The top seed Michael Mmoh cruised into the semifinals in Kalamazoo but none of the other top four seeds were as fortunate. The third seed JJ Wolf was knocked out on Wednesday in a third set tiebreak and on Thursday so was the second seed John McNally. Tampa's Vasil Kirkov managed to come back from a set down to outlast the 2017 Ohio State commit McNally in the only quarterfinal match to go three sets. Illinois commit Zeke Clark and Trent Bryde (#4 HS Class of '18) both won in straight sets as well and in fact both of those guys and Mmoh have yet to drop a set all week
Colette Lewis talked to each of the four winners and also had the details on why Kirkov got a point penalty at 6-5 (15/30) in the third set so make sure you give her post a read.
The doubles semifinals will be played on Friday but the singles semifinals aren't until Saturday.
Quarterfinals:
[1] Michael Mmoh ('16 Pro) def. [5] Gianni Ross ('17) 6-4, 6-2
[8] Trent Bryde ('18) def. [4] Sam Riffice ('18) 6-4, 6-3
[6] Zeke Clark (Illinois commit) def. [26] Timothy Sah ('17) 7-6(5), 6-4
[7] Vasil Kirkov ('18) def. [2] John McNally ('17 Ohio State commit) 6-7(1), 6-2, 7-6(2)
Semifinals (Saturday)
[1] Michael Mmoh ('16 Pro) vs. [8] Trent Bryde ('18)
[6] Zeke Clark (Illinois commit) vs. [7] Vasil Kirkov ('18)
Breakdown of Final 4
# of sets dropped this week
0 - Bryde, Clark, Mmoh
1 - Kirkov
# of games dropped this week
23 - Bryde
26 - Clark, Mmoh
38 - Kirkov
By High School Graduation Class:
2016 - 2 (Mmoh/Clark)
2018 - 2 (Bryde/Kirkov)
By TRN Star
Blue Chip - 4
Florida - 1 (Kirkov)
Georgia - 1 (Bryde)
Maryland - 1 (Mmoh)
Oklahoma - 1 (Clark)
By College Commitment
Undecided - 2 (Bryde/Kirkov)
Illinois - 1 (Clark)
Turned Pro - 1 (Mmoh)
By UTR
Low - 13.79 (Clark)
High - 14.58 (Mmoh)
Avg - 14.02
The Tennis Recruiting Network is doing it's analytical round-by-round predictions and likes Mmoh and Kirkov with Bryde the biggest longshot of the four semifinalists.
The google doc lets you scroll with the headers staying in place so it may be easier to view it here instead of the chart below.
Doubles Semifinals
[4] JJ Wolf/John McNally vs. [10] Sam Riffice/Anu Kodali
[3] Oliver Crawford/Patrick Kypson vs. Sean Sculley/Nick Stachowiak
3 comments:
Bobby do you think Norrie will turn pro now that he's done so well at aptos?
Why always the "will someone go pro" after a single good match or single good tournament rather than looking at the win/loss record over a period of time? With this logic, Mackie should quit pro and go back to school since he lost early. hmmm, may not be a bad idea...
I still think he's planning on coming back for another year but every time he does well I'm sure it's making him think that much harder about it.
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