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French men's SF's tomorrow are intriguing 2 (Rafa v Novak) all time greats -- 1969hoo 06/10/2021 09:02AM
Old guard rep versus new guard rep -- 105A 06/10/2021 3:14PM This has been a truly spectacular match. absurd that it's a semifinal -- neworleanshoo 06/11/2021 5:17PM I watched it on NBC Sports channel ** -- Clark2 06/12/2021 12:24PM Been following online since I'm at work -- 105A 06/11/2021 7:44PM Was this the first time she announced she's coming back next year? ** -- TriplHoo 06/10/2021 06:05AM No, she also mentioned it in post-NCAA on-court interview -- Clark2 06/10/2021 07:46AM Excellent analysis! Thank you. ** -- mtbrookwahoo 06/11/2021 12:24PM Yeah ... -- snapperhawk 06/07/2021 3:01PM Putting myself in the shoes of the poll voters ... -- Clark2 06/10/2021 07:50AM Gauff lost, so the French is over for all Americans. Hopefully Wimbledon -- 1969hoo 06/09/2021 09:11AM American men’s tennis is ... -- T Room Cav 06/07/2021 9:47PM No country has any secret winning formula for tennis development -- Clark2 06/10/2021 10:33PM Very good analysis and it shows that Federer, Nadal and Djokovic all -- 1969hoo 06/11/2021 09:26AM Thiem won the Open last year. ** -- Jeast 06/11/2021 2:14PM Thanks it was in 2019 that Nadal eon ** -- 1969hoo 06/11/2021 3:46PM Yes, picture Swiss tennis in a couple of years compared to recent years -- Clark2 06/11/2021 10:05AM My take is probably over simplistic but here goes.... -- RomeGaHoo 06/09/2021 08:51AM Could be true. And even the top american prospects are often children of -- CUtiger_butUVAtennis 06/10/2021 3:36PM I remember back in the early 70's we had a bunch of stars, and -- Hoogle.com 06/08/2021 11:05PM I keep hoping a young American tennis phenom will just show up -- 1969hoo 06/08/2021 09:32AM I mean most tennis players in places like Spain and France -- CUtiger_butUVAtennis 06/10/2021 3:38PM So how does the US produce athletes in other sports -- Zhoo 06/08/2021 09:44AM Our best athletes generally choose other sports whereas -- BrevardHoo 06/08/2021 9:04PM I wasnt trying to compare it to basketball or football..... -- Zhoo 06/08/2021 10:54PM When you travel in Europe and Eastern Europe there are tennis courts -- Hoogle.com 06/08/2021 5:11PM I get it but we produce more athletes in swimming than tennis and -- Zhoo 06/08/2021 10:53PM I think our swimmers look good, because not much foreign competition. In -- 1969hoo 06/09/2021 6:05PM USTA has thrown lots of $$ at the problem incl the Orlando training center -- 1969hoo 06/08/2021 08:12AM Coach Boland's methods delivered results. USTA's......not so much ** -- Cviller 06/10/2021 07:16AM I'm trying to imagine a high school kid -- RomeGaHoo 06/09/2021 2:55PM Watched him in the Cvitt ... -- T Room Cav 06/10/2021 1:48PM Some more quality wins -- Clark2 06/05/2021 11:50PM Addendum: notes from current Junior French Open -- Clark2 06/10/2021 11:55PM Article on Elaine Chervinsky (link) -- Clark2 06/05/2021 2:50PM Our article when she signed the NLI (link) -- Clark2 06/05/2021 10:11PM Whats the point in having a roof if you arent going to use it when raining? ** -- swvahoofan08 06/04/2021 10:35PM Serena rallies from 4-2 down in the second set to beat DC, 6-4 6-4... -- Chris Horne 
06/04/2021 12:02PM Nice mentions of the UVA connections ** -- walker 06/04/2021 11:29AM And really nice words earlier from Serena about DC as a player and person ** -- walker 06/04/2021 11:32AM IMO, athletes have a duty to the press. It's a symbiotic ... -- Blah 06/06/2021 1:22PM If Fed was not going to play anymore he should have -- 1969hoo 06/06/2021 4:35PM Not really, but match losers should not be required to meet with press. -- 1969hoo 06/04/2021 07:53AM Its part of the job; she can afford the fine -- Quaker 06/03/2021 9:46PM There are ways to accommodate her health issue and accomplish the same. ** -- Longlost 06/04/2021 1:18PM Indeed, skipping the interviews, paying the fine would be one -- Quaker 06/04/2021 2:16PM Or, you structure the media interactions to accommodate her health needs -- Longlost 06/04/2021 7:19PM She was eventually going to get more than fined - at least that was the -- TriplHoo 06/04/2021 06:05AM Realistically, there's no way they would have banned the #1 player in the -- MonsterTruck 06/04/2021 10:04AM I think the press conferences are to justify the need for so many -- TriplHoo 06/04/2021 12:32PM If we had actual sports journalists, interviews would be good -- Clark2 06/03/2021 5:53PM Agreed. The successful players just deflect and give generic answers to -- MonsterTruck 06/04/2021 10:06AM No but I do care if she is depressed and has anxiety ** -- HoosQ 06/03/2021 4:42PM Then let her skip the interview. Tennis is different. ** -- Hoogle.com 06/03/2021 5:08PM Nice. Have always been a fan of DC. Hope she continues to play well -- MonsterTruck 06/03/2021 1:26PM Link to Collins interview -- roncville 06/02/2021 9:13PM Thank you ** -- walker 06/02/2021 9:18PM Attachment? ** -- Hoogle.com 06/02/2021 4:21PM It was on the Tennis ** -- walker 06/02/2021 4:41PM Channel after her match. He asked her about Emma and her thoughts on UVA -- walker 06/02/2021 4:42PM Serena wins in 3 sets ** -- jhmoss1812 06/02/2021 4:25PM Somewhat surprisingly 4 American men have advanced to round of 32 -- 1969hoo 06/02/2021 7:42PM Giron has a chance ** -- HoosGuy 06/03/2021 10:48PM Like to see one in the round of .. -- T Room Cav 06/03/2021 4:00PM Might be fun to watch , but would prefer to have -- sfb123 06/02/2021 09:22AM Why is that? not familiar ** -- neworleanshoo 06/02/2021 10:08AM In pro tennis you get points and $$ for each round you win. Opponent does -- 1969hoo 06/02/2021 3:14PM That's what I thought - so not "more" points & money, just easier to get ** -- neworleanshoo 06/02/2021 6:36PM Interesting to see who's not on the list -- RomeGaHoo 06/02/2021 4:02PM The amount of foreign players is crazy ** -- Zhoo 06/01/2021 2:52PM It is true at all levels of tennis. Best male players are rarely American -- 1969hoo 06/01/2021 7:09PM Thoughts on Reilly Opelka? -- neworleanshoo 06/02/2021 09:30AM I think he or Sebastion Korda are most likely to get to the top 30. Korda -- 1969hoo 06/02/2021 2:39PM Not new in tennis, but probably increasing UVA has had many foreign players -- 1969hoo 06/01/2021 2:58PM But 7 americans in the top 5 classes of schools -- Zhoo 06/01/2021 4:17PM Getting a top 5 class means getting a certain level of player -- Clark2 06/03/2021 5:38PM A wow for NCS's class. They have never been ranked #1. A blue chip -- 1969hoo 06/01/2021 2:41PM Braden's brother Collin was in the doubles lineup for State this season ** -- BrevardHoo 06/02/2021 3:59PM Seems like 2022 class will be huge for program trajectory ** -- uva123 06/01/2021 1:56PM Hard to say with JVDS, IM, and CR being sophs. Also I believe Bar Botzer, -- 1969hoo 06/01/2021 4:27PM Boland's first big class that entered in the Fall of 2002 had 5 guys that -- CT Wahoo 06/02/2021 2:35PM More trivia: Gianni Ross, Matthew Lord, Kyrylo Tsygura in top 6 in 1st year -- Clark2 06/04/2021 12:06AM Spring of 2014 signings were Ritschard, Altamirano, Wiersholm ** -- Clark2 06/03/2021 5:40PM I had thought Wiersholm redshirted his first year. I could be mistaken. ** -- CT Wahoo 06/03/2021 8:54PM He redshirted his 4th year because of shoulder surgery ** -- Clark2 06/04/2021 12:04AM Article on Danielle Collins & her recent surgery for endometriosis -- Hoo in W. Africa 05/31/2021 11:11AM That's a bummer in addition to the other health challenges she's had: -- Hoos in da house 05/31/2021 1:34PM My daughter had it, they told her she probably could not have children, -- 1969hoo 05/31/2021 11:36AM Yes, having grandchildren is wonderful. (I have 3 young ones.) While I was -- Hoo in W. Africa 05/31/2021 11:46AM 3 beautiful children in jdub household after my wife -- jdubforwahoowa 06/01/2021 05:41AM More Emma Navarro: ."Highlights Emma Navarro NCAA tennis championship" -- 7thTruckCo 05/30/2021 09:43AM Yeah. What a break. Kerber loses in -- sfb123 05/30/2021 3:54PM Bout time she got some luck in the draw ** -- neworleanshoo 05/30/2021 7:25PM Anundsen is now O’Leary :) -- hootennis14 05/30/2021 12:36AM Random French draw result #1Novak playing #8 Fed in QF,then #3 Nadal in SF -- 1969hoo 05/29/2021 11:24AM Federer will not make it to QTR's -- HoosReady 05/29/2021 11:36AM Not so sure about that. He plays Istomin then prob Cilic in 32's. He -- 1969hoo 05/30/2021 08:40AM *** -- 1969hoo 05/30/2021 08:38AM Chris, you should list the individual NCAA champs as well as the team -- Matthooz 05/30/2021 10:33AM Fantastic job Emma! LET'S GO 'HOOS!!! ** -- QBSacker 05/29/2021 3:35PM Congratulations to Emma! Great win. ** -- WahooKnows 05/29/2021 11:57AM Sure hope she returns -- RomeGaHoo 05/28/2021 4:54PM Great breakdown! Do we know if Emma is on scholarship? -- hootennis14 05/29/2021 2:41PM She is one of our 8 scholarship players -- Clark2 05/29/2021 2:49PM Question about the covid expiration -- hootennis14 05/30/2021 12:40AM Right; two different Covid rules, scholie limit expansion was only 1 year ** -- Clark2 05/30/2021 08:00AM I think you are correct and true in all sports in 21/22 school year. ** -- 1969hoo 05/30/2021 07:23AM She will be back in the fall and take it one semester at a time (link) -- Clark2 05/28/2021 8:03PM Awesome win! ** -- Wahoos79 05/28/2021 4:54PM Huge for her; Huge for program! Very happy she took the title!! ** -- Raleigh Hoo 05/28/2021 4:19PM Yep. Congrats to Emma on a fantastic achievement. Good luck to her, regard- -- Hoo in W. Africa 05/28/2021 2:28PM Even earlier! -- RunningHoo 05/28/2021 2:14PM Interesting to see that college academics were a priority then -- Clark2 05/28/2021 2:18PM True! Would be amazing if she returned. ** -- RunningHoo 05/28/2021 2:18PM She said she was. At least for next semester ** -- vbuva05 05/28/2021 4:24PM Agreed. ** -- MonsterTruck 05/28/2021 1:58PM Awesome new for her and great for the program as well. Go HOOS! ** -- KemHOOsabe 05/28/2021 3:00PM Woo hoo! ** -- RunningHoo 05/28/2021 2:14PM Damn impressive. That last point was epic. ** -- MonsterTruck 05/28/2021 1:23PM Emma seems to do better returning than serving. Is that normal for college -- BRU Hoo 05/28/2021 1:11PM Yes, thats normal ** -- joeystevenshoo 05/28/2021 1:26PM Her ground strokes are exceptional for any college player. -- MonsterTruck 05/28/2021 1:16PM Two straight is as much as we could hope for -- Clark2 05/28/2021 1:25PM Breaks to open the second set ** -- Clark2 05/28/2021 12:56PM Great quote by Emma on putting off a pro career to play at UVA -- Hoos in da house 05/28/2021 01:36AM Don't want to put the cart before the horse, but... -- MonsterTruck 05/28/2021 09:29AM I think Stevie J won 2 consecutive singles titles and maybe a doubles.** -- 1969hoo 05/28/2021 09:35AM If she stays at UVA big things are ahead for women's tennis ** -- 1969hoo 05/28/2021 07:25AM I'm just guessing but.... -- joeystevenshoo 05/28/2021 1:30PM Danielle might be a better comparison. -- ChiTownHoo 05/28/2021 7:49PM Not really,$$ is not a reason for Emma to turn pro. See C & P below from -- 1969hoo 05/29/2021 5:12PM “Who knows what the future holds” -- hootennis14 05/28/2021 02:14AM I hope not. She's been one of the major bright spots in this pandemic year -- MonsterTruck 05/28/2021 11:01AM Rough draw bur i'm sure Kerber & Serena aren't thrilled with THEIRS -- neworleanshoo 05/27/2021 9:33PM
