Exsted Reaches Quarterfinals at ITF J500 Offenbach; Joint, Quan Advance to USTA Pro Circuit Quarterfinals; FSU Seeking Masters Student for Tennis Research; SEC, Big Ten, ACC Announce Men's Conference Awards
The quarterfinals are set for the ITF J500 in Offenbach Germany, with 17-year-old Max Exsted advancing to the quarterfinals of a J500 for the first time in his career. Exsted, the No. 11 seed, defeated unseeded Joaquin Guilleme of Nicaragua 6-1, 4-6, 7-6(1) today and will face top seed Nicolai Budkov Kjaer of Norway on Friday. Budkov Kjaer defeated unseeded Samuele Seghetti of Italy 6-0, 6-0 in today's third round.
Katie Rolls is through to the quarterfinals in the girls doubles, with partner Jeline Vandromme of Belgium, who are the No. 5 seeds.
The majority of the teenagers in action today at the USTA Pro Circuit events in Charlottesville Virginia and Vero Beach Florida lost, but two 18-year-olds have advanced to Friday's quarterfinals.
At the W75 in Virginia, University of Texas signee Maya Joint of Australia defeated No. 2 seed Ann Li 6-4, 6-2 to advance to the quarterfinals against No. 7 seed Hanna Chang. Joint, who started the year by reaching the final round of women's qualifying at the Australian Open, has played nine ITF women's events this year (including a W125) and has made at least the quarterfinals in all of them. Now inside the WTA Top 250 in the live rankings, Joint can start thinking about Roland Garros and Wimbledon women's qualifying.
Qualifier Akasha Urhobo and Liv Hovde both had to finish their first round matches held over from Tuesday, with Urhobo losing to Kathinka Von Deichmann of Lichtenstein and Hovde falling to No. 8 seed Varvara Lepchenko, both 7-5 in the third.
Of the five US juniors competing in the second round of the men's $15,000 tournament in Florida, only one advanced to the quarterfinals, and he got through by beating another junior.
UCLA signee Rudy Quan avenged his 2023 ITF J300 Indian Wells loss to 17-year-old Cooper Woestendick with a 6-3, 6-2 victory in the second round today, advancing to the quarterfinals of a USTA Pro Circuit tournament for the first time. Quan, a wild card, will face No. 2 seed Garrett Johns, a senior at Duke, who beat Alex Razeghi 6-3, 6-4.
At the ATP Masters 1000 in Madrid today, 16-year-old wild card Darwin Blanch lost to Rafael Nadal 6-1, 6-0 in a first round match.
I received an email this week notifying me of an opportunity for tennis-related research for a Masters student at Florida State University. If you are, or will soon be, a college graduate with a tennis background, please contact Dr. Rodenberg about this position.
"Starting Fall 2024, Florida State University will offer a fully-funded Masters student position (tuition waiver, stipend, and health insurance) for one individual looking to do tennis-specific research and teaching.
The position will have both on-court and off-court elements, including co-authorship publication potential.
College and professional tennis players are encouraged to apply. All applicants must possess an undergraduate degree before Fall 2024, but a GRE score is not required.
The deadline to apply is June 1, 2024. For further details, please contact Dr. Ryan Rodenberg:
Ryan M. Rodenberg, JD/PhD
Professor
Florida State University
850-645-9535
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