NIIC Day 2: Monteiro Upsets #1 Seed Kwiatkowski, Koepfer Only Seed Left

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A day after the #1 seed on the women’s side went down the men’s #1 followed suit as Virginia Tech senior Joao Monteiro upset Virginia junior Thai-Son Kwiatkowski 6-1, 7-6(4) in the NIIC quarterfinals. Kwiatkowski had beat Monteiro 6-3, 4-6, 6-1 back on September 20th in the finals of the UVA Ranked 1+1 but Monteiro was able to turn the tide today.

Stanford sophomore Tom Fawcett upset the #2 seed TCU sophomore Cameron Norrie 6-4, 7-6(8) so that means we’ll be guaranteed to have a first time major winner on Sunday. Norrie of course won the Oracle Masters back in September while Kwiatkowski won the All-Americans in October.

Cal’s Andre Goransson came back from a set down to win his Round of 16 match over Ohio State’s Mikael Torpegaard then in his quarterfinal match he saw a 6-2, 5-1 lead evaporate as Texas A&M’s Arthur Rinderknech won 4 straight games to even it at 5-5. Goransson managed to break on the deciding point to go up 6-5 and then he quickly served it out quickly to close out the 6-2, 7-5 win.

Tulane’s Dominik Koepfer rolled over Wake Forest’s Skander Mansouri 6-2, 6-2 in the Round of 16 then he followed that up with a gritty 7-6(6), 7-5 win over Illinois’s Jared Hiltzik. Hiltzik had a set point in the first set tiebreak on his serve but Koepfer managed to win the last 3 points to take the set. In the second set Hiltzik led 5-3 but Koepfer battled back and took the next 4 games to close out the win.

Georgia Tech sophomore Chris Eubanks won both his matches in straight sets. He took out Ohio State junior Herkko Pollanen 7-5, 6-2 in the opening match and then got past Stanford’s Tom Fawcett in the quarters by almost the same score of 6-2, 7-5. Fawcett led 5-2 in the second before Eubanks reeled off 5 straight to close it out.

As a reminder ESPN3’s coverage will start on Saturday morning at 9am as they’ll broadcast both the men’s and women’s singles and doubles semifinals. Here is the Saturday order of play with all 4 singles semis (2 men/2 women) being played on court 9 starting with the women.

All main draws results are below:

Men’s Round of 16:
[1] Thai-Son Kwiatkowski (UVA) def. Konrad Zieba (NU) 6-3, 6-4
Joao Monteiro (VT) def. [5] Hugo Di Feo (OSU) 6-2, 7-5
[3] Dominik Koepfer (TUL) def. Skander Mansouri (WF) 6-2, 6-2
[8] Jared Hiltzik (ILL) def. David Wilczynski (ST) 6-7(4), 6-3, 6-4
Andre Goransson (CAL) def. Mikael Torpegaard (OSU) 4-6, 6-3, 6-2
[4] Arthur Rinderknech (aTm) def. Austin Smith (UGA) 6-3, 7-6(5)
Chris Eubanks (GT) def. Herkko Pollanen (OSU) 7-5, 6-2
Tom Fawcett (ST) def. [2] Cameron Norrie (TCU) 6-4, 7-6(8)

Quarterfinals
Joao Monteiro (VT) def. [1] Thai-Son Kwiatkowski (UVA) 6-1, 7-6(4)
[3] Dominik Koepfer (TUL) def. [8] Jared Hiltzik (ILL) 7-6(6), 7-5
Andre Goransson (CAL) def. [4] Arthur Rinderknech (aTm) 6-2, 7-5
Chris Eubanks (GT) def. Tom Fawcett (ST) 6-3, 7-5

Semifinals (Saturday)
[3] Dominik Koepfer (TUL) vs. Joao Monteiro (VT)
Andre Goransson (CAL) vs. Chris Eubanks (GT)

Consolation Singles 1st Round:
Ben Lock (FSU) def. Max Hinnisdaels (AUB) 6-2, 4-6, 6-4
Diego Hidalgo (UF) def. Kevin Konfederak (GG) 6-3, 6-7(1), 6-2
Guillermo Nunez (TCU) def. Chris Diaz (OSU) 6-2, 6-7(0), 6-4
Uros Petronijevic (SD) def. Shawn Hadavi (COL) 7-6(4), 6-4
Diogo Rocha (DEN) def. [6] Roberto Cid (USF) w/o
Dovydas Sakinis (DART) def. Martin Redlicki (UCLA) 6-1, 6-4
Sam Monette (IU) def. [7] Nicolas Alvarez (DUKE) 6-3, 6-4
Quentin Monaghan (ND) def. Alex Ghilea (OU) 6-4, 7-5

Consolation Quarterfinals (Saturday – semifinals to follow):
Ben Lock (FSU) vs. Diego Hidalgo (UF)
Guillermo Nunez (TCU) vs. Uros Petronijevic (SD)
Dovydas Sakinis (DART) vs. Diogo Rocha (DEN)
Quentin Monaghan (ND) vs. Sam Monette (IU)

Doubles Quarterfinals:
Dojas/Soares (TT) def. Hadavi/R Pham (COL) 7-5, 7-5
Sabatka/Van Leijsen (NM) def. [3] Angus/Vittek (SD) 6-3, 7-6(3)
Lawson/Monaghan (ND) def. [4] Hidalgo/Watson (UF) 6-3, 6-7(4), 1-0(7)
[2] Clark/Kelly (UNC) def. Cox/Konfederak (GG) 6-7(7), 6-3, 1-0(8)

Doubles Semifinals:
Dojas/Soares (TT) vs. Sabatka/Van Leijsen (NM) 
[2] Clark/Kelly (UNC) vs. Lawson/Monaghan (ND)