British Tennis Forum - Celebrating 20 Years!

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Just re checked the numbersACC + SEC mens team finals:
24 singles players 3 AmericansHELLO??!!

Thats a system thats lost its balance.

College sports used to DEVELOP American athletes.
Now its short-term wins, global recruiting, and no structure.

If American players dont have this pathway anymore, where do they go?

Ill be talking about it tonight on Newsmax with Greg Kelly (9:40pm ET).

End of year awards are starting to be announced

Ollie Tarvet - San Diego - West Coast Conference Men's Player of the year
for the 3rd consecutive year
also voted in All WCC singles first team and doubles first team
Tarvet played on main court for each of his singles duals, going 17-2 on the season, 4-2 against ranked opponents, and ending the regular season with an 11-match winning streak. He also had three different partners in doubles play, accumulating an overall record of 15-2 on the season.

Flora Johnson (with Luciana Perry) - Ohio State - Big Ten women's co-Doubles team of the year
Perry, a junior, and Johnson, a freshman, have paired up for a 12-2 mark in dual matches, posting a 6-0 ledger on court one and 6-2 mark on court two, and were 8-0 in B1G matches. The duo entered the rankings Feb. 4 and have been as high as No. 30, with a current ranking of No. 32.

Hephzibah Oluwadare - Ohio State - Big Ten All-Freshman Team
Oluwadare was 3-1 in B1G singles matches and has a 5-4 dual match overall (1-0 on court four, 2-1 on court five, 2-3 on court six), with a 12-10 mark overall in her first collegiate season. In doubles, she and Chavez have been ranked as high as 13th after entering the rankings Feb. 4 and the duo is 7-8 in dual outings, including a 4-2 B1G ledger.

Hannah Read - San Diego - West Coast Conference All WCC singles 2nd team and All WCC doubles 2nd team
Read, last year's co-freshman player of the year, went 14-6 overall in her sophomore campaign, as she went 4-0 in conference, achieving a ranking as high as No. 51 during the season. Moll partnered with Read in doubles as the pairing earned All-WCC Doubles Second Team together.

Brooke Black - Florida - All-SEC Freshman Team
Black committed to the Gators as a freshman late in the fall, and saw her first action for Florida in January of this year. Her 10 dual match singles victories and her seven SEC wins are both second on the team, and led to her being ranked as high as No. 123 in the nation. Black recorded a seven-match winning streak from February 13-March 14, and she was leading in her two unfinished matches during that stretch. In doubles, (primarily with Valery Gynina in the number two spot). Their 10 wins as a tandem during the spring season are tops on the squad. Their most significant victories have come over the last two weeks as they bested the 10th and 19th ranked teams in the nation.

Ella Mcdonald - LSU - All-SEC 2nd Team
McDonald holds a 9-5 singles mark with five ranked results. She posted a ranked victory to clinch the match win against Florida's then-No. 26 Gabia Paskauskas, 6-2, 6-3. Most recently, at the SEC Tournament, McDonald earned a hard-fought 7-6(4), 7-6(2) clinching victory over Oklahoma's then-No. 59 Julia Garcia Ruiz. In the next match against Georgia, the England native took down then-No. 68 Deniz Dilek, 6-4, 6-2. In doubles, McDonald has earned 12 overall doubles wins with two partners. Teaming with Cross, the pair hold a 3-1 record, highlighted by a result against NC State's then-No. 2 Gabriella Broadfoot and Victoria Osuigwe at the ITA National Indoor Championships. Beyond teaming with Cross, McDonald posted nine doubles wins on the season with Erickson, behind five ranked victories. Most recently, the pairing clinched the doubles point against Tennessee in a 6-2 win over then-No. 23 Catherine Aulia and Leyla Britez Risso.

Zech Hamrouni - Old Dominion - Sun Belt Men's Freshman of the year
Also All Sun Belt 1st team
Hamrouni was awarded Sun Belt Freshman of the Year, where he accounted for a 13-5 singles record, including the championship-clinching match in the SBC finals.

The ATP are promoting their Next Gen Accelerator initiative, which gives young top 500 ranked pro's (under 20), college players and juniors access to entries into challenger and ATP Tour events (latter for the top 500 pro's).

www.atptour.com/en/news/pif-atp-next-gen-accelerator-hub

3 Brits are on the scheme:

Oli Tarvet on the college route giving him access to main draw entry spots in CH50 and 75 events (I think it is up to 6 entries he can access)

Jack PJ, also on the college route, has access to CH 50 and 75 qualifying entry slots (he isnt ranked as highly in college as OT, but also probably doesn't need the entries into qualies, being honest).

Henry Searle is also on the list, for a top 500 entry slot, also giving him 6 entry places into main draws of CH 50 and CH 75 level events; if he was top 350, that access would go up to CH 100 and CH125 events instead, although I am not sure if that happens if he improves to top 350 in the next few weeks - he is currently 353 - or whether the levels they access was based on a specific ranking date?

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The ATP are promoting their Next Gen Accelerator initiative, which gives young top 500 ranked pro's (under 20), college players and juniors access to entries into challenger and ATP Tour events (latter for the top 500 pro's).

www.atptour.com/en/news/pif-atp-next-gen-accelerator-hub

3 Brits are on the scheme:

Oli Tarvet on the college route giving him access to main draw entry spots in CH50 and 75 events (I think it is up to 6 entries he can access)

Jack PJ, also on the college route, has access to CH 50 and 75 qualifying entry slots (he isnt ranked as highly in college as OT, but also probably doesn't need the entries into qualies, being honest).

Henry Searle is also on the list, for a top 500 entry slot, also giving him 6 entry places into main draws of CH 50 and CH 75 level events; if he was top 350, that access would go up to CH 100 and CH125 events instead, although I am not sure if that happens if he improves to top 350 in the next few weeks - he is currently 353 - or whether the levels they access was based on a specific ranking date?

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As a returning college player Ollie's eligibility for the Accelerator Programme expired at the end of December. The non returning college players will either have used up their entries or their eligibility will expire at the end of June.

For the next college Accelerator Programme, Luca Pow has a place on it as NCAA quarter-finalist.

Lambda wrote:

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JonH wrote:

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The ATP are promoting their Next Gen Accelerator initiative, which gives young top 500 ranked pro's (under 20), college players and juniors access to entries into challenger and ATP Tour events (latter for the top 500 pro's).

www.atptour.com/en/news/pif-atp-next-gen-accelerator-hub

3 Brits are on the scheme:

Oli Tarvet on the college route giving him access to main draw entry spots in CH50 and 75 events (I think it is up to 6 entries he can access)

Jack PJ, also on the college route, has access to CH 50 and 75 qualifying entry slots (he isnt ranked as highly in college as OT, but also probably doesn't need the entries into qualies, being honest).

Henry Searle is also on the list, for a top 500 entry slot, also giving him 6 entry places into main draws of CH 50 and CH 75 level events; if he was top 350, that access would go up to CH 100 and CH125 events instead, although I am not sure if that happens if he improves to top 350 in the next few weeks - he is currently 353 - or whether the levels they access was based on a specific ranking date?

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As a returning college player Ollie's eligibility for the Accelerator Programme expired at the end of December. The non returning college players will either have used up their entries or their eligibility will expire at the end of June.

For the next college Accelerator Programme, Luca Pow has a place on it as NCAA quarter-finalist.

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 So do all 3 levels of the program , pro top 500,

college and juniors, reset on a June to June basis? Or just college? If they all do, that seems strange process (Mid season) or maybe its just the college part that resets then? Would JPJ also lose his privileges as well on that basis? 

On the men's side, San Diego won the West Coast Conference Championship 4-3 in a comeback win.
1. Ollie Tarvet (USD) d. Ed Winter (Pepp) 6-3, 6-3

Denver win their final Summit League Championship title 4-0 and claim an automatic berth in the NCAAs . Next season they will play in the West Coast Conference.
Both Papajcik and Coats were unfinished while leading.

On the women's side
UC Santa Barbara won the Big West Championship and an automatic berth in the NCAAs.
Isabella Wong lost at no 2 singles 4 and 1.

San Diego lost 1-4 in the West Coast Championship final.
Hannah Read lost 6-2, 0-6, 6-7 (3-7) against Sonja Zhiyenbayeva at No 3 singles. Not bad against a player who had only just lost to Andreescu 4 & 6(4) in the BJK Cup earlier this month and is the WCC Freshmen of the year.
That ends Hannah Read's season.

The Ohio State progress to the Big Ten final to play Michigan.
In the semi both Flora and Hep dropped their doubles and Hep was 6-7 (5-7), 6-6 (2-2) unf. at No 6 singles.

Savannah Dada-MascolI's college career comes to an end* as App State get knocked-out. Marshall go on to play ODU in the Sun Belt final for the 2nd successive year.
1. Savannah Dada-Mascoll (App) d. Johanna Strom (Marshall) 3-6,6-4,6-4
4. Sarah Copley (Marshall) won 4-6, 7-6 (10-8), 6-1
5. Allegra Hodson (App) won 6-4,6-4
* Unless the eligibility rules change and she opts to stay in college for another year.

JonH wrote:

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Lambda wrote:

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Savannah Dada-MascolI's college career comes to an end* as App State get knocked-out. Marshall go on to play ODU in the Sun Belt final for the 2nd successive year.
1. Savannah Dada-Mascoll (App) d. Johanna Strom (Marshall) 3-6,6-4,6-4
4. Sarah Copley (Marshall) won 4-6, 7-6 (10-8), 6-1
5. Allegra Hodson (App) won 6-4,6-4
* Unless the eligibility rules change and she opts to stay in college for another year.

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 If it is the end for SDM, shes had a breakout college career - as far as I can tell college has brought her to most peoples attention. I look forward to seeing how she progresses as she, presumably, moves into the pro ranks? 

Weve explored Wimbledon wildcards in other threads - is SDM a contender for anything, maybe the qualifying play off event? 

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She is all but certain to be the highest ranked British woman in the ITA rankings in which case she would get the NCAA place in the Wimbledon qualifying wild card play-offs if she signs in. With only a single W15 qualifying draw being her only pro tour experience i don't see her being in consideration for anything else.