Surprised at how little he celebrated after winning Sunday.
Also this is the first I’ve seen him play live since the natty. Seems like he’s completely rebuilt his service motion. It was hard to tell with the wind if it was more or less effective. Just thought it was odd.
Lots of signals that Gojo may be back this spring. If so, Wake would be favorites to repeat.
Lots of signals that Gojo may be back this spring. If so, Wake would be favorites to repeat.
What is the bottom of the lineup expected to look like? Has anyone separated themselves after Gojo, Chrysochos and Botzer?
I read on another site that we signed Siddhant Banthia, the number 1 junior in India. If true, he'll play top 6, for sure. Melios Efstathiou, a freshman from Cyrus, also looks to be top 6 player. Other options include Julian Zlobinsky, Eduardo Nava, Rrezart Cungu, Alan Gadjiev, etc. Basically, we're loaded.
Good point by CD1 that doubles could be weaker. It's hard t replace Mansouri and Seraphim, who may have been the two best doubles players in the country last year. Plus, Ian Dempster was a really good doubles player.
Where did you read that about Banthia? I had heard that he was coming in January, but haven't seen it printed anywhere. I agree that it is likely that he would play top 6 alongside Gojo, Petros, Melios, and Bar, but always hard to tell how freshman will respond to the dual match atmosphere. Hopefully he can grab hold of the 5 spot, then I'd think we'd be looking at a committee approach like we had last year unless one of the guys you named steps up. We've got great depth in spot 6-10, BUT to win another natty we need someone to own 6. Cungu has good experience, but big hitters overpower him on hard courts. Nava and Gadjiev both played well 2 years ago at TCU and Wake respectively, but were up and down last year. Zlob and Solomon are just so darn inconsistent. Yuval has some HUGE wins, but also some bad losses. Bresky may elect to play the matchup game.
I agree with all of this, though we did win the championship last year without a solid #6 player.
For sure, and it is absolutely possible, but our 3 spot will be down and dubs is going to take a hit. Skan was a Sr. All American playing in that spot. Skan, Dempster, and Dirk had to be among the top 10 dubs players in the country last year. I'd probably say Skander was the best dubs player in college. Once Dirk was back healthy and playing singles we were much better. My hope is that Banthia can help at 5, and Cungu can play 6.