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Men’s tennis makes two huge signings

Posted on 6/5/26 at 10:10 am
Posted by Utah_CUtiger
Utah
Member since Jun 2017
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Posted on 6/5/26 at 10:10 am
23 year old from Belarus and 22 year old from Egypt. Both have UTRs above 13.6 and have had ATP rankings near the top 600.

Daniil Ostapenkov

Michael Bassem Sobhy
Posted by drizztiger
Deal With it!
Member since Mar 2007
48059 posts
Posted on 6/5/26 at 10:28 am to
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from Belarus
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from Egypt
Will Wade coaching tennis now too?
Posted by Tiger Ike
SW Louisiana
Member since Aug 2013
1728 posts
Posted on 6/5/26 at 10:36 am to
LSU loves international athletes in non-revenue sports
Posted by purplengold1
Illinois
Member since Feb 2009
5761 posts
Posted on 6/5/26 at 10:40 am to
Jeff Goodman is going to be pissed.
Posted by AD23
Lab
Member since Jun 2012
1532 posts
Posted on 6/5/26 at 10:53 am to
o/u 2 page thread

Gonna take the under
Posted by Lgrnwd
Member since Jan 2018
8762 posts
Posted on 6/5/26 at 11:49 am to
Boom!
Posted by Utah_CUtiger
Utah
Member since Jun 2017
3418 posts
Posted on 6/5/26 at 11:55 am to
Brought in pros from Belarus and Poland last year. Maybe Wade learned from Coach Bryan
Posted by drizztiger
Deal With it!
Member since Mar 2007
48059 posts
Posted on 6/5/26 at 12:02 pm to
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Brought in pros from Belarus and Poland last year. Maybe Wade learned from Coach Bryan
All good bro.

I don't pay attention to Tennis, but thank you for the information. Truly.

Posted by Utah_CUtiger
Utah
Member since Jun 2017
3418 posts
Posted on 6/5/26 at 12:04 pm to
Yeah no problem lol. This is actually pretty common for tennis. Most top teams bring in really good international players, more than American players. So LSU is definitely not alone in this in tennis, but might be more unique in basketball.

So basketball, starting to do it, actually just mirrors what tennis has been doing for a long time.
Posted by drizztiger
Deal With it!
Member since Mar 2007
48059 posts
Posted on 6/5/26 at 12:16 pm to
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So basketball, starting to do it, actually just mirrors what tennis has been doing for a long time.
As a pretty big LSU basketball fan, I think this class from Wade isn't going to be the norm. It's a one-time mostly international thing for reasons.

I know other sports work much differently. It's great to learn.
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