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Looks like it may come down to the wire! Is anyone going to get blaised?
strong singles performancesee you next year, Dawgie!
like most team matches at this stage of the game, a lot hangs on the dubs point
i feel pretty good if i'm UF and get that point cushion, given their depth
and it's going to be a long, tough battle if A&M jumps to the lead - one where the top guys are going to have to step up and join the 4-6 guys in posting some singles points
Baylor looks really good, I don't see them losing to Tennessee even though Tenn will put up a good fight, and they'll likely be in the earlier semi, so they'll be facing a team that had 6+ hours less recovery in the finals
hard not to see them as the most likely winner right now
hard not to see them as the most likely winner right now
Yikes, two years ago Andrade-vale had three match points to essentially take the dubs point vs Texas (Crawford-Perez were on match point on their own court next door), they couldn’t close, and we know the rest of the story
here’s hoping the gators can write a different ending tonight, after letting three match points slip in dubs again
4-6 need to step up big time, need 2-3 of those, period
I’ll be honest I have a bad feeling after that gut punch, it’s never easy to beat a great team three times in a year, and especially not when you breathe life into them in dubs
here’s hoping the gators can write a different ending tonight, after letting three match points slip in dubs again
4-6 need to step up big time, need 2-3 of those, period
I’ll be honest I have a bad feeling after that gut punch, it’s never easy to beat a great team three times in a year, and especially not when you breathe life into them in dubs
osutennis24
Semi-Pro
it's what happens when TV dictates things
Court_Gamecocks
Rookie
Ole Miss with another bad year. That program is bad for the college tennis landscape.
Clemson_tennis
Legend
A&M seems to have the momentum in the early part of the third sets
Well, on ct 3, cannot agree on other courts where they’re either on serve or just beginning
. Why not make it a full screen and show the match in a thumbnail size window.....Clemson_tennis
Legend
Every game is going to a deciding point it seems like
Man, there is some bad blood between Tennessee and UF - if that ends up being the final, going to be wild - dating back to gators chomp from a Tenn bench-sitter towards UF crowd two years ago, then revenge knocking them out of NCAAs a couple weeks later, then a testy / interesting ending in the Bicknell singles match in this year’s SEC tournie final
Ill be honest I think UF is the only team playing tonight that can beat this peak version of Baylor, and they can probably only do so if they don’t deplete everything they have tonight and end after midnight
which, is going to be a tall task, against a Texas squad that fights for everything
and UF may even need the dubs point more than Baylor
Baylor remains the NCAA favorite
Clemson_tennis
Legend
Men’s final is going to have a 10 pm start time at the earliest
bluetrain4
G.O.A.T.
Is Brian Shelton the first coach to win D1 men's AND women's championships? For some reason I didn't think he was, but all the people I thought might have done it - like Dick Gould - only won a championship with one sex/gender.
yes, definitely in college tennis, many folks in tennis social media have already commented on that
Possibly the first in all of collegiate sports?though that could be wrong...
bluetrain4
G.O.A.T.
Thanks. That's a massive and unique achivement.
Riffice takes a close 3-setter from Tatsuma Ito to start off his campaign in Cary, NC
draw is of course full of young Americans / many former college players
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collegetennisisthebest
Semi-Pro
I think that Riffice was down 5-3 in 3rd set. Nice comeback over a very experienced player.
156 in the world...Gunneswaren up next
Ben Shelton had nice win in qualifying over 7 seed.
156 in the world...Gunneswaren up next
Ben Shelton had nice win in qualifying over 7 seed.
collegetennisisthebest
Semi-Pro
Florida players having a strong week....
Blaise Bicknell defeated Texas #2 Micah Braswell....at futures in Illinois
Blaise Bicknell defeated Texas #2 Micah Braswell....at futures in Illinois
collegetennisisthebest
Semi-Pro
Great publicity today for Florida men's tennis as a large part of Ben Shelton's qualifying win over #181 Michael Mmoh was shown on ESPN News.
Ben Shelton has improved his game tremendously since April and May.
The only drawback to ESPN News coverage was having to listen to Brad Gilbert. Gilbert knows absolutely nothing about college tennis and made some horrible, ignorant comments.
Ben Shelton has improved his game tremendously since April and May.
The only drawback to ESPN News coverage was having to listen to Brad Gilbert. Gilbert knows absolutely nothing about college tennis and made some horrible, ignorant comments.
yeah he’s had a hell of a year
dominate freshman season and clinch NCAAs, win singles and dubs in Illinois right before kzoo, win dubs and finals of singles at kzoo, take down mmoh to open us open qualies
it’s entirely possible UF could have 3 of the top 10 guys in college tennis next year, should folks decide to stay
bobleenov1963
Hall of Fame
The mullet (aka JJ Wolf) got to the 3rd round last year. Let see how Riffice does against baby Fed in the first round of the '21 USO.
silentkman
Hall of Fame
I remember his father was a decent pro. I read that he was playing 5 or 6 for Florida. what specifically has he improve? I notice that he won a 25K a couple of weeks ago.
He's dad was a good pro, had a monster serve.
Good question, I'd like to hear the Ben Shelton improvement story. My guess is he's continuing to grow physically, mature mentally and lots of solid practice and coaching.
@mikej any insight to BS's rapid improvement ?
I would say his mental game and confidence is what has propelled him this summer.
silentkman
Hall of Fame
it appears that he loves his father very much, because he chose Florida over Stanford. I'm hoping i get a chance to see him play.
take a kid with enormous weapons (serve, fearhand, transition game) and add the type of consistency and fitness and discipline that comes with training with a top NCAA program every day = boom
and you’d expect that 1-yr improvement to be more dramatic for an 18 year old true freshman who’s still filling out than for some 24 year old former fake Israeli military guy like some of these teams have on their roster
collegetennisisthebest
Semi-Pro
I also see on the Florida roster that the outstanding recruit from Jordan....decided to come to Florida and is on the 21-22 roster. Duarte Vale, Sam Riffice and Ben Shelton will probably alternate between the top 3 spots next year. Blaise Bicknell (undefeated at 4 this past year), knocked off Texas's very good #2 (Micah Braswell) in a futures tourney this summer. Abdullah S. has a UTR of around 13.40 when he signed for Florida and he will only get better. Andy Andrade was a very strong #3 last year....(wins over Sven Lah of Baylor and Philip Henning of Georgia)...and a win over one of Texas A&M's big two. Andrade is a very, very good player....but he may be playing 5 or 6 this year. If everyone returns and stays healthy, the Gators are going to be awfully good.
