Team Tecnifibre is set to take center stage on one of tennis’ biggest venues. Dennis Kudla, one of the US young guns, drew Roger Federer for his second match at Indian Wells. In his first match, he took down Tobias Kamke in a three set battle.

The “Prime Time” spot light is shining bright on Team Tecnifibre this weekend in the SoCal Desert. Be sure to tune in:

Duklo vs. Sharapova
Saturday March 10, 7 PM pst | The Tennis Channel

Kudla vs. Federer
Sunday March 11, 7 PM pst | The Tennis Channel

On March 6, 2012 Janko Tipsarevic worked out with Mitchell Krueger at the Indian Wells BNP Paribas.

Trent Bryde is a 6th grader from Suwanee, GA who recently switched to Tecnifibre’s T-Fight 295 with Pro Red Code & MultiFeel string. Since switching, Trent has gone on a tear that challenge’s Novak Djokovic’s 2011 season. Trent’s first tournament with Tecnifibre was a National Level 3 where he won his first 3 matches before losing in the semifinals. His next tournament was the Southern Cup, where he won all 4 of his matches at the #1 position. He followed up at the Tecnifibre Fall Classic, a Southern Level 4, where he won the tournament by winning all 4 of his matches. He extending his winning streak to 13 by winning his first 5 matches at a Southern Level 2 in Cary, N.C., before losing in the finals to Jared Pratt. He then won 11 more matches in a row, which included 2 tournament titles, including a doubles title as well. He then reached the finals of a National Level 2, which extended his winning streak to 15 matches.

In total, since switching to his Tecnifibre T-Fight 295, Trent has won 31 our of 34 singles matches, and has won 4 tournaments, and reached 2 finals. Trent is currently ranked 13 in the nation and 1 in Georgia on tennisrecruiting.net, but with the way he’s playing, he is definitely one of the hottest players in the country and looking to continue improving his game. Congratulations to Trent on his amazing run, and we hope that he will continue to enjoy success with his Tecnifibre T-Fight 295 and Pro Red Code & MultiFeel string.

Tecnifibre TEAM USA member Mitchell Krueger was recently featured on tennisrecruiting.net. Mitchell talks about his approach to the college recruiting process and his possible choices for school. Mitchell has had a great 2011 ITF season, which has included titles at the Aukland Summer Championships and the Pan American ITF Championships. Mitchell is currently ranked #16 in the ITF rankings; he uses the T-Fight 325 and Black Code Strings. Congratulations to Mitchell on his great year, and good luck on finding a program that fits you well!

Tecnifibre TEAM USA member Mitchell Krueger won the Pan American ITF Championships last week. The tournament was a grade B1 hard-court event held in Tulsa, Oklahoma from October 11-15. The tournament consisted mainly of Americans, Mexicans, and Canadians, but also had players from Central and South America.

Mitchell (T-Fight 325 & Black Code), who is from Texas, entered the tournament as the top seed and won easily in his first round match, 6-0, 6-1. In the second round, Krueger dropped his only set of the tournament and rallied to earn a convincing 3-6, 6-0, 6-2 win over Samuel Monette. Mitchell cruised through his next 3 matches, with his closest set being 6-2. In the final, Mitchell defeated wildcard Noah Rubin, 6-4, 6-1.

Mitchell also reached the semifinals in doubles. He and Connor Farren entered the tournament as the #1 seeded team and won their first two matches before losing to the number four seeds, Monette/Peliwo, a Canadian team, who went on to win the tournament.

With this great result, Mitchell moved up to a new career high world ranking of #15.

Congratulations to Mitchell on another great result, and congratulations to all participants of the Pan American Championships. Good luck to all Tecnifibre TEAM members in upcoming events!

Tecnifibre TEAM USA member Lorenzo Lorusso recently won the Fall Classic Super Series in Coral Gables, Florida. Lorenzo (T-Flash 300 & Black Code) entered the tournament as the #4 seed and had to fight through some tough matches on his way to the title. The tournament was a Boy’s 12&Under event held on the Hard Courts at the Biltmore, Coral Gables. Lorenzo’s biggest challenge in the tournament came in the third round against Randy Wilson, where Lorenzo had to come back from a set down; he ultimately won the match 5-7, 6-2, 10-5.

Lorenzo has recently been featured on Athletic DNA’s website, check out his ADNA profile here.

Congratulations Lorenzo on a great effort!

Tecnifibre USA TEAM member Aby Madrigal won the Indiana State High School Doubles Championship this past June. Aby (T-Flash 315 Speedflex) partnered with Liz Quinn to capture the title without dropping a set for Highland High School.
Congratulations to Aby, Liz, and Highland H.S.!

This is a great video about our young American star Denis Kudla (T-Fight 325).

Denis Kudla_Profile (English) from Tecnifibre Channel on Vimeo.

Team members Mitchell Krueger and Nikko Madregallejo both represented TEAM Tecnifibre with wins at the Napa Valley Tennis Classic. The event is a tournament where the USTA fields some of its best Juniors against some of the top NCAA Division I players in the country. A few of the teams that participated were Notre Dame, UCLA, California, Tennessee and Vanderbilt. Nikko (T-Fight 325 & Black Code) posted wins over Notre Dame’s Casey Watt (#28 ITA) and Tulsa’s Grant Ive. Mitchell (T-Fight 325 & Black Code) posted a win over Notre Dame’s Niall Fitzgerald 6-7, 6-1, 6-1.

Here are three detailed reports on the event from ZooTennis.com: Day 1.  Day 2.  Day 3. 

Check out this great feature video on Bjorn Fratangelo and his title at the 2011 Junior French Open.

Congratulations to Bjorn, who uses the T-Fight 325 & Black Code Strings.

For more on the 2011 Junior French Open and Bjorn’s Run to the final, click here.