A-A Qualifying Continues; Pro Circuit Wrap; New Feature Coming to ZooTennis

    With twelve days in Tulsa coming up for me starting tomorrow, I've spent most of the day packing and watching the qualifying results at the All-American. I'm disappointed I won't be able to see Schnugg vs. Kronauge or Bowles vs. Barrick face off for a qualifying spot tomorrow, but I won't be arriving in time for that. The day's complete results in singles and doubles qualifying are here.

    I've also been following the women's A-A qualifying today in Pacific Palisades and it looks like Bryan Shelton's Georgia Tech team is going to be a serious threat to repeat if early qualifying results are any indication. With Kristi Miller already in the main draw, five players are still alive in qualifying. Kirsten Flower, who had such a great fall as a freshman last year, has had two impressive wins: a third set tiebreaker got her past Duke's Ellah Nze, one of the best incoming freshmen this year, and in her second match of the day, Flower breezed past USC's Gabriela Niculescu, losing only two games. For complete draws, click here.

    Sally Milano gives a synopsis of the Pro Circuit action this past week in the U.S. at usta.com.


    And finally, I'm pleased to announce that renowned developmental coaches Harold Solomon and Andy Brandi will be answering questions from zootennis readers on a regular basis beginning in November. To get things rolling, I've sent them a few questions that I'm always interested in gaining perspective on. If you would like to submit a question for Andy or Harold, please leave a comment below, or email me at clewis[at]zootennis[dot]com. This is a great opportunity to discuss both philosophical and technical issues in player development, so take advantage of it!

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Tennis Recruiting Names Blue Chips for 2007-08; Tiley's Take on Aussie Wins in Italy

    Today the Tennis Recruiting Network released its "Top Prospect" rankings, using its rating system to select Blue Chip, Five, Four, Three, Two and One star tennis players based on play through August of 2007. As a regular contributor to the site, I'm probably don't have the most objective view, but I've always thought that head-to-head rankings are superior to those based on points-per-round, and these designations are based on head-to-head results. While you're there, you might want to look at the verbal commitments for the class of 2008, which are found in the upper left-hand corner. Notre Dame has two blue chippers already: Shannon Mathews and Kristy Frilling.

    The ITF website has the story on Australia's Junior Davis Cup and Junior Fed Cup wins posted. The final standings show the U.S. girls finishing fifth and the U.S. boys sixth. Craig Tiley, Australia's director of player development, has a some interesting things to say about Australia's junior dominance this year and drops a statistic I had not heard before.
    ...history tells us that more than 60 per cent of kids ranked into the top 10 convert into successful professional players, so it's a numbers game...

    For the entire story from The Age, click here.

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