Thai-Son Kwiatkowski actually fell behind Stanford’s Tom Fawcett 2-0 in the opening set but then he reeled off 5 straight games to go up 5-2. After a Fawcett hold, Kwiatkowski would serve out the set and then go up an immediate break in the second set to put Fawcett on his heels. Kwiatkowski wouldn’t let up and would close out the 6-3, 6-2 win in just over an hour.
Dominik Koepfer would book his spot to the finals with a 6-4, 6-4 win over Cal’s Andre Goransson. Koepfer broke the Goransson serve in the 10th and final game of each set to close it out.
The singles consolation final will be Big 10 versus Big 10 as Northwestern’s Sam Shropshire will meet Ohio State’s Mikael Torpegaard.
The main draw doubles final will be ACC versus ACC as Virginia’s Thai-Son Kwiatkowski/Mac Styslinger will meet North Carolina’s Brett Clark and Robert Kelly.
Oklahoma State’s Julian Cash and Arjun Kadhe captured the doubles consolation title by defeating Virginia Tech’s Andreas Bjerrehus and Joao Monteiro 6-3, 6-3.
Singles Consolation Semifinals:
[5-8] Sam Shropshire (Northwestern) def. Stefan Lindmark (Ole Miss) 6-4, 3-6, 7-6(2)
[5-8] Mikael Torpegaard (Ohio State) def. [2] Austin Smith (Georgia) 6-4, 6-4
Doubles Semifinals:
[5-8] Kwiatkowski/Styslinger (UVA) def. Hidalgo/Watson (FLA) 6-4, 6-3
Clark/Kelly (UNC) def. [5-8] Lipman/Orkin (FLA) 6-4, 7-5
Doubles Consolation Finals:
[4] Julian Cash/Arjun Kadhe (Okla St) def. [LL] A Bjerrehus/J Monteiro (Va Tech) 6-3, 6-3
A pair of New Zealanders had a good day on the ITF Pro Futures Tour with TCU sophomore Cameron Norrie winning the singles title at the USA F29 in Mansfield, Texas and 2013 Pepperdine graduate Finn Tearney winning the singles title at the Australia F7 in Cairns, Australia. It was the first pro singles title for each.
Norrie (Auckland, NZ) came through qualies in Mansfield and defeated #782 Alexios Halebian 7-5, 3-6, 6-4 in the finals.
Tearney (Wellington, NZ) was the #6 seed in Cairns and defeated #299 Alex Bolt 6-7(5), 6-3, 6-3 in the finals. He also knocked off the 2014 US Open Junior Champion Omar Jasika in the quarterfinals.
The University of Georgia’s Club Team won the The USTA Tennis On Campus Fall Invitational on Hilton Head Island by defeating Boston College 24-15. For a full recap on today’s match and the whole weekend click here.
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