Dawgie Dawg
Rookie
The Swedish kid coming in is good. He will be top 15 ITA immediately.
UGA Men's Tennis
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optimaltennis
Rookie
Yeah... I don't know about that. Philip Henning came in with better accolades and won only about 65% of his match, all coming on courts 3-6. Granted, he didn't come to school until January, so that hurts in terms of adapting to the college game.
Georgia will be very young next year. Their starting six is likely Loeb, Bryde, Henning, and three of the freshman coming in with Croyder also a possibility. In doubles, Loeb and Diaz will have spots, the the remaining four spots are up for grabs with Tyler Zink, one of the freshman, almost certain to have a spot as well.
Georgia, barring any new transfers in, will be around the same ranking as they were this year.
Dawgie Dawg
Rookie
The Brazilian or the French. Point is, Diaz will coach at least one of them up to be a top player instantly. He can see talent.
jerryjones1960
Rookie
Erik Grevelius, 11.94 UTR. I agree I think she will be very good. Her UTR already ranks her as a top 10 female ITA player. She should be able to play top 2/3 on the ladies team.
Do the men have anyone good coming in?
Dawgie Dawg
Rookie
Dumbass response. Keep choking Gators.
jerryjones1960
Rookie
Wait wait wait, how many matches UGa win in NCAA's last two year, oh I know it was 1, talk about choking or just being bad, don't worry though next year is your year to be ranked 27
jerryjones1960
Rookie
saw dogs had a recruit make the french open, should help for another first or second round NCAA finish
Southerncharm
Rookie
When are the Georgia faithful going to come to grips with it's time for Manny to hang it up. I don't know how you could argue that. He has had a wonderful career but the last few years have been hit with a drug scandal, players leaving the program in the middle of the season, lack luster results and a lot of head scratching. If Georgia fans are honest with themselves they know it's time for new leadership.
jcgatennismom
Hall of Fame
Georgia has a lot of young freshmen/soph who can play 3-6. There are 4 guys with UTRs 13.24-13.29. Often high ranked world jr ITF players have overrated UTRs compared to collegians. Trent Bryde was a former world jr ITF #8, struggled to win at 3, and was ranked as high s 14.08 in Sept last year-has dropped .8 since. Bryde won 2 MD matches at a $15K this week but wins were vs two UTR 12.9s. He lost to Rice's #1 in the quarters. Will be interesting to see who Manny will sacrifice at 1 and 2 to have a chance to win the bottom lines. Can't see how GA will do well in SEC unless they stack from day 1 in January.
Tyler Zink who lost in 1st rd of French Open is Jr ITF World #38 and UTR 13.18. He lost in 3 sets to OSU's recruit Kingsley (13.87) in a Nov Future so he does show potential but Bryde was at that level last fall, and it didnt translate that well to college tennis. Kentucky is bringing in a freshman with a MD Challenger win-Liam Draxl with an ITF jr world ranking of 12. Yet in spite of a Challenger win, he lost 1st rd in a $15K Future in April. I wonder if any freshman for next year will rise to the level Wolf and Blumberg were their freshmen year-maybe Brooksby at Baylor (14.52) if he ends up there. Pepperdine somehow recruited a 14.33. Draxl is the highest SEC freshman recruit so far for next year.
Dawgie Dawg
Rookie
Seriously dangerous team in the NCAAs. Keep an eye on that DAWG
Dawgie Dawg
Rookie
Big DAWGS eating big!! Little Tar Heels big time on the ropes
Wow, big time win, UNC had seniority out the whazoo on that team, wasn’t expecting them to go down
I don’t even have anything snarky to say
I guess you thought Manny forgot everything he knew about how to coach. I hope you feel pretty darn dumb now!
collegetennisisthebest
Semi-Pro
fall 2023 is 18 months away. Alex is a high school junior. Way too early to think about the future for this young man. Congratulations to Alex for a great performance. Alex Michelsen and Ethan Quinn and many other great players will be in San Diego next week.
Liam Grennon
Professional
Good win at Tennessee today! Ethan Quinn also did very well in SD this weekend.
collegetennisisthebest
Semi-Pro
Ethan Quinn had an incredible tourney in Bakersfield.
Grevelius is transferring to South Florida this summer.
Lol
collegetennisisthebest
Semi-Pro
that one sure did not work out ...the way that Dawgie Dawg projected
methinks that Nostradamus and Dawgie Dawg have rose colored glasses
collegetennisisthebest
Semi-Pro
UGA has also signed Ignacio Buse. As of last Monday 4/18, Buse was 10 in ITF junior rankings, Michelsen was 36 in ITF junior rankings and Ethan Quinn was #49. Buse is class of 2022 but the parsa bombs tweet said that he was joining UGA in the fall of 2023.
iirc Buse is from South America where graduation happens in December instead of June. So he could join the team for the next spring run
He is from Bradenton, and his TRN page says grad class of 2022 but not showing up until fall of 2023.
You are probably right but on the UTR website, the Peruvian flag appears alongside his name. And he’s played a South American Grade B1 ITF which is only open to South American nationals. So maybe he has dual citizenship. Don’t know about his particular situation but do know the South American academic year runs Jan-Dec.
Btw his UTR is 13.1 which is really impressive for a junior. Can see him form a great nucleus with Michelsen and Quinn in the coming years
We worked with him as his advisor, he is Peruvian but has completed US Education. He will finish his school this december. He made the finals of Orange Bowl U16 2020 kid is for real. Not your typical South American neither, plays a bigger game.
Try to be respectful and not an ass, man. I know it's hard--but try.
Agree. He truly has the style of game to bypass college. I’d venture he’s the most dominant junior when he’s on. Scary good!
Funny. Was about to compare him to Brooksby too but thought I’d be laughed at!
collegetennisisthebest
Semi-Pro
Alex Michelsen looked incredible at the easter bowl. For a high school junior, his drop shots are unbelievable. Interested to see how he does at the French Open Juniors.
Tennis_Slapper23
Rookie
Ethan Quinn has to be the front runner for this years NCAA’s. After winning ITA All American Championships, and having hands down one of the best summers for a incoming college player. Georgia is in good hands.
Huge congrats to Quinn and Henning. If Quinn has strong results on the Tour this fall and into spring, I don’t see him sticking around. He might just do what Nakashima did
collegetennisisthebest
Semi-Pro
spring of 22 recruit or fall of 23 recruit?
jrtennisparent
New User
I think he's talking about Learner, so fall 2023. TX flew out to watch him train not too long ago
atatu
Legend
I'm actually talking about the younger brother of one of the guys on the team, I know they want him but he might skip college and go pro instead.
jrtennisparent
New User
Ah ok. You must be talking about Bailly? Pierre-Yves has been great. Don't know much about the younger brother
atatu
Legend
The younger Bailly was interviewed by ZooTennis and said he enjoyed his visit to Texas before the US Open and could picture himself on the roster if he decides to not go pro. My take is he has a pretty good college style game…very solid, makes balls, doesn’t break down and gives it his all. I would take Learner over him and frankly he would give Quinn more competition than Bailly would, having beaten him at Kalamazoo recently. Of course it would be fantastic if they could land both. I also think the way Basavareddy is playing he could be competitive against Quinn
collegetennisisthebest
Semi-Pro
the comment that started this discussion....was that Ethan Quinn had to be the front runner for this year's NCAA's.
From Atatu's comment....I assume that Gilles Arnaud Bailly could be joining the Texas team in Spring 2023.
Sureshot , you are commenting about Learner Tien. Will he be starting his college career (if he goes that route) in Jan 2023 or fall 2023.
Do not sell Gilles Bailly short. He is ranked #2 right now in ITF. In addition to losing in the US Open Junior final, Bailly also lost in the final of the french Open.
When I look at common opponents for Quinn and Bailly, Bailly beat Dino Prizmic of Croatia 2 and 3 to win J1 Klosters. In the 3rd round of JA Milan, Dino Prizmic defeated Quinn 6-4,6-0.
Also, Basavaredy struggled in the qualies to beat Teodor Giusca of Georgia. Basavareddy would need a very slow clay court to be competitive against Quinn.
From Atatu's comment....I assume that Gilles Arnaud Bailly could be joining the Texas team in Spring 2023.
Sureshot , you are commenting about Learner Tien. Will he be starting his college career (if he goes that route) in Jan 2023 or fall 2023.
Do not sell Gilles Bailly short. He is ranked #2 right now in ITF. In addition to losing in the US Open Junior final, Bailly also lost in the final of the french Open.
When I look at common opponents for Quinn and Bailly, Bailly beat Dino Prizmic of Croatia 2 and 3 to win J1 Klosters. In the 3rd round of JA Milan, Dino Prizmic defeated Quinn 6-4,6-0.
Also, Basavaredy struggled in the qualies to beat Teodor Giusca of Georgia. Basavareddy would need a very slow clay court to be competitive against Quinn.
Is Michelsen still committed to UGA? Saw him play 3 matches at Tiburon Challenger last week and was impressed in his match vs. Shang. Felt he was physically (and mentally) spent in his next round loss to Paul Jubb and he lost in second round of qualifying to Tennys Sandgren this week in Fairfield, CA.
Don’t get me wrong. I like Bailly. But he’s a solid baseliner and I just have difficulty seeing him challenge the current version of Quinn. Tien on the other hand presented lefty problems for Quinn at Kalamazoo playing the angles very well. He’s home schooled so could potentially be available for Spring 23. But he’s still quite young (turns 17 in December). As for Basavareddy, my comment was based on how he played Montes and Tracy but I admit I could be over reaching here!
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