Paul Oosterbaan (Photo Bill Kallenberg)

$25K Tulsa, OK, USA F21 (Hard) – 5 of the 8 quarterfinalists have college ties with the biggest surprise being Georgia’s Paul Oosterbaan. The 6 foot 7 inch rising junior picked up his first career ATP point yesterday and today he followed that up by defeating the No. 2 seed Sekou Bangoura in straight sets. Oosterbaan served for the first set up 5-3 but Bangoura broke from 15/40 and the set would eventually go to a tiebreak. Oosterbaan played from behind in the tiebreak but he took his first lead by winning both points on Bangoura’s serve to go up 6-5 and then he won the next point on his serve to take it 7-6(5). Oosterbaan broke Bangoura to start the second set and then he held fairly comfortably up until his 5-4 service game. Bangoura had three break point opportunities but Oosterbaan fought each off and held in a three-deuce game to get the win 7-6(5), 6-4.

Recent Tulane graduate Dominik Koepfer earned his first-ever spot in a Futures quarterfinal with a come from behind three-set win over recent Illinois graduate Jared Hiltzik. Hiltzik took the first set 6-3 before Koepfer got the second 6-3. Koepfer broke Hiltzik to start the third set in a four-deuce game but Hiltzik put it back on serve by breaking from 30/40 to even it at 2-2. Koepfer broke back from 15/40 and then held for 4-2 but Hiltzik took the next three games by holding at love, breaking from 15/40, and then holding in a two-deuce game for 5-4. After Koepfer held from 40/15 he went up 15/40 but Hiltzik fought off both of those break points and one more to get the hold for 6-5. Koepfer held at love to send it a to a tiebreak and then he took the tiebreak 7-4.

Quarterfinals
#640 Cameron Norrie (TCU Rising Jr) vs. [1] #238 Mitchell Krueger
[3] Tennys Sandgren (Tennessee ’11) vs. [Q] Dominik Koepfer (Tulane ’16)
#1070 Ryan Haviland (Stanford ’02) vs. [4] #331 Michael Mmoh
[Q] Paul Oosterbaan (Georgia Rising Jr) vs. [7] #461 Adam El Mihdaway

Julian Zlobinsky (Pic TexasSports)

$10K Rochester, NY, USA F20 (Clay) – 5 of the 8 quarterfinalists have college ties and it was almost 6 but Raleigh Smith (Northwestern ’14) fell to the No. 1 seed Gavin Van Peperzeel 7-5 in the third. Texas rising sophomore Julian Zlobinsky got a main draw wild card and has thanked the tournament organizers by advancing to his first-ever quarterfinal after defeating Hans Hach 7-5, 7-6(5).

Quarterfinals
[1] #347 Gavin Van Peperzeel vs. #994 Juan Benitez Chavarriaga (Baylor ’15)
[7] #905 Mikael Torpegaard (Ohio State Rising Jr) vs. Julian Zlobinsky (Texas Rising Soph)
[WC] #1101 Thai-Son Kwiatkowski (Virginia Rising Sr) vs. [WC] #1531 Marcus Fugate
[6] #873 Nathan Pasha (Georgia ’15) vs. [2] #411 Kaichi Uchida

Farris Gosea (Photo ITF)

$25K Richmond, Canada, F3 (Hard) – Ray Sarmiento has played his way into his seventh Futures quarterfinal this year and will meet Farris Gosea who will play in his third quarterfinal of the year. Gosea won the only three-set match on Thursday with a 4-6, 6-3, 6-3 win over 2015 Vanderbilt graduate Gonzalez Austin. Finn Tearney got a walkover win over Texas rising sophomore Harrison Scott and will meet Canadian Filip Peliwo.

Quarterfinals
[1] #289 Jason Jung (Michigan ’11) vs. #539 Alexios Halebian
[4] #363 Finn Tearney (Pepperdine ’13) vs. [6] #425 Filip Peliwo
#561 Ray Sarmiento (USC ’14) vs. #912 Farris Gosea (Illinois ’15)

$25K Palma Del Rios, Spain, F18 (Hard) – Remi Boutillier (Fresno State ’12) is into a Futures semifinal for the second week in a row after a 4-6, 6-1, 6-1 win over #386 Ricardo Ojeda Lara. Next up for Boutillier is #300 Pablo Vivero Gonzalez.

$10K Kaltenkirchen, Germany, F4 (Clay) – Jonas Luetjen (Ole Miss ’13) had a nice day on Thursday by actually winning two matches without having to play the second one. Luetjen routed #477 Peter Nagy (aTm CC) 6-0, 6-1 and then got a walkover in his Friday quarterfinal match when his opponent Florian Lallert withdrew due to an unspecified injury. Top seed Yannick Maden (Clemson ’13) advanced to his seventh Futures quarterfinal this year with a 6-2, 6-3 win over qualifier Frederik Press. Maden will face #743 Gabor Borsos on Friday.

$10K Havre, Belgium, F2 Futures (Clay) – Jolan Cailleau (Texas Tech Rising Sr) advanced to his fourth career Futures quarterfinal with a 4-0 ret. win over the top seed #311 Jeremy Jahn and will now meet #487 Maxime Authom on Friday. Joran Vliegen (East Carolina ’14) booked his spot in the quarters with a 6-2, 6-4 win over Florida State commit Alex Knaff and will now face #621 Martin Netuschil.

$10K Harare, Zimbabwe, F1 (Hard) – Michael Grant (USC ’14) has never made it to a Futures final but he’s just a match away after a 7-5, 6-2 win over the top seed #325 Lloyd Harris 7-5, 6-2. Grant will face the No. 4 seed #568 Marc Polmans in Friday’s semifinal with Polmans looking for a third straight Futures title. Benjamin Lock (Florida State ’16) advanced to his first semifinal of the year after defeating Nik Scholtz (Ole Miss ’15) 6-3, 6-4. Lock will meet the No. 3 seed #421 Hugo Nys in Friday’s other semifinal.

Roberto Cid

$10K Barranquilla, Colombia, F2 Futures – Roberto Cid (South Florida ’16) has played two tournaments since graduating from South Florida and he’s now made the semifinals in each after a 7-6(6), 6-4 win over #692 Mauricio Echazu. Cid had to go through qualies but he’s now won five matches this week and will meet #731 Gonzalo Villanueva in the semifinals.