UVA versus Pepperdine
2007 Feb 23, Charlottesville, VA, indoors,
Boar's Head Sports Club (BHSC)
UVA versus Pepperdine
2007 Feb 23, Charlottesville, VA, indoors,
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The short movies below (about 10 seconds each) were taken on the evening of 23 Feb 2007 when the UVA men's tennis team (the Wahoos) met the Pepperdine men's tennis team (the Wave), for an indoor match at the Boar's Head Sports Club courts in Charlottesville, VA. The results of the tournament were as follows. No. 3 Virginia 6, No. 8 Pepperdine 1 Doubles:
1. No. 4 Somdev Devvarman/Treat Huey (UVA) defeated
2. Dominic Inglot/Houston Barrick (UVA) defeated
3. Marko Miklo/Lee Singer (UVA) defeated Order of finish: 1,3,2
Singles: Order of finish: 5,1,4,6,2,3
There are a few short movies of the doubles --- on each of the 3 courts. There are short movies of all the singles matches except the Singer match at number 5 singles. I did not get down to that court, at a far end of the indoor courts, before that match was over.
Here is the Men's Division 1 Tennis page at
collegetennisonline.com . |
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Movie file-type info : Each of the movies below is presented in one format --- Apple Quicktime movie format (.mov file). This is the format directly from the camera, no conversions. If you have a Quicktime move viewer on your computer, you should be able to view the .mov files. This will probably be no problem on Mac computers ... and no problem with a Mozilla or Firefox browser on most Linux or Microsoft-Windows computers. Nowadays (circa 2006-2007), even the Microsoft Internet Explorer browser is typically equipped with a Quicktime movie viewer plug-in ("add-on"). (If necessary, you may be able to use Edit>Preferences>HelperApplications or Tools>etc.>etc. in your browser to associate the proper player application with the .mov file type. However, the Microsoft Internet Explorer browser does not seem to be very flexible/adaptable with respect to associating viewers with file-types. You may have to do the association outside of the IE browser.) |
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Movie frame-size and startup info : Most of these movies were recorded at 640x480 resolution/pixels, rather than 320x240. If you are viewing them with your desktop set at 800x600 resolution, you may find the Quicktime viewer play-and-stop controls are out of sight at the bottom of your screen. You will probably be able to bring them into view by collapsing some of the toolbars at the top of your browser. You might be lucky enough to have a Quicktime viewer that will allow you to change the size of the movie --- say to 320x240. If you cannot get the movie controls in sight, you may be able to start the movie by double-clicking on the image of the first frame.
When you click on these movie links, the movie will be started up in a separate window. After viewing the movie, you can close the window to get back to this window. A single click on each link will probably suffice to start the viewer.
When you hold the mouse cursor over the links, you can probably see the file names in the status area of your browser. The filenames give some indication of the number of hits in the point. Most points are about 1 to 5 hits. An "X" in the filename indicates that it appears that UVA did not win the point.
Camera and picture-taking info : These movies were taken with a 6 megapixel Nikon Coolpix L1, which has a 5-to-1 optical zoom capability --- and a CIPA rating of about 100 to 150 photos on a pair of AA alkaline batteries. I had to switch batteries in and out, as they temporarily became depleted. I was able to take about 85 movies, of about 10 seconds each (about 15 minutes total --- 640x480 pixels, 30 frames/sec), on the equivalent of a pair (or two) of AA alkaline batteries. About half of those movies went only one hit (serves into the net, serves out, and the like). Essentially all of those "one-hit" movies were discarded, leaving about 40 short movies. (I doubt if I will use 640x480 resolution again. It seems like the camera simply scaled up 320x240. The quality does not seem to be better at 640x480. In fact, it seems worse ... when viewed on a PC with display resolution set at 800x600.) |
DOUBLES, number 1, Devvarman-Huey :
Devvarman-Huey, a lob :
.mov file
Devvarman-Huey, a return and 2 hits :
.mov file
Devvarman-Huey, a return :
.mov file
Devvarman-Huey, a return and a leap to chest bump :
.mov file
DOUBLES, number 2, Barrick-Inglot :
Barrick-Inglot, a return and 1 hit :
.mov file (320x240)
Barrick-Inglot, another return and 1 hit :
.mov file
Barrick-Inglot, a serve win :
.mov file
Barrick-Inglot, a serve and 1 hit :
.mov file
Barrick-Inglot, another serve and 1 hit :
.mov file
Barrick-Inglot, a return and 2 hits :
.mov file
DOUBLES, number 3, Miklo-Singer :
Miklo-Singer, a return winner :
.mov file
Miklo-Singer, another return winner :
.mov file
Miklo-Singer, a return and 1 hit :
.mov file
Miklo-Singer, a return and 2 hits :
.mov file
Miklo-Singer, a return and 4 hits :
.mov file
Miklo-Singer, a serve and 1 hit :
.mov file
Miklo-Singer, another serve and 1 hit :
.mov file
Singles, number 1, Somdev Devvarman:
Somdev, 8 hits :
.mov file
(I had to keep this one, even though Somdev lost the point.
It isn't often I can get a movie of
a player striking the ball 8 times ... or even 4 times.
Try it sometime ... taking movies, or just keeping track.
It is surprising how many serves and points go
across the net only one time, or zero times.)
Somdev, a return and 1 hit :
.mov file
Somdev, a return and 2 hits :
.mov file
Somdev, a serve winner :
.mov file
Somdev, a serve and 1 hit :
.mov file
(I did not happen to catch Somdev winning many points in these
movies.
See some other matches, on other web pages,
for more Somdev points.)
Singles, number 2, Treat Huey :
Huey, a return :
.mov file
Huey, another return :
.mov file
Singles, number 3, Dominic Inglot :
Inglot, 2 hits :
.mov file
Inglot, a return and 1 hit :
.mov file
Inglot, a serve and 4 hits :
.mov file
Inglot, a serve and volley :
.mov file
Singles, number 4, Houston Barrick :
Barrick, a return and 2 hits :
.mov file
Barrick, a service winner :
.mov file
Barrick, a serve and 3 hits :
.mov file
Singles, number 6, Marko Miklo :
Miklo, 3 hits :
.mov file
Miklo, a return and 1 hit :
.mov file
Miklo, a service winner :
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Miklo, another service winner :
.mov file
Miklo, a serve and 2 hits :
.mov file
Miklo, another serve and 2 hits :
.mov file
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