Sun beating down, flashing on the sea of neon yellow shorts, the JV tennis team takes the court. Carlos Riddle '17 steps onto the concrete, shirt gripping to his chest. His formidable Lake Highlands opponent stands at the ready, knees bent, slightly rocking back and forth. Riddle serves the ball, acing his opponent and earning the point. The match...
Clark Shannon ’17 gently tosses the bright yellow Wilson tennis ball into the air. With perfect form, he brings up his blue racket and hits the ball delivering a 98 MPH ace. The referee yells “Point.”
The Jesuit Ranger Tennis Team increased their record to 2-0 with another win this past Tuesday. In their season opener against Plano East last...
It's the third set tiebreaker. With the match on the line, Jack Murray '21 steps up to the baseline. "5-5," he calls. The tension could be cut with a knife. He shrugs his shoulders back to relax and bounces the ball on the pavement just in front of his left foot. He bounces the ball three more times, then...
The top 6 players for the Jesuit tennis team left last Thursday for the Texas Tennis Private School Championship in College Station. Jesuit, paired with Ursuline, went into the tournament as the fifth seed and throughout the two days, won three matchups and lost one.
Thursday
The team left at 12:45 p.m. on Thursday for College Station. Setting off on a...
After school on a Thursday afternoon on March 29th, the sun was hidden behind the clouds, leading to a cool evening and an excellent day to play tennis. The Rangers soon arrived to play against an up-and-coming St. Marks team comprised of mostly lowerclassmen. The Jesuit Tennis Team easily thought that this victory would not be too hard to...
The Jesuit Tennis team did not let Spring Break extinguish the flames of its season-long hot streak, as the team rolled through the second half of the spring season. The athletes returned to participate in the Jesuit Spring Invitational tournament at Hockaday. The tournament was created four years ago in order to expose the Rangers to an array of...
The Jesuit tennis team finished their fall season dominating Irving, Coppell, Longview, and Lake Highlands in very intense and high-energy matches throughout the weeks of competitive play. The team has finished with a high winning record and hopes to continue the high-intensity mentality to the Spring Season. Over the fall season, the team has had a chance to grow...
Early Life
Jannik Sinner was born on August 16th, 2001 in San Candido, Italy. Sinner first played tennis at the age of three, which instantly sparked an interest in him. Sinner played tennis all throughout his childhood; however, he never took it very seriously. Jannik saw tennis as more of a hobby than a future; rather, he was deeply interested...
