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College on Tour Weekly Recap/Results 6/1 – 6/7

by | Jun 8, 2015 | Blog

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It was a very good week for former and current college players on the ATP Pro Tour with 3 former college guys and 1 current winning titles.  4 former college guys finished as runner-up as did 1 current player.  Georgia recruit Tommy Paul won the French Open Junior Championship though it won’t be known for a few months whether he’ll end up in Athens or choose to go pro.

For full details scroll down through each individual event and to look ahead to see who is playing next week check out the College on Tour tab at the top of the page.

Champion

Alex Sarkissian (Pepperdine ’14) defeated Connor Smith (Ohio St ’13) 7-6(5), 6-4 in the $50K Gimecheon, Korea Challenger. It was Sarkissian’s 4 career pro title and 1st at the Challenger level.

Matija Pecotic (Princeton ’13) defeated Tennys Sandgren (Tennessee ’11) 6-2, 6-3 to win the $15K Winston-Salem Future. It was Pecotic’s 15th consecutive win and 3rd consecutive Future’s Title with the previous 2 coming in Nigeria.

Andre Dome (Cal Poly ’13) defeated Tigre Hang 6-3, 6-7(7), 7-5 to win the $10K Manzanillo, Mexico Future. It was Dome’s 2nd career title with first coming a month ago in Thailand.

Benjamin Lock (Florida State Rising Senior) defeated William Bushamuka (Kentucky Rising Sophomore) 6-4, 6-4 to win the $10K Maputo, Mozambique Future. It was Lock’s first career pro title.

Runner-Up

Javier Pulgar-Garcia (San Diego St ’12) lost to Hugo Nys 6-3, 6-1 in the $10K Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt Future.

Vlad Victor Cornea (Middle Tenn St/Texas Tech ’15) lost to Pavel Nejedly 7-6(6), 2-6, 6-4 in the $10K Kiseljak, Bosnia/Herzegovina Future.

French Open Junior Championships (Clay)
#13 Tommy Paul (Georgia Recruit) def. #2 Taylor Fritz 7-6(4), 2-6, 6-2 in finals.

Winston-Salem U.S. $15K Future (Hard) – Final Round of Qualies:
Ethan Dunbar (Richmond ’15) def. Adrian Chamdani (Duke Recruit) 6-7(1), 7-6(7), 4-2 ret.
Ryan Haviland (Stanford ’02) def. Maksim Kan (C-Wake Forest) 6-4, 7-5
Robert Kelly (C-UNC) def. Cole Fiegel (Current Georgia Tech) 6-2, 6-3
Serge Becerra Jeria def. Jacob Dunbar (Current Richmond) 1-6, 6-2, 6-3
Alex Gornet (C-Louisville) def. Keith Whittingham (Mercyhurst ’12) 6-1, 6-2
Strong Kirchheimer (C-Northwestern) def. Beck Pennington (C-Kentucky) 7-5, 7-5
Sebastian Beltrame (C-Harvard) def. Christopher Eubanks (C-Georgia Tech) 6-2, 7-5
Yancy Dennis (South Carolina Recruit) def. Anudeep Kodali (UNC Recruit) 7-5, 0-6, 6-2

Main Draw Singles – 1st Round
#348 Matija Pecotic (Princeton ’13) def. #938 Collin Altamirano (Current Virginia) 6-1, 6-3 
Mac Styslinger (Current Virginia) def. Robert Kelly (Current North Carolina) 6-1, 7-5 
#1015 Hunter Nichols (San Diego St ’14) def. #1074 Damon Gooch (Elon ’09) 7-6, 6-2 
#601 Ernesto Escobedo def. Yancy Dennis (South Carolina Recruit) 6-2, 6-1 
#363 Sanam Singh (Virginia ’11) def. Sebastian Beltrame (Current Harvard) 2-6, 6-2, 6-1
#1017 Thai-Son Kwiatkowski (Current Virginia) def. Serge Becerra Jeria 6-3, 6-2
#566 Sekou Bangoura (Florida ’11) def. Ethan Dunbar (Richmond ’15) 6-4, 6-4
#370 Rhyne Williams (Tennessee ’11) def. #1158 Dennis Uspensky 4-6, 6-2, 6-3
Sahak Bazrganian def. Alex Gornet (Current Louisville) 4-6, 6-4, 6-3
#844 Noah Rubin (Current Wake Forest) def. #1271 Ryan Haviland (Stanford ’02) 6-1, 7-5
#356 Tennys Sandgren (Tennessee ’11) def. #1102 Christopher Marquis 6-1, 6-4
#374 Kevin King (Georgia Tech ’12) def. Alexios Halebian 6-2, 6-0
Jon Ho (C-Wake Forest) def. #1092 Andrew Carter (Louisville ’12) 6-3, 3-6, 7-6(5)
#788 Ray Sarmiento (USC ’14) def. Strong Kirchheimer (Current Northwestern) 6-3, 6-3
#674 Finn Tearney (Pepperdine ’13) def. #354 Eric Quigley (Kentucky ’12) 6-3, 6-4

2nd Round
#348 Matija Pecotic (Princeton ’13) def. Mac Styslinger (C-Virginia) 6-3, 6-1 
#601 Ernesto Escobedo def. #1015 Hunter Nichols (San Diego St ’14) 6-7, 7-5, 6-2
#812 Mico Santiago def. #363 Sanam Singh (Virginia ’11) 6-7, 6-3, 7-6
#566 Sekou Bangoura (Florida ’11) def. #1017 Thai-Son Kwiatkowski (C-Virginia) 6-3, 7-6
#370 Rhyne Williams (Tennessee ’11) def. Sahak Bazrganian 6-1, 6-0
#356 Tennys Sandgren (Tennessee ’11) def. #844 Noah Rubin (C-Wake Forest) 7-5, 6-3
#374 Kevin King (Georgia Tech ’12) def. Jon Ho (Current Wake Forest) 6-1, 7-6
#788 Ray Sarmiento (USC ’14) def. #674 Finn Tearney (Pepperdine ’13) 0-6, 6-3, 7-5

Quarterfinals
#348 Matija Pecotic (Princeton ’13) def. #601 Ernesto Escobedo 7-5, 6-4
#812 Mico Santiago def. #566 Sekou Bangoura (Florida ’11) 6-2, 7-6(5)
#356 Tennys Sandgren (Tennessee ’11) def. #370 Rhyne Williams (Tennessee ’11) 6-2, 6-2
#788 Ray Sarmiento (USC ’14) def. #374 Kevin King (Georgia Tech ’12) 6-3, 6-3

Semifinals
#348 Matija Pecotic (Princeton ’13) def. #812 Mico Santiago 6-3, 6-1
#356 Tennys Sandgren (Tennessee ’11) def. #788 Ray Sarmiento (USC ’14) 6-4, 6-4

Finals
#348 Matija Pecotic (Princeton ’13) def. #356 Tennys Sandgren (Tennessee ’11) 6-2, 6-3


Prostejov, Czech Republic $106K Challenger (Clay)

  • #115 Aleksandr Nedovyesov (Oklahoma State ’10) def. #361 Nikola Mektic 6-4, 6-7, 7-6 in R1, lost to #57 Marcel Granollers 6-3, 6-1 in R2.


Gimcheon, Korea $50K Challenger (Hard)

  • #312 Alex Sarkissian (Pepperdine ’14) def. #648 Blake Mott 7-6, 6-3 in R1, def. #402 Zhe Li 6-4, 6-2 in R2, def. #644 Young Seok Kim 6-4, 6-4 in quarters, def. #344 Cheong-Eui Kim 6-1, 5-7, 6-4 in semis, def. #271 Connor Smith 7-6(5), 6-4 in finals.
  • #271 Connor Smith (Ohio State ’13) def. #417 Yuya Kibi 6-1, 6-1 in R1. def. #630 KU Singh 6-3, 4-6, 6-4 in R2, def #389 Jose Rubin Statham 6-4, 6-2 in quarters, def. #490 Hiroyasu Ehara 6-3, 6-4 in semis, lost to #312 Alex Sarkissian 6-1, 5-7, 6-4 in finals.
  • #630 Karunuday Singh (Georgia ’13) def. Soon Woo Kwon 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 in R1, lost to #271 Connor Smith 6-3, 4-6, 6-4 in R2
  • #435 Ruan Roelofse (Illinois ’09) lost #523 Ji Sung Nam 6-2, 6-4 in R1.
  • #403 Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (Washington ’11) lost to #92 Go Soeda 6-4, 6-2 in R1.
  • #242 Daniel Nguyen (USC ’12) lost to #428 Fritz Wolmarans 7-6, 6-1 in R1.


Manchester, Great Britain $42K Challenger (Grass)

  • #147 Rajeev Ram (Illinois ’03) def. #95 Ruben Bemelmans 6-4, 6-4 in R1, def. #273 Frederik Nielsen 6-2, 7-6 in R2, def. #355 Joshua Milton 7-5, 6-2 in quarters, lost to #72 Sam Groth 4-6, 7-6(2), ret. in semis.
  • #162 JP Smith (Tennessee ’11) def. #158 Niels Desein 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 in R1, lost to #150 Konstantin Kravchuk 6-4, 6-4 in R2.
  • #118 Austin Krajicek (Texas A&M ’10) lost to #355 Joshua Milton 6-4, 7-6 in R1
  • #184 Dennis Novikov (UCLA ’13) def. #254 Jordan Thompson 4-6, 6-4, 6-0 in R1, lost to #104 James Ward 7-6, 6-4 in R2.
  • #234 Ed Corrie (Texas ’11) lost to #151 Jimmy Wang 7-5, 2-6, 6-3 in R1
  • #474 Michael Venus (LSU ’09) lost to #273 Frederik Nielsen in final round of qualies.
  • #768 Joe Salisbury (Memphis ’14) lost to #475 Matt Reid in final round of qualies. 
  • #244 Henrique Cunha (Duke ’13) lost to #638 Luke Bambridge 6-3, 6-3 in qualie R16
  • #783 Cameron Norrie (Current TCU) lost to #273 Frederik Nielsen 6-4, 7-5 in qualie R16


Furth, Germany $42K Challenger (Clay)

  • #97 Blaz Rola (Ohio State ’13) def. #205 Vincent Millot 2-6, 7-5, 6-4 in R1, def. #345 Maximilian Marterer 6-3, 7-5 in R2, def. #446 Lorenzo Giustino 7-5, 6-1 in quarters, lost to #168 Taro Daniel 6-4, 6-0 in semis.

Mestre, Italy $42K Challenger (Clay)

  • #194 Jose Hernandez-Fernandez (UNC ’12) def. #96 Facundo Bagnis 7-5, 6-3 in R1, def. #192 Andrej Martin 6-3, 6-4 in R2, def #413 Calvin Hemery 6-2, 6-1 in quarters, lost to #114 Maximo Gonzalez 6-3, 6-2 in semis.
  • #182 Chase Buchanan (Ohio State ’12) def. #224 Matteo Viola 6-3, 6-2 in R1, lost to #197 Potito Starace 6-0, 6-2 in R2.
  • #818 Jesse Witten (Kentucky ’05) lost to #249 David Guez 7-6, 6-3 in qualie R16.


Maputo, Mozambique $10K Future (Hard):

  • #1218 Benjamin Lock (Current Florida State) def. #1183 Matias Castro 6-3, 6-2 in R1, def. Curtis Clarke 4-6, 6-1, 7-5 in R2, def. #275 Frederico Silva 6-2, 7-5 in quarters, def. #816 Matias Descotte 6-4, 6-3 in semis, def. William Bushamuka 6-4, 6-4 in finals.
  • William Bushamuka (Current Kentucky) came through qualies and def. Phenyo Matong 6-2, 6-4 in R1, def. #580 Evan Song 6-3, 7-6 in R2, def. Jeremy Beale 6-1, ret. in quarters, def. #975 Hassan Ndayishimiye 3-6, 6-4, 6-3 in semis, lost to #1218 Benjamin Lock 6-4, 6-4 in finals.
  • #975 Hassan Ndayishimiye (Current Troy) came through qualies and def. Joshua Luck 6-3, 6-2 in R1, def. Lloyd Segal 6-1, 6-1 in R2, def. #450 Nik Scholtz 6-4, 5-7, 6-4 in quarters, lost to William Bushamuka 3-6, 6-4, 6-3 in semis.
  • #450 Nik Scholtz (Ole Miss ’15) def. Jay Clarke 6-2, 6-3 in R1, def. Luis Britto 6-2, 6-3 in R2, lost to #975 Hassan Ndayishimiye 6-4, 5-7, 6-4 in quarters. 
  • Trent Botha (Current Oklahoma State) def. #1379 Joshua Chetty 6-3, 6-1 in R1, lost 6-2, 6-0 in R2 to #275 Frederico Ferreira Silva.

Bursa, Turkey $10K Future (Hard):
  • #1263 Julius Tverijonas (Current George Washington) came through qualies but lost 7-5, 6-2 in the 1st round to the #2 seed. 

Madrid, Spain $10K Future (Clay):
  • #607 Georgi Rumenov Payakov (Armstrong State ’13) def. #815 Sergio Martos Gornes 7-6, 6-3 in R1, def. #541 Federico Zeballos 7-6, 6-4 in R2, lost to #504 Albert Alcaraz Ivorra 6-3, 6-1 in quarters.
  • Fernando Bogajo (Armstrong State ’15) came through qualies and lost 6-3, 6-3 in R1 to #448 Maxime Chazal. 
  • #684 Adrien Puget (UCLA ’14) def. #742 Eduard Esteve Lobato 6-2, 6-3 in R1, lost to #448 Maxime Chazal 6-3, 6-4 in R2.
Maribor, Slovenia $10K Future (Clay):
  • #647 Moritz Baumann (Wisconsin ’10) lost 6-3, 7-5 to #518 Pascal Brunner in R1.

Manzanillo, Mexico $10K Future (Hard):
  • #711 Andre Dome (Cal Poly ’13) def. Jerry Lopez (Current Kentucky) 6-1, 5-5 ret in R1, def. #333 Adam El Mihdawy 6-4, 4-3 ret. in R2, def. #669 Luis David Martinez 7-6(2), 4-6, 6-0 in quarters, def. #586 Jorge Panta 6-3, 6-4 in semis, def. #559 Tigre Hank 6-3, 6-7(7), 7-5 in finals.
  • #965 Connor Farren (Current USC) def. #1186 Julian Saborio 6-2, 6-1 in R1, lost to #419 Ivan Endara 6-4, 6-4 in R2.
  • Wilfredo Gonzalez (Miami ’15) came through qualies and lost in R1 6-4, 6-2 to #1095 Carlos Ramirez Utermann.

Karuizawa, Japan $10K Future (Hard):
  • #747 Ben McLachlan (Cal ’14) def. #971 Katsuki Nagao 6-1, 6-2 in R1, lost to #1217 Thomas Fancutt 6-7, 7-6, 6-4 in R2.

Tel-Aviv-Ramat Gan, Israel $10K Future (Hard)
  • #459 Peter Kobelt (Ohio St ’14) def Patrick Davidson 6-2, 6-3 in R1, def Alexander Mozgovoy 7-6, 6-4 in R2, lost to #699 Maxime Janvier 6-4, 6-3 in quarters.
  • #1166 Cameron Silverman (Elon ’14) def. #1301 Keivon Tabrizi (Current Wake Forest) 7-5, 6-1 in R1, def #1317 Bruce Strachan 6-2, 6-0 in R2, lost to #616 Amir Weintraub 6-2, 6-2 in quarters.
  • #1351 Raleigh Smith (Northwestern ’14) def Dor Belfer 7-5, 6-3 in R1, lost to #650 Tal Goldengoren 6-3, 6-4 in R2.
  • Igor Smilansky (Current Tennessee) came through qualies and lost R1 match 6-2, 6-0 to #1130 Daniel Cukierman.
Jassowal, India $10K Future (Hard):
  • Rishab Agarwal (Current Mississippi St) came through qualies and won R1 match 6-3, 6-3 over Mritunjay Badola, lost to #778 Mohit Mayur Jayaprakash 6-2, 6-1 in R2. 

Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt $10K Future (Hard):
  • #589 Javier Pulgar-Garcia (San Diego St ’12) def. #1176 Artur Completo 6-2, 6-2 in R1, #1006 Cristian Carli 7-6, 6-0 in R2, def. #879 Karim Hossam 6-3, 3-6, 7-5 in quarters, def. #313 Jaime Pulgar-Garcia 6-4 ret. in semis, lost to #436 Hugo Nys 6-3, 6-1 in finals.
  • #313 Jaime Pulgar-Garcia (NC State ’12) def. Hugo Schott 6-4, 7-6 in R1, def. Mostafa Mohamed Hatem 6-3, 6-0 in R2, def. #1467 Giacomo Miccini 6-1, 5-7, 6-3 in quarters, lost to #589 Javier Pulgar-Garcia 6-4 ret. in semis.
Bol, Croatia $10K Future (Clay) – 3 current Ole Miss Rebels playing this one
  • Stefan Lindmark came through qualies and beat teammate Zvonimir Babic 6-4, 6-3 in R1, lost to #677 Sandro Ehrat 6-3, 6-4 in R2.
  • Gustav Hansson came through qualies and won R1 match 6-4, 1-6, 6-2 over #1246 Kevin Kaczynski, lost to #338 Gavin Van Peperzeel 6-3, 6-4 in R2.
  • Garrett Patton (Boise State ’15) lost in the 2nd round of qualies

Kiseljak, Bosnia/Herzegovina $10K Future (Clay)
  • #958 Vlad Victor Cornea (Fmr MTSU/Texas Tech) def. #594 Jerome Inzerillo 5-7, 7-5, 6-4 in R1, def. #739 Nerman Fatic 6-4, 7-5 in R2, def. #507 Tom Kocevar-Desman 4-6, 7-6(3), 6-4 in quarters, def. #569 Tomislav Jotovski 7-5, 6-3 in semis, lost to #890 Pavel Nejedly 7-6(6), 2-6, 6-4 in finals.

Lodi, Italy $10K Future (Clay)
  • #969 Justin Shane (Virginia ’14) came through qualies then lost 6-4, 6-4 in R1 to #695 Lorenzo Sonego.

Andijan, Uzbekistan $15K Future (Hard)
  • Jakhongir Jalalov (Current Wisconsin) def. Abror Isakov 6-1, 2-6, 6-2 in R1, lost to #279 Denys Molchanov 6-0, 6-3 in R2.

Jounieh, Lebanon $15K Future (Clay)
  • #1449 Fred Saba (Duke ’14) lost in R1 to #400 Sam Barry 7-6, 7-5 
  • Giovani Samaha (Current Troy) def. #757 Matteo Marfia 6-4, 7-5 in R1, lost to Sasha Merzetti 6-2, 7-6 in R2. 

Pantiani, Georgia $10K Future (Clay)
  • Shota Meparidze (Current NC State) lost to #1444 Aleksandre Bakshi 6-4, 6-3 in R1