Becker picks up pace, wins Waco USTA final::Waco Tribune-Herald

Becker picks up pace, wins Waco USTA final:: Waco Tribune-Herald~~~

The recently completed Futures event in Waco was doubly satisfying for Baylor alum and 2004 NCAA singles champion Benjamin Becker who won the singles and the doubles titles. But more interesting to me was the finals appearance of Kalamazoo's Scott Oudsema, who, for the first time in his professional career, made it past the quarterfinals in a pro event. Oudsema had a very impressive win in the quarterfinals over Baylor's 2005 NCAA singles champion Benedikt Dorsch. Although the quotes from Dorsch in this story indicate that he expected to have no trouble with Oudsema, who is five years younger, the picture that emerges from the paper's admirably detailed coverage is that Oudsema's serve is a force to be reckoned with. And that he followed his upset of Dorsch with a win over Michael Russell, who had drubbed him the week before, was another positive sign. With his friends Scoville Jenkins and Phillip Simmonds emerging from the minor league pack the past few months, Oudsema may be ready to join them.