Charlie Robertson was absent from Wake Forest's line-up. Don't know if he was injured or has been given some time off. But it shows his value to the team when the coach says "It was nice to get Stef (Dostanic) back out there without Charlie in the lineup". Missing players don't normally get mentioned, let alone be put in the same sentence as the team's No 1 returning. Luca did what he does, win at doubles and singles. You wouldn't expect anything else would you? Wake Forest won 4-0 against Miami.

TCU opened their Big12 conference campaign with a 4-2 win at Central Florida. TCU were missing Lui's doubles partner, so JPJ and partner moved to No 1 doubles and Lui with an alternative parter was at No 2 doubles. It made no difference as they both won to give TCU the doubles point. JPJ won in 3 sets against #85 Yassine Dlimi and Lui, moving up to No 2 singles in the absence of Pedro Vives, halted his recent losing streak with a straight sets win.

The match report for Ohio State says "Aidan Kim and Will Jansen played one of their better matches of the season on court one." I wonder if they meant to say one of their best matches, as it doesn't sound particularly flattering the way it is written. Will played No 3 singles and was a set and a break down but fought back to 5-5 in the 2nd set when Ohio State won and his match was abandoned.

I see that Bronte Murgett was appointed as Assistant Coach at Virginia Tech women at the beginning of the season, explaining her absence from the pro tour. She joins Megan Forster (Graduated Colorado 2022, Grad student North Florida 2023) who was also appointed Assistant Coach for Virginia Tech women in the summer after a year as student assistant coach for VT women's tennis and administration for VT men's tennis.

All the best to Bronte - another one gone West.

Men's singles rankings have little change. Ollie retains his top 10 ranking despite not playing much through injury since the last rankings. PJ continues to make progress towards the top 10 as he plays catch up after skipping the fall season. Lui's recent losses hurt his ranking as he drops to 20.
7. (8) Oliver Tarvet (San Diego, position 1)
15. (20) Jack Pinnington-Jones (TCU, position 1)
20. (15) Lui Maxted (TCU, position 3)
40. (46) Jamie Connel (Florida State, position 2)
54. (57) Connor Thomson (South Carolina, position 3)
76. (71) Max Basing (Stanford, position 2)
83. (75) Roan Jones (Alabama, position 2)
102. (102) Alex Okonkwo (Tulsa, position 1)
113. (90) Henry Jefferson (Florida, position 4)
112. (94) Raffaello Papajcik (Denver, position 2)

Lui+ retain the No 1 spot over Ollie+. Luca+ move back to No 3. Very healthy looking doubles rankings with 7 Brits in 6 teams in the top 20.
1 (1) Lui Maxted (/Vives)[TCU]
2 (2) Oliver Tarvet (/Klaassen)[San Diego]
3 (6) Luca Pow (/Tacchi)[Wake Forest]
10 (13) Billy Blaydes/Will Nolan [Auburn]
15 (26) Connor Thomson(/da Silva)[South Carolina]
18 (19) Henry Jefferson (/Nirundorn)[Florida]
22 (38) James Hopper(/Rice)[Virginia]
26 (23) Freddy Blaydes(/Ratiu)[Georgia]
40 (50) Charlie Robertson (/Suresh)[Wake Forest]

Not a good day for the Horned Frog Brits but TCU still won 4-2 against Arizona.
1: #4 Colton Smith (UA) def. #15 Jack Pinnington (TCU): 6-1, 6-2
2: #8 Jay Friend (UA) def. #20 Lui Maxted (TCU): 6-0, 6-2

Wake Forest defeated Notre Dame 4-2, but lost their first doubles point of the year. Charlie lost his doubles and didn't play singles. Luca was unfinished in doubles and won singles.
4. Luca Pow (WFU) def. Peter Nad (ND) 6-4, 6-4

Ohio State defeated Winconsin 4-0. Will Jansen is forming a formidable partnership with Aidan Kim winning 6-1
3. Will Jansen (OSU) def. Tomas Zlatohlavek (WIS) 6-2, 6-1

San Diego defeated Harvard 5-2 in their final non-conference match
1. #7 Oliver Tarvet (USD) def. #27 Daniel Milavsky (HAR) 7-6 (7-3), 6-1

Stanford defeated Virginia Tech 4-0 with Max Basing playing at No 1 singles
1. No. 76 Max Basing (STAN) d. Maxime St. Hilaire (VT), 6-1, 6-4


Women
NC State have a big weekend playing away to both their top 10 neighbours in the Research Triangle.
Against Duke NC State lost 3-4. Jasmine Conway was brought in to No2 doubles lost 5-7. Kristina P+ was beaten by Liv Hovde and Emma Jackson 1- as NC State surprisingly lost doubles. This was their 1st loss in conference play.
5. #66 Shavit Kimchi (DU) def. Kristina Paskauskas (NCSU) 5-7, 6-3, 6-1

Florida lost 2-4 to Missouri. A bad loss I didn't see coming after making great strides of late. But Liss is looking strong winning doubles 6-1 and winning her last 4 singles matches for the loss of only 10 games.
2. #91 Alicia Dudeney (UF) def. Inah Canete (MIZ) 6-3, 6-1
3. Lailaa Bashir (MIZ) def. Talia Neilson-Gatenby (UF) 7-5, 7-6

Florida State got their 2nd win this week defeating SMU 4-3 following a 4-3 win over Miami on Wednesday. Eva+ had a comeback win in doubles to maintain their unbeaten record. Millie Skelton was missing from SMU's line up.
1. #112 Eva Shaw (FSU) def. Sophie Llewellyn (SMU) 3-6, 6-3, 7-5
4. Arianna Stavropoulos (SMU) def. Millie Bissett (FSU) 6-4, 6-4

Georgia Tech defeated Syracuse 4-2. GT swept doubles. GT missing their No 3, gave Kylie an opportunity in singles. She made a good case in the 1st set in asking why have i been benched this year, using her experience as a No2 to play tennis that was worthy of a higher court than No 6. But then errors started to creep into her game in the 2nd, perhaps a result of not playing singles for a while, and what should have been an easy 2 set win turned into a 3 set unfinished match.
3: Serafima Shastova (SU) def. Given Roach (GT) 7-6 (7-3), 6-2
6: Kylie Bilchev (GT) vs. Monika Wojcik (SU) 6-2, 4-6, 2-3, unfinished

ODU defeated South Alabama 4-1
1. #13 Sofia Johnson (ODU) def. Delien Kleinhans (USA) 6-2, 6-1

San Diego defeated Portland 4-1 in their opening conference match. Hannah Read clinching the match with a win over fellow Brit Alaia Rubio Perez. Portland's all British No 1 doubles team of Pethybridge and Perez was in a tight battle with the No 23 duo of San Diego before the match went unfinished. I'm beginning to think San Diego is a dangerous place to play tennis after seeing 2 of the men's team on crutches last week and the women's team not being able to field a full singles line-up on multiple occasions this season, including in this match.
1. Claudia de las Heras (USD) vs. Sally Pethybridge (POR) 6-3, 5-7, 1-1, unfinished
2. Hannah Read (USD) def. Alaia Rubio Perez (POR) 7-6 (7-4), 6-1

Isabelle Lacy lost her doubles match for Virginia against California, and didn't play singles.