Wolfpack0503 said:
We are loaded in women's tennis right now, at least in doubles. Nell and Millie win a national tournament meanwhile Diana wins the US Open (juniors) doubles tournament. That doesn't include Alana who was our number one before injury and Abi who went to the singles final four last year. Stay healthy this year and national title is a legitimate possibility. We are in the elite 4 or 5 teams nationally.
Yeah, absolutely loaded...in both doubles and singles. No disrespect to Jaeda and Priska (good players and only losses from last year's team), but replacing them with Alana and Diana is an upgrade to the team. And everyone else returning (Rencheli, Rajecki, Miller, Abrams) is only getting better with another year of experience...especially Rajecki who seems to have taken a big step up.
Shnaider will immediately be probably the #1 ranked player in singles in the nation. She currently has a #203 (new career high) WTA ranking in the world in singles, and #313 in doubles.
Live singles ranking here currently showing Shnaider at #203 in the world:
https://live-tennis.eu/en/wta-live-rankingShnaider has won junior's doubles titles at the U.S. Open, Australian Open, and Wimbledon. So a doubles team of Shnaider and Smith will also probably be a top 5 doubles team in the nation, and arguably #1. And then we have the doubles team of Miller and Rajecki who just won the ITF All-American doubles title, and will be in the mix to win it all at NCAAs.
Of course, the big prize would be to win the team title at NCAAs. The team was ranked in the top 4 most of last year, and almost made the final four at NCAAs. I think this years' team will be one of the top 4-5 teams in the nation for sure (probably top 2-3) and have a very good chance of winning it all.
Looks like UNC will be top 2-3 in the nation as well. They just had 3 singles players in the semi-finals of the ITF All-American Championships a few days ago. But, of course, we didn't have Diana Shnaider or Alana Smith playing at that tournament. With a singles lineup of Shnaider, Smith, Rencheli, Rajecki, Miller, and Abrams...I think we can match up with UNC and the other elite teams. We'd be a virtual lock to get the doubles point, and then be able to win at least 3 of those 6 singles matches against UNC or other elite teams.
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