June 05, 2008

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Discussion Includes:

NCAA Team Championships (Slide Show available on zootennis.com)

Division I
Women: UCLA def. Cal 4-0
Men: Georgia def. Texas 4-2

Division II
Women: Armstrong Atlantic State def. Lynn 5-1
Men: Armstrong Atlantic State def. Barry 5-0

Division III
Women:
Men: Washington University, St. Louis def. Emory 5-3
Women: Williams def. Washington and Lee 5-4

NAIA
Men: Auburn-Montgomery def. Fresno Pacific 5-3
Women: Auburn-Montgomery def. Fresno Pacfic 5-1

NCAA Individual Championships
Division III
Women: Siobhan Finicane, Pomona-Pitzer def. Cary Gibson, Williams 6-3,5-7,6-2.
Men: Mike Greenberg, Kenyon def. Filip Marinkovic, Middlebury 3-6, 6-4, 6-4



Division I (slideshow available on zootennis.com)
Women: Amanda McDowell, Ga.Tech def. Zuzana Zemenova, Baylor 6-2, 6-3
Men: Somdev Devvarman, Virginia def. JP Smith, Tennessee 6-3, 6-2

Doubles
Women: Tracy Lin and Riza Zalameda, UCLA def. Melanie Gloria and Tinesta Rowe, Fresno St. 6-2, 4-6, 6-3.
Men: Robert Farah and Kaes Van't Hof, USC def. Jonas Berg and Erling Tveit, Ole Miss 7-6(10), 7-6 (6).

French Open Juniors:
No U.S. players advance past quarterfinals.

Pro Circuit:
Chelsey Gullickson ($25K Raleigh NC), Kristie Ahn ($10K Pennsylvania) Mallory Cecil ($10K South Carolina) win first pro circuit titles

Arizona State cuts men's tennis

Next trip:
ITF Grade 3 International Grass Courts in Philadelphia

Website of the week: http://www.itatennis.com
Redesigned site, with the U.S. collegiate team announced.

Duration: 60min, 0sec

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May 12, 2008

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Discussion Includes:

NCAA Division I Sweet Sixteen start Thursday May 15 in Tulsa

15 of the 16 Men's seeds advance; 14 of 16 Women's seeds advance

Virginia men and Northwestern women favorites for team titles

Onsite coverage of Michigan men's 4-2 win over Texas Tech in Ann Arbor

Academy competition goes global; US academies take first and second on red clay in Rome

Madison Brengle, 18, wins women's French Open main draw wild card in tournament held by USTA, her fourth such win. Wayne Odesnik, 22, wins men's.

50,000 Balls, a tennis documentary about four 12-and-under U.S. players, is accepted at Newport Film Festival. www.50kballs.com

Easter Bowl champion Chase Buchanan, 16, wins Pro Circuit Futures event in Vero Beach, defeating two-time champion Jose De Armas in a third set tiebreaker in final.

Former Florida Gator Alexis Gordon win $50K event in Charlottesville Virginia.

All four U.S. teams qualify for ITF Team Competitions by finishing first in the round robins in Montreal.

Talbert Sportsmanship winners announced:
Evan King, Michael Sicora, Alexa Glatch, Alison Riske

KEVIN'S NEW VENTURE WITH ON THE BASELINE

Kevin's NEW Tennis Podcast feeds

Inside Tennis is still the master feed from The Tennis Podcast and has links to all of the previous interviews and instruction as well. All of the new interviews and instruction will move to the new feeds.

There are iTunes addresses and web addresses:

Interviews:
http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=279148418
http://ttpinterviews.blogspot.com

Instruction:
http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=279149933
http://ttpinstruction.blogspot.com

Be sure to add the iTunes address to get the latest interview with Aaress Lawlees of "On the Baseline" (www.onthebaseline.com)

Website of the week:
http://d3tennis.blogspot.com

Duration: 48min, 50sec

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April 17, 2008

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Discussion Includes:

International Spring Championships in Carson:
18s Melanie Oudin (So.) def. Jacqueline Cako,(PNw) 6-3, 6-3; Bradley Klahn (SoCal) def. Jarmere Jenkins (So.) 6-1, 7-6(1)
16s Gabrielle DeSimone (SoCal) def. Jennifer Kellner (East) 6-4, 7-5; Christian Harrison (Tex) def. Dante Terenzio (NE) 6-4, 6-2
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Easter Bowl in Rancho Mirage
18s Melanie Oudin def. Lauren Embree (Fla) 6-7(1), 6-1, 6-3; Chase Buchanan (Midw) def. Alex Llompart (PR) 6-1, 6-0
16s Ellen Tsay (NorCal) def. Sarah Lee (SoCal) 3-6, 6-3, 6-4; Jack Sock (MV) def. Clay Thompson (SoCal) 6-4, 3-6, 7-6(4)
14s Sachia Vickery (Fla) def. Kyle McPhillips (Midw) 6-3, 6-4; Michael Rinaldi (Fla) def. John Harrison Richmond (So.) 6-3, 6-2.
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Patrick McEnroe named General Manager of Elite Player Development by USTA

Qualifier Ryan Harrison joins Nadal and Gasquet and 7 others as only players in open era to win an ATP main draw match before age 16 at US Men's Clay Courts in Houston

Kevin Anderson defeats Djokovic, Larcher de Brito upsets Radwanska in Miami

College Tennis:
Virginia Men finish regular season undefeated; Northwestern remains on top of women's rankings. NCAA selection show April 29th between 2 and 2:30pm on ESPNews, check espn website for time.

Website of the week: www.Nickstennispicks.com

Duration: 64min, 20sec

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March 27, 2008

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Discussion Includes:
USTA Spring 18s Championships in Mobile:
No. 2 Dennis Nevolo def. No. 1 Bradley Klahn 6-4, 6-3.
No. 6 Kristie Ahn def. No. 2 Lauren Embree 6-4, 6-3
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Melanie Oudin wins first round match at Pacific Life Open, now ranked 271 after 3 events in 2008
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Denis Kudla and Junior Ore of Junior Champions Tennis Center in College Park, Md. Open for Federer Sampras at MSG
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Asia Muhammad Reaches Final of $50K challenger in Las Vegas
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Copa Gerdau ITF Grade A in Brazil:
No. 10 seed Jose Pereira, 17, of Brazil def. No. 1 Marcelo Arevalo-Gonzales of El Salvador 7-6(4) 6-1

No. 5 Elena Bogdan, 16, of Romania def. No. 1 seed Bojana Jovanovski of Serbia 6-1, 2-6, 6-1
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College Tennis:
Northwestern women and Virginia men retain top spots in rankings
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New York Times series called "THE SCHOLARSHIP DIVIDE" is must-reading for any prospective DI or DII athlete. See March 18th post at zootennis.com for link.
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Spring Signing Period Begins April 9th
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Next trip for Colette is ITF Grade 1 in Carson and Easter Bowl in Palm Springs

Levar Harper-Griffith and partners come up with foundation to help juniors with expenses

Website of the month:
www.globaltennisfoundation.org

Duration: 46min, 10sec

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March 5, 2008

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Discussion Includes:

University of Virginia wins Men's Team Indoor with 4-1 victory over Ohio State

Somdev Devvarman named Most Outstanding Player

Georgia Tech loses to Georgia in women's dual action, Northwestern retakes No. 1 spot in rankings.

ITA Men's Hall of Fame inductees announced:
Steve Denton of Texas
Jim Pugh of UCLA
Don Johnson of North Carolina
Patrick McEnroe of Stanford
Robbie Weiss of Pepperdine
Chris Woodruff of Tennessee
David DiLucia of Notre Dame
Coach Jerry Noyce of Minnesota
Tom Jacobs of Kansas will be inducted as a contributor.

Melanie Oudin reaches semifinals in $25K Pro Circuit tournament in Clearwater. Qualifies in $25K in Ft. Walton Beach the following week and reaches final, losing third set tiebreaker to No. 2 seed Barbora Zahlavova Strycova of Czech Republic

Wild cards Madison Brengle, Asia Muhammad and Coco Vandeweghe win in first round at $50K Las Vegas event

Brengle def. Sesil Karatantcheva in three sets,
Vandeweghe def. No. 1 seed and No. 53 ranked Arazane Rezai in three sets; Muhammad def. Czink ranked 149 in straight sets

Petra Kvitova upsets Venus Williams in Memphis

No Grade 1s or Grade As in ITF Junior tennis in February.

South American Clay season begins now with a couple of Grade 1s and the Grade A Copa Gerdau in Brazil

Next major U.S. junior event:
Spring Championships for 18s boys and girls in Mobile

Website of the month:
Racquet Club of Columbus
http://www.racquetclub1.com/parent's_guide_to_junior_tennis.htm

Duration: 37min, 40sec

February 14, 2008

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Discussion Includes:

Australian Open Junior Championships
Boys: Australia's Bernard Tomic, youngest male to win Grand Slam Junior title
Girls: The Netherlands' Arantxa Rus

Report that Craig Tiley will stay in Australia despite offer from USTA

Les Petits As:
Boys: Edward Nguyen of Canada over Liam Broady of Great Britain
Girls: Daria Gavrilova of Russia over Laura Robson of Great Britain

Men's dual match:
No. 1 Virginia def. No. 21 Michigan 5-2

ITA Women's Team Indoor in Madison Wisc.
Defending champion Georgia Tech def. Northwestern 4-2 to reclaim No. 1 ranking

Beginning Friday:
ITA Men's Team Indoor in Seattle, Wash.

Website of the week:
http://gohuskies.cstv.com/sports/m-tennis/spec-rel/08-ita-indoors.html

Duration: 33min, 52sec