College Tennis Thread

nkoth · Post by **nkoth** » Thu May 22, 2003 1:46 am

NCAA Individual Championships:

[R1] Hamid Mirzadeh (Florida) d. Prakash Amritraj (USC) 63 16 62

http://www.collegesports.com/sports/m-t ... 03aax.html

[R1] Rajeev Ram (Illinois) d. Chad Harris (Vanderbilt) 57 75 75

which brings up:

Thursday 5/22 @ noon EST
[R2] Rajeev Ram (Illinois) vs. Todd Widom (Miami)

-neil

BSharma · Post by **BSharma** » Thu May 22, 2003 4:31 am

Rajeev Ram's victory over Chad Harris of Vanderbilt is a big one. Chad is ranked #16 in college tennis and he defeated 12th ranked Wilson of Illinois 2-6, 6-2, 7-5 in the finals of the team championship. Chad has been ranked in the top 100 of college tennis in his freshmen, sophomore and junior years. Rajeev was ranked #22 going into the NCAA championship but as Anonymous1 wrote earlier he probably is better than his ranking of 22. I hope I have not jinxed him.

I am sad to see Prakash lose in the first round. Hamid Mirzadeh is a freshman and has victories over #4 Bo Hodge, #7 Alex Hartman, #14 Rameez Junaid, #19 Romain Ambert, #21 Todd Widom, #25 Phillip King, #48 Seth Rose, etc. this year in college tennis. He plays # 1 singles for Univ of Florida.

BSharma · Post by **BSharma** » Thu May 22, 2003 9:59 pm

Rajeev Ram lost today to Todd Widom 5-7, 6-4 and 3-6.

Hamid Mirzadeh (9-16), Florida def. Trystan Meniane, North Carolina, 6-3, 6-2. Hamid had beaten Prakash in 3 sets in the first round.

BSharma · Post by **BSharma** » Fri May 23, 2003 2:35 am

Prakash Amritraj/Daniel Langre (USC) lost to Michael Kogan/Victor Romero (Tulane) (seeded 5-8) 6-7, 5-7 in the first round of NCAA Div I tennis championship.

Rajeev Ram won his first round doubles match today 7-5 and 6-2.

It appears that players from Illinois and Vanderbilt are having a tough time in the singles tournament. Is it a case of tired legs after having to play two matches daily for the past week to play each other in the team tennis championship match?

NCAA Men's Tennis Championships - All-Tournament Team

A collection of six individuals and three doubles teams recognized for their outstanding performance.

#1 Doubles: Scott Brown and Bobby Reynolds (Vanderbilt)
#2 Doubles: KC Corkery and James Pade (Stanford)
#3 Doubles: Zach Dailey and Lewis Smith (Vanderbilt)

#1 Singles: Bobby Reynolds (Vanderbilt)
#2 Singles: Chad Harris (Vanderbilt)
#3 Singles: Rajeev Ram (Illinois)
#4 Singles: Phil Stolt (Illinois)
#5 Singles: Michael Caulkins (Illinois)
#6 Singles: Chris Martin (Illinois)

Most Outstanding Performer: Bobby Reynolds (Vanderbilt)

BSharma · Post by **BSharma** » Sat May 24, 2003 1:10 am

Rajeev Ram and Brian Wilson (Illinois) today upset the third seeded pair of Phillip King/Michael Yani (Duke University) 6-3, 6-4. They next play my home town university team of Ryan Livesay/Dustin Taylor in the round of 8.

The victors of Prakash and Rajeev in singles have moved into the final 8 also.

Hamid Mirzadeh (9-16), Florida def. Nicolas Boeker, Georgia, 6-1, 6-4

Todd Widom, Miami def. Seth Rose, South Carolina, 6-2, 6-4

BSharma · Post by **BSharma** » Sat May 24, 2003 8:19 pm

Rajeev Ram and Brian Wilson (Illinois) defeated Ryan Livesay/Dustin Taylor (Tulsa ) 5-7, 6-4 and 6-1 today to move into the semifinals of the NCAA tennis championship.

Hamid Mirzadeh (victor over Prakash) lost today to third seeded Amer Delic (Illinois) 7-6, 1-6, 6-7.

BSharma · Post by **BSharma** » Sun May 25, 2003 9:02 pm

Rajeev Ram and Brian Wilson (Illinios) today defeated the top seeded Richard Barker/William Barker (Rice Univ) 7-6 (7-1), 7-5 to reach the finals of the NCAA tennis championship.

In the finals Rajeev and Brian will face the second seeded pair Oliver Maiberger/Ryan Redondo (SDSU).

Best of luck to Rajeev and Brian.

BSharma · Post by **BSharma** » Mon May 26, 2003 10:40 pm

Rajeev Ram won the doubles title at the NCAA Division I tennis championship today.

Rajeev Ram/Brian Wilson (Illinois) d. (2) Oliver Maiberger/Ryan Redondo (San Diego State), 6-4, 7-5, 6-1

Rajeev's team mate won the singles title.

3) Amer Delic (Illinois) d. (2) Benedikt Dorsch (Baylor), 6-4, 6-3

Mahesh Bhupathi and Ali Hamadeh (Mississippi) had won the NCAA doubles title in 1995.

PKBasu · Post by **PKBasu** » Tue May 27, 2003 2:17 am

What is it about Indians and doubles? We appear to have a special ability with doubles, and grass-court experience or being brought up in India would be no explanation for Rajeev Ram's ability...

gvhvhg · Post by **gvhvhg** » Wed Sep 03, 2003 8:21 pm

Will PA still be playing at usc this year? Rajeev at Illinois? and Harsh was also playing somwher no?

[I've moved this topic to the appropriate thread -neil]

Post by **jayakris** » Thu Sep 04, 2003 4:17 am

Harsh left school at the end of the 2001-2002 season after his 3rd year, once he was in the top-5 ranks in college and #1 for a while. No plans to go back to school till his tennis career is done (but he plans to get his degree then - he was a 3.75 GPA student at U.of.Minnesota and is quite good in academics too).

Prakash also has left school after his second year, the 2002-2003 season. No plans right now to go back to school.

From what we had heard earlier, Rajeev will be back in school this fall for his second year. Actually he may have decided to use up the NCAA-permitted one semester off for pro tennis. If so he will play the meat of the college season from January to May 2004. That will be his second year.

Jay

IndiaFan1 · Post by **IndiaFan1** » Fri Sep 05, 2003 11:01 am

Also, I beleive Stephen Amritraj, son of Anand continues for his second year at Duke University in Durham, NC USA. He had a decent freshman year, last year.

IndiaFan # 1

nkoth · Post by **nkoth** » Fri Sep 12, 2003 3:29 am

Rajeev has elected to leave the U of Illinois after one year and concentrate on tennis full-time:
http://fightingillini.ocsn.com/sports/m ... 03aaa.html

In other college tennis news, the preseason rankings were released last week. Ravishankar Pathanjali (Western Michigan) is #72 on the men's list... Phillip King and Stephen Amritraj are listed as #11 on the double's preseason list.

-neil

BSharma · Post by **BSharma** » Fri Sep 12, 2003 3:34 am

I think it is a good move by Rajeev if he has planned out the next 6 months of professional matches properly and can get some coaching along the way. Playing four years of college tennis in USA has rarely produced a top 25 player in recent years (men).

Good luck to Rajeev!

IndiaFan1 · Post by **IndiaFan1** » Sun Sep 21, 2003 9:12 pm

Nandita Chandrashekhar from TN, who won a few U16 championships in India in 1998, plays for North Carolina State University in the USA. She is in her second year there.

Her teammate, in the final year is Jennifer Jessawalla, daughter of Cyrus & Betty Jessawalla of Houston, TX. Jessawalla is a last name among the Parsees of India.

IndiaFan1

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