Friday Results: Seeds Fall in the ATL but Rise in the Bayou

The 3 seeds in the top singles draw at the Georgia Tech Invitational all went down on Friday while 3 of the 4 semifinal spots at the Cajun Classic in Lafayette are occupied by seeds.

Atlanta (GA), UNC-Wilmington’s Santtu Leskinen (13.26) knocked off the #1 seed Kennesaw State’s Simon Pritchard (13.26) 6-3, 6-7(4), 7-6(4); if you’ll notice both players had identical UTRs. Tennessee’s Luis Valero (13.19) defeated the #2 seed Ole Miss’s Ricardo Jorge (12.86) 6-3, 7-6 and South Carolina’s Gabriel Friedrich (13.77) upended the #3 seed Ole Miss’s Gustav Hansson (13.90) in 2 tight sets 7-6, 7-5.  Michael Redlicki (14.01) made his Arkansas debut after a 1 1/2 year absence and it was a successful return as he only dropped 2 games in route to a 6-0, 6-2 win over Georgia State’s Sebastian Acuna (12.49).

Lafayette (LA), the top seed USC’s Nick Crystal (13.95) moved into the semifinals after pulling out a 3rd set tiebreak over Oklahoma State’s Arjun Kadhe (13.55) and he’ll next meet LSU’s Julian Butsch (13.51) who got past Oklahoma’s Alex Ghilea (14.38) 7-5, 6-3. Georgia’s Paul Oosterbaan (13.78) knocked off the #2 seed Ole Miss’s Stefan Lindmark (14.15) 6-4, 6-7, 6-3 in a match which Oosterbaan led 6-4, 5-3. Oosterbaan will next face the #3 seed LSU’s Jordan Daigle (13.28) with Daigle getting past USC’s Max De Vroome (14.17) 7-5, 6-4.

St. Helena (Napa), it was a good day for the guys that were making their collegiate debuts. Texas’s Liam Caruana (13.94), who is ranked #8 in ITA’s preseason freshman/newcomer rankings, cruised to a 6-1, 6-2 win over Stanford sophomore David Hsu (13.65). Stanford’s Michael Genender (14.15), preseason #7 ITA fresh/newcomer, got past the USTA’s William Howells (13.01) 7-5, 6-2. Baylor’s William Little (13.49) and Jimmy Bendeck (13.27) both were victorius with Little defeating Cal sophomore JT Nishimura (13.62) 7-5, 6-3 and Bendeck defeating Stanford junior Roy Lederman (11.75) 6-3, 6-3.

The biggest upset of the day at least in terms of UTR came when Princeton’s Alexander Day (12.70) upset Florida’s Elliott Orkin (14.14) 6-3, 3-6, 6-2.

Fort Myers (FL), it was a great day to be a Florida Gator as freshman Alfredo Perez (13.65), freshman McClain Kessler (13.08), sophomore Chase Perez-Blanco (13.70), and redshirt sophomore Joshua Wardell (12.94) each won twice. Kessler knocked off #5-#8 seed Florida State’s Jose Gracia (13.39) 1-6, 7-6, 6-4, Wardell downed #5-#8 seed Florida Gulf Coast’s Andres Alfonzo (13.33) 7-6, 6-3, Perez only dropped 5 games in his 2 wins, and Perez-Blanco won both is matches in straight sets. Florida sophomore Jordan Belga (12.55) won his opening match in the B draw in straight sets.

North Florida’s Yannick Zuern (12.91) upset the ‘A’ draws top seed Florida State’s Michael Rinaldi (13.95) 7-6, 6-1

Tuscaloosa (AL), Columbia won 6 of 9 singles matches and 3 of 5 doubles matches over Notre Dame. Columbia’s top freshman, Victor Pham (13.46), knocked off Notre Dame freshman Grayson Broadus (12.85) 7-5, 6-4 while the Irish’s #1 Quentin Monaghan (14.45) beat Shawn Hadavi (13.27) 6-4, 6-4.

The host Crimson Tide went a perfect 8-0 against Memphis and South Florida in singles with Mazen Osama (12.96), #1 ITA Preseason Freshman/Newcomer, knocking off Memphis Andrew Watson (13.68) 7-5, 4-6, 6-4.

College Station (TX), The host Aggies went 9-2 on the day in singles with both Shane Vinsant (13.91) and Arthur Rinderknech (14.38) picking up ranked wins over Illinois’s #42 Aron Hiltzik (14.05) and Texas Tech’s #101 Hugo Dojas (13.45).

Harvard’s Grant Solomon (12.80) upset Texas A&M’s AJ Catanzariti (13.88) 7-6(9) in the 3rd and Texas A&M’s Max Lunkin (13.41) knocked off the preseason #5 freshman/newcomer Tommy Mylnikov (14.00) 6-4, 6-3.

West Lafayette, IN: It wasn’t a good day for the seeds in the Flight A draw with the #1 seed Dayton’s Zach Barry (12.44) getting beat by Butler’s Mikheil Khmiadashvili (12.21) 3-6, 6-2, 6-4, the #3 seed Tennessee’s Jack Schipanski withdrawing, and the #4 seed Purdue’s Ricky Medinilla (12.78) going down to Dayton’s Lorenzo Rollhauser (12.63) 6-7, 6-2, 6-0.

RESULTS

Georgia Tech Invitational – Atlanta, GA – Live Scoring
Teams Participating: Georgia Tech, Arkansas, Auburn, Ole Miss, South Carolina, Tennessee, UNC Wilmington, Georgia State, 

Flight A Gold Draw – Round of 16:
Santtu Leskinen (UNCW) def. [1] Simon Pritchard (Kennesaw St) 6-3, 6-7(4), 7-6(4)
Jannis Koeke (Ga State) def. Eddie Nguyen (Auburn) 6-3, 6-1
Gabriel Friedrich (S Carolina) def. [3] Gustav Hansson (Ole Miss) 7-6(1), 7-5
Michael Redlicki (Arkansas) def. Sebastian Acuna (Ga State) 6-0, 6-2
Jose Salazar (Arkansas) def. Michael Kay (Ga Tech) 6-3, 7-5
Joseph Van Dooren (Auburn) def. Alejandro Valencia (Kennesaw St) 6-3, 6-2
Alex Fennell (S Carolina) vs. Zach Kennedy (Ga State) 6-4, 6-4
Luis Valero (Tennessee) def. [2] Ricardo Jorge (Ole Miss) 6-3, 7-6(5)

Quarterfinals
Santtu Leskinen (UNCW) vs. Jannis Koeke (Ga State) 
Michael Redlicki (Arkansas) vs. Gabriel Friedrich (S Carolina) 
Jose Salazar (Arkansas) vs. Joseph Van Dooren (Auburn) 
Luis Valero (Tennessee) vs. Alex Fennell (S Carolina) 

Cajun Tennis Classic – Lafayette, LA
Teams Participating: Louisiana Lafayette, Georgia, LSU, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Ole Miss, TCU, USC

Quarterfinals:
[1] Nick Crystal (USC) def. [6] Arjun Kadhe (OK ST) 1-6, 6-1, 7-6
[8] Julian Butsch (LSU) def. [4] Alex Ghilea (OU) 7-5, 6-3
[3] Jordan Daigle (LSU) def. [5] Max De Vroome (USC) 7-5, 6-4
Paul Oosterbaan (UGA) def. [2] Stefan Lindmark (Ole Miss) 6-4, 6-7, 6-3

Semifinals:
[1] Nick Crystal (USC) vs. [8] Julian Butsch (LSU) 
[3] Jordan Daigle (LSU) vs. Paul Oosterbaan (UGA)

Consolation Bracket (Back Draw) 
Edgar Lopez (UL) def. Filip Kraljevic (Ole Miss) 6-3, 7-5
Julian Cash (OSU) def. Jerry Lopez (TCU) 7-6, 6-4
Arthur Libaud (Louisiana) def. Florin Bragusi (OU) 6-3, 6-4
Spencer Papa (OU) def. Walker Duncan (UGA) 6-4, 5-7, 7-6


Porsche Napa Valley Tennis Classic – St. Helena, CA  
Teams Participating: Baylor, Cal (host), Florida, Princeton, Stanford, Texas, USTA Juniors.

Friday, September 25, 2015
Singles

John McNally (USTA) def. Maxx Lipman (Florida) 6-4, 7-6(4)
Doubles
Crawford-Holt (USTA) def. Paige-Wilczynski (Stanford), 7=5

Kaiser-Yablon (Princeton) def. Howells-Thomas (USTA), 6-4

Clark-Shi (USTA) def. Riechmann-Scott (Texas), 6-3

Bendeck-Little (Baylor) def. Griffith-:Lederman (Cal-Stanford), 6-4

Day-Gamble (Princeton) def. Genender-Hsu (Stanford), 6-2

Hildalgo-Watson (Florida) def. McNally-Wolf (USTA), 6-4

Caruana-Goldhoff (Texas) def. Engsted-Nishimura (Cal), 7-5
Lakat-Wikberg (Cal) def. Lipman-Orkin (Florida), 6-4

This google doc has the results broken by groups with the group winner advancing to the Shootout on Sunday. 

Conference Challenge – College Station, TX
Participants: Texas A&M, Texas Tech, Illinois, Harvard 

Doubles

#3 Felipe Soares/Hugo Dojas (Texas Tech) def Aron Hiltzik/Julian Childers (Illinois): 8-4

#3 Felipe Soares/Hugo Dojas (Texas Tech) def #37 Nicky Hu/Brian Yeung (Harvard): 8-5

T Mylnikov/Alex Sendegeya (Texas Tech) def #27 O Janglin/S Vinsant (A&M): 8-7(7)

C Curry/Tommy Mylnikov (Texas Tech) def Oscar Janglin/Max Lunkin (A&M): 8-7(8)

C Curry/Jolan Cailleau (Texas Tech) defeats Pengxuan Jiang/Julian Childers (Illinois): 8-4

Shane Vinsant/AJ Catanzariti (A&M) def. #37 N Hu/B Yeung, Harvard 8-4

Arthur Rinderknech/Jordi Arconada (A&M) def. A Jesse/P Landa, Illinois 8-2

James Martell/Frankie Colunga (A&M) def. C Haughey/S Beren, Harvard 8-4

Andy Zhou/Jean Thirouin (Harvard) def J Cailleau/A Sendegeya (Texas Tech): 8-1

Kevin Lam/Jett Cash (A&M) defeats Carlos DiLaura/Evan Nix (Texas Tech): 8-4

Kevin Lam/James Martell (A&M) defeats Carlos DiLaura/Evan Nix (Texas Tech): 8-1

Aron Hiltzik/Toshiki Matsuya (ILL) def. AJ Catanzariti & Jordi Arconada (A&M) 8-7(3)

Max Lunkin/Arthur Rinderknech (A&M) def. G Solomon/C Haughey, Harvard 8-5

Frankie Colunga/Sam Giammalva (A&M) def. M Peters/K Lam, Harvard 8-7(12)

Singles

#18 Felipe Soares (Texas Tech) defeats #117 Nicky Hu (Harvard): 7-6 (2), 7-5

#53 Arthur Rinderknech (Texas A&M) defeats #101 Hugo Dojas (Texas Tech): 7-5, 6-4

#79 Jolan Cailleau (Texas Tech) defeats Julian Childers (Illinois): 6-2, 6-1

#81 Alex Sendegeya (Texas Tech) defeats Jean Thirouin (Harvard): 6-3, 6-3

#35 Shane Vinsant, Texas A&M def. #42 Aron Hiltzik, Illinois 6-3, 6-4
Grant Solomon, Harvard def. #55 AJ Catanzariti, Texas A&M 6-3, 2-6, 7-6(9)
Max Lunkin (Texas A&M) defeats Tommy Mylnikov (Texas Tech): 6-4, 6-3

Asher Hirsch (Illinois) defeats Connor Curry (Texas Tech): 7-5, 3-6, 6-3

Conor Haughey (Harvard) defeats Carlos DiLaura (Texas Tech): 7-5, 3-6, 7-6 (5)
Oscar Janglin (Texas A&M) defeats Evan Nix (Texas Tech): 6-1, 6-4

Jordi Arconada, Texas A&M def. Alex Jesse, Illinois 7-6(3), 6-3

Kelvin Lam, Harvard def. Frankie Colunga, Texas A&M 6-7(3), 6-3, 6-3

Kevin Lam, Texas A&M def. Pablo Landa, Illinois 2-6, 6-2, 6-4

James Martell, Texas A&M def. Michael Peters, Harvard 6-0, 7-5

Sam Giammalva, Texas A&M def. Samuel Beren, Harvard 6-2, 6-4

Jett Cash, Texas A&M def. Pablo Landa, Illinois 8-5

Crimson Tide Four-In-The-Fall – Tuscaloosa, AL
Participants: Alabama, Columbia, Memphis, Notre Dame, South Florida

Bedford Cup – Fort Myers, FL – Draws & Results
Participants: Florida Gulf Coast, Florida, Florida St, Miami, South Florida, North Florida, Central Florida, Stetson, Florida Atlantic, Florida A&M, & Bethune-Cookman

Purdue Fall Invitational – West Lafayette, IN
Team Participating: Purdue, Ball State, Butler, Chicago St, Dayton, Eastern Kentucky, IUPUI, Lewis, Louisville, Marquette, Southern Illinois, Tennessee, Tennessee Tech, Toledo, Univ of Indianapolis, Wright State

Flight A Seeds:
1. Zach Barry (Dayton)
2. Jonny Rigby (SIU)
3. Jack Schipanski (Tennessee)
4. Ricky Medinilla (Purdue)