Yes, I know Calle--my point was he is no longer training for competition, giving lessons is not great tournament prep. Yet he almost took out someone who trains everyday for competition.
2013-14 Season - Division 1
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Vicious Vik
Semi-Pro
Farren sucks. USC is better without him. Smith should not let him back
chris-swede
Hall of Fame
well peralta was a really good pro..sth that farren has not shown yet..so result is not that surprising
Clemson_tennis
Legend
he has a career high 213 way back in 2003. A player at USC should probably be able to be more competitive than that. Hanfmann and Sarmeinto would push current guys around the rank of 213, Quiroz as well.
TopDawg
G.O.A.T.
Peralta has beaten a lot of college guys many with better resumes than Farren in the last year on the USTA circuit
$20,000 Queen City Pro Classic Start Date: 12/19/2013 End Date: 12/22/2013
Men's Open Singles (Draw Line - 17)
F (4) Julio Peralta d. (3) Eric Quigley 7-6; 0-6; 6-2
SF (4) Julio Peralta d. Bryan Koniecko 3-6; 6-1; 6-4
Q (4) Julio Peralta d. Strong Kirchheimer 6-1; 6-0
16 (4) Julio Peralta d. John McNally 6-4; 6-2
32 (4) Julio Peralta d. Dejon Bivens 6-2; 6-0
Colorado State Open (DESIGNATED) Start Date: 9/13/2013 End Date: 9/22/2013
Men's Open Singles Main Draw (Draw Line - 1)
F (1) Julio Peralta d. (2) Brian Battistone 7-5; 7-6(5)
SF (1) Julio Peralta d. (5) Enej Bonin 6-2; 7-5
Q (1) Julio Peralta d. Diogo Rocha 6-0; 1-0
16 (1) Julio Peralta d. Aidan Talcott 6-2; 6-1
$22,000 123rd Washington State Open and Seniors Start Date: 7/30/2013 End Date: 8/4/2013
Men's Open Singles (Draw Line - 128 )
F (2) Julio Peralta d. (1) Jason Jung 6-1; 4-6; 6-4
SF (2) Julio Peralta d. (5) Luke Shields 6-2; 6-2
Q (2) Julio Peralta d. (9) Max Manthou 6-3; 6-2
16 (2) Julio Peralta d. Nicholas Kamisar 6-0; 6-1
32 (2) Julio Peralta d. Fernando Sunago 6-2; 6-1
64 (2) Julio Peralta d. Charlie Williams 6-0; 6-0
$20,000 Pacific Northwest Championships 122nd Annual Start Date: 7/22/2013 End Date: 7/28/2013
Men's Open Singles (Draw Line - 32)
F (2) Julio Peralta d. (1) Mohamed Abid 6-1; 6-3
SF (2) Julio Peralta d. Campbell Johnson 6-1; 7-5
Q (2) Julio Peralta d. (8 ) Emmett Egger 6-0; 6-1
16 (2) Julio Peralta d. Michael Chamerski 6-2; 6-0
32 (2) Julio Peralta d. Nicholas Kamisar 6-0; 6-4
chris-swede
Hall of Fame
Peralta is getting good money on the USTA circuit or?
TopDawg
G.O.A.T.
He's probably only getting a few thousand at most in those tournaments.
Peralta is a lot better than his ATP record suggests. Focused most of his time on cleaning up on the prize money circuit in Europe. Seems to be doing the same now in the U.S.
10sfreakky
New User
doubt Farren is that hurt. He was 6 in the lineup against ucla
Farren showed no sign of injury in his matches at Ojai--he's just not that good. He beat a junior in the 1st rd and barely survived against a teaching pro in the 2nd. Smith realized this and relegated him to the Open event. He wouldn't have allowed Farren to play at all with an injury. Crystal played the Open as well, but got the call in dubs vs. UCLA. Farren got killed by Peralta, period. It was embarrassing, he was completely outclassed. You have a crush on him don't you?
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Take a look at these results. Mohammed Abid was #1 Haythem Abid at UCLA, by the way, and was the #1 seed and playing well enough to make the final. Emmett Egger and Strong Kircheimer got one game apiece.
maybe you are right about Farren, I just checked his win/lost college records and he hasn't had a good win yet ...but I saw him in a soft cast on his foot a couple months ago,so given the benefit of doubt, he's still not 100%
maybe he will or maybe he won't come around for NCAA
10sfreakky
New User
I'm surprised Peter Smith kept putting Farren at 4 even though he kept losing matches at that position
Clemson_tennis
Legend
Man you are being too hard on your own coach. Check the title count of Smith vs Martin.
that's their weak spot for USC .. no one seems to be able to win consistently at #4 .. that's why I like to see Wang at #3 ... Quiroz play and win at #4 ... Max V..at #5 ...and E. Johnson at #6.. Yannick at #1 ... and Ray at #2...
1.Yannick Hanfmann
2.Ray Sarmiento
3.Jonny Wang
4.Roberto Quiroz
5.Max de Vroome
6.Eric Johnson
close to ranking order too .no Farren because I think he's still not 100% to play singles ..
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Then why is he entered in the Palos Verdes Open tournament this week? Smith wouldn't let him play hurt. Quiroz is also entered as well. Draws not out yet. You should go cheer him on...
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Jeez, one year removed from being only one of three coaches to win four consecutive ncaa's and the guy suddenly doesn't know how to coach and set a lineup?
10sfreakky
New User
Nothing against Smith but he did have Nguyen and Johnson during that 4 year period, they've only lost twice combined at the NCAA tournament....
10sfreakky
New User
Any idea why Wang's not playing?
Clemson_tennis
Legend
And Virginia had Devvarman and Huey and still couldn't win 1 title. UCLA had Kosakowski and Novikov. Couldn't win 1. USC won 4.
Clemson_tennis
Legend
You've replaced your problems at 4 with problems at 3 though. The question is who can win more. Wang at 3 or De Vroome at 4.
10sfreakky
New User
Kosakowski, Novikov, and Huey didn't have NCAA records like Johnson and Nguyen. These two showed up when it counted.
10sfreakky
New User
But you increase the chances for 4, 5, and 6 to win
Nostradamus
Bionic Poster
Eric johnshon at #6 ?? wow. this guy is mentally very weak.
10sfreakky
New User
I've noticed that throughout the years Smith has done his lineups in a very straight up way as opposed to Billy Martin. Back in 2012 when UCLA beat USC at USC, Thompson was bumped up to 1 because Martin knew that Stevie J was gonna beat anyone, however this allowed Nick Meister to play Sarmiento who he beat.
10sfreakky
New User
I'm surprised Kris Kwinta, the current assistant at USC who use to assist at UCLA hasn't influenced Smith's decision to mix up the lineup
exactly and how did Clay somehow play #5 last year and now back at #1/#2.. this year plus how he used Novikov at the #1 spot...that's why I said what I said about Billy Martin.. what he did was a masterpiece ...
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So let me get this straight, a college coach who's been in the business for over 25 years, won four consecutive championships suddenly slaps his forehead and says, "Now why didn't I think about that?!" when Kwinta tells him what Billy Martin was doing with his lineup. Please.
And to attribute his championships solely to Johnson and Nguyen is really too silly. The first year Nguyen played six, Johnson two and the team was seeded 8. From the round of sixteen on Johnson went 2-1 with one unfinished, Nguyen 2-0 with two unfinished. Looks like to me somebody else on the team was winning points. Second championship they were seeded five. Johnson picked up one point with three unfinished from the #2 position, while Nguyen picked up four from the four slot. In the championship match they beat Tennessee who were really loaded that year 4-2. Again, somebody else is winning points.
Winning championships isn't easy, just ask Boland how many he won when he was the #1 seed. And if Puget hadn't touched the net last year, it would be zero.
10sfreakky
New User
Opps I forgot to mention they had Robert Farah who's top 40 in doubles at the moment and was top 200 in singles on the atp tour
Vicious Vik
Semi-Pro
what? So good coaches should be considered not as good because they got good players?
Who recruited him?
By the way, oops is not spelled opps. We can add this to the list of words too difficult for today's college grads to spell, along with lose. Thank you, American public schools.
Court_Gamecocks
Rookie
Farah was almost going to go to another school
Exactly my point...
Clemson_tennis
Legend
college tennis has the most transfers of any school
Wow...that says a lot about this sport. And it ain't good.
Why? There's only 6 singles spots, sometimes a 7th or 8th guy starts as a doubles only player. It's not like basketball or football where they sub in. Depending on the school and quality of the player, sometimes a 7 or 8 guy who won't see the court at a top 25 school will play much higher at a lower or non-ranked school. If a kid wants to play and get his education, why go through all the rigors of practice to never or rarely play a match?
Vicious Vik
Semi-Pro
is Ernesto Escobedo going to play college tennis?
tennis_tater
Semi-Pro
Vicious Vik
Semi-Pro
what an idiot. He will get to like 300 and wash up.
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