The Tennis Recruiting Network is providing wall-to-wall coverage of the busy commitment period for recruits and today's lead story is a result of my conversation with Joey Burkhardt about his choice of the University of Florida Gators. I spoke to Andy Jackson about Burkhardt this past weekend and he's excited about having him on the team, and he confirmed that yes, Burkhardt is a very talented basketball player.
I haven't been able to locate the acceptances for the Orange Bowl, which I thought were going to be out last Friday, but the Eddie Herr acceptances are out, and the boys 18s field looks exceptionally strong. With junior slam winners Ricardas Berankis (US Open) and Vlad Ignatic (French Open), plus US Open finalist Jerzy Janowicz, Gastao Elias (who just won last week's Futures in Mexico), Rhyne Williams, Wil Spencer, Austin Krajicek, Ryan Harrison, Yuki Bhambri and Bernard Tomic, there's a multitude of excellent players. The qualifying is also strong, with Chase Buchanan, Alex Domijan, Tennys Sandgren and Bo Seal in that group. For a complete list of all four age group competitors, click here.
Berankis, who is playing in Mexico this week (where Harrison and Krajicek have qualified), is the subject of this profile by Mic Huber of the Herald Tribune. As one of the reporters in New York that Berankis spoke with, I can confidently say his answers were not confined to "yes", "no" and "of course." The next issue of SMASH, which should be out in the next couple of weeks, will attest to that, if you read his answers to the Five Questions feature I regularly conduct for the magazine.
While I was busy with the ITA Indoor, the ITF Grade 2 in South Carolina was played. Melanie Oudin took her 16th straight junior match, losing only 17 games in six matches, on her way to the girls title. Alexei Grigorov of Russia defeated Dennis Nevolo in the boys' final and teamed with Ryan Noble to win the doubles (Bo Seal played with Tennys Sandgren). The girls doubles was won by Gabriela Paz and Valeria Solovieva.
And finally, the Challenger circuit is in Nashville this week and it's good to see Brian Baker's name in a draw for the first time in two years. For the draws, see the USTA Pro Circuit page.
I haven't been able to locate the acceptances for the Orange Bowl, which I thought were going to be out last Friday, but the Eddie Herr acceptances are out, and the boys 18s field looks exceptionally strong. With junior slam winners Ricardas Berankis (US Open) and Vlad Ignatic (French Open), plus US Open finalist Jerzy Janowicz, Gastao Elias (who just won last week's Futures in Mexico), Rhyne Williams, Wil Spencer, Austin Krajicek, Ryan Harrison, Yuki Bhambri and Bernard Tomic, there's a multitude of excellent players. The qualifying is also strong, with Chase Buchanan, Alex Domijan, Tennys Sandgren and Bo Seal in that group. For a complete list of all four age group competitors, click here.
Berankis, who is playing in Mexico this week (where Harrison and Krajicek have qualified), is the subject of this profile by Mic Huber of the Herald Tribune. As one of the reporters in New York that Berankis spoke with, I can confidently say his answers were not confined to "yes", "no" and "of course." The next issue of SMASH, which should be out in the next couple of weeks, will attest to that, if you read his answers to the Five Questions feature I regularly conduct for the magazine.
While I was busy with the ITA Indoor, the ITF Grade 2 in South Carolina was played. Melanie Oudin took her 16th straight junior match, losing only 17 games in six matches, on her way to the girls title. Alexei Grigorov of Russia defeated Dennis Nevolo in the boys' final and teamed with Ryan Noble to win the doubles (Bo Seal played with Tennys Sandgren). The girls doubles was won by Gabriela Paz and Valeria Solovieva.
And finally, the Challenger circuit is in Nashville this week and it's good to see Brian Baker's name in a draw for the first time in two years. For the draws, see the USTA Pro Circuit page.
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