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Men's tennis season ends at 10-14, 2-11 in ACC
Apr 23, 2021, 3:31 PM
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Lost a close match to Virginia Tech 4-2 in the first round of the ACC tournament last year.
Overall a pretty poor year with not much progress as was the hope. All losses to ranked teams, but at some point you have to start getting wins.
Senior Yizhou Liu had his worst year, going 5-12 overall in singles, 0-8 in the ACC. Yet another example of a player at Clemson who once showed promise but actually regressed as his career went on rather than improve.
Junior Teodor Giusca had a better year albeit lower in the linuep. Next year as a senior he will be expected to be an anchor of the team.
Senior Carlos Kelaidis had arguably his best season because he played higher in the lineup, yet still only went 3-7 overall in the ACC. He took a lot of losses in his years at Clemson over his 5 years, often forced to play higher in the lineup than suitable. I do not have the stats but I would imagine he would be near the top of all time Clemson singles losses in a career.
Freshman Ryuhei Azuma started the year well but sputtered out at the end as the schedule got tougher. Still, he seems to be a solid player for the future.
Freshmen Spencer Whitaker and Jorge Plans Gonzalez were the bright spots at the end of the year. Often winning at the bottom of the lineup, locking down 5 and 6. Of course now the issue is that they will likely have to play higher in the lineup next year, as we are losing our top 2 players.
Nobody else on the team is of note as they did not have much impact on the season. Which is disappointing for a couple of them who were supposed to be contributors.
Best win of the season: 4-3 over Florida State. Broke the multi-year losing skid to FSU, even though FSU was way down this year, still nice to get the W over them.
Worst loss of the season: 6-1 to Memphis. Every loss was to a ranked team so there was no stand out bad loss, but the lack of competitiveness vs Memphis makes it the worst one.
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Re: Men's tennis season ends at 10-14, 2-11 in ACC
Apr 23, 2021, 3:54 PM
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where does my hs talent come from? and where are most other acc teams get their top players from? The ACC seems like a very solid conference so there should at least be some conference affiliation appeal you'd think..
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a lot of college tennis talent comes from international
Apr 23, 2021, 4:05 PM
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markets. But it is possible to build solid teams without it, as Notre Dame has no international players and is always a top 25 type of program. It depends on your focus. In contrast, Mississippi State goes exclusively international and always finds a way to reload each year for a top 20 team, always finding the right talent.
Clemson's reputation for developing talent is pretty low at the moment, due to lack of success for more than a decade now. It has been very hard to bring in any top American players because of that and the scouting on the international front has not been as solid as it could be.
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Re: a lot of college tennis talent comes from international
Apr 23, 2021, 4:10 PM
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what is uva's approach? They go a mixed route don't they? and seem to crush it year after year.
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Yes they have done a mix
Apr 23, 2021, 4:16 PM
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at the start of their reign in the late 2000s they had a lot of internationals like Somdev Devvarman of India, one of the GOATs of college tennis history. Those internationals built their brand and they then were able to bring in top Americans for the early 2010s teams like Jarmere Jenkins (brother played at Clemson), Mitchell Frank, Alex Domijan etc. So they started to lean more American because it was a top destination. This year they have loaded up from top international talent again. So yes they mix it up very well.
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Re: Men's tennis season ends at 10-14, 2-11 in ACC
Apr 23, 2021, 4:23 PM
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TIP,a big Thank You to you for your continued dedication to keeping everyone updated on the Clemson Men's Tennis program and some times the Women's team also.Hopefully things very soon will get better for both programs as it just does not seem right to not see both in the NCAA Tournament because for years they both were winning at a high level and making the postseason regularly.It's hard to believe that the Men have not been to the postseason since the 2013-14 season and Women's since 2017-18,just does not seem right at all.
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I follow the women's team as well
Apr 23, 2021, 4:32 PM
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I just don't follow the women's side in college tennis as closely as a whole. At least not until the ncaa tournament.
The Clemson women are going through a rough patch as well. It's been shorter for them but it is worrying since it is the aftermath of the Nancy Harris era and the ability to bring in top talent has definitely gone down in the last 3-4 years.
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Re: I follow the women's team as well
Apr 23, 2021, 4:41 PM
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and with the brand new indoor and outdoor facilities that Clemson has to showcase you would think that recruiting would come easy but it all goes back to the head coach and his or her ability to go out and get the very best talent available
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For sure
Apr 27, 2021, 2:40 PM
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would love the tennis teams to get to the level of the golf team some day
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Re: I follow the women's team as well
Apr 27, 2021, 7:17 PM
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Amen on that thought I don’t follow tennis much but seems we could do better
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Fire Chuck Kriese!***
Apr 27, 2021, 2:42 PM
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