It was a great day to be a Denver Pioneer in Albuquerque as Diogo Rocha took the singles championship over Utah’s Dan Little and Henry Craig and Alex Gasson took the doubles championship over New Mexico’s Hayden Sabatka and Bart Van Leijsen.
Rocha didn’t have an easy road to the title as 4 of his 6 matches went 3-sets and he had to come back from 3-1 down in the 3rd set today against Little before pulling it out 6-4 in the 3rd. Utah had a nice recap of today’s match explaining the ebbs and flows – give it a read!
Craig and Gasson cruised until today’s match but had to come back from a set down to win in a 3rd set supertiebreak over the Sabatka and Van Leijsen.
Comments from Denver recap
“It’s a long tournament where you have to play multiple matches in a day, so it’s mentally and physically draining, head coach Ricardo Rubio said. “But I thought the guys fought hard and they fought through adversity. The competition was very strong and now we will just keep building, keep working hard and get these three guys ready for the national tournament.
Comments from Utah recap
“I’m very proud of Dan’s accomplishments, said head coach Roeland Brateanu. “Even though he couldn’t reach his level of the previous days, he never gave up and fought his heart out. He can leave Albuquerque with his head up high.
“It’s been a long week, full of great tennis and I think we have had one of the best Regional Championships in quite some time, said Brateanu. I think we can look back at a fairly successful fall with five tournament titles and a great showing at regionals. We still have a lot of work to do, but we are on the right track.
Comments from New Mexico recap
“We just need to get better and better,” said Hayden Sabatka. “We are going to have losses, but our skill and our level as a doubles team is rising as we go through the fall season, spring and whatever is in front of us is going to be really good.”
Congrats to Diogo Rocha and Henry Craig/Alex Gasson for winning the ITA Regional Championship tournament! #DU1NATION pic.twitter.com/A0TVucFA8E
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Mountain (Albuquerque, NM) – Final Draws
Singles Championship
[2] Diogo Rocha (Denver/13.43) def. [8] Dan Little (Utah/12.70) 6-0, 5-7, 6-4
Doubles Championship
[2] Henry Craig/Alex Gasson (Denver) def. [1] Hayden Sabatka/Bart Van Leijsen (New Mexico) 3-6, 7-6, 1-0(6)
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2012 USC graduate Steve Johnson came extremely close to winning his 1st ATP title before falling to #8 David Ferrer 4-6, 6-4, 7-5 in the finals of the ATP 500 Erste Open in Vienna. The make or break game of the match came when Ferrer served at 4-5 in the 3rd. Steve led 15-0 and 30-15 but Ferrer gutted out a 2 deuce game and then broke Steve from 15-40 to go up 6-5. Ferrer held at love to seal the title. Johnson picked up 300 points and collected his biggest career payday at $210000 and now has a new career singles ranking of 33. Great week Stevie J!!
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Midwest (South Bend, IN) – Singles & Doubles Draws – The top 2 seeds continued their march towards the final as Notre Dame’s Quentin Monaghan pulled out a tight one over Ohio State’s Ralf Steinbach while Steinbach’s teammate Chris Diaz overcame a lull in the 2nd set to hand Michigan’s Carter Lin a 3rd set bagel.
Valparaiso’s Charlie Emhardt and Jeffrey Schorsch are a match away from punching their ticket to New York City after knocking off the #1 seed Ohio State’s Ralf Steinbach and Martin Joyce 6-7, 6-3, 1-0(7) but it won’t be easy on Monday as they’ll have to face the #2 seed Notre Dame’s Alex Lawson and Quentin Monaghan in the finals.
Quarterfinals
[1] Quentin Monaghan (Notre Dame) def. [5] Ralf Steinbach (Ohio State) 6-4, 5-7, 6-4
[6] Herkko Pollanen (Ohio State) def. [20] Eddy Covalschi (Notre Dame) 7-6, 6-1
[8] Strong Kirchheimer (Northwestern) def. [4] Aron Hiltzik (Illinois) 7-5, 6-2
[2] Chris Diaz (Ohio State) vs. Carter Lin (Michigan) 6-2, 2-6, 6-0
Semifinals (Monday 9am est) – Live Scoring & Streaming Video
[1] Quentin Monaghan (Notre Dame) vs. [6] Herkko Pollanen (Ohio State)
[2] Chris Diaz (Ohio State) vs. [8] Strong Kirchheimer (Northwestern)
Doubles Quarterfinals
[1] Ralf Steinbach/Martin Joyce (Ohio St) vs. [7] Runhao Hua/Alex Knight (Mich) 8-6
[4] Charlie Emhardt/Jeffrey Schorsch (Valpo) def. [5] Baev/Kirchheimer (Nwstern) 8-4
[11] Matt Mendez/Hunter Tubert (Ohio St) def. [23] Matt Hamilton/Maik Steiner (WMU) 8-5
[2] Alex Lawson/Quentin Monaghan (ND) def. [21] Gabe Tishman/Kevin Wong (Mich) 8-5
Doubles Semifinals
[4] Charlie Emhardt/Jeffrey Schorsch (Valpo) def. [1] Steinbach/Joyce (Ohio St) 6-7(5), 6-3, 1-0(7)
[2] Alex Lawson/Quentin Monaghan (ND) def. [11] Matt Mendez/Hunter Tubert (Ohio St) 6-4, 6-2
Doubles Championship (Monday 12pm est) – Live Scoring & Streaming Video
[2] Alex Lawson/Quentin Monaghan (ND) vs. [4] Charlie Emhardt/Jeffrey Schorsch (Valpo)
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Northwest (Seattle, WA) – There’s guaranteed to be a Washington Husky in the finals of the singles championship after Mitch Stewart and Gal Hakak each won their quarterfinals matches and will now meet in the semis. Stanford’s David Wilczynski knocked off the #1 seed Cal’s Florian Lakat in straight sets and Oregon’s Daan Maasland overcame the Husky crowd and Jake Douglas to win in 3-sets. Both the semis and finals will be played tomorrow.
Quarterfinals
[5] David Wilczynski (Stanford) def. [1] Florian Lakat (Cal) 6-2. 6-4
[4] Daan Maasland (Oregon) def. [5] Jake Douglas (Washington) 6-3, 5-7, 6-2
[17] Gal Hakak (Washington) def. [17] Nolan Paige (Stanford) 3-6, 6-4, 7-5
[2] Mitch Stewart (Washington) vs. [9] Billy Griffith (Cal) 3-6, 6-2, 6-3
Semifinals – Live Scoring & Streaming Video – 10am pst
[4] Daan Maasland (Oregon) vs. [5] David Wilczynski (Stanford)
[2] Mitch Stewart (Washington) vs. [17] Gal Hakak (Washington)
Doubles Quarterfinals
Losbergs/Zemaitelis (Sac. St) def. [5] Amos/Soemarno (Oregon) 8-5
[4] Paige/Romanowicz (Stanford) def. [5] Diaz/Verbeek (Pacific) 8-3
[3] Maasland/Stevens (Oregon) def. [5] Bergevi/Nishimura (Cal) 8-7(2)
[2] Skajaa/Valverde (San Fran) def. Dula/Pereira (E.Wash) 8-5
Doubles Semis
[4] Nolan Paige/Maciek Romanowicz (Stanford) def. Losbergs/Zemaitelis (Sac. St) 7-6(2), 6-2
[2] Nils Skajaa/Vasco Valverde (San Fran) def. [3] Maasland/Stevens (Oregon) 7-6(3), 6-3
Doubles Championship (Monday) – Streaming Video
[2] Nils Skajaa/Vasco Valverde (San Fran) vs. [4] Nolan Paige/Maciek Romanowicz (Stanford)
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Northeast (New Haven, CT) – (Singles Draw) – Both of the top 2 seeds made it the quarters with Dartmouth’s Dovydas Sakinis and Cornell’s David Volfson each winning. 3 of the final 8 are freshman (Volfson/Pham/Mautner) and the bottom 2 quarterfinal matchups are Columbia versus Cornell clashes.
They’ll be 2 rounds of singles on Monday with both the singles and doubles finals set for Tuesday,
Round of 16
[1] Dovydas Sakinis (Dartmouth) def. [17] Josh Pompan (Penn) 7-6, 6-1
[17] Eric Rubin (Columbia) def. [5] Lucas Hajhal (St. John’s) 6-4, 2-6, 6-2
[9] Kyle Mautner (Penn) def. [17] Greg Garcia (Brown) 6-3, 6-2
[17] Diego Vives (Princeton) def. [5] Mike Vermeer (Columbia) w/o
[5] Victor Pham (Columbia) def. Daniel Grunberger (Columbia) 6-3, 6-7, 6-3
[17] Colin Sinclair (Cornell) def. [Q] Timothy Wang (Columbia) 6-1, 7-5
[9] Shawn Hadavi (Columbia) def. [5] Ciro Riccardi (Dartmouth) 6-0, 6-3
[2] David Volfson (Cornell) def. [9] Markus Schultz (NJIT) 6-7, 6-1, 6-4
Quarterfinals (Monday) – Streaming Video & Live Scoring – 10:30am est
[1] Dovydas Sakinis (Dartmouth) vs. [17] Eric Rubin (Columbia)
[9] Kyle Mautner (Penn) vs. [17] Diego Vives (Princeton)
[5] Victor Pham (Columbia) vs. [17] Colin Sinclair (Cornell)
[2] David Volfson (Cornell) vs. [9] Shawn Hadavi (Columbia)
Doubles Semifinals (Monday) – 9am est
[5] Richard Pham/Shawn Hadavi (Columbia) vs. [5] Colin Sinclair/David Volfson (Cornell)
Alex Day/Luke Gamble (Princeton) vs. Diego Pedraza/Roko Glasnovic (Dartmouth)
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Texas (Houston, TX) – Draws – Rain forced play indoors again on Sunday and they didn’t get started until 6pm so it was a long day for all the guys. SMU’s Hunter Johnson improved to 3-0 this week after he knocked off Texas A&M’s Oscar Janglin in 3 sets and he is now the lone unseeded player remaining. Most of the other matches went according to seeding though Texas Tech’s Alex Sendegeya looked like he was in trouble when he trailed Rice’s David Warren 5-2 in the 3rd. Sendegeya fought back to even it at 5-5 and then managed to pull away in the tiebreak.
Round of 32:
Hunter Johnson (SMU) def. [27] Oscar Janglin (Texas A&M) 6-7(5), 6-1, 6-2
[28] Jerry Lopez (TCU) def. [18] Michael Riechmann (Texas) 7-6(4), 6-3
[10] Hugo Dojas (Texas Tech) def. Max Lunkin (Texas A&M) 6-1, 6-4
[6] Samm Butler (SMU) def. Kevin Lam (Texas A&M) 6-1, 6-2
[3] Shane Vinsant (Texas A&M) def. Connor Curry (Texas Tech) 6-2, 6-2
[16] Tommy Bennett (Rice) def. [17] Tito Moreiras (UTSA) 6-4, 6-2
[23] Harrison Scott (Texas) def. Ricardo Mayagoitia (Texas A&M CC) 6-3, 6-4
[8] Alex Sendegeya (Texas Tech) def. David Warren (Rice) 3-6, 6-3, 7-6(1)
[7] Jolan Cailleau (Texas Tech) def. [22] Jordi Arconada (Texas A&M) 6-1, 6-3
[20] Adam Gustafsson (Rice) def. [14] George Goldhoff (Texas) 7-5, 6-3
[11] Tommy Mylnikov (Texas Tech) def. [30] Will Little (Baylor) 6-4, 7-6(4)
[4] Arthur Rinderknech (Texas A&M) def. [32] Yates Johnson (SMU) 6-1, 6-2
[5] A.J. Catanzariti (Texas A&M) def. [19] Jamie Malik (Rice) 5-7, 7-6(11), 6-1
[15] Nate Lammons (SMU) def. [12] Liam Caruana (Texas) 6-2, 3-6, 6-2
[25] Jacob Hansen (Rice) def. Jimmy Bendeck (Baylor) 6-2, 6-2
[2] Guillermo Nunez (TCU) def. [21] John Mee (Texas) 6-1, 6-3
Round of 16 (Monday)
[28] Jerry Lopez (TCU) vs. Hunter Johnson (SMU)
[6] Samm Butler (SMU) vs. [10] Hugo Dojas (Texas Tech)
[3] Shane Vinsant (Texas A&M) vs. [16] Tommy Bennett (Rice)
[8] Alex Sendegeya (Texas Tech) vs. [23] Harrison Scott (Texas)
[7] Jolan Cailleau (Texas Tech) vs. [20] Adam Gustafsson (Rice)
[4] Arthur Rinderknech (Texas A&M) vs. [11] Tommy Mylnikov (Texas Tech)
[5] A.J. Catanzariti (Texas A&M) vs. [15] Nate Lammons (SMU)
[2] Guillermo Nunez (TCU) vs. [25] Jacob Hansen (Rice)
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SEC Fall Classic (Auburn, AL) – Florida’s Elliott Orkin finished off an impressive week by defeating Mississippi State’s Rishab Agarwal 6-0, 7-5 in the finals of the ‘A’ Singles Championship. Orkin won each of his 5 matches in straight sets with none going to even a tiebreak.
‘A’ Championship:
[5] Elliott Orkin (Florida/14.02) def. Rishab Agarwal (Miss St/13.38) 6-0, 7-5
‘A’ Doubles Championship:
Jack Schipanki/Luis Valero (Tenn) def. Igor Smelyanski/Preston Touliatos (Tenn) 8-6
‘B’ Championship:
[2] Andrew Schafer (S Carolina) def. [1] Kris Yee (Vanderbilt) 6-3, 6-4
‘B’ Doubles Championship:
Danny Valent/Cameron Klinger (Vandy) def. Josh Wardell/McClain Kessler (Florida) 8-5
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