By Braden Simmons | Reporter
In a sport dominated by countries abroad, Baylor men’s tennis gains recruits from all over the world. The game of tennis is progressing, and players are taking advantage of the improvement of Division I to prepare for the professional stage.
Players competing in tennis before coming to college are ranked in a similar way to football and basketball. The top 800 players are put into starts from one to five. The top 25, also known as blue chips, are the best of the best and are highly recruited.
Graduate transfer Ryan Dickerson said before Baylor, his recruitment with Duke came down to the program bringing in four other five-star blue chips and that he used the competition to improve.