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Hoos Tearing It Up In LA; Tang Into Quarters in Hong Kong

by | Jan 4, 2017 | Blog

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It looked like Virginia was playing a dual-match today at USC as five guys played in the singles main draw with four of them on court at the same time. UVA senior JC Aragone was the first off the court after holding off ATP #515 Markos Kalovelonis. Aragone broke from 30/40 to go up 5-4 in the third and then he served it out from 40/15 to take it 5-7, 6-3, 6-4. UVA junior Collin Altamirano pulled off the biggest upset of the day when he beat the top seed ATP #282 Tommy Paul 4-6, 6-0, 6-3. Altamirano was in control of his serve all day winning 50 of 68 points (.735) while he had an amazing 22 break point opportunities converting three in the second set and one in the third.

UVA junior Henrik Wiersholm was the third Cavalier to pick up a win when he defeated fellow qualifier Jonathan Mridha. Wiersholm got broke serving for the first set up 5-4 but he opened up a 6-1 lead in the tiebreak and took it 7-4. Mridha served for the second set up 5-4 and 6-5 but Wiersholm broke both times and closed it out in the tiebreak 7-3. UVA senior Thai-Son Kwiatkowski followed with a straight set win over ATP #612 Antoine Bellier. Kwiatkowski held serve all 10 times while breaking Bellier twice in a 6-4, 6-4 win. UVA freshman Carl Soderlund was the final Hoo off the court as he defeated Stanford sophomore Sameer Kumar 6-4, 6-2. 

You can rewatch a few of the matches at these links – Altamirano/Paul & King/Redlicki, Sell/Khabibulin & Kwiatkowski/Bellier, Aragone/Kalovelonis & Brymer/Hovhannisyan, Wiersholm/Mridha & Soderlund/Kumar 

Below are the results from the final round of qualies through today’s finish of the first round. Rain is in the forecast for Thursday in Los Angeles so there might not be any play again until Friday.

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$25K Los Angles USA F1 Futures Qualifying – Final Round
[1] Jonathan Mridha def. Raheel Manji (Indiana Jr) 6-7(5), 7-5, 6-4
[2] Timur Khabibulin def. Alexandr Cozbinov (UNLV Jr) 7-6(3), 6-4
[16] Gage Brymer (UCLA Sr) def. Jack Jaede (USC Soph) 6-0, 3-6, 6-2
[4] Martin Redlicki (UCLA Jr) def. Nick Crystal (USC Sr) 7-5, 7-6(6)
Karue Sell (UCLA ’16) def. Logan Smith (USC Soph) 7-6(2), 7-5
Henrik Wiersholm (Virginia Jr) def. Jordan Angus (San Diego ’16) 6-3, 6-2
[7] Sameer Kumar (Stanford Soph) def. Ronnie Schneider (North Carolina Sr) 2-6, 6-4, 6-1
[8] Collin Altamirano (Virginia Jr) def. [15] Mousheg Hovhannisyan (Pepperdine ’13) 6-2, 6-2

First Round
[Q] Collin Altamirano (Virginia Jr) def. [1] Tommy Paul 4-6, 6-0, 6-3
Karue Sell (UCLA ’16) def. [Q] Timur Khabibulin 6-3, 6-2
Thai-Son Kwiatkowski (Virginia Sr) def. Antoine Bellier 6-4, 6-4
[8] Carl Soderlund (Virginia Fr) def. [Q] Sameer Kumar (Stanford Soph) 6-4, 6-2
[3] Emilio Gomez (USC ’13*) def. Brandon Holt (USC Fr) 6-3, 7-5
Clay Thompson (UCLA ’14) def. Ricardo Hocevar 6-1, 6-2
JC Aragone (Virginia Sr) def. Markos Kalovelonis 5-7, 6-3, 6-4
[6] Evan King (Michigan ’13) def. [Q] Martin Redlicki (UCLA Jr) 6-4, 6-2
Dennis Nevolo (Illinois ’12) def. [7] Kaichi Uchida 6-2, 3-6, 7-6(7)
Sebastian Fenselow (Pepperdine ’13) def. Fabiano De Paula 6-1, 6-2
[Q] Gage Brymer (UCLA Sr) def. [LL] Mousheg Hovhannisyan (Pepperdine ’13) 6-1, 6-2
[4] Yannick Hanfmann (USC ’15) def. Luke Bambridge 7-6(4), 6-7(2), 6-1
[5] Mackenzie McDonald (UCLA ’16*) def. Thibault Forget (USC Jr) 6-3, 6-2
Marcos Giron (UCLA ’14*) def. Aron Hiltzik (Illinois Jr) 6-3, 6-0
[Q] Henrik Wiersholm (Virginia Jr) def. [Q] Jonathan Mridha 7-6(4), 7-6(3)
[2] Roberto Quiroz (USC ’15) def. Dekel Bar 6-4, 6-4
 
Second Round
[Q] Collin Altamirano (Virginia Jr) vs. Karue Sell (UCLA ’16) 
[8] Carl Soderlund (Virginia Fr) vs. Thai-Son Kwiatkowski (Virginia Sr)
[3] Emilio Gomez (USC ’13*) vs. Clay Thompson (UCLA ’14) 
[6] Evan King (Michigan ’13) vs. JC Aragone (Virginia Sr) 
Sebastian Fenselow (Pepperdine ’13) vs. Dennis Nevolo (Illinois ’12)
[4] Yannick Hanfmann (USC ’15) vs. [Q] Gage Brymer (UCLA Sr) 
[5] Mackenzie McDonald (UCLA ’16*) vs. Marcos Giron (UCLA ’14*)
[2] Roberto Quiroz (USC ’15) vs. [Q] Henrik Wiersholm (Virginia Jr)
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Columbia freshman Jackie Tang has advanced to his first-ever Futures quarterfinal in Hong Kong after defeating rolling through the first two rounds. Tang knocked off the top seed in the second round when his opponent retired while trailing 6-5 in the first set. 
 
TCU junior Cameron Norrie won his opening round match at the $75K Noumea Challenger by defeating the third set ATP #149 Duck Hee Lee 6-4, 6-4. Norrie went toe-to-toe with former top 50 player Alejandro Falla in the second round but came up just short falling 6-2, 3-6, 7-5. 
 
 
Brisbane ATP 250 
R1: [7] Grigor Dimitrov def. Steve Johnson (USC ’12) 6-2, 6-3
 
Chennai ATP 250
R1: [7] Mikhail Youzhny def. Saketh Myneni (Alabama ’10) 6-4, 6-3
 
$75K Noumea Challenger – First Round
R1: Cameron Norrie (TCU Jr) def. [3] Duck Hee Lee 6-4, 6-4
R1: [Q] Finn Tearney (Pepperdine ’13) def. Joanick Pattoua 6-0, 6-0
R1: Noah Rubin (Wake Forest ’15*) def. Mats Moraing 6-3, 7-6(1)
R1: [1] Adrian Mannarino def. Aleks Vukic (Illinois Jr) 6-1, 6-2
R1: [5] Kenny De Schepper def. Jose Hernandez-Fernandez (North Carolina ’12) 4-6, 6-3, 6-1
R1: Tristan Lamasine def. [6] Dennis Novikov (UCLA ’13) 6-4, 7-6(4)
 
R2: Alejandro Falla def. Cameron Norrie (TCU Jr) 4-6, 6-4, 7-5
R2: Adrian Menendez-Maceiras def. Noah Rubin (Wake Forest ’15*) 6-4, 6-1
R2: [8] Mathias Bourgue def. [Q] Finn Tearney (Pepperdine ’13) 7-6(4), 6-4
 
$75K Happy Valley Challenger 
R1: Yasutaka Uchiyama def. James McGee (NC State ’08) 6-0, 6-4
R1: [6] Darian King def. Alexander Sarkissian (Pepperdine ’14) 6-4, 6-4
R1: [8] Marton Fucsovics def. Marcelo Arevalo (Tulsa ’11*) 6-1, 3-6, 6-3
 
$50K Bangkok Challenger
R1: [Q] Lloyd Glasspool (Texas ’15) def. Gregoire Barrere 6-3, 7-5
R2: [7] Maximilian Marterer def. [Q] Lloyd Glasspool (Texas ’15) 6-7(6), 6-4, 6-3
 
$15K Hong Kong F1 Futures
R1: Andrew Li (Georgia Tech Soph) def. [Q] Shinta Fujii 6-1, 6-1
R1: [WC] Anthony Jackie Tang (Columbia Fr) def. Albert Bikom 6-1, 6-0
R1: KU Singh (Georgia ’13) def. Aria Harajchi 6-4, 6-1
R1: [4] Jumpei Yamasaki def. [Q] Skyler Butts (CMS ’16) 6-3, 6-2
R2: [WC] Anthony Jackie Tang (Columbia Fr) def. [1] Shuichi Sekiguchi 6-5 ret.
R2: [2] Takuto Niki def. Andrew Li (Georgia Tech Soph) 6-1, 6-3
R2: Cheng-Yu Yu def. KU Singh (Georgia ’13) 6-2, 6-1
QF: [WC] Anthony Jackie Tang (Columbia Fr) vs. [7] Cheng-Yu Yu
 
* didn’t stay at school for all four years