Wednesday was the official National Signing Day for high school students, as they committed in writing to the schools they signed up for.
I usually do a bunch of these posts every November; I know many of the signings have been announced on social media, but I’m waiting for them to appear on the school’s website so there is some more information available about the student-athlete. Not all players will sign for next fall, so check the link for information on some players who may start in January.
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Seventeen-year-old Gavin Goode defeated Morocco’s Mehdi Benchakroun (Central Florida) 1-6, 6-3, 6-4 to reach his first Pro Circuit quarterfinal. He will play No. 5 seed Reda Bennani of Morocco, the only non-American junior to advance.
Two surprisingly lopsided matches for all the juniors in today’s second round, with 18-year-old Max Exsted beating qualifier Noah Johnston 6-0, 6-1 and 17-year-old Jack Kennedy beating Keaton Hance 6-0, 6-1. Exsted and Kennedy will play in the junior or pro competition for the first time on Friday. It is the fourth Pro Circuit quarterfinal for Kennedy and the second for Exsted. Wild card Matisse Farzam, an 18-year-old freshman at Clemson, defeated 15-year-old Jordan Lee 6-0, 6-4 to reach his first Pro Circuit quarterfinal, and he will next face unseeded Christopher Li (UNC, Tennessee, Ohio State) of Peru.
In the only veterans-only quarterfinal, No. 2 seed Felix Corwin (Minnesota) will face No. 8 seed Stijn Paardekooper (St. Bonaventure, Utah State) of the Netherlands. Paardekooper defeated 17-year-old qualifier Nikolas Stood 7-6(3), 6-1, while Corwin defeated 16-year-old wildcard Andrew Johnson 6-4, 6-2.
Exsted, Stoot and Goode have all reached the doubles semi-finals, with Exsted playing with Corwin, Stoot with 15-year-old Teodor Davidov and Goode with regular partner Ryan Cozad.
In the other all-Buckeye quarterfinal, No. 3 seed Aidan Kim plays No. 5 seed Victor Lilov, who comes to Ohio State in January. Kim defeated Will Jansen (UNC, Ohio State, Georgia) 6-3, 6-4 and Lilov defeated Vlado Jankanj (Ole Miss) of Serbia 6-2, 6-2.
No. 2 seed Henry Searle of Great Britain faces No. 6 seed Cal sophomore Fryderyk Lechno-Wasiutynski of Poland.
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