[out_here_grindin]

Draw just came out. Starst tomorrow. There will be live streaming with the same link, match times in the draw(note those times in the draw are Pacific time)

The draw

It will be interesting to see how USC and Virginia's players respond after grueling tennis today.

top seeds:

1. Steve Johnson
2. Alex Domijan
3. Michael Shabaz
4. Rhyne Williams
5. Blaz Rola
6. Alexandre Lacroix (Florida)
7. Eric Quigley
8. Henrique Cunha


past winners:

2010 Bradley Klahn Stanford
2009 Devin Britton Mississippi
2008 Somdev Devvarman Virginia
2007 Somdev Devvarman Virginia
2006 Benjamin Kohlleoffel UCLA
2005 Benedikt Dorsch Baylor
2004 Benjamin Becker Baylor
2003 Amer Delic Illinois
2002 Matias Boeker Georgia
2001 Matias Boeker Georgia
2000 Alex Kim Stanford
1999 Jeff Morrison Florida
1998 Bob Bryan Stanford
1997 Luke Smith UNLV
1996 Cecil Mamiit Southern California
1995 Sargis Sargsian Arizona St.
1994 Mark Merklein Florida
1993 Chris Woodruff Tennessee
1992 Alex O'Brien Stanford
1991 Jared Palmer Stanford
1990 Steve Bryan Texas

[Smoke944]

Link doesn't work. Where is that on the site?

[out_here_grindin]

Corrected now. The video link is the same as the one for the team matches.

[Smoke944]

http://www.itatennis.com/Assets/ita_...1+NCAA+MS.pdf\
I like this link better
Anyways, this is exciting for me, I like individual better than team personally

[Smoke944]

Singh-Williams is a good first round but I doubt Singh will have enough energy.

[darklucia]

Steve Johnson has had such a dominating year that I can see him winning it despite USC making the finals. Klahn is in a pretty good section and could at least get to the semis, if not repeating as champion. Domijan should get through his quarter. The most interesting quarter is Shabaz's with Henrique Cunha, Dennis Nevolo, Will Spencer and Austen Childs.

Looks like there will be some interesting first round matches including Rola v Thacher (was the Domijan win a fluke?), Childs v Spencer, Gomez v McMorrow (I'm biased here)

[darklucia]

Agree about Singh. It would be awesome if he managed to win anyway.

Finn Tearney is pretty lucky that he drew Drew Courtney, who is probably rusty since he hasn't been playing singles for UVA because of the foot injury.

[Smoke944]

One thing I like about this is that it's so unpredictable. Just so many variables to take into account that you can get some interesting results.

[straitup]

Sweet, when RG gets crappy I will be juggling it with this

Wonder if Steve Johnson's gonna shave off his creep-stache since USC won

[out_here_grindin]

normally you would say that Johnson would be tired but all of his wins in the NCAA's were in straight sets, so it didn't take all that much out of him. This is important for him because if he wins he will likely get a US Open wildcard. The US Open will probably give a wildcard if an American wins(they gave Britton and Klahn wildcards) so Shabaz,Domijan,Johnson,Williams,Quigley and Klahn should all be really up for this.

Would they give one to a non-American winner? Not sure about that.

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Originally Posted by Smoke944

One thing I like about this is that it's so unpredictable. Just so many variables to take into account that you can get some interesting results.

It is. Britton was an unexpected winner, talented Freshman but hadn't had a great year until the individuals. Maybe another talented Freshman who underperformed could get hot here and win a al a Britton. Maybe Kosakowski.

darkhorses:

Daniel Kosakowski
Gonzalo Escobar
Raony Carvalho
Kiryl Harbatsiuk - only lost once this year as Sacramento State's #1 and it was to Johnson)
JP Smith - Found his game and the end of the year again. If he has recovered from his illness that he had vs Spencer he can give Johnson a test in the Round of 16.
Evan King


also it is likely that Courtney will pull out, so he would be replaced by an alternate(1st alternate is Japie de Klerk)

[Luinir]

Domijan is my favourite.

[darklucia]

Has anyone else tried livestreaming? Only Taube Stadium court 1 and Taube South court 1 worked for me so far. Also the scoreboard is a mess and there have been rain delays.

[darklucia]

Results so far

No. 6 Eric Quigley (7), KENTUCKY, d. No. 72 Mehdi Bouras, UNLV, 7-6 (2), 6-2
No. 14 Guillermo Gomez, GEORGIA TECH, d. Kyle McMorrow, WASHINGTON, 7-5, 6-4
No. 16 Austen Childs, LOUISVILLE, d. No. 18 Will Spencer, GEORGIA, 3-6, 6-3, 6-2
No. 36 Marcel Thiemann, MISSISSIPPI, d. No. 42 Chris Kearney, UC IRVINE, 7-6 (4), 6-1
No. 41 Costin Paval, OKLAHOMA, d. No. 50 Matt Allare, OHIO STATE, 6-3, 7-5
No. 52 Tucker Vorster, MISSISSIPPI, d. No. 59 Luka Somen, VIRGINIA TECH, 6-3, 7-5
No. 53 Alex Musialek, KENTUCKY, d. No. 35 Ed Corrie, TEXAS, 6-1, 7-6 (4)

via twitter
Evan King (Michigan) d. Tim Puetz (Auburn) 6-3, 6-0

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Evan King with the impressive thumping of last year's semifinalist. One of my darkhorses.

Tough match between Childs and Spencer