Squad advances to Seattle
By Peter Nance | January 28, 2013The No. 1 Virginia men’s tennis team kicked off its spring season with back-to-back wins against No.
The No. 1 Virginia men’s tennis team kicked off its spring season with back-to-back wins against No.
With this year’s Virginia men’s tennis team, it is tempting to talk about numbers: the team’s No.
Each November, 32 of the finest singles players in men’s college tennis fight for the ITA Indoor Intercollegiate Championship title.
During this week’s men’s and women’s ITA Atlantic Regional tennis tournaments — held in Charlottesville and Blacksburg, respectively — freshman Harrison Richmond defeated teammate senior captain Jarmere Jenkins in men’s singles.
When Virginia hosts the ITA Atlantic Regional this weekend, its players will take the first step toward defending a title their injured teammate sophomore Mitchell Frank cannot. The main draw of the four-day tournament begins Friday, and winners from both the doubles and singles flights will receive automatic bids to November’s ITA National Individual Indoors tournament in Flushing Meadows, NY. Last year, Frank won the National Indoors but will miss this year’s tournament after undergoing season-ending knee surgery in August.
Junior Alex Domijan and the Virginia men’s tennis program did it again. For the third year in a row, the Cavaliers brought home the ITA All-American Championships men’s singles title, and for the second time in that span, Domijan did the honors. The Virginia junior toppled Ohio State redshirt junior Peter Kobelt 7-5, 6-1 and remained undefeated at the tournament for his career.
The Virginia men’s and women’s tennis teams remain in pursuit of ITA All-American Championships titles as they enter deeper into their respective tournaments.
Seven Virginia men’s tennis players will continue their pursuit of an ITA All-American Championship this week.
Perhaps the 2012-2013 season will finally be the one when the Virginia men’s tennis team earns its elusive NCAA championship.
Decorated former Virginia men’s tennis star and current professional Somdev Devvarman will compete for his native India in the men’s singles portion of the Olympic Games in London later this month, the International Tennis Federation announced last Tuesday. Despite a shoulder injury that has kept him out of action since January, Devvarman received one of the ITF’s eight wild-card bids to round out a 64-player field which includes the world’s premier tennis stars, including Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic.
The No. 3 Virginia men's tennis team cruised past in-state rival No. 37 Virginia Tech 6-1 in Blacksburg Sunday, rebounding from last week's loss against No.
After shutting out No. 16 Auburn 4-0 and defeating No. 9 Stanford 4-1 in the first two rounds of the 2012 ITA National Team Indoor Championships, the No.
The No. 2 Virginia men's tennis team looks to win a record fifth consecutive title in the ITA Indoor National Championships this weekend.
Fresh off a slew of impressive victories last weekend, the No.
After helping the second-ranked Virginia men's tennis team breeze past No.
The No. 2 Virginia men's tennis team plays a series of three dual matches in Charlottesville this weekend after months of fall tournament play.
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Sophomore Justin Shane captured the singles title and contributed to the doubles title win for the Virginia men's tennis team at the Lakewood Ranch Clay Court Championship in Bradenton, Fla.
Although a number of players on the Virginia men's and women's tennis teams reached the final rounds of the ITA Atlantic Regional earlier this week, they failed to capture a single title. Junior Jarmere Jenkins and the duo of senior Drew Courtney and junior Julien Uriguen reached the final round for the Cavalier men in Charlottesville, but all suffered untimely losses with the ultimate prize on the line.