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- This is the most exciting storyline of the US Open. Two Ohio kids, played all four (or five!) years at Ohio State, won NCAAs their final year…into the US Open semifinals!The run continues!!! Cash and Tracy win in straight sets 6-1, 7-6 and are on to the semifinals of the U.S. Open! #GoBucks
00:00 - The silly state of college athletics: Matt Forbes, an incoming Michigan State freshman, will have to decline the $100K US Open first round prize money to retain eligibility. If a MSU collective wants to pay him $100k instead…totally fine.US OPEN BOUND 🇺🇸 Matt Forbes is this year’s USTA Boys’ 18s national champion! He’ll be the first Spartan to play in the US Open. 👏 #GoGreen
00:00 - In 2022, August Holmgren (USD) and Ben Shelton (Florida) faced off in the men’s NCAA singles final. Now, they’re both into the Wimbledon third round. It’s the first time former NCAA final opponents have reached the third round of the same slam since 1983.
- Oklahoma upsets #14 Cal 4️⃣-1️⃣ to advance to the ITA National Indoor Championships! The Sooners won doubles, #1 Garcia Ruiz (clinch), #5 Nahum, and #6 Catanzarite.
00:00 - Ben Shelton (Florida) is the first NCAA men’s singles champion to reach the #USOpen fourth round since Benjamin Becker (Baylor) sent Andre Agassi into retirement in 2006.
- Ben Shelton is the first NCAA men’s singles champion to make the following year’s #AusOpen quarterfinal since Arthur Ashe in 1966.
- Thai-Son Kwiatkowski, the 2017 NCAA singles champion at Virginia, announces his retirement from tennis on Instagram. The 29yo reached ATP #181. Kwiatkowski, a North Carolina native, fittingly played his final match today at the Winston-Salem Open.
- Dasha Vidmanova of Georgia is the third woman in NCAA history to win the NCAA team, singles, and doubles title. She joins: Linda Gates, Stanford Nicole Gibbs, Stanford
- 22 years. 128 matches. That’s how long it’s been since Ohio State lost to a Big Ten opponent in Columbus. @uclatennis snaps the streak 4-3 to win the Big Ten tournament title.
00:00 - Down goes #1! #8 @UNC_wtennis upsets #1 Georgia in Athens 4️⃣-3️⃣ with wins at doubles, #1 Brantmeier (clinch), #2 Rabman, and #4 Tanguilig. Massive win for Brantmeier over #1 Vidmanova to clinch after ~11 months out of competition.
00:00 - STUNNER in Seattle! @PackWTennis hands #1 North Carolina its first #ITAIndoors loss since 2019! The Wolfpack win 4️⃣-3️⃣ with singles wins from #1 Rajecki, #2 Rencheli, #3 Zyryanova (clinch), and #4 Abrams.
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