Clemson_tennis
Legend
Virginia taking out some frustrations on UNC
2015 ITA Men's National Team Indoor Championships - Chicago, IL
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chris-swede
Hall of Fame
Unc chanceless on every court. ..ouch
chris-swede
Hall of Fame
Baylor hanging in now it could be easily three third sets in this
chris-swede
Hall of Fame
Glad that oklahoma wins it
Clemson_tennis
Legend
what a meltdown from Zsiga. Lost the last 11 games.
Clemson_tennis
Legend
almost an hour till the next matches now. Even the longest matches in the shortened format are not reaching 3 hours.
chris-swede
Hall of Fame
The Format is silly at least let them play dubs to 8...or a New idea to 7 ...
chris-swede
Hall of Fame
Only Wayne in it
.but Smith and wagland also can win. .match far from over
.but Smith and wagland also can win. .match far from over
Clemson_tennis
Legend
I would ignore live scoring. It's not even in the same universe. It says Oosterbaan won the first set 6-4 but in actuality Crystal leads the match 6-2 3-0
chris-swede
Hall of Fame
Yess i just read your Twitter question s. ..livescore here is total Bad. ..What a bad thing.
:shock:dc_tennis_atl
Rookie
Seems like their best chances to get three points are Montgomery, Smith, and Pasha
chris-swede
Hall of Fame
Uga right now is helpless and needs a miracle
Nostradamus
Bionic Poster
USC too strong and Too good for Georgia. Does Oklahoma have any chance of giving any match to USA tomorrow ?? looks like another 5 peat NCAA win for USC this year in may. Unless the Cardinal can upset them which can happen with them improving so fast this year.................
dc_tennis_atl
Rookie
Looks like a rematch of last years NCAA final where Oklahoma took doubles but USC clinched with 3-set victory by Max de Vroome over Andrew Harris at #4 singles.
Doubles (Order of finish: 3,2)
1. #1 Yannick Hanfmann/Ray Sarmiento (USC) vs. Axel Alvarez/Dane Webb (OKLAHOMA) 5-6, unf.
2. Guillermo Alcorta/Andrew Harris (OKLAHOMA) def. Connor Farren/Roberto Quiroz (USC), 8-5
3. Alex Ghilea/Nick Papac (OKLAHOMA) def. Max de Vroome/Eric Johnson (USC), 8-7(2)
Singles (Order of finish: 3,1,2,5,4)
1. #10 Yannick Hanfmann (USC) def. #5 Guillermo Alcorta (OKLAHOMA), 7-5, 6-2
2. #9 Ray Sarmiento (USC) def. #7 Axel Alvarez (OKLAHOMA), 6-4, 7-6(4)
3. #41 Dane Webb (OKLAHOMA) def. #42 Roberto Quiroz (USC), 6-1, 6-2
4. #91 Max de Vroome (USC) def. #53 Andrew Harris (OKLAHOMA), 4-6, 6-3, 6-4
5. Eric Johnson (USC) def. Austin Siegel (OKLAHOMA), 6-1, 7-6(2)
6. Michael Grant (USC) vs. Alex Ghilea (OKLAHOMA), 7-6(5), 2-6, 4-2, unf.
Doubles (Order of finish: 3,2)
1. #1 Yannick Hanfmann/Ray Sarmiento (USC) vs. Axel Alvarez/Dane Webb (OKLAHOMA) 5-6, unf.
2. Guillermo Alcorta/Andrew Harris (OKLAHOMA) def. Connor Farren/Roberto Quiroz (USC), 8-5
3. Alex Ghilea/Nick Papac (OKLAHOMA) def. Max de Vroome/Eric Johnson (USC), 8-7(2)
Singles (Order of finish: 3,1,2,5,4)
1. #10 Yannick Hanfmann (USC) def. #5 Guillermo Alcorta (OKLAHOMA), 7-5, 6-2
2. #9 Ray Sarmiento (USC) def. #7 Axel Alvarez (OKLAHOMA), 6-4, 7-6(4)
3. #41 Dane Webb (OKLAHOMA) def. #42 Roberto Quiroz (USC), 6-1, 6-2
4. #91 Max de Vroome (USC) def. #53 Andrew Harris (OKLAHOMA), 4-6, 6-3, 6-4
5. Eric Johnson (USC) def. Austin Siegel (OKLAHOMA), 6-1, 7-6(2)
6. Michael Grant (USC) vs. Alex Ghilea (OKLAHOMA), 7-6(5), 2-6, 4-2, unf.
Clemson_tennis
Legend
Soren pummels Winston Lin 6-2 6-1. Impressive from the Dane
dc_tennis_atl
Rookie
Interesting quote from John Roddick about his team last year after the NCAA championships. Wonder how he would characterize the #5/#6 players on this team? It seems that Alex Ghilea is undefeated in this years ITA indoors.
"If you look back on our season, at the beginning, we were very top heavy, with four guys playing really well. Our five and six were really not very good in February. We were able to win a lot of matches anyway, but I think those guys really pulling together, our top guys leading those guys in getting better, and all of the sudden you have a complete team. This is the first time we had a very complete team. There were some hard days in practice and some very direct conversations, and for those guys to be able to handle those, and to come out of them and get better, I think that's what we're most proud of."
"If you look back on our season, at the beginning, we were very top heavy, with four guys playing really well. Our five and six were really not very good in February. We were able to win a lot of matches anyway, but I think those guys really pulling together, our top guys leading those guys in getting better, and all of the sudden you have a complete team. This is the first time we had a very complete team. There were some hard days in practice and some very direct conversations, and for those guys to be able to handle those, and to come out of them and get better, I think that's what we're most proud of."
Clemson_tennis
Legend
That is true. Last year Oklahoma struggled at 5 and 6 for much of the year before the emergence of Ghilea. They were trying combinations of Siegel, Papac and Siributwong all of whom were losing regularly vs all kinds of competition. Ghilea and Salazar are a lot stronger than those from last year
dc_tennis_atl
Rookie
Interesting twitter from Jonathan Kelley. Wonder if this was said by one of Pasha's teammates that is not in the starting line-up or one of the starters that lost in straight sets?
"You know he's not clutch, c'mon Nate!" - one of Pasha's teammates, about Wang, right near Wang
"You know he's not clutch, c'mon Nate!" - one of Pasha's teammates, about Wang, right near Wang
Clemson_tennis
Legend
Oh yeah. Bench players are always the biggest d-bags with the yelling. A lot of them are basically cheerleaders.
Nostradamus
Bionic Poster
LOL... that is not a bad thing, actually kind of classy. He could have said " You know this guy is a loser, he chokes if it gets close every time,,,,,,Cmon Nate"................................. I heard that before from another college dude...........LOL
Nostradamus
Bionic Poster
USC still much better than sooners. is this the team that Roddick is coaching ? if so, how good of a coach is he really ?
TopDawg
G.O.A.T.
Jonathan told me that too after the match - it wasn't a starter doing the chirping.
Nostradamus
Bionic Poster
What does it mean when you say He is not clutch........? is that really a that bad of a thing ?
OKlahoma's depth is much better than last year. Ghilea has improved and the Freshman Papa is starting to figure things out. Salazar is a huge improvement at 6. Oklahoma needs to find a way to win the doubles point. They have been having a hard time getting it all year and so far it hasn't cost them but eventually they will need it.
Should be interesting. USC is awful tough and everyone has picked against Oklahoma. They are probably playing with a chip on their shoulder as they are one of the least respected 2 seeds and prior year runner up teams that only got better.
With that said, USC probably wins.
Nostradamus
Bionic Poster
WHY are they using NO ad scoring for Singles ?? that is so bad and it makes the serve break lucky sometimes.... that is a bad idea by ITA or NCAA.
estigma2001
Hall of Fame
Vamos Nico!!!!
Clemson_tennis
Legend
What did you make of your boy Winston Nishikori getting worked by the next Peter Schmeichel?
Clemson_tennis
Legend
If this was a full placement tournament the matchups tomorrow would be:
Final: USC vs Oklahoma
3rd place: Baylor vs Georgia
5th place: Virginia vs Illinois
7th place: Ohio State vs North Carolina
9th place: Texas vs Duke
11th place: Ole Miss vs Columbia
13th place: UCLA vs Cal
15th place: TCU vs Penn State
Final: USC vs Oklahoma
3rd place: Baylor vs Georgia
5th place: Virginia vs Illinois
7th place: Ohio State vs North Carolina
9th place: Texas vs Duke
11th place: Ole Miss vs Columbia
13th place: UCLA vs Cal
15th place: TCU vs Penn State
I'm pretty sure Pasha wouldn't have condone that crap... he's a well mannered young man ,most top players respect each other and any of the coaches heard it they would have shut that b!tch up... watching online,it looked like a heck of a battle 3-3 in the third ,it could have gone either way ...
Nostradamus
Bionic Poster
Yes I saw but that match don't count. Winston was dead dead tired from tough 3 setter yesterday with Cal. and emotional 4-3 team victory ONLY made possible by Winston......
So today's match don't count and didn't happen.
Clemson_tennis
Legend
Oh please. Did you see Pasha giving it to the Illinois fans after he clinched the match vs them? I hardly think he is "above" such behavior. What was said by the Georgia player was an attempt to get into Wang's head, nothing really that harmful, sometimes it's a mind game out there.
chris-swede
Hall of Fame
Baylor over UGA
UVA over Illini
OSU over UNC
Duke over texas
Ole Miss over Columbia
UCLA over Cal
TCU over PSU
chris-swede
Hall of Fame
short wrapup before the final
Surprise team:
Baylor, almost in finals, no one really saw this
Bad surprise team:
TCU..also it maybe is not fair, but they lost all matches and mostly not had chances, also they had their hands on duke
UNC i thought are much deeper and closer to the Top5 teams
UCLA this team is much lower everyone expected at start of season
USC and Oklahoma seems to be the clear early ncaa favourits (also this is indoors)
Baylor very good here, beating a good duke team easily , winning over favs and top5-team UVA
UGA, did all they could, showed toughness but also had luck vs Columbia and also vs Illinois, clear SEC-favourite
Illinois, great tournament for them, should ve beaten UGA, swept Cal, and routed OSU in singles, very impressive team from 1 to 5 only weakness is #6
Ohio State, maybe is overrated, chanceless vs usc and also vs illinois in singles, just overcame Texas; team is solid on every spot and also doubles, but this year little talent is missing (maybe should put Diaz lower in lineup)
UNC looked not very solid in this one, maybe injuries play a role
UVA...close loss in quarters, shut out UNC and TCU which is not easy, clear ACC-favourite
Duke had a good tournament, maybe they had the wrong opponents, Ole Miss and TCU are both not Top10-style, Duke should be very close to the Top5, will battle with UNC for ACC-runner-up
Ole Miss, played everything tough, but still lost every doubles point..will need to change this or they will only be 4th or 5th best sec-team, good win vs UCLA
Texas, very close loss vs OSU and easy wins after it, good tournament for a solid Top10 team
Columbia, great win vs Cal, and very close loss vs UGA, could be easy Top10 but their schedule now will hurt them..have NO Top20 team anymore on their schedule....
Cal Bears, this team is barely Top15...if...lucky to survive Penn State, Göransson got a nice win over Stakhovsky yesterday, solid team on every position, scheduling will hurt them
UCLA; well they need to figure things out or they are not even a Top10 team, also they ve top-heavy talent in it with MacDonald.
Penn State, did not belong in this tournament, ...shut out by Texas and USC, and losing to Cal...solid Top25 or Top30 team but nothing more.
Surprise team:
Baylor, almost in finals, no one really saw this
Bad surprise team:
TCU..also it maybe is not fair, but they lost all matches and mostly not had chances, also they had their hands on duke
UNC i thought are much deeper and closer to the Top5 teams
UCLA this team is much lower everyone expected at start of season
USC and Oklahoma seems to be the clear early ncaa favourits (also this is indoors)
Baylor very good here, beating a good duke team easily , winning over favs and top5-team UVA
UGA, did all they could, showed toughness but also had luck vs Columbia and also vs Illinois, clear SEC-favourite
Illinois, great tournament for them, should ve beaten UGA, swept Cal, and routed OSU in singles, very impressive team from 1 to 5 only weakness is #6
Ohio State, maybe is overrated, chanceless vs usc and also vs illinois in singles, just overcame Texas; team is solid on every spot and also doubles, but this year little talent is missing (maybe should put Diaz lower in lineup)
UNC looked not very solid in this one, maybe injuries play a role
UVA...close loss in quarters, shut out UNC and TCU which is not easy, clear ACC-favourite
Duke had a good tournament, maybe they had the wrong opponents, Ole Miss and TCU are both not Top10-style, Duke should be very close to the Top5, will battle with UNC for ACC-runner-up
Ole Miss, played everything tough, but still lost every doubles point..will need to change this or they will only be 4th or 5th best sec-team, good win vs UCLA
Texas, very close loss vs OSU and easy wins after it, good tournament for a solid Top10 team
Columbia, great win vs Cal, and very close loss vs UGA, could be easy Top10 but their schedule now will hurt them..have NO Top20 team anymore on their schedule....
Cal Bears, this team is barely Top15...if...lucky to survive Penn State, Göransson got a nice win over Stakhovsky yesterday, solid team on every position, scheduling will hurt them
UCLA; well they need to figure things out or they are not even a Top10 team, also they ve top-heavy talent in it with MacDonald.
Penn State, did not belong in this tournament, ...shut out by Texas and USC, and losing to Cal...solid Top25 or Top30 team but nothing more.
dc_tennis_atl
Rookie
Comparing tournament seeds to performance, it seems that Baylor most overperformed (seeded 10 and performed 3/4) and Duke most underperformed (seeded 6 and performed 9/10).
dc_tennis_atl
Rookie
Wonder if they will have #4 singles, #5 singles, and #6 singles take place on the courts with video?
chris-swede
Hall of Fame
Usc will win 4-1 or 4-2
Vicious Vik
Semi-Pro
I want Oklahoma to lose. Not just because they are OU but because of how they snaked their way into getting Spencer Papa. He should be playing for Tulsa right now. It still makes me furious to think about.
Admit it, if it was Texas, you wouldn't mind and you really want OU to lose because it is OU.
Clemson_tennis
Legend
Big comeback by the Sooners in doubles. Coming down to a tiebreaker on court 1
chris-swede
Hall of Fame
Usc is the worst headcase Team of the World really blew it
really blew itClemson_tennis
Legend
Usc is the worst headcase Team of the World
Negative chief. They have been one of the most mentally strong teams around for years.
But they did blow this doubles point
I stand corrected. :-? USC let that one get away.
