Current and future college players in ATP events

This week's ATP Top 200 has no one under 20 years of age, but over 50 players that are over 30. I bet a lot of college coaches are pouncing on that fact (already saw Manny Diaz tweet this).
 
I just got home from Godfrey where I watched a few college players win pretty easily as well as a few fun close matches, the 2nd venue for qualifying was a local high school where the courts looked less than pro circuit level!
 
I should be in Godfrey late next week watching some matches, hopefully will have some college players in the draw still.
 
Godfrey, IL Future (Hard) - Live Scoring: Marcos Giron (UCLA) into 2nd round, Shane Vinsant (aTm) lost to Devin McCarthy, Daniil Proskura (Bama) won 1st round match, Jeremy Efferding (aTm) won 1st round match, Ronnie Schneider (UNC-Recruit) won 1st round match, Alex Sarkissian (Pepp) lost 1st round match, Tim Kopinski (ILL) won 1st round match, Connor Farren (USC-Recruit) retired 1-1 in the 3rd set in his 1st round, Peter Kobelt (Ohio St) lost to Evan King in the 1st round

Ireland Future (Carpet): John Morrissey (Stanford) 1st round loss, Jordan Kelly-Houston (FSU) 1st round loss (came through qualies), Benjamin Lock (FSU) 2nd round loss (came through qualies)

Austria Future (Clay): William Kallberg (Ole Miss) 1st round loss after coming through qualies.

Belgium Future Qualies (Clay): Cedric De Zutter (Memphis) lost in the final round of qualies.

Denmark Future (Clay): Ben McLachlan (Cal) lost in the 1st round to #1 seed, Filip Bergevi (Cal-Recruit) lost in the 2nd round to #1 seed, Oystein Steiro (UNC) lost in 1st round to #3 seed, Andreas Bjerrehus (Va Tech) lost in 2nd round to #6 seed, Mads Engsted (Cal) lost in 1st round to #6 seed, Lloyd Glasspool (Texas) in the 3rd round, Esben Hess-Olesen (UNC) lost in 2nd round.

Estonia Future (Clay): Mikelis Libietis (Tenn) into the 3rd round, Markus Kerner (Tenn-Recruit) lost in the 1st round.
 
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Medellin Challenger (Clay): Roberto Quiroz (USC) won his 1st round match, Emilio Gomez (USC) lost 1st round match to #1 seed.
Finland Challenger (Clay): Blaz Rola through to the 3rd round.
 
jaggy said:
I just got home from Godfrey where I watched a few college players win pretty easily as well as a few fun close matches, the 2nd venue for qualifying was a local high school where the courts looked less than pro circuit level!
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With the exception of the one court that had the water mildew spot behind the baseline, court 4, I thought the courts were OK. I did not hit on them. One the first day they did not use that court in the morning. The venue at Lewis & Clark is very nice for JUCO. I thought the court bounce was odd, maybe uneven in spots. It was a cushioned surface had almost a hollow feel to it. I did not think they needed to use the High School for qualifying, not sure why they did.
 
James ward hung a bagel and a breadstick on Krueger ( 0 & 1) at the Lexington challenger. Not an encouraging result for someone who really could've benefitted from atleast a year or two in college.
 
tennisballer said:
James ward hung a bagel and a breadstick on Krueger ( 0 & 1) at the Lexington challenger. Not an encouraging result for someone who really could've benefitted from atleast a year or two in college.
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True, only if the player is short sighted and focusing on results and not focused on improving and learning. While the score appears bad there could be circumstances going on we are unaware of. Its just one match. Overall his summer appears to be going well.
 
andfor said:
True, only if the player is short sighted and focusing on results and not focused on improving and learning. While the score appears bad there could be circumstances going on we are unaware of. Its just one match. Overall his summer appears to be going well.
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James Ward has been the object of much fun on these boards but he has a ton of talent, not surprising he zones occasionally and wins big. At Godfrey Ronnie Schneider had another win and Evan King took out the 2 seed 0 and 4.
 
jaggy said:
James Ward has been the object of much fun on these boards but he has a ton of talent, not surprising he zones occasionally and wins big. At Godfrey Ronnie Schneider had another win and Evan King took out the 2 seed 0 and 4.
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Regardless, Ward can play. I realize many think that guys not at the ATP level are not very good. That's laughable, just go play them to find out. My point is that any player who turns pro regardless of timing, is highly unlikely to regret that decision based on one match. Given Krueger's progression, this one match is hardly an indicator of a good or bad decision to go pro.
 
My point was more that Ward has largely underperformed to date and could go off on many pros. Krueger should not dwell on this result.
 
jaggy said:
My point was more that Ward has largely underperformed to date and could go off on many pros. Krueger should not dwell on this result.
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I'm with you. I've given too much time to the comment. These types of comment are made here often.

BTW. DeZutter (Memphis) and Vliegan (ECU) in the doubles finals in Belgium..
 
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ClarkC said:
The Daniil Proskura who plays for Alabama is from Estonia. Not sure what tournament you are referring to. The ITF site has him incorrectly listed as being from Armenia.
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That's what I was referring too. I saw him listed as ARM while I knew he was from Estonia. Sometimes guys play in the ATP listed as a different country. I guess this was just a mistake.
 
kme5150 said:
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You have to click the link then hit refresh on your browser and it pops in.

Quarterfinal Results:
Evan King beat Jeremy Efferding 7-5 7-6
Noah Rubin beat Devin McCarthy 6-1 6-4
Darian King beat Ronnie Schneider 6-3 6-4
Michael Shabaz beat Evan Song 6-4 6-3
 
Rola comes up just short in the semis falling 7-5 in the 3rd. Quiroz lost a tight one yesterday in the quarters 7-6 6-4
 
Denmark Future (Clay): Lloyd Glasspool (Texas) made it to the semis before falling 6-4 6-4

Estonia Future (Clay): Mikelis Libietis (Tenn) won his 1st future with a 6-7 7-6 7-6 win in the finals
 
Duke's Bruno Semenzato 1 match away from qualifying in the Sao Paulo Challenger. A host of Virginia Tech players from Sao Paulo also in action as Mauricio Antun knocked off teammate Rafael Ribas before falling in the 2nd round while Lucas Oliveira was knocked out in the 1st round.

Both Blaz Rola and Emilio Gomez in the main draw in Sao Paulo. Gomez won a doubles title last week in Medellin
 
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Decatur IL Future (Hard): Jeremy Efferding (aTm), Jared Hiltzik (ILL), Dennis Novikov (UCLA), Dane Webb (Okla), Harrison Adams (aTm), Daniil Proskura (Bama), Michael Redlicki (Duke), Becker O'Shaughnessey (Bama), Tim Kopinski (ILL), Ryan Shane (UVA), and Fares Ghasya (ILL) all in action. Several recent college grads from this past year in action as well - Live Scoring Link - they've had rain up there so nothing has got started yet.

Qualies had a few notable results: Peter Kobelt lost in straights to Harrison Adams, Ryan Shane took out TCU #1 Nick Chappel in straights (Chappel had only dropped 2 games in the previous 2 matches), Ghasya (which I'm pretty sure is Gosea) took out Santa Clara #1 John Lamble in 3 which was after Lamble handed former Illini Bruno Abdelnour a bagel and a breadstick, Dane Webb only dropped 12 games in 3 matches including a double bagel win over Danny Riggs in the final round. Riggs was a 2011 Blue Chip that spent a year at Cornell before leaving for greener pastures. Strong Kirchheimer (Northwestern Recruit) took out UNC's Brett Clark in straights.
 
Poland Future (Hard): Stanford's Maciek Romanowicz got a wild card in his home country.
Lithuania Future (Clay): Tennessee's Mikelis Libiets and Markus Kerner in action. Kerner lost in the 1st round while Libietis won in straights.
Germany Future (Clay): Baylor's Julian Lenz got a wild card.
Belgium Future (Clay): Romain Bogaerts won his 1st round match 1 & 0.
Denmark Future (Clay): 3 Cal Bears in action with 2 facing each other in the 1st round. Filip Bergevi defeated Ben McLachlan 6-1 2-1 ret and Andre Goransson lost in the 1st
Great Britain Future (Hard): Chris Simpson (LSU) and Lloyd Glasspool (Texas) in action.
 
Decatur IL Future (Hard):

Notable 2nd round results:
Jeremy Efferding (aTm) lost 2 & 2 to Oleg Dmitriev
Dennis Novikov (UCLA) & Dane Webb (Okla) tied at 3-3 in the 3rd set.
Becker O'Shaughnessey (Bama) beat Ryan Shane (UVA) 6-3 3-6 6-3

Live Scoring Link
 
Blaz Rola into the semifinals after knocking off the #1 seed in the quarters of the Sao Paulo Challenger.
Germany Future (Clay): Baylor's Julian Lenz into the finals.

Lithuania Future (Clay): Tennessee's Mikelis Libietis had his winning streak halted in the semis.
Belgium Future (Clay): Romain Bogaerts fell in his quarterfinal match.
 
Sao Paulo Challenger (Clay): Blaz Rola loses 6-3 in the 3rd in the semis. He'll have a new career high ranking tomorrow - around 252.
Germany Future (Clay): Baylor's Julian Lenz loses in 6-3 in the 3rd in the finals.
 
Future Sooners Australian Andrew Harris has been racking up quality wins over the past few months in the Future Circuit:
W vs KALLBERG, William (SWE) 6-4 7-6(3)
W vs DE VROOME, Max (NED) 4-6 7-5 6-2
W vs UDOMCHOKE, Danai (THA) 7-5 6-3
 
Big win today for Emilio Gomez knocking off world #101 Thiemo De Bakker 7-6 4-6 7-6 in the 2nd round in Rio de Janeiro. De Bakker was the guy who beat Isner at Wimby a few years ago in the round after his 70-68 win over Mahut
 
Blaz Rola keeps on rolling along as well with another win over a top 150 opponent today in Rio. He'll definitely move inside the top 250 after this week.
 
Emilio Gomez into the semis in Rio with a 7-6 6-4 win over #216. He will at least jump 80 spots in the rankings from #433 to around #352 with his semifinal showing. If he makes the finals he'll move to around #320 and if he wins the whole thing he'll move up to roughly #275.
 
Blaz Rola trying to one up himself today against Emilio Gomez in the Rio Challenger semifinal. After being Gomez 6-1 6-0 in the NCAA Team Tournament he leads today 6-0 1-0
 
UCLA recruit Mackenzie McDonald got a wild card into qualies at Cincinnati and trails Nicolas Mahut 5-2 in the 1st set
 
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