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Torpegaard At Home in Columbus, Bellamy Basks in the Bay, Scott Spices the Cajun, Belga Burns Through the Bedford

by | Sep 26, 2016 | Blog

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What a successful week it was on the pro tour for several current, future, and former collegians. The biggest news came in Columbus (OH) as Ohio State junior Mikael Torpegaard won the $50K Columbus Challenger by defeating the top seed Benjamin Becker (Baylor ’05) in three sets.

Torpegaard earned the only break of the first set when he broke Becker from 30/40 to go up 5-4 and then he held at love to take the opening set 6-4. Becker flipped the script in the second set and won 30 of 44 points (68%) in route to a 6-1 set. Torpegaard fell behind 0-40 on his serve to start the third set before coming back to get an important hold. After five consecutive holds, Torpegaard broke Becker in a two-deuce game to go up 4-2 and then he broke him one more time from 15/40 to close out the 6-4, 1-6, 6-2 win in 1 hour and 31 minutes.

Ohio State’s recap has a post-match video interview with Torpegaard so click on the link on the tweet to give that a view. The win bumped Torpegaard’s ranking up from 642 to 371 which will make him the second highest (Norrie) ranked current college player in the latest ATP rankings.

2016 NCAA Champion Mackenzie McDonald (UCLA) won his first pro singles title with a quick 6-0, 6-3 win over the second seed Jan Choinski at the $10K USA F29 Futures in Irvine, California. McDonald won 53 of 82 points (.646) and converted 6 of 11 break points to get the win in just 47 minutes. McDonald also won the doubles title in Irvine when he teamed up with Deiton Baughman to beat fellow Americans Timothy Sah and Ryan Seggerman 6-4, 6-3.

Recent Georgia graduate Austin Smith won his first pro title of any kind when he rolled over Daniel Cukierman 6-1, 6-2 in the finals of the $10K Israel F13 Futures in Kiryat Gat. Smith entered the week with zero ATP points so he had to win three qualifying matches to make the main draw and then he won all but one of his five main draw matches in straight sets.

I’ll have a full recap on Monday of the other players with college ties that excelled during the week.
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USC senior Rob Bellamy won the Battle in the Bay Classic by winning a pair of matches on Sunday. Bellamy started off the day by defeating San Diego State senior Marko Goles Babic 6-4, 7-6 in the semifinals and then a few hours later he ousted Cal Poly senior Ben Donovan 7-6, 4-6, 6-4.

Bellamy also won a main draw wild card into this coming weeks $100K Tiburon Challenger after he won the Tiburon Challenger Wildcard Shootout with a 10-6 win over Ben Donovan. The wildcard
shootout was contested between the final four participants from the Battle in the Bay.

Cal Poly’s Ben Donovan and Corey Pang won the doubles title with an 8-6 win over USC freshmen Brandon Holt and Riley Smith and Pang also won the consolation singles final.

Final Draws/Results

Semifinals
[6] Rob Bellamy (USC) def. Marko Goles Babic (San Diego St) 6-4, 7-6(6)
[5] Ben Donovan (Cal Poly) def. [7] Brandon Holt (USC) 6-1, 6-7(3), 6-2

Final
[6] Rob Bellamy (USC) def. [5] Ben Donovan (Cal Poly) 7-6(3), 4-6, 6-4

Consolation Final
Corey Pang (Cal Poly) def. Jack Heslin (Boise State) 6-3, 6-4

Doubles Final
[1] Ben Donovan/Corey Pang (Cal Poly) def. [2] Brandon Holt/Riley Smith (USC) 8-6

 

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Texas sophomore Harrison Scott won the John Breaux Cajun Classic in Lafayette, Louisiana with a three set win over Kentucky junior William Bushamuka. Scott looked like he was in big trouble when he trailed 4-0 in the second set tiebreak but he won seven straight points to force a third set then pulled away to win it 6-7(3), 7-6(4), 6-2. The Texas recap had some quotes from Harrison Scott and head coach Michael Center so give that a click to see what they had to say.

Texas Tech’s Alex Sendegeya and Bjorn Thomson won the doubles final with a three-set win over LSU’s Jordan Daigle and Justin Butsch. Texas Tech’s recap has some quotes from head coach Brett Masi about the Red Raiders performance this past week.

If you missed the the singles and/or doubles final you can rewatch them on ESPN3.

Singles Final
[4] Harrison Scott (Texas) def. [1] William Bushamuka (Kentucky) 6-7(3), 7-6(4), 6-2

Consolation Finals 
Connor Curry (Texas Tech) def. Tim Sandkaulen (Ole Miss) 7-6(2), 6-2

Doubles Final
Alex Sendegeya/Bjorn Thomson (Texas Tech) def. Jordan Daigle/Justin Butsch (LSU) 7-6, 6-7, 6-2

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Arkansas senior Michael Redlicki and Oklahoma junior Spencer Papa each won a pair of matches on Sunday to advance to Monday’s singles final of the top flight at the Southern Intercollegiates in Athens, Georgia. Redlicki knocked off Oklahoma’s Alex Ghilea and Georgia’s Emil Reinberg in straight sets while Papa beat Arkansas’s Jose Salazar in straight sets and Georgia’s Wayne Montgomery in three-sets.

All of Monday’s finals will be live streamed through PlaySight at this link.

Singles/Doubles Draws
Schedule of Play
Full results

Division I Singles – Quarterfinals 

[1] Michael Redlicki (Arkansas) def. [7] Alexandru Ghilea (Oklahoma) 7-5, 6-2

Emil Reinberg (UGA) def. [4] Elliott Orkin (Florida) 6-3, 6-4

[11] Spencer Papa (Oklahoma) def. [9] Jose Salazar (Arkansas) 6-3, 6-2

[2] Wayne Montgomery (UGA) def. [5] Piotr Lomacki (Miami) 3-6, 6-3, 6-2

Semifinals
[1] Michael Redlicki (Arkansas) def. Emil Reinberg (UGA) 7-6, 6-1

[11] Spencer Papa (Oklahoma) def. [2] Wayne Montgomery (UGA) 6-2, 4-6, 7-5

Final – Monday 10 a.m. ET
[1] Michael Redlicki (Arkansas) vs. [11] Spencer Papa (Oklahoma)

 
Division II Singles – Quarterfinals 
Johannes Inglidsen (Florida) def. Carlos Benito (Georgia Tech) 6-3, 6-3
Vaughn Hunter  (Mississippi State) def. George Hedley (Louisville) 3-6, 6-4, 6-3
Parker Wynn (Louisville) def. Sam Swank (South Carolina) 6-2, 6-3
Jesse Flores (Miami) def. Miguel Este (East Tennessee State) 7-5, 6-3

Semifinals

Johannes Inglidsen (Florida) vs. Vaughn Hunter  (Mississippi State) 7-6, 6-4
Parker Wynn (Louisville) def. Jesse Flores (Miami) 6-0, 6-3

Final– Monday 10 a.m. ET

Johannes Inglidsen (Florida) vs. Parker Wynn (Louisville)

Division III Singles Finals 
Andrei Andrukov (Georgia State) def. Sam Slade (Kennesaw State) 6-0, 6-2

Division I Doubles Semifinals – Monday 10 a.m. ET
Michael Kay/Daniel Yun (Ga Tech) vs. [5] Elliott Orkin/Maxx Lipman (Florida)
Jan Zielinski/Walker Duncan (Georgia) vs. Wayne Montgomery/Robert Loeb (Georgia)

Below is the D1 singles draw broken down by Universal Tennis Rating and School – also can be viewed in a separate window here.

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Bedford Cup – Tampa, FL – Florida junior Jordan Belga ran his fall record to a perfect 8-0 after rolling to the ‘A’ Draw singles title with a 6-1, 6-2 win over South Florida junior Peter Bertran. Below are those eight win with all but two coming in straight sets.

Bedford Cup:
F – def. Peter Bertran (S. Florida) 6-1, 6-2
SF – def. Alberto Barroso-Campos (S. Florida) 3-6, 6-4, 10-2
QF – def. Vadym Kalyuzhnyy (S. Florida) 7-6(4), 1-6, 10-7
R16 – def. Felipe Frias (Fla Atlantic) 6-1, 6-3

Duke Bonk Invitational
F – def. Joshua Peck (N. Carolina) 7-6(5), 6-1
SF – def. TJ Pura (Duke) 6-4, 6-1
QF – def. Nick Stachowiak (Duke) 6-4, 6-3
R16 – def. Jeffrey Schorsch (Valpo) 6-3, 7-5

Full Results/Draws

Men’s Singles – A – Finals 
Jordan Belga (Florida) def. Peter Bertran (South Florida) 6-1, 6-2

Men’s Singles – B – Finals
Lasse Muscheites (N. Florida) vs. Anthony Schohn (Fla Atlantic)

Doubles Final
Lasse Muscheites/Jefta Kecic (N. Florida) def. Jose Gracia/Guy Iradukunda (FSU) 8-7

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Crimson Tide Four-in-the-Fall – Tuscaloosa, AL

Crimson Singles Flight  
Constantin Schmitz (Tulane) def. No. 52 Andrew Watson (Memphis) 6-1, 6-2 
No. 86 Kai Lemke (Memphis) def. Sebastian Rey (Tulane) 6-3, 4-6, 6-4 
Chi-Shan Jao (Tulane) def .Jan Palleres (Memphis) 6-2, 6-3 
Felix Rauch (Memphis) def. Luis Erlenbusch (Tulane) 7-6(5), 7-5 
Alex Keyser (Columbia) def. Matthew Rossouw (Alabama) 6-1, 6-3 
No. 113 Victor Pham (Columbia) def. Thibault Cancel (Alabama) 6-1, 6-1 
Tyler Schick (Tulane) def. Jack Turchetta (Columbia) 6-2, 6-2
 
White Singles Flight  
Jonathan Star (Tulane) def. Matt Story (Memphis) 6-1, 6-1 
Tim Ruetzel (Tulane) def. Shakeel Manji (Memphis) 6-3, 7-5 
Chris Patzanovsky (Memphis) def. Eric Wagner (Tulane) 7-6(5), 7-5 
Turner Voges (Memphis) def. Chase Schupp (Tulane) 6-1, 6-2 
Ritchie Kruunenberg (Alabama) def. Tim Wang (Columbia) 3-6, 6-2, 6-3 
William Matheson (Columbia) def. Hayes Brewer (Alabama) 6-3, 6-2 

Michal Rolski (Columbia) def. Alexey Nesterov (Alabama) 6-3, 6-7(3), 7-6(5)  

Langford Hills (Alabama) def. Adam Ambrozy (Columbia) 7-5, 4-6, 6-1 

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Furman Fall Classic – Greenville, SC

Full Results/Draws

Singles Flight 1 Finals 

Jasmine Lee (Mississippi State/11.79) def. Makenna Jones (North Carolina/11.29) 6-3, 6-2
 
Singles Flight 2 Finals 
Emma Davis (Wake Forest/11.16) def. Madison Harrison (Miss State/10.81) 7-6, 6-0

To see results from other fall tournaments check out my Fall Tournament Hub.