My Interview with Raveena Kingsley; Fritz into ATP Memphis Semifinals with Dramatic Victory; Defending Champion Oklahoma Falls to Wake Forest at Men's Team Indoor
While at the Dow Corning Tennis Classic early last week, I spoke to Raveena Kingsley about her recent surge, including all the WTA Top 200 wins she had in Maui late last month. The 17-year-old high school senior has committed to LSU, but would prefer to bypass playing college tennis if her WTA ranking, now 375, continues to rise. The article, published today at the Tennis Recruiting Network, is here.
Fritz saw a 4-1 lead disappear in the first set, but broke when the 34-year-old German double faulted and hit a forehand wide with the score 4-5 30-all.
Fritz went up a break in the second set, but was broken back immediately and, assisted by two double faults when Fritz was serving at 5-5, Becker broke and held at love to send the match to a third set.
Becker was winning a majority of the points that went past ten shots, with Fritz making more errors, particularly at the beginning of the third set. He fell behind a break at 2-1, but broke back immediately, and neither player faced another break point until 5-5. At 30-40, Fritz made a forehand error and Becker would have a chance to serve out the match. He immediately went down 0-30, then won a long rally for 15-30. Fritz stayed with Becker in the next point's long rally, winning it with a difficult overhead. Fritz then forced an error with a ball on the baseline, and a tiebreaker would decide it.
Fritz went up a mini-break 3-1, but Becker got it back and the server held until 5-5, when Becker hit a forehand long. Fritz didn't get a first serve in on his first match point, but it was Becker than made the crucial error, hitting a backhand long to send Fritz into the semifinals. He will play 2007 World Junior champion Ricardas Berankis of Lithuania, who defeated No. 3 seed Donald Young 7-6(3), 6-1. For more on both the Fritz and Berankis wins, see this article from the ATP website.
Fritz, who at 18 years and three months is the youngest American in an ATP semifinal since Michael Chang in 1989, will rise to around 113 in the ATP rankings with this win. He has received a special exemption into next week's Delray Beach Open, and will play wild card Tim Smyczek in the first round. Also in the main draw is Noah Rubin, who received a wild card, while Tommy Paul was given a wild card into qualifying. The main draw is here. The qualifying draw, featuring Paul, Bjorn Fratangelo, Dennis Novikov, Jared Donaldson and Eric Quigley, is here.
I spoke with Fritz often at Wimbledon last year, before he had won a junior slam or a Challenger, although he had just earned his first ATP main draw win in Nottingham. He was ranked No. 1 in the juniors at the time, where he finished the year, and was 679 in the ATP rankings. Here's that interview from the Tennis Recruiting Network.
Fritz has also advanced to the doubles semifinal, with Ryan Harrison. The wild card team defeated No. 2 seeds Treat Huey of the Philippines and Max Mirnyi of Belarus earlier in the week and Marcus Daniell and Artem Sitak of New Zealand tonight 6-2, 6-7(4), 12-10.
At the ITA Men's National Team Indoor at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, seven of the top eight seeds advanced to the quarterfinals, with the only team who didn't, No. 8 seed and defending champion Oklahoma, losing to No. 9 Wake Forest for the second time in two weeks, tonight by a 4-1 score.
There were however, three extremely close calls for higher seeds, with No. 2 seed Texas A&M squeezing past No. 15 Columbia 4-2, No. 4 seed Southern California overcoming No. 13 seed South Florida 4-3 and, and No. 7 seed UCLA beating No. 10 seed Georgia 4-3.
Bobby Knight has comments from UCLA coach Billy Martin on their win over Georgia at College Tennis Today. The complete results of the eight matches today are below. All four quarterfinals will be on the six streamed courts at Boar's Head, starting at 9 a.m.
Ohio State(6) vs. North Carolina(3) 9 a.m.
UCLA(7) vs. Texas A&M(2) noon
Virginia(1) vs Wake Forest(9) 3:30 p.m.
Southern Cal(4) vs. TCU(5) 6:30 p.m.
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Feb 12, 2016 ITA National Men's Team Indoor First Round
(Boar's Head Sports Club, Charlottesville)
No. 3 seed North Carolina 4, No. 14 Texas Tech 1
Singles
1. Brayden Schnur (NC) def. #11 Felipe Soares (TT) 6-2, 6-4
2. #23 Ronnie Schneider (NC) def. #110 Hugo Dojas (TT) 6-4, 6-4
3. Brett Clark (NC) vs. #61 Alex Sendegeya (TT) 5-7, 6-0, unfinished
4. #89 Jack Murray (NC) vs. Jolan Cailleau (TT) 6-1, 4-6, 1-0, unfinished
5. #62 Robert Kelly (NC) def. Connor Curry (TT) 6-4, 7-6
6. Anudeep Kodali (NC) def. Bjorn Thomson (TT) 6-1, 6-3
Doubles
1. Hugo Dojas/Felipe Soares (TT) def. Brett Clark/Robert Kelly (NC) 6-4
2. Alex Sendegeya/Bjorn Thomson (TT) def. Jack Murray/Brayden Schnur (NC) 7-6
3. Blaine Boyden/Ronnie Schneider (NC) def. Jolan Cailleau/Connor Curry (TT) 6-2
Match Notes:
Texas Tech 10-1; National ranking #14
North Carolina 6-0; National ranking #7
Order of finish: Doubles (3,1,2); Singles (1,6,2,5)
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Feb 12, 2016 ITA National Men's Team Indoor First Round
(Boar's Head Sports Club, Charlottesville)
No. 6 seed Ohio State 5, No. 11 seed Baylor 0
Singles
1. #5 Mikael Torpegaard (OSU) vs. #19 Julian Lenz (BU) 3-6, 6-3, unfinished
2. #42 Chris Diaz (OSU) vs. #65 Max Tchoutakian (BU) 5-7, 2-3, unfinished
3. Hugo Di Feo (OSU) def. Felipe Rios (BU) 6-2, 6-2
4. Herkko Pollanen (OSU) def. Will Little (BU) 6-3, 6-2
5. Ralf Steinbach (OSU) def. Jimmy Bendeck (BU) 6-3, 6-4
6. Martin Joyce (OSU) def. Tommy Podvinski (BU) 6-2, 6-2
Doubles
1. Julian Lenz/Will Little (BU) def. #14 Martin Joyce/Ralf Steinbach (OSU) 6-4
2. #19 Herkko Pollanen/Mikael Torpegaard (OSU) def. Felipe Rios/Max Tchoutakian (BU) 6-2
3. Chris Diaz/Hugo Di Feo (OSU) def. Tommy Podvinski/Jimmy Bendeck (BU) 6-4
Match Notes:
Baylor 5-3; National ranking #4
Ohio State 9-0; National ranking #8
Order of finish: Doubles (2,1,3); Singles (3,4,6,5)
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Feb 12, 2016 ITA National Men's Team Indoor First Round
(Boar's Head Sports Club, Charlottesville)
No. 7 seed UCLA 4, No. 10 seed Georgia 3
Singles
1. #34 Mackenzie McDonald (UCLA) def. #22 Wayne Montgomery (UGA) 5-7, 6-2, 6-1
2. #40 Austin Smith (UGA) def. #80 Gage Brymer (UCLA) 6-3, 6-3
3. #37 Martin Redlicki (UCLA) def. Jan Zielinski (UGA) 4-6, 6-1, 6-4
4. Karue Sell (UCLA) def. #75 Paul Oosterbaan (UGA) 6-4, 6-3
5. Emil Reinberg (UGA) def. Logan Staggs (UCLA) 6-4, 7-5
6. Nick Wood (UGA) def. Austin Rapp (UCLA) 3-6, 6-2, 6-1
Doubles
1. #12 Mackenzie McDonald/Martin Redlicki (UCLA) def. #13 Austin Smith/Ben Wagland (UGA) 6-3
2. Paul Oosterbaan/Jan Zielinski (UGA) def. Joseph Di Giulio/Karue Sell (UCLA) 6-4
3. Gage Brymer/Austin Rapp (UCLA) def. Wayne Montgomery/Emil Reinberg (UGA) 6-3
Match Notes:
Georgia 3-2; National ranking #11
UCLA 6-1; National ranking #9
Order of finish: Doubles (2,1,3); Singles (4,2,6,5,3,1)
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Feb 12, 2016 ITA National Men's Team Indoor First Round
(Boar's Head Sports Club, Charlottesville)
No. 2 seed Texas A&M 4, No. 15 seed Columbia 2
Singles
1. Shawn Hadavi (COL) def. #8 Arthur Rinderknech (TAMU) 6-2, 1-6, 6-2
2. #39 Shane Vinsant (TAMU) def. Richard Pham, (COL) 6-4, 7-5
3. Jordi Arconada (TAMU) def. #124 Eric Rubin (COL) 6-4, 6-7, 6-3
4. Mike Vermeer (COL) def. Harrison Adams (TAMU) 6-2, 6-4
5. AJ Catanzariti (TAMU) def. #108 Victor Pham (COL) 6-2, 6-1
6. Jackson Withrow (TAMU) vs. Timothy Wang (COL) 4-6, 7-6, 4-3, unfinished
Doubles
1. #15 Richard Pham/Shawn Hadavi(COL) def. Arthur Rinderknech/Jackson Withrow (TAMU) 6-4
2. Harrison Adams/Shane Vinsant (TAMU) def. Mike Vermeer/Michal Rolski (COL) 6-2
3. #33 Max Lunkin/Jordi Arconada (TAMU) def. Eric Rubin/Christopher Grant (COL) 6-4
Match Notes:
Columbia 4-1; National ranking #15
Texas A&M 10-0; National ranking #3
Order of finish: Doubles (3,1); Singles (4,5,1,2,3)
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Feb 12, 2016 ITA National Men's Team Indoor First Round
(Boar's Head Sports Club, Charlottesville)
No. 5 seed TCU 4, No. 12 seed Illinois 0
Singles
1. #6 Cameron Norrie (TCU) vs. #12 Aleks Vukic (ILL) 6-4, 1-6, 1-0, unfinished
2. #122 Alex Rybakov (TCU) def. #10 Jared Hiltzik (ILL) 6-4, 6-2
3. #38 Guillermo Nuñez (TCU) vs. #69 Aron Hiltzik (ILL) 7-6, 2-2, unfinished
4. Eduardo Nava (TCU) vs. Julian Childers (ILL) 7-6, 1-1, unfinished
5. Jerry Lopez (TCU) def. Pengxuan Jiang (ILL) 6-2, 6-2
6. Trevor Johnson (TCU) def. Asher Hirsch (ILL) 6-3, 6-2
Doubles
1. Cameron Norrie/Trevor Johnson (TCU) def. Alex Jesse/Jared Hiltzik (ILL) 7-6
2. Aleks Vukic/Aron Hiltzik (ILL) def. Reese Stalder/Hudson Blake (TCU) 6-3
3. Guillermo Nuñez/Alex Rybakov (TCU) def. Julian Childers/Pengxuan Jiang (ILL) 6-0
Match Notes:
Illinois 4-2; National ranking #12
TCU 4-1; National ranking #2
Order of finish: Doubles (3,2,1); Singles (5,6,2)
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Feb 12, 2016 ITA National Men's Team Indoor First Round
(Boar's Head Club, Charlottesville)
No. 4 seed USC 4, No. 13 seed South Florida 3
Singles
1. #7 Roberto Cid (USF) def. #33 Nick Crystal (USC) 2-6, 6-3, 6-2
2. Max de Vroome (USC) def. #26 Dominic Cotrone (USF) 6-1, 6-4
3. #104 Jake DeVine (USC) def. Sasha Gozun (USF) 7-5, 7-6
4. #43 Logan Smith (USC) def. Justin Roberts (USF) 6-4, 6-3
5. Peter Bertran (USF) def. Laurens Verboven (USC) 6-2, 6-1
6. Thibault Forget (USC) def. Vadym Kalyuzhnyy (USF) 7-6, 1-6, 6-2
Doubles
1. Nick Crystal/Laurens Verboven (USC) vs. #40 Dominic Cotrone/Justin Roberts (USF) 5-4, unfinished
2. Sasha Gozun/Vadym Kalyuzhnyy (USF) def. Max de Vroome/Jack Jaede (USC) 6-3
3. Roberto Cid/Ignacio Gonzalez Mun (USF) def. Rob Bellamy/Jake DeVine (USC) 6-0
Match Notes:
South Florida 3-2; National ranking #13
USC 6-0; National ranking #6
Order of finish: Doubles (3,2); Singles (5,2,4,1,3,6)
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Feb 12, 2016 ITA National Men's Team Indoor First Round
(Boar's Head Sports Club, Charlottesville)
No. 1 seed Virginia 4, No. 16 seed San Diego 0
Singles
1. Ryan Shane (VA) def. Uros Petronijevic (USD) 7-5, 6-1
2. Thai-Son Kwiatkowski (VA) vs. Jordan Angus (USD) 6-4, 4-1, unfinished
3. Collin Altamirano (VA) def. Filip Vittek (USD) 6-1, 6-2
4. Mac Styslinger (VA) vs. Romain Kalaydjian (USD) 7-6, 1-2, unfinished
5. J.C. Aragone (VA) vs. Joshua Page (USD) 7-5, 4-1, unfinished
6. Henrik Wiersholm (VA) def. Jaan Kononov (USD) 6-2, 6-1
Doubles
1. #42 Ryan Shane/Luca Corinteli (VA) def. #18 Jordan Angus/Filip Vittek (USD) 6-2
2. #4 Mac Styslinger/Thai-Son Kwiatkowski (VA) vs. Uros Petronijevic/Joshua Page (USD) 6-6, unfinished
3. J.C. Aragone/Collin Altamirano (VA) def. Romain Kalaydjian/Jaan Kononov (USD) 7-5
Match Notes:
San Diego 4-2; National ranking #16
Virginia 6-0; National ranking #1
Order of finish: Doubles (1,3); Singles (3,6,1)
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Feb 12, 2016 ITA National Men's Team Indoor First Round
(Boar's Head Sports Club, Charlottesville)
No. 9 seed Wake Forest 4, No. 8 seed Oklahoma 1
Singles
1. Axel Alvarez Llamas (OU) vs. Skander Mansouri (WF) 6-7, 6-5, unfinished
2. Petros Chrysochos (WF) def. Spencer Papa (OU) 6-4, 6-3
3. Alex Ghilea (OU) def. Jon Ho (WF) 7-6, 7-5
4. Romain Bogaerts (WF) def. Florin Bragusi (OU) 6-1, 3-6, 6-3
5. Maxime Mora (OU) vs. Dennis Uspensky (WF) 7-5, 2-6, 4-4, unfinished
6. Christian Seraphim (WF) def. Andre Biro (OU) 6-1, 6-4
Doubles
1. Skander Mansouri/Christian Seraphim (WF) def. Andrew Harris/Alex Ghilea (OU) 6-1
2. Jon Ho/Petros Chrysochos (WF) def. Spencer Papa/Axel Alvarez Llamas (OU) 6-3
3. Austin Siegel/Andre Biro (OU) vs. Romain Bogaerts/Dennis Uspensky (WF) 4-5, unfinished
Match Notes:
Wake Forest 8-1; National ranking #10
Oklahoma 3-3; National ranking #5
Order of finish: Doubles (1,2); Singles (6,2,3,4)
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