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Chris Eubanks Takes Out Jared Donaldson in Atlanta; Lots of Familiar Names Remaining in Champaign

Chris Eubanks showed on Thursday night that he wasn’t a one-trick pony as the rising senior at Georgia Tech knocked off ATP #59 Jared Donaldson 6-4, 4-6, 6-2 to move into the quarterfinals at the BB&T Atlanta Open. Eubanks went down a break midway through the first set when Donaldson broke from 15/40 to go ahead 3-2 but Eubanks broke back in the next game from 30/40 and then broke again in a two-deuce game to secure the opening set 6-4. There was only one break in the second set and it came when Donaldson broke Eubanks in a four-deuce game, a game that Eubanks had led 40/15, to go up 4-3. In the third and final set Eubanks jumped out to a 3-0 lead by...