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The $25K USA F40 Futures in Tallahassee is guaranteed to have a singles and doubles champ with college ties after some nice wins by recent Tulane grad Dominik Koepfer and Virginia senior JC Aragone. Koepfer came back from a set and break down and fought off a pair of match points to defeat the third seed Kaichi Uchida 4-6, 7-6(4), 6-2. Uchida led 6-4, 5-3 and served for it at 5-4 but Koepfer managed to break in a four-deuce game that included both of those match points for Uchida. Aragone won his second match in a row via a retirement, and advanced to his first-ever semifinal, after the second seed Tim Van Rijthoven threw in the towel down 7-5, 1-0.

On the other side of the draw Brayden Schnur advanced to his third semifinal of the year after ousting the top seed Sekou Bangoura 6-3, 6-4 while Wil Spencer moved into the semis for the fourth time this year after holding off Lukas Ollert 6-3, 7-6(9). Spencer led 6-2 in the second set tiebreak but Ollert won five straight to take a 7-6 lead. Ollert had set points at 7-6, 8-7, and 9-8 but Spencer managed to win the last three points to close it out. 

Quarterfinals
[8] Brayden Schnur (North Carolina ’16*) def. [1] Sekou Bangoura (Florida ’11*) 6-3, 6-4
Wil Spencer (Georgia ’12) def. Lukas Ollert (Auburn ’15) 6-3, 7-6(9)
Dominik Koepfer (Tulane ’16) def. [3] Kaichi Uchida 4-6, 7-6(4), 6-2
[Q] JC Aragone (Virginia Sr) def. [2] Tim Van Rijthoven 7-5, 1-0 ret.
 
Semifinals
[8] Brayden Schnur (North Carolina ’16*) vs. Wil Spencer (Georgia ’12) – 12:30 p.m ET
Dominik Koepfer (Tulane ’16) vs. [Q] JC Aragone (Virginia Sr) – 11 a.m ET
 
Florida State’s Aziz Dougaz and Guy Iradukunda booked their spot in the doubles final after coming back from a 6-0, 3-1 deficit to defeat Tim Kopinski and Alex Lawson in a third set supertiebreak.  Dougaz and Iradukunda broke on the only two no-ad points in the second set and then cruised through the STB 10-2. Dougaz and Iradukunda are seeking their second career doubles title as a team with their first coming in Morocco back in 2014.  
 
Robert Galloway and Nate Lammons had little trouble with Winston Lin and Brayden Schnur in a 6-3, 6-1 win. Galloway will be attempting to win his fifth doubles title while Lammons is looking for his second. 
 
Doubles Semifinals
Aziz Dougaz (FSU Soph)/Guy Iradukunda (FSU Jr) def. [3] Tim Kopinski (ILL ’15)/Alex Lawson (ND ’16) 0-6, 6-4, 10-2
[4] Robert Galloway (Wofford ’15)/Nate Lammons (SMU ’16) def. Winston Lin (Columbia ’15)/Brayden Schnur (UNC ’16*) 6-3, 6-1
 
Finals – no earlier than 2:00 p.m. ET
[4] Robert Galloway (Wofford ’15)/Nate Lammons (SMU ’16) vs. Aziz Dougaz (FSU Soph)/Guy Iradukunda (FSU Jr) 
 
 

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