Hi UT Tennis Fan,
It has been several weeks since my last update, so I have a few things to catch you up on regarding Longhorns past, present, and future!
As you know, several former Longhorns are competing full time on the ATP tour. I will continue to update you as they achieve special results, and reach career milestones. One of those milestones was achieved today, as Eliot Spizzirri cracked the ATP top 100 by advancing to the quarterfinals of the Brest (France) $100k Challenger. Reaching the top 100 in just a year and a half since leaving college is truly an amazing accomplishment, and we all know how hard Eliot has worked for it! Last week, Eliot qualified for, and reached the quarterfinals of the ATP $250k tour event in Brussels, his best finish yet in an ATP tour event. And two weeks before that Eliot won a 100k Challenger in China!
As for our current squad, we now have two players qualified for the NCAA Individual Championship in November. Sebastian Gorzny did so by reaching the quarterfinals of the ITA All American Championships, while Sebastian Eriksson just yesterday reached the singles final of the ITA Texas Regional in College Station. The final was not played since both finalists qualified for the NCAA's. Also in College Station, Jonah Braswell and Evan Burnett reached the doubles semifinal, and Lucas Marionneau reached the singles quarterfinal. This week, Sebastian Gorzny is playing a $25k futures in Norman (he won his first round match today), and next week several of our players will head south to Harlingen for another $25k futures.
As for future Longhorns, we were happy to announce a few weeks ago that Kalin Ivanovski and Abel Forger will be joining our team this coming January. Kalin and Abel are both exceptional players that will be difference makers for our lineup. For all the details of their signing, please click on this press release. We also plan to announce the signing of at least one more player during the November signing period.
Until next time, Hook'em!
Sincerely,
Bruce Berque