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1994-1996 : Rubin, Kwiatkowski, Halebian, Papa, Corinteli, McDonald, Donaldson, etc.

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#1 · (Edited)
I would like to start a thread to keep track of some upcoming juniors.



Name: Noah Rubin
Birthday: 02-21-1996 (15 years old)
Junior Ranking: 42
ATP Ranking: N/A
Description: Noah recently captured his first G1 title (Copa Del Cafe 2012, hardcourt) two weeks ago and is currently at a career high junior ranking of 42 with only 5 itf starts :worship:. His ranking will continue to rise b/c of this week's play at G1 Copa Barranquilla (clay); will play in the quarterfinal. He was a finalist at the Les Petits As a couple of years ago. Noah seems to have a solid game, but he seems kinda short though when standing next to Farren Connor at the Copa Del Cafe final (Connor is listed at 5'11"). However, Noah is two years younger so let's hope that he can add some inches.




Name: Thai-Son Kwiatkowski
Birthday: 02-13-1995 (16 years old)
Junior Ranking: 84
ATP Ranking: N/A
Description: Despite the name, he is not a Thai descendent :lol: :shrug:. He is actually 1/4 Polish and 3/4 Vietnamese (from local paper). He is close to his career high in junior ranking but the last couple of weeks had him focusing on futures qualifying (not very successful thus far). He has a nice forehand. Here is an old video of him from the local news: Link

Might add more players later.
 
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#383 ·
Why college could be best route to success in tennis

I didn't know that there are so many British players playing college tennis over here.


There was a time when teenage stars were ten-a-penny. Not everyone was a Martina Hingis and a Wimbledon (singles) champion at 16 but there were plenty of starlets in both the men’s and women’s game. They, we were told, were the future.

Well, in the past few years, the average age for breaking through on the Tours has risen steadily to the point where in the men’s game, the average age of the top 100 at the end of August was 27 (up from 24.6 in 2002). On the women’s Tour, it was 25.1, up from 22.0 in 2002.

The increasingly physical nature of the game is almost certainly the reason, as well as the fact that the good players hang around at the top for longer because they take better care of themselves. But there is also another way of looking it; because breaking through to the top takes longer, players outside the top 100 (who struggle to make a living) are spending a lot of money, time and effort for little reward, until they finally make it, if they do.

For every Rafael Nadal and Serena Williams, there are hundreds of young players who try to make it as a professional and fail. Some do well for themselves but many fall by the wayside and with little or no education, find themselves in dead-end jobs that they hate.

But things are changing. At the US Open this year there were 17 players in the singles draws (13 men and four women) who had been to college in the United States. Add in doubles and mixed doubles and you have 30 ex-college players plying their trade at a grand slam event, including the men’s doubles champions Bob and Mike Bryan.....read more
 
#385 ·
I think everybody has an outside chance :p, but generally the event is won by older players. If Wiersholm meets Kozlov, I think we all know what the outcome will be. Kerznerman has not played well as of late; his chance doesn't look too good. Mmoh can go deep as long as he doesn't meet crafty players. As for Corinteli, he didn't really play much since spring and his results are kinda lacking. I feel that he doesn't match up well against players with variety (judging by his results). Anyway, can't wait for the tournament!
 
#387 ·
Of our juniors, I probably like Papa's game the most. He has the game to win the whole thing, but don't know if he has the confidence. Since the shoulder injury sustained at the International Spring Championships, he has been struggling to get wins. His best chance of grabbing the title is to avoid 3-setters. I don't know what his 3-set record is, but it is probably not good. All in all, Spencer is still my favorite junior even if he is useless these days :smash:.
 
#389 ·
I don't know the full detail, but he withdrew from his 2nd round match at International Spring Championships ITF and later pulled out of the Easter Bowl citing shoulder injury. It is probably not serious since he played the full summer schedule like you said, but it may have affected his serve. Hopefully, he can defend his points here and get some confidence going.
 
#391 ·
Ok. Thanks for the info. I ve seen Papa play and he s a very able player but a bit too one dimensional. I still pick him to win. Boca has put a lot of hopes on that kid and I think he has to come through. Although it could backfire and if the usual boca pressure figures into this, it could prevent Spencer from swinging freely.
 
#395 ·
I ll comment on US juniors first. There are many that i thought have an upside, however, with juniors everything changes every 3-6 months so much that it s almost impossible to have any sort of a finalized prediction. I do think that there are things and attributes in the game of several us juniors that will translate well in the future, provided they will stick with tennis and work hard to get to the next level. If you are interested in a more detailed answer with naming players and their strengths, I could do that as well.
 
#397 ·
I ll throw a few names of the non us juniors that will be the guys to watch over next 4-5 years and I think a few of them could break the topn100. Lucas Pouille, Kyle Edmund, Laurent Lokoli, Luke Saville, Alcaraz Ivora, Quinzi, Pedro Cachin, Mathias Bourque, Kokkinakis, Christian Garin to name a few.
 
#398 ·
YouTube videos are few and are normally not the best representations of the player s abilities, unless they are extensive. I imagined that you have first hand experiences with us players, at least, from some of your comments. Are you telling me that you derive at most of your conclusions just by following the player s stats and a few tube videos?
 
#399 ·
Most of the time :lol:, but I have seen some of them on livestream and horrible webcams and I read a lot about them online. I agree that youtube videos are probably not the best way to judge players and for the most part I have kept that in mind.
 
#402 ·
Interesting read about Nishioka if anyone is interested: Catching up with Yoshihito Nishioka

On playing alongside the pros at IMG Academy…

“If I practiced in Japan, I can’t play against the big, huge players with the big forehand. You just can’t practice that at home. In Japan, the players are smaller, there are some big players, but not many. But here, everybody has a big forehand and a big serve. So it’s good for me in practice. The [Athletic and Personal Development], too, because it has a big gym with everything I need. So it’s good for me on- and off-the-court.”
Tennis in the USA :lol:
 
#406 ·
Pan American ITF

The draw is out, any predictions?

MD: http://assets.usta.com/assets/1/15/BMD.pdf

Noah RUBIN (USA) [1]
- Ciro RICCARDI (USA)
William TUTECKY (CAN) (LL) - Henrik WIERSHOLM (USA)
Francis TIAFOE (USA) (WC) - William LITTLE (USA) (Q)
Drew HALBAUER (USA) - Ivar Jose ARAMBURU CONTRERAS (MEX) [14]

Michael MMOH (USA) [11] - Justin BUTSCH (USA)
Gian ISSA (SUR) - Javier RESTREPO (USA)
Santiago CEVALLOS (MEX) - Roy LEDERMAN (USA
Luke Jacob GAMBLE (USA) - Diego PEDRAZA (COL) [8]

Thai-Son KWIATKOWSKI (USA) [3] - Shane MONROE (USA)
John MEE (USA) (Q) - Jose Pablo GIL (CRC)
Dylan NUNEZ (USA) - Adrian ORTIZ (MEX)
Alexander DAY (CAN) - Josh Hagar HAGAR (USA) [16]

Daniel KERZNERMAN (USA) [9] - Santiago SIERRA (MEX)
Alex RYBAKOV (USA) - Andrew ELY (USA)
Diego Omar NUNEZ FELIX (MEX) - A.J. CATANZARITI (USA) (WC)
Vincent Brandon LIN (USA) (Q) - Brayden SCHNUR (CAN) [5]

Martin REDLICKI (USA) [6] - Walker DUNCAN (USA) (Q)
Stefan FRLJANIC (CAN) - Jean THIROUIN (USA) (Q)
Daniel SHEBSHAYEVICH (USA) - Grant SOLOMON (USA)
Eduardo NAVA (USA) (WC) - Alan NUNEZ AGUILERA (MEX) [12]

Carter LIN (USA) [13] - Sebastian NAVA (MEX)
Lamar REMY (USA) - JC ARAGONE (USA)
Patricio BETANCOURT GONZALEZ (MEX) - Zeke CLARK (USA) (WC)
Daniel O'CONNOR (USA) - Hugo DI FEO (CAN) [4]

Luca CORINTELI (USA) [7] - Grayson BROADUS (USA) (Q)
Alejandro TABILO (CAN) (LL) - Ognjen SAMARDZIC (USA)
Jack MURRAY (USA) - Andres ALVAREZ CERDAN (MEX) (Q)
Tommy PAUL (USA) - Jordi ARCONADA (ARG) [10]

Farzin Danny AMIRI (USA) [15]
- William ALBANESE (USA)
Juan Martin RAMIREZ MEJIA (COL) (WC) - Henry CRAIG (USA)
Santiago PINTO (MEX) - Christian LANGMO (USA) (WC)
Robert SHULMAN (CAN) - Spencer PAPA (USA) [2]
 
#407 · (Edited)
Re: Pan American ITF

The draw is out, any predictions?

MD: http://assets.usta.com/assets/1/15/BMD.pdf

Noah RUBIN (USA) [1]
- Ciro RICCARDI (USA) Rubin
William TUTECKY (CAN) (LL) - Henrik WIERSHOLM (USA) Wiersholm
Francis TIAFOE (USA) (WC) - William LITTLE (USA) (Q) Tiafoe
Drew HALBAUER (USA) - Ivar Jose ARAMBURU CONTRERAS (MEX) [14]Hallbauer

Michael MMOH (USA) [11] - Justin BUTSCH (USA) Butsch
Gian ISSA (SUR) - Javier RESTREPO (USA) Restrepo
Santiago CEVALLOS (MEX) - Roy LEDERMAN (USA Lederman
Luke Jacob GAMBLE (USA) - Diego PEDRAZA (COL) [8] Pedraza

Thai-Son KWIATKOWSKI (USA) [3] - Shane MONROE (USA) Thai
John MEE (USA) (Q) - Jose Pablo GIL (CRC) Mee
Dylan NUNEZ (USA) - Adrian ORTIZ (MEX) Nunez
Alexander DAY (CAN) - Josh Hagar HAGAR (USA) [16] Hagar

Daniel KERZNERMAN (USA) [9] - Santiago SIERRA (MEX) Kerznerman
Alex RYBAKOV (USA) - Andrew ELY (USA) Ely
Diego Omar NUNEZ FELIX (MEX) - A.J. CATANZARITI (USA) (WC) Catanzariti
Vincent Brandon LIN (USA) (Q) - Brayden SCHNUR (CAN) [5] Schnuur

Martin REDLICKI (USA) [6] - Walker DUNCAN (USA) (Q) Redlicki
Stefan FRLJANIC (CAN) - Jean THIROUIN (USA) (Q) Thirouin
Daniel SHEBSHAYEVICH (USA) - Grant SOLOMON (USA) Solomon
Eduardo NAVA (USA) (WC) - Alan NUNEZ AGUILERA (MEX) [12] Nava

Carter LIN (USA) [13] - Sebastian NAVA (MEX) Lin
Lamar REMY (USA) - JC ARAGONE (USA) Aragone
Patricio BETANCOURT GONZALEZ (MEX) - Zeke CLARK (USA) (WC) Gonzalez
Daniel O'CONNOR (USA) - Hugo DI FEO (CAN) [4] DiFeo

Luca CORINTELI (USA) [7] - Grayson BROADUS (USA) (Q) Corinteli
Alejandro TABILO (CAN) (LL) - Ognjen SAMARDZIC (USA) Samardzic
Jack MURRAY (USA) - Andres ALVAREZ CERDAN (MEX) (Q) Murray
Tommy PAUL (USA) - Jordi ARCONADA (ARG) [10] Arconada

Farzin Danny AMIRI (USA) [15]
- William ALBANESE (USA) Amiri
Juan Martin RAMIREZ MEJIA (COL) (WC) - Henry CRAIG (USA) Craig
Santiago PINTO (MEX) - Christian LANGMO (USA) (WC) Langmo
Robert SHULMAN (CAN) - Spencer PAPA (USA) [2] Papa

Where is Kozlov? I will go round by round with predictions
 
#409 · (Edited)
Re: Pan American ITF

No baughman either! He has been progressing nicely. Also no madregallejo, mc Donald, brymer, di Guilio, and younger guys like Opelka, devine. I have a hard time not picking rubin although Wiersholm or tiafoe could present a challenge. And I ll pick Lederman from that section. Are there live scores from Tulsa?
 
#410 ·
Re: Pan American ITF

No baughman either! He has been progressing nicely. Also no madregallejo, mc Donald, brymer, di Guilio, and younger guys like Opelka, devine. I have a hard time not picking rubin although Wiersholm or tiafoe could present a challenge. And I ll pick Lederman from that section. Are there live scores from Tulsa?
Ah yes, whatever in the world happened to Madregallejo, I don't think he has played in quite some time.

Tough opener for Rubin. I think this is Riccardi's first tournament back since forever.

Colette Lewis ‏@zootennis

Rubin takes a tough 1st rounder, def. Riccardi 63, 67(4), 61. Top seed will play Wiersholm in 2nd rd #TulsaITF
 
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