While the men’s top seed Mikael Torpegaard cruised into the Round of 16 the second seed and defending champion Thai-Son Kwiatkowski got all he wanted and more from UCLA junior Martin Redlicki. The Bruin lefty used his big serve and forehand to keep Kwiatkowski at arms length but the Cavalier senior hung around long enough to turn it around.
Redlicki took the opening set 6-3 after picking up the lone break to go up 4-2. Kwiatkowski broke Redlicki to go up 3-1 in the second but Redlicki broke back and held to even it at 3-3. Redlicki came back from 15/40 down to send the set to a tiebreak but Kwiatkowski rolled 7-3 to force a deciding third set. Redlicki held to start the third set and kept the pressure on but Kwiatkowski was awfully tough on his own serve. Kwiatkowski held from 40/30 to even it at 5-5 and then he got the pivotal break to go up 6-5. Redlicki was up 40/30 in his 5-5 service game but a Kwiatkowski forehand winner brought up the no-ad point and when Redlicki netted a forehand Kwiatkowski had the break. Kwiatkowski hit back-to-back service winners from 30-all to close out the 3-6, 7-6(3), 7-5 win.
The defending champ survives a long three-setter to advance at #TulsaITAKwiatkowski (@UVAMensTennis) d. Redlicki (UCLA), 3-6, 7-6, 7-5 pic.twitter.com/SakElAJL2l
— ITA Tennis (@ITA_Tennis) October 7, 2016
What a day for the Wake Forest trio of Skander Mansouri, Petros Chrysochos, and Christian Seraphim. Each won their singles matches in straight sets and Mansouri and Seraphim were victorious in doubles as well. Wake Forest is the only school with more than two participants left in the singles draw and both Mansouri and Chrysochos will be favored on Saturday.
Schools with Multiple Players Remaining
3- Wake Forest (Chrysochos, Mansouri, Seraphim)
2- Ohio State (Di Feo, Torpegaard)
2- Arkansas (Redlicki, Salazar)
2- Texas (Ito, Sigsgaard)
The Texas freshmen duo of Yuya Ito and Christian Sigsgaard were two of the three qualifiers to stay alive with Wake’s Christian Seraphim the other. Sigsgaard, who is the lone pre-qualifier remaining, had to come back from a set down against Ohio State senior Herkko Pollanen and he’ll now face Baylor senior Max Tchoutakian who made a big comeback of his own. Tchoutakian trailed Florida senior Elliott Orkin 6-4, 5-3 but Tchoutakian got it back on serve and won the second set tiebreak 7-3. Tchoutakian broke Orkin to go ahead 2-1 in the third but Orkin broke back on the no-ad point and held for 3-2. Tchoutakian broke to go ahead 5-4 and then he served it out from 40/15 to get the 4-6, 7-6(3), 6-4 win.
Other Tidbits:
- Ohio State sophomore Hugo Di Feo defeated Tulsa senior Or Ram-Harel 6-4 in the third but he had to fight off three break points after falling behind 15-40 on his 5-4 service game.
- The first set of the Gustav Hansson/Lukas Finzelberg match lasted longer than five of the other 9 a.m matches in their entirety.
- No Arkansas player had won a match at an ITA Tournament since 2008 and now the Razorbacks have a pair in the Round of 16
- Six of the top eight seeds are into the Round of 16 which is more than the last two years combined (5).
Remaining Players by Conference
5 – ACC
4 – SEC
3 – Big 12
2 – Big Ten
2 – Pac-12
[9-16] Gustav Hansson (Ole Miss 14.20) def. [Q] Lukas Finzelberg (Okla St 13.91) 7-6(3), 6-1
[6] Petros Chrysochos (Wake Forest 14.59) def. Gage Brymer (UCLA 14.22) 6-3, 6-1
Jose Salazar (Arkansas 14.12) def. [PQ] Peter Bertran (South Florida 13.83) 7-5, 6-4
[3] Christopher Eubanks (Georgia Tech 14.27) def. [Q] Billy Griffith (California 14.08) 6-2, 6-3
[Q] Christian Seraphim (Wake Forest 14.06) def. [9-16] William Bushamuka (KY 14.06) 6-4, 6-4
Alfredo Perez (Florida 14.43) def. [7] Arthur Rinderknech (Texas A&M 14.43) 4-6, 6-3, 6-4
[Q] Yuya Ito (Texas 14.70) def. Logan Smith (USC 13.52) 6-3, 6-3
Hugo Di Feo (Ohio State 13.95) def. Or Ram Harel (Tulsa 14.11) 6-3, 4-6, 6-4
[5] Skander Mansouri (Wake Forest 14.26) def. [Q] Thomas Laurent (Oregon 13.97) 6-4, 6-4
[9-16] Michael Redlicki (Arkansas 14.36) def. Gergely Madarasz (Purdue 14.05) 6-4, 6-3
[4] Tom Fawcett (Stanford 14.48) def. [Q] Filip Bergevi (California 14.43) 7-5, 6-2
[PQ] Christian Sigsgaard (Texas 14.13) def. [Q] Herkko Pollanen (Ohio State 13.94) 2-6, 6-3, 6-3
Max Tchoutakian (Baylor 13.87) def. Elliott Orkin (Florida 14.15) 4-6, 7-6(3), 6-4
[9-16] Florian Lakat (California 14.17) def. David Biosca (East Tennessee St 14.29) 6-4, 6-1
[2] Thai-Son Kwiatkowski (Virginia 15.09) def. Martin Redlicki (UCLA 14.22) 3-6, 7-6(3), 7-5
Men’s Round of 16 (Saturday) – 9 AM CT
[1] Mikael Torpegaard (Ohio State 15.22) vs. [9-16] Gustav Hansson (Ole Miss 14.20)
[6] Petros Chrysochos (Wake Forest 14.59) vs. Jose Salazar (Arkansas 14.12)
[3] Christopher Eubanks (Georgia Tech 14.27) vs. [Q] Christian Seraphim (Wake Forest 14.06)
[Q] Yuya Ito (Texas 14.70) vs. Alfredo Perez (Florida 14.43)
[5] Skander Mansouri (Wake Forest 14.26) vs. Hugo Di Feo (Ohio State 13.95)
[4] Tom Fawcett (Stanford 14.48) vs. [9-16] Michael Redlicki (Arkansas 14.36)
[PQ] Christian Sigsgaard (Texas 14.13) vs. Max Tchoutakian (Baylor 13.87)
[2] Thai-Son Kwiatkowski (Virginia 15.09) vs. [9-16] Florian Lakat (California 14.17)
Corinteli/Kwiatkowski (Virginia) vs. [Q] Findel-Hawkins/Muscheites (North Florida)
[3] Mansouri/Seraphim (Wake Forest) vs. [Q] Covalschi/Hagar (Notre Dame)
You’ll see these 4 tomorrow at #RivieraITA#SemifinalSaturday … and at #NationalIndoors in November. Congrats, ladies! pic.twitter.com/EpJjWRiUJt— ITA Tennis (@ITA_Tennis) October 8, 2016
The women played two rounds on Friday in the Pacific Palisades with North Carolina senior Hayley Carter, Ohio State sophomore Francesca Di Lorenzo, Vanderbilt junior Astra Sharma, and UCLA freshman pre-qualifier Ena Shibahara moving on to the semifinals.
Di Lorenzo trailed Florida’s Belinda Woolcock 5-0 in the first set before winning 13 of the next 15 games to close it out 7-5, 6-2. Di Lorenzo will meet Carter who broke Viktoriya Lushkova’s 4-5 service game to win 7-5, 6-4. Carter actually had a 7-5, 5-0 lead but Lushkova took four straight games to put it back on serve.
Ena Shibahara won her eighth and ninth matches this week but after seven straight set wins she needed three-sets in each of her Friday matches. Shibahara will meet Astra Sharma who came back from a set down to beat North Carolina freshman Sara Daavettila and then got a straight set win over Pepperdine’s Mayar Sherif Ahmed.
For more details on the rest of the days festivities check out the ITA’s recap.
Women’s Round of 16
[1] Hayley Carter (North Carolina 11.94) def. Erin Routliffe (Alabama 11.55) 6-2, 6-1
[Q] Viktoriya Lushkova (Oklahoma State 11.68) def. Aldila Sutjiadi (Kentucky 10.99) 6-2, 6-1
[3] Francesca Di Lorenzo (Ohio State 12.50) def. [Q] Lily Miyazaki (Oklahoma 11.30) 3-6, 6-1, 6-2
[6] Belinda Woolcock (Florida 11.54) def. [Q] Ingrid Gamarra Martins (S Car 10.82) 7-6(2), 6-2
[Q] Mayar Sherif Ahmed (Pepperdine 10.84) def. [7] Katarina Adamovic (Okla St 11.41) 6-4, 6-3
Astra Sharma (Vanderbilt 11.60) def. [Q] Sara Daavettila (North Carolina 12.11) 1-6, 7-6(3), 6-3
[PQ] Ena Shibahara (UCLA 12.09) def. Vladica Babic (Oklahoma State 11.17) 2-6, 6-2, 6-2
Kourtney Keegan (Florida 11.52) def. Carol Yang (UNLV 10.58) 6-4, 4-6, 6-2
Quarterfinals
[1] Hayley Carter (North Carolina 11.94) def. [Q] Viktoriya Lushkova (Oklahoma St 11.68) 7-5, 6-4
[3] Francesca Di Lorenzo (Ohio State 12.50) def. [6] Belinda Woolcock (Florida 11.54) 7-5, 6-2
Astra Sharma (Vanderbilt 11.60) def. [Q] Mayar Sherif Ahmed (Pepperdine 10.84) 7-6(4), 6-3
[PQ] Ena Shibahara (UCLA 12.09) vs. Kourtney Keegan (Florida 11.52) 0-6, 6-0, 6-2
Semifinals (Saturday)
[1] Hayley Carter (North Carolina 11.94) vs. [3] Francesca Di Lorenzo (Ohio State 12.50)
[PQ] Ena Shibahara (UCLA 12.09) vs. Astra Sharma (Vanderbilt 11.60
Semifinals (Saturday)
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