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.
This weekend at Charlottesville’s Boar’s Head Sports Club, the Virginia women’s tennis team hosted the UVa Winter Invitational, competing in match play for the first time since November in preparation for the fast-approaching spring season.
Freshman Julia Elbaba moved quickly along the baseline of an indoor court at the Boar’s Head Sports Club Monday, her shuffle-steps efficient yet forceful and her open-stance air-strokes explosive with torque.
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.
The Virginia women’s tennis team has experienced mixed results at the weeklong All-American ITA Tennis Championships in Pacific Palisades, Calif.
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. 15 Virginia women's tennis team heads to Florida this weekend for the Cavaliers' final two games of the regular season.
Following two dominant wins on a road trip through North Carolina last week, the No. 13 Virginia women's tennis team comes home this weekend to face another two tough ACC opponents.
After dropping two tough matches against North Carolina opponents last weekend, the No. 12 Virginia women's tennis team now faces two more.
The No. 8 Virginia women's tennis team may harbor national aspirations, but the Cavaliers face one of their biggest tests of the season this weekend with matches against a pair of ACC rivals, No.
Following its return from a Spring Break hiatus, the No. 7 Virginia women's tennis team seeks to continue its strong play as it opens the outdoor season.
Following an important tournament win last weekend, the No.
The No. 12 Virginia women's tennis team won the Blue/Gray Classic in Montgomery, AL last weekend, reaching the final round with two decisive wins against Auburn and No.