There were 32 seeded players in the 128 man qualifying draw but only 11 are still alive as we head to the final day of qualifying at the All-American’s in Tulsa.
There were 3 Top 10 seeds knocked out on Tuesday as San Diego’s Jordan Angus defeated the #1 seed, UCLA’s Martin Redlicki, 6-3, 6-4, Northwestern’s Konrad Zieba defeated the #8 seed, Cal’s Filip Bergevi, 7-6(7), 6-2, and Tulane’s Constantin Schmitz cruised past the #9 seed, Oklahoma State’s Arjun Kadhe, 6-4, 6-1.
The 3 Top 10 seeds that made it to the final round of qualies are Memphis’s Andrew Watson (#2) who defeated UCLA’s Karue Sell 7-6(3), 6-4, USC’s Max De Vroome (#5) who got past Arkansas’s Jose Salazar 3-6, 7-6(4), 6-2, and Florida State’s Michael Rinaldi (#10) who defeated Charlotte’s Jordi Ferrer 4-6, 6-2, 6-3.
4 guys from the pre-qualifying draw will have a chance to move on to the main draw with Liberty’s Sam Matheson, Florida’s Alfredo Perez, Loyola Marymount’s Cristobal Rivera, and Ohio State’s Matt Mendez still hanging in. Mendez lost in the final round of pre-qualies but got in the qualifying draw as a lucky loser. Here is who they’ll face:
Sam Matheson (Liberty) vs. Walker Duncan (Georgia)
Matt Mendez (Ohio State) vs. Robert Kelly (UNC)
Alfredo Perez (Florida) vs. Strong Kirchheimer (Northwestern)
Cristobal Rivera (LMU) vs. Christian Seraphim (Wake Forest)
The 3 remaining freshmen are Ohio State’s Hugo Di Feo, Georgia’s Walker Duncan, and Florida’s Alfredo Perez. Duncan and Perez’s opponents are listed above while Di Feo will face Florida’s Elliott Orkin.
The live scoring link is now active so make sure you follow the action throughout the rest of the tournament – streaming video is supposed to be available for all main draw matches.
Some other tidbits from the 2nd round of the qualie draw:
Player with the higher UTR went 13-19
UTR Upset: Matheson (12.54) def. Dojas (13.58) 6-4, 6-2
2-set matches 23
3-sets matches 9
4 guys lost the 1st set but came back to win the match – Rinaldi, Jebens, De Vroome, Rivera
8 of 73 (11%) sets went to a tiebreak
Following schools have at least 2 players still remaining: Auburn (2), Northwestern (2), Ohio State (2), Virginia Tech (2) Florida (3)
By Conference: SEC (8), ACC (7), Big 10 (4), American (3), West Coast (3), Pac 12 (2), Big 12 (2), Big South (1), Mountain West (1), Big West (1)
Full results from the qualifying draw and qualifying consolations are in the windows below.
How about Walker Duncan winning both matches 7/6 in 3rd set, long day on the courts.