Davis Cup Results - Alvarez Clinches It For Peru!!

Another round of Davis Cup action is in the books with a handful of former college guys competing along with one current player.  Duke junior Nicolas Alvarez clinched Peru's Davis Cup tie against Venezuela by defeating Jordi Munoz-Abreu 4-6, 6-4, 7-6(2), 6-1. Alvarez's win means that Peru will be promoted from Group 2 to Group 1 when Davis Cup starts up against next year.

Davis Cup

The 2016 Davis Cup is starting to wind down with several current and former college guys playing for their respective home countries.  Below is a look at who is playing and where and you can follow along with the Davis Cup Scoreboard.

World Group - Playoff

Slovakia at Australia (Grass) - Australia won 3-0

• John Peers (AUS/Baylor '11)/Sam Groth def. Andrej Martin/Igor Zelenay 6-4, 6-2, 6-7(3), 7-6(2)

Ben Dunbar Gets Promoted at New Mexico & Davis Cup Group 3 Results

New Mexico Vice President of Athletics Paul Krebs announced the hiring of Ben Dunbar as New Mexico's new men's head coach. Dunbar, who played at New Mexico from 2008 to 2012, was an assistant coach at New Mexico for the last two seasons. Dunbar replaces Bart Scott who resigned last month after two years at the helm of the Lobos.

Joao Monteiro Wins In Portugal, Di Lorenzo Sweeps Winnipeg, Torpegaard with a Huge Davis Cup Clincher

Joao Monteiro (Virginia Tech '16) capped off a weekend of firsts by winning pro singles title No. 1 with a straight set win over #608 Hugo Grenier at the $10K Idanha-A-Nova, Portugal, F8 Futures (Hard). Monteiro had break points on each of Grenier's four first set service games and broke on two of them to take the opening set 6-3. Monteiro broke from 15/40 to go up 2-1 in the second set and then broke again at love to go up 5-2. Monteiro served out the match at love to take it 6-3, 6-2. 

South Carolina Makes Some Additions, Women's Doubles Success, Davis Cup Scores, Pro Circuit,

South Carolina men's head coach Josh Goffi announced the hiring of Kyle Bailey as the Gamecocks new assistant coach. Bailey, who was the head coach at Monmouth last season, replaces Ryan Young who left two weeks ago to take the assistant job at Clemson.

South Carolina women's head coach Kevin Epley announced that Mia Horvit (UTR 11.32) has signed a National Letter of Intent to play at South Carolina next season. Horvit was ranked as high as No 5 in her high school class as a sophomore and junior per The Tennis Recruiting Network and was ranked No. 11 last season.

Coaching Updates, Davis Cup, Pac-12 Network/Twitter, Pro Circuit Update

Duquesne Athletic Director Dave Harper announced the hiring of Vanessa Steiner as the Dukes new Director of Tennis (Men's/Women's Coach). Steiner, who had been the women's assistant the last two seasons, replaces Rob Gregoire who resigned on March 1st which was in the middle of his second year on the job. Steiner graduated from Boston University in 2011 but played at Duquesne in 2012 since she had a year of eligibility remaining.

Paige Madara was named as the new men's and women's head coach at Grinnell College (D3) in Grinnell, Iowa. Madara replaces Andy Hamilton who was recently promoted to Director of Athletics and Recreation after serving as the men's coach for the last 21 years and the women's coach for the last 9 years. Madara played at Wash U STL from 2009 to 2013 and was most recently the women's assistant coach at Washington and Lee.

Davis Cup

The Davis Cup is back on the schedule this week with several current and former college guys playing for their respective home countries.  Below is a look at who is playing and where.

World Group Quarterfinals

John Isner (Georgia '07), Mike Bryan (Stanford '98), and Bob Bryan (Stanford '98) will represent the United States versus Croatia.

Dominic Inglot (Virginia '09) will represent for Great Britain versus Serbia. 

News and Notes - UTR vs. ITA, Davis Cup, Attendance Race, Miami Streaming, Me in Des Moines

The first thing I wanted to mention is that I wrote an article for the Tennis Recruiting Network that ran today with the topic being the Road to Tulsa. It talks about the teams that I think are contenders for the national championship along with the others that have some work to do so make sure you give it a read.

After the release of the latest Oracle/ITA rankings,  I wanted to do a comparison between those and the most recent Universal Tennis Ratings. Below is a chart of the top 25 men and women sorted by UTR and ITA rankings.

Tulane Beats LSU For First Time Since '04 + See Who Is Playing Davis Cup

It had been 12 years since Tulane last defeated LSU but the Green Wave were able to get it done on Wednesday afternoon with a 4-2 win.

LSU took the doubles point with wins at #1 and #2 but Tulane rebounded in singles by picking up five first sets. Tulane's Constantin Schmitz rolled over Justin Butsch 6-0, 6-2 at #2 but LSU went back ahead when Gabor Csonka beat Alex Van Cott 6-2, 6-0 at #4. Tulane's Chi-Shan Jao evened the match at 2-2 with a 6-0, 6-1 win over Simon Freund at #5.

Davis Cup

Lots of current and former college guys representing their country in Davis Cup action this weekend. Note: The year listed after the school name is the last year they played at that school - doesn't necessarily mean they graduated.

Davis Cup World Group Scoreboard and Groups 1 and 2 Scoreboard

World Group Quartefinals:

Great Britain def. France 3-1 - Dominic Inglot (Virginia '09) is on GBR but didn't play.

Australia def. Kazakhstan 3-2 - Aleksandr Nedovyesov (Oklahoma State '10) represented KAZ

• #115 Aleksandr Nedovyesov def. #41 Nick Kyrgios 7-6(5), 6-7(2), 7-6(5), 6-4 - KAZ 2-0
• Lleyton Hewitt/Sam Groth def. Aleksandr Nedovyesov/Andrey Golubev 6-4, 7-6, 6-2 - KAZ 2-1
• #279 Lleyton Hewitt def. #115 Aleksandr Nedovyesov 7-6, 6-2, 6-3 - AUS 3-2