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TCU Men's Tennis 2021-2022

Jared7

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Gray continued his winning ways this morning at the Heraklion ITF tourney with a 3-set W over Naw - 4-6, 7-6 (7-5), 6-2. He's now advanced to the quarters. His next opponent will be Alec Deckers, a 20-year-old Dutch player with an ATP ranking of #1016.
 
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Jared7

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Alastair is into the semis at Heraklion with a 3 and 4 W over Deckers this morning, which means more ATP points. He'll next play Peter Hajta, a 19-year-old Hungarian with an ATP ranking of #669, his CH. Gray has advanced so much in the rankings that Google now gives his results on a search rather than having to distinguish between him and Alasdair Gray, the Scottish writer.
 

FrogUltimate

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Alastair is into the semis at Heraklion with a 3 and 4 W over Deckers this morning, which means more ATP points. He'll next play Peter Hajta, a 19-year-old Hungarian with an ATP ranking of #669, his CH. Gray has advanced so much in the rankings that Google now gives his results on a search rather than having to distinguish between him and Alasdair Gray, the Scottish writer.

Good result so far, it is strange he entered a 15K Futures tourny... the lowest level of professional tennis. Looks like if he wins the tourny he would move about 50 spots into the low 500s. At this point he's moved about 15 spots I think.
 

Jared7

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Good result so far, it is strange he entered a 15K Futures tourny... the lowest level of professional tennis. Looks like if he wins the tourny he would move about 50 spots into the low 500s. At this point he's moved about 15 spots I think.
Well, the ATP points are the same regardless of the purse. But yeah, the RSA and Doha tourneys (Gray's last 4) were all $25,000 purses and this one isn't, but I think that's because South Africa and Qatar are more off the beaten path and there are fewer tourneys there as compared to Europe, so they beef up the purses a little to attract more and better players (or maybe their sponsors have more money to spread around). To the players at this level, the money is pretty piddly anyway and they're probably chasing points more than money in any event. You have to make it to the Challengers before the money gets anywhere near good and you can only really make a living if you make it to the ATP250 level consistently.
 

FrogUltimate

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Well, the ATP points are the same regardless of the purse. But yeah, the RSA and Doha tourneys (Gray's last 4) were all $25,000 purses and this one isn't, but I think that's because South Africa and Qatar are more off the beaten path and there are fewer tourneys there as compared to Europe, so they beef up the purses a little to attract more and better players (or maybe their sponsors have more money to spread around). To the players at this level, the money is pretty piddly anyway and they're probably chasing points more than money in any event. You have to make it to the Challengers before the money gets anywhere near good and you can only really make a living if you make it to the ATP250 level consistently.

Are you sure? The link I have says that 25K tournaments are worth 20 ATP points to the winner, while 15K tournaments are worth 10 points to the winner.
 

Jared7

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Are you sure? The link I have says that 25K tournaments are worth 20 ATP points to the winner, while 15K tournaments are worth 10 points to the winner.
I'd trust your link over me. They changed up the whole system 2 years ago, and I guess they changed the points too. Thanks for the correction.
 

MathFrog

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Seventh-seeded Gerardo López Villaseñor has reached the quarterfinals at the Futures 25K tournament in Harlingen, and is currently on court with top seed Paul Jubb. Jubb took the first set 7-6 (4) and it's 2-2 in the second.
 

Jared7

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Seventh-seeded Gerardo López Villaseñor has reached the quarterfinals at the Futures 25K tournament in Harlingen, and is currently on court with top seed Paul Jubb. Jubb took the first set 7-6 (4) and it's 2-2 in the second.
Unfortunately, Lopez ended up losing 5-7 in the 2nd and is out at Harlingen.
 

Jared7

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It's another tournament for Alastair Gray and and yet another finals appearance as he beats Peter Fatja 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 and will now face Francesco Maestrelli in the finals tomorrow. Maestrelli is an 18-year-old Italian and has an ATP ranking of #1020.
 

Jared7

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Gray lost in the finals to Maestrelli this morning at Heraklion 0-6, 6-3, 5-7, so no 3rd title this Fall. But a finals appearance is still a good result for Alastair and he'll move up in the rankings.

No, I haven't heard of any new recruits as yet, but Roditi doesn't always announce them until they get a written commitment, so that doesn't mean he hasn't been busy on the recruiting trail. We seem set for the Spring, with Fomba, Jong, Aguilar, Vives, Jirousek, Ruehl, Maxted and Fearnley.
 

Jared7

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Norrie may have made a mistake in withdrawing from further tourneys prior to the ATP Finals. Matteo Berrettini suffered an abdominal injury in his match with Sascha Zverev today and may well pull out of the Finals in Turin. If so, that would mean Jannik Sinner would replace him as the first alternate - he played last week and lost to Murray in the first round but it was enough to solidify his lead over Norrie for the first alternate slot.

In fact, it's official now as Berrettini withdraws from the Finals and Sinner will replace him.
 
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Longfrog

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We got any new studs signed for next year?

Sebastian Gorzny, #8 ranked US prospect for class of '22. Right now we only have 8 guys on the roster. Aguilar and Ruehl are out of eligibility after this season and Fomba could go pro if he has a really good season. We'll probably bring in another grad transfer next year, but there might still be room for another recruit.
 

FrogUltimate

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Norrie may have made a mistake in withdrawing from further tourneys prior to the ATP Finals. Matteo Berrettini suffered an abdominal injury in his match with Sascha Zverev today and may well pull out of the Finals in Turin. If so, that would mean Jannik Sinner would replace him as the first alternate - he played last week and lost to Murray in the first round but it was enough to solidify his lead over Norrie for the first alternate slot.

In fact, it's official now as Berrettini withdraws from the Finals and Sinner will replace him.
Disappointing.
 

FrogUltimate

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As anticipated Gray moved up about 30 spots to a new career high of #531. This Greece site is hosting like four Futures tournaments in a row and Gray is entered into all of them so he will be in the same place for a while. Unfortunately they are all 15K tournies... a little strange. Hopefully he can put together a run of semis or better results and move into top 500 and then transition into Challenger qualies starting in 2022.
 

Purp

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As anticipated Gray moved up about 30 spots to a new career high of #531. This Greece site is hosting like four Futures tournaments in a row and Gray is entered into all of them so he will be in the same place for a while. Unfortunately they are all 15K tournies... a little strange. Hopefully he can put together a run of semis or better results and move into top 500 and then transition into Challenger qualies starting in 2022.
Maybe that's why he went there and SA? Play several consecutive tourneys in one place to reduce travel expenses? Seems reasonable for guys like him who aren't making enough money to live off of yet.
 

FrogUltimate

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Maybe that's why he went there and SA? Play several consecutive tourneys in one place to reduce travel expenses? Seems reasonable for guys like him who aren't making enough money to live off of yet.
For sure, wouldn't be surprising. It's also an island of Greece and the city is on the coast in the Mediterranean. So basically like a high end month-long vacation with tennis.
 

Jared7

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Gray will open up this week at Heraklion against Kai Lemstra, a 22-year-old German qualifier with an ATP ranking of #1231. Alastair is seeded 3rd in this tourney after being the top seed and a finals player last week. Heraklion is the capital of Crete and is definitely a tourist destination. I'm sure Alastair is getting cheap lodging and accommodations.
 

FrogUltimate

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Sebastian Gorzny, #8 ranked US prospect for class of '22. Right now we only have 8 guys on the roster. Aguilar and Ruehl are out of eligibility after this season and Fomba could go pro if he has a really good season. We'll probably bring in another grad transfer next year, but there might still be room for another recruit.

Just posted a tweet that he's all signed up
 

Jared7

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Gray beat Lemstra 6-1, 7-5 today on the Greek island of Crete and has advanced to the 2nd round where he will play Michael Zhu, a 29-year-old American with an ATP ranking of #978. Zhu was a Michigan Wolverine.

Jerry Lopez (o Gerardo Lopez Villasenor si prefiere espanol) is in Austin this week. He lost in singles to Peter Bertran in 3 sets yesterday but he's still alive in doubles (teaming with Bertran) and they'll be playing Finn Bass and Luke Johnson (Brits and friends of Gray).
 
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