Men's Tennis Begins Fall with Crimson Tide Fall Championships
9/15/2005 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
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The Alabama men's tennis team will kick-off its fall season this weekend by hosting the Crimson Tide Fall Championships Friday through Sunday at the Alabama Tennis Center.
"I'm looking forward to kicking off the fall with our home tournament," Alabama head coach Billy Pate said. "We have teams from all over the country that represent all different regions. Everyone will get a chance to play against opponents they might not normally see."
Eighteen teams and 94 athletes from across the nation will participate in the three day event. The tournament will feature three flights of singles, three flights of doubles and two flights of One-on-One doubles. There will be a back draw for each flight so players are guaranteed at least three matches.
The tournament will also feature 10 singles players currently ranked in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association's top 100 including Tide player Joseph Jung, ranked No. 33.
One of the featured draws at the tournament will be the Alabama Collegiate One-on-One Championships. One-on-One doubles is a unique style of tennis developed by Ed Krass, normally used by tennis coaches in practice to help foster a serve and volley game as well as improve doubles skills. However, Pate has implemented it into this weekend's competition slate. In One-on-One doubles, two opponents, one on each side, play on just half the court diagonally from each other and must serve and volley on both first and second serves. This is just second time the format is being used in collegiate tennis.
"This is a historic event," Krass said. "We want to help grow the game of One-on-One doubles and hope this will help bring back the competitive spirit of serve and volley tennis."
Scoring for this for the Alabama Collegiate One-on-One Doubles Championships will be in eight-game pro-sets and the event's semifinals and finals, to be played on Sunday, will be televised for FOX College Sports Atlantic to be aired on Sunday October 16 at 6 p.m cst.
Play each day is slated to begin at 8:30 a.m. and admission is free. Fans wanting to learn more about One-on-One doubles can check out the website at www.oneononedoubles.com.
