Dylan Dietrich

to me.

I mean, it's Dietrich won Rice 2.

That's a given.

Like, I don't think that's changing.

It was Ilyas Fahim of Virginia Tech, knocked out by Patrick Patera of VCU in 7-6 in the third bracket, then beat him.

Sorry, go ahead.

Yeah, Dietrich Rice have to be one, too.

I think it's going to be the freshman Luca Prada at three.

And on top of that, again, no Luciana Perez, so unless she magically shows up at the ITA Conference Masters, um-

Which we have to have a conversation about this for Luciana Perez and Dylan Dietrich, because as of right now, it seems highly likely that neither of them will qualify for NCAAs, and let's wait for the die to be cast once we find out about Conference Masters.

But yeah, huge d- 'Cause by the way, Conference Masters is the week of the Charlottesville Challenger, so I can pretty much guarantee-

Heard

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Dylan Dietrich is not playing this event, so we'll talk about that, uh, I think once that is official.

But yeah, no Luciana Perez.

You can kind of write her off for, uh, for NCAAs.

And if I'm not mistaken, the NCAA individuals this fall will take place at the week of the Champaign Challenger instead of the week after, which would be the week of November 16th.

And for some players which- who started to make their mark in the professional scene, like Dylan Dietrich, who also won the singles sector of the Columbus Challenger as I speak, and then just some others, while they, while their qualifications might be questioned, such as if they suddenly showed up to a regional or somehow are ready for the professional scene, it would be interesting to see how they develop and follow their progress, not only in the college game and the professional scene nearby, but also what happened in between.

So this shows how the college path is also feasible, not only for the tennis as in developing our game, but also as a person, and not to mention academically, because this era needs skills beyond tennis that can be carried for our lives.

By the way, I've been covering the Challenger Tour and other lower tier circuits as a fan for some time now.

Six ATP Challengers on the calendar this week.

Shout out my guy Dylan Dietrich into another Challenger quarterfinal wins over JJ Wolf, Andrew Fenty to do so in Columbus.

All the college guys in action in Columbus, by the way.

Dietrich, Rotgering, uh, Shelby, Colton Smith, Bryce Nakashima.

So with that, let's go to the men's side.

And the one spoiler I did have was that Paul Nchauspe, who was going to be the number one overall seed here because he is preseason number two from Princeton, and we knew that Dylan Dietrich of Virginia, your preseason number one, had withdrawn because he was playing in the San Diego Challenger.

He Paul Nchauspe has withdrawn, and I'm assuming it's due to injury.

That retirement that he had in that UTR event that Adam talked about yesterday, huge disappointment.

Now, a little bitter taste in my mouth for Luca Pau, given the way that he ended that NCAA tournament for Wake Forest, particularly as really one of the leaders on that team, the emotional leader, you could say, of that Wake Forest team did not have a good NCAA's final site.

Maybe a little revenge here for Luca Pau.

Certainly had a great fall last season where he took out Dylan Dietrich at NCAAs.

So I think I got to have a few upsets here.

A few of those favorites, they're not gonna be in the draw.

I mean, we're missing both college number ones, which is a bummer, which is Dylan Dietrich-

We start right there, right

... and Luciana Perez.

I can't find where she is or what she's up to.

Now, we know generally she has skipped the fall in the past, so that's not necessarily a surprise.

But Dylan Dietrich is skipping the event for the San Diego Challenger, uh, as are several other players, like Mies Rockring of Wake, Wake Forest.

So, but Dylan Dietrich has the opportunity to go for history, like the first man to win a Triple Crown, meaning winning an NCAA title in singles, doubles, and the team event.