Great to see some fine young Americans in main draw slam action. The thing is though that they aren't good on clay with all due respect. The only one that may break the unfortunate tradition is the junior Kennedy who plays solid on clay.
Collegians in summer ITF/ATP events
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Nostradamus
Bionic Poster
Quinn for some reason is really good on clay courts. wonder if he grew up playing on green clay ?
coach bard
Semi-Pro
I think ruud was injured
Nostradamus
Bionic Poster
Ruud lost ? christian ruud ?
Nostradamus
Bionic Poster
this is why Ruud will never win the major. He needs to inject himself with lidocaine and keep going... he's just not as tough as RAFA
azn_lefty_roddick_jr
Rookie
Jake Fearnley sets up a 3rd-round clash against fellow former Horned Frog Cam Norrie at Roland Garros... when was the last time two college tennis alum played each other at a slam? Any at a similar round? I can think of maybe UCLA or Stanford pulling off the same feat, but not sure of any other school?
Clemson_tennis
Legend
yeah likely hasn’t happened very much at all. Giron and McDonald have only played each other twice on tour, once in Cincinnati and once in Mallorca.
collegetennisisthebest
Semi-Pro
Dostanic with a 7-6,6-4 first round win over Michael Zheng in the first round of the Tyler, TX challenger.
really tough first round matchup for Zheng...after having a great Little Rock Challenger tournament.
Andy Andrade has really been playing well in challengers
today, Rafael Jodar beat andrade in Straight sets. (jodar had lost to Draxl last week in Little Rock)
really tough first round matchup for Zheng...after having a great Little Rock Challenger tournament.
Andy Andrade has really been playing well in challengers
today, Rafael Jodar beat andrade in Straight sets. (jodar had lost to Draxl last week in Little Rock)
Caught a little bit of the match between Baris and J Braswell at the Wichita 25k. Gotta say Baris is striking a pro level ball with a lot of mustard on it. Rushing and wrongfooting Braswell often.
Picking him as the dark horse for the USO playoffs next week. Tbh, his ball quality is better than Zheng's or Dostanic's. Question is whether he can stay dialed in against someone like Zheng for extended periods.
Picking him as the dark horse for the USO playoffs next week. Tbh, his ball quality is better than Zheng's or Dostanic's. Question is whether he can stay dialed in against someone like Zheng for extended periods.
coach bard
Semi-Pro
He was injured for a lot of the season right?
Guess so. His college ranking fell from 2 to around 15. And he ended up playing line 2 for Mich State. But he seems to be fine right now.
Any news on why Kim pulled out vs former Buckeye #1 Boulais?
Good win for former UK Wildcat and now ATP 250 title winner Gabe Diallo. He always seems to have a game tailor made for the ATP and Grass specifically with the big serve and laser groundies. Put a nice beat down on my Buckeyes in the ‘22 NCAA’s, but won’t hold that against him going forward
Could be he didn't want to risk injury ahead of the USO playoffs.
Nostradamus
Bionic Poster
jcgatennismom
Hall of Fame
Diallo is now inside the top 50 with 2 wins vs top 20ish guys. A few years back my son had an unfinished college match with GD-they were on serve in the 2nd. It’s inspiring for current and post collegians to see guys they played on campus reach the ATP level. Even if they have no interest in going pro, they can watch a match on TV and remember they once traded breaks with those guys…
Alright. Dostanic playing Zheng for the third time since (and including) NCAAs. This is for a spot in the USO MD w/ the loser getting a WC into qualies. Both won their SFs against Baris and Kim respectively in straights.
For the women, Glozman goes up against Stoiana. Changing of the guard as Gruskin put it.
For the women, Glozman goes up against Stoiana. Changing of the guard as Gruskin put it.
Dostanic and Glozman bag the MD wildcards in straight sets. Congrats to them!
Dostanic is probably the best college player considering he has a hattrick of wins over Zheng.
Had watched Glozman compete against Jovic at the USTA G18s final. And she did hang in there. Jovic just won a WTA125 in her warmup for Wimby. So hopefully Glozman won't be a deer in the headlights!
Dostanic is probably the best college player considering he has a hattrick of wins over Zheng.
Had watched Glozman compete against Jovic at the USTA G18s final. And she did hang in there. Jovic just won a WTA125 in her warmup for Wimby. So hopefully Glozman won't be a deer in the headlights!
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Nostradamus
Bionic Poster
US open champion 2025
Definitely has some great mentors.
Right. Now if he can just beat Joao Fonseca. I think LT is something like 0-5 against him in the juniors and pros. I still contend that LT has a ton of upside. Scary thing is he reminds me a lot of Donald Young from a talent stand point. I'm talking about the positive aspects, feel, courtsense, control, etc.
Lol re Fonseca. And apt comparison with DY btw. Was trying to place him and now I have!
Congrats to Oliver Tarvet of U of San Diego on his qualification win and main draw entry into Wimbledon. There are plenty of other former recent collegians in the main draw already by doing well on tour (including a couple of wild cards). Tarvet in particular had a nice run after getting a WC into Qualifying then winning 3 matches to get to the main draw. UVA's Chris Rodesch also gained entry via Qualification, he's currently ATP #163 so he'd had some success already.
And he draws a fellow qualifier first round and if he wins then Alcaraz.
Also, Tien v Basavareddy and Fearnley v Fonseca in R1. Tien v Basa winner probably gets Rune.
And August Holmgren, who also played for U of San Diego, qualified for the main draw as well. Holmgren lost to Ben Shelton in the NCAA Singles in '22. Honestly, I don't think I ever I would have imagined tiny USD would have 2 players in the main draw at Wimbledon.
coach bard
Semi-Pro
Basavareddy has been a bit disappointing off late but great win for Fery
Not sure where you're getting your disappointment from for NB's performance of late. He had a couple of patchy runs on clay. Leading up to Wimbledon only played two tournaments going 2-2. He's still only 20 and heading to the hard court season which he's best on should see some progress. He's also now 0-3 verse LT. He'll be 103 in next weeks rankings and get into most all the N. American hardcourt events.Basavareddy has been a bit disappointing off late but great win for Fery
coach bard
Semi-Pro
Him losing in straights to Lerner is a bit of a disappointment. Though I will say I just recently listened to a podcast with Adam Walton who was opining on how hard it is to even get A win on tour compared to the challengers. It's easy to be harsh as a fan.
Absolutely looked like he belongs. Kind of like the bleach blond hair too, show's he's still a youngster looking to have some fun.
Holmgren wins. Didn't have USD grabbing all the Wimby college tennis PR on my bingo card.
Lol. Bingo!
Watch Oliver Tarvet's post match interview. Such a huge plug for USD tennis (and college tennis in general). Good on him to showcase the college game.
Here it is. Got to watch till the end when Carlos talks about U.S. college tennis. Super impressed by both.
coach bard
Semi-Pro
I remember a few years back holmgren played dimitrov at the San Diego open and lost 1 and 1 and I pondered the insane gulf between pros and college….not bad!
