tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10016685.post488464204626860147..comments2024-03-26T09:23:26.937-04:00Comments on ZooTennis: Domijan Meets Lipman, Capra Faces Montez in Finals of Pan-American B1Colette Lewishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14905215531491180014noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10016685.post-22996031173885744382008-10-20T11:23:00.000-04:002008-10-20T11:23:00.000-04:00The boys at the USTA High Performance Academy (the...The boys at the USTA High Performance Academy (there is no national team) now are: Tyler Gardiner, Alexios Halebian, Evan King, Spencer Newman, Nathan Pasha, Michael Rinaldi, Raymond Sarmiento and Spencer Simon. Jeremy Efferding and Justin Butsch train there but don't live there. It's my understanding that Egger wasn't extended an invitation for a second year there.<BR/>Sorry, but I don't have a complete list of girls there now.Colette Lewishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14905215531491180014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10016685.post-79323616922742858282008-10-20T11:13:00.000-04:002008-10-20T11:13:00.000-04:00Collette,Someone told me that the USTA had dropped...Collette,<BR/><BR/>Someone told me that the USTA had dropped Emmett Egger from the National Team. I was not sure what that exactly meant? I know that he was training down in Florida, I think possibly at that new High Performance Tennis Academy at the C.Evert Academy? Does that mean that he was dropped from the High Performance Academy when they did their reevaluations?<BR/><BR/>D.Roditi (National Coach) told us that only 10 per year were picked for that H.Performance Academy and that a reevaluation was done every year, so it made me think that was possibly what the person meant?love-tennishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17427590420016383552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10016685.post-48344732575171082692008-10-20T11:09:00.000-04:002008-10-20T11:09:00.000-04:00Christian is a fantastic player, great kid, and sp...Christian is a fantastic player, great kid, and sponsored by IMG. <BR/><BR/>(I don't know if this is true, but a few people have told me that if you are sponsored by IMG, you have a greater chance of getting a wildcard because they control so many events. I had not realized that). But anyway, he will be good, he just needs to get older, bigger, and stronger. Has a very strong work ethic. Wait til he gets as big as Ryan.love-tennishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17427590420016383552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10016685.post-11871346694792350302008-10-19T20:31:00.000-04:002008-10-19T20:31:00.000-04:00berman got a qualifying, egger got a qualifying LA...berman got a qualifying, egger got a qualifying LAST year, and harrison got a main draw this year. and i agree these three players should not have recieved wildcards, but i think that another 92 or 91 should get the Wc before a 90 who has already committed. and harrison has a better shot of being great than lipman so why not give him a WCAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10016685.post-59638235500877768272008-10-19T19:52:00.000-04:002008-10-19T19:52:00.000-04:00Well Lipman surely deserved a WC over Sean Berman,...Well Lipman surely deserved a WC over Sean Berman, Emmet Egger and Chritian Harrison and would have won more matches. I am againt the "if you commit to college, we drop you as a serious player who wants to be a pro" bias by the USTA.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10016685.post-31713128539258654232008-10-18T20:22:00.000-04:002008-10-18T20:22:00.000-04:00to junior, lipman was at this same point 2 years a...to junior, lipman was at this same point 2 years ago, he got semis of tulsa and he was one of the best 90's in the country. 2 years later, he reaches the finals. he needs to be moving up, as he probably wont do as he has already committed to Vanderbilt. so do not waste a WC on somebody who is already committed. if somehow he becomes amazing after college, good for him.<BR/>i agree totally with tennisjunky.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10016685.post-8965904345712307542008-10-18T18:12:00.000-04:002008-10-18T18:12:00.000-04:00completely agree with analyst. Tennisjunky, just ...completely agree with analyst. Tennisjunky, just because someone stays behind,maybe to mature ect. Does not mean he doesn't have the goods. He is under more pressure by staying behind and having to deal with the pressure of losing to a younger opponent. There is no pressure on the young ones playing up, but it does get interesting when the young ones play their on age groups and possibly take a loss to their own age. Anyone who stays a little bit longer not playing futures i applaud, they are dealing with more mental then the younger ones.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10016685.post-65032222294778817372008-10-18T16:27:00.000-04:002008-10-18T16:27:00.000-04:00Don't agree with the US Open Wild Card or that Pip...Don't agree with the US Open Wild Card or that Pipman is one of our BEST US players. Not taking anything away from Lipmann's wins but he is among the oldest in these level US ITFs. In Tulsa there was only one other solid 90s player and the rest were a year to four years younger. Now its time for Lipman to see how he can compete in futures etc, where his peers are mostly playing. He has yet to have the results that place him among the best "US" players for his age. So what that he beat Kulda, who is two years younger, does not indicate much of anything. How would he do aghai8nst Bradley Klahn? Jemere Jenkins? Those are his peers. Good luck to him as he has a nice game but now its time to move onto the next level of play.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10016685.post-74114887843346449272008-10-18T09:48:00.000-04:002008-10-18T09:48:00.000-04:00Lipman has some of the best results of any US juni...Lipman has some of the best results of any US junior over the past 6 months. Too bad he was passed over for a WC into the US Open. It would have been nice to have been represented by our best US players, even if they are 17 or 18 years old, rather than using those precious WC's to give some younger, not-yet-ready future hope the "experience" of a Grand Slam.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com