm calling USC to grab it
 

Nostradamus

Bionic Poster
Who is this Kevin Lai from Kentucky. He is destroying a Good Georgia player at #6 singles.
kevin Lai from Taiwan, the bio saids. does he play Davis cup for Taiwan ?
 

tennishmang

New User
winner of the USC/UCLA doubles point has gone on to win the match every time except once since 2008. that being last year when the bruins upset usc 4-3.
 
You have to wonder if coaches are playing games in this tournament. Maybe not wanting to show their hand to much before outdoor season. Especially with the conference matchups. A&M sat Withrow out today which probably cost them the match vs Tennessee.
 

TopDawg

G.O.A.T.
I was disappointed that Georgia didn't put out Marco Nunez at #6 singles this weekend. I know he didn't have the most impressive fall but he was a top 50 junior so he's got to have some talent. We basically gave away that spot all weekend.
 

mikej

Hall of Fame
UVa-Duke highlights are up at UVa. They even posted some good points by Duke, for some odd reason. :)

haha, well the reason that i can admit even if i can't wait for duke to beat you guys one of these days is that your progam is all class, nice comments from jenkins as well in that video

i think both programs like having eachother around - duke has a guaranteed couple matches a year as a measuring stick against the nation's best - uva needs someone in conference to push them, and few have been up to that task in recent years
 
Too much UVA/Duke love in here. What are you guys, SEC football fans!? The ones who join together after a game in a group circle and chant SEC win or lose?
 

mikej

Hall of Fame
Too much UVA/Duke love in here. What are you guys, SEC football fans!? The ones who join together after a game in a group circle and chant SEC win or lose?

not quite that far - i'd rather uva continue with their NCAA dry spell until forever, as much as i'm glad a program like that is in our conference

clemson on the other hand may wish the conference was lacking some big dogs so they could compete, but oh well
 

mikej

Hall of Fame
i think giron may clinch this for ucla some hour or so from now - hell of a match

edit - stopped paying attention for a minute on his court, looks like he may even win in straights now, so nvm
 

TopDawg

G.O.A.T.
Novikov and Puget sharing the same bench on changeovers instead of Dennis sitting on the same side as Sarmiento. Kind of strange.
 
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mikej

Hall of Fame
Looking more and more like Gomez, Quiroz, and Johnson for the win. Sell folding up

yep, this is why i assume peter smith is just an awesome relaxed guy to play for, 90% of these close dogfight matches his guys just seem to believe in themselves and start hitting the big shots in the clutch

meanwhile giron starts shanking and looking at his racquet like someone misstrung it - totally different body language out there right now
 

TopDawg

G.O.A.T.
That was a hell of a finish - I thought after Quiroz choked his service game away at 5-4 that he'd fold. Not so though
 

TopDawg

G.O.A.T.
Looks like we're finally getting our close, tight matches today. I think this UVA/OSU match is going to be a good one too.
 

TopDawg

G.O.A.T.
I'll take Ohio State in dubs and Rola in singles. Domijan, Frank, Styslinger, and Ryan Shane for UVA with OSU up on 6 when UVA clinches.
 

tennishmang

New User
what a match from usc and ucla. crazy to think that these two teams will play each other at least 3 more times this season guaranteed (home, away, pac12 tourney), maybe 4 if they meet again in ncaas. 5 times in one year would be bonkers considering how close these teams play each other.
 

treeman10

Semi-Pro
Great match for USC over UCLA. There were certainly some off match predictions in this one on both sides. Smith is one heckuva coach, these guys deliver when needed.
 

treeman10

Semi-Pro
Gotta give a shout out to Nordstom Tennis Center - the video streaming was best quality I've seen out there. Then again, the name is Nordstrom. I don't sweat the scoreboard being behind or not showing points if we can watch great video.
 

TopDawg

G.O.A.T.
Buckeyes take the doubles point - not the biggest shocker though. Biggest thing to see will be if Ille Van Engelen plays singles. He hasn't played singles in about 3 weeks and I have a feeling they've been holding him out for a match like this. If he plays and is healthy enough you'd have to favor him over Ryan Shane. Would change the complexity of the match.
 

mikej

Hall of Fame
i think uva still wins

rola may make it 2-0 osu
and i think only one of the shane brothers pulls it out - maybe ryan if i had to guess - other loses to give osu its third point

but, domijan and mac will win, and i think frank wears down his opponent in three

we shall see

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duke should win easily due to depth if cunha is actually playing but tough to know without video
 

mikej

Hall of Fame
make that a hard-earned win for duke

didn't realize three of our top four guys had made an agreement in the locker room to play their first sets like asshats
 

mikej

Hall of Fame
fortunately we should only need 1 of the top 4 spots, even if saba can't keep up the good work someone else should turn it around
 
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