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Wichita StateIt didn’t take long to have our first dual-match that was decided by the final court but that’s what happened on Thursday night in Tulsa inside The Case. Tulsa, which hosted last year’s NCAA Championships, jumped out to a 3-0 lead on the defending Missouri Valley Conference Champs Wichita State after rallying to take the doubles point and picking up straight set wins from Majed Kilani and Daniel Santos at No. 2 and No. 6. During the doubles point the Shockers got a quick win at No. 1 and led 4-0 at No. 3 but the Golden Hurricane rallied with six straight points to take it 6-4. The doubles decider came at No. 2 with Tulsa’s Kilani and Ram-Harel breaking Wichita State’s 4-4 service game and then holding to clinch the doubles point with a 6-4 win.
After Tulsa picked up its two quick wins, Wichita State clawed back in the match starting with a straight set win from Eddie Stoica at No. 5. Jocelyn Devilliers pulled the Shockers to within 3-2 after coming back from a set down to win in three at No. 4 and then newcomer Marius Frosa evened it at 3-3 with a three-set win at No. 3. The match-decider came at No. 1 where Wichita State’s Haru Inoue, who finished last year at No. 4, forced a third set against Tulsa’s Or Ram-Harel. It stayed on serve until Ram-Harel broke for a 3-2 lead and then he’d tack on three more games to win it 6-2, 6-7(1), 6-2.
“It’s very important [to get the season opening win],” said Tulsa Head Coach Vince Westbrook. “If we’re playing great right now, we’re in trouble. It’s the beginning of the year and we’re not going to play great, we have to do what it takes to win these matches.”
“He’s [Ram-Harel] one of the best grinders out there,” said Westbrook. “He’s learned to transition a lot better, he’s attacking better and his serve has gotten a lot bigger. His serve got him out of trouble many times tonight.”
Tulsa 4, Wichita State 3
Jan 12, 2017 at Tulsa, Okla.(Michael D. Case Tennis Center)
Singles competition
1. #46 Or Ram-Harel (TLSM 14.13) def. Haru Inoue (WSU 13.77) 6-2, 6-7 (1-7), 6-2
2. Majed Kilani (TLSM 13.31) def. Miroslav Herzan (WSU 13.02) 6-3, 6-2
3. Marius Frosa (WSU 13.49) def. Dominic Bechard (TLSM 13.19) 6-1, 4-6, 6-4
4. Jocelyn Devilliers (WSU 13.02) def. Okkie Kellerman (TLSM 12.59) 3-6, 7-6 (7-3), 6-2
5. Eddie Stoica (WSU 12.75) def. Mitchell Pritchard (TLSM 12.10) 6-3, 7-5
6. Daniel Santos (TLSM 13.10) def. Vitor Mendes (WSU 11.96) 6-2, 6-0
Doubles competition
1. Miroslav Herzan/Haru Inoue (WSU 12.96) def. Okkie Kellerman/Dominic Bechard (TLSM 13.09) 6-2
2. Majed Kilani/Or Ram-Harel (TLSM) def. Jocelyn Devilliers/Murkel Dellien (WSU) 6-4
3. Jarod Hing/Daniel Santos (TLSM) def. Eddie Stoica/Jan Poboril (WSU) 6-4
Match Notes:
Wichita State 0-1; Tulsa 1-0
Order of finish: Doubles (1,3,2); Singles (6,2,5,4,3,1)
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Texas, which is the preseason No. 4, kicked off its season with a pair of shutout wins on Thursday over in-state foes UTSA and Abilene Christian. Freshmen Christian Sigsgaard, Yuya Ito, and Leo Telles made their dual-match debuts with Sigsgaard winning both of his matches at the No. 1 spot in the lineup while Ito won at No. 2 against Abilene Christian, and Telles won at No. 5 against Abilene Christian. Post-match comments from head coach Michael Center are down below and here are some Japan’s Yuya Ito who went to high school in Australia so hence the Aussie accent.
No. 4 Texas 7, UTSA 0
Jan 12, 2017 at Austin, Texas (Weller Indoor Tennis Center)
Doubles – Order of Finish: 2,1,3
1) Colin Markes/Leo Telles (UT) def. Fabian Brand/Igor Cantanhede (UTSA), 6-3?
2) No. 38 Yuya Ito/Harrison Scott (UT) def. Patrick Poestinger/Kai Breitbach (UTSA), 6-0
3) Rodrigo Banzer/John Mee (UT) def. Leon Hein/Takeru Watanabe (UTSA), 6-3
Singles – Order of Finish: 4,3,2,6,5,1
1) No. 6 Christian Sigsgaard (UT) def. Kai Breitbach (UTSA), 6-2, 7-6 (7-4)
2) George Goldhoff (UT) def. Takeru Watanabe (UTSA), 6-3, 6-1?
3) Rodrigo Banzer (UT) def. Axel Cronje (UTSA), 6-3, 6-1?
4) Julian Zlobinsky (UT) def. Igor Cantanhede (UTSA), 6-0, 6-1
5) John Mee (UT) def. Patrick Poestinger (UTSA), 6-1, 7-6 (9-7)
6) Colin Markes (UT) def. Leon Hein (UTSA), 6-4, 3-6, 1-0 (10-5)
No. 4 Texas 7, Abilene Christian 0
Jan 12, 2017 at Austin, Texas (Weller Indoor Tennis Center)
Doubles – Order of Finish: 2,3,1
1) Nico Agritelley/Josh Sheehy (ACU) def. Leo Telles/George Goldhoff (UT), 6-4
2) Christian Sigsgaard/Yuya Ito (UT) def. Henry Adams/Jonathan Sheehy (ACU), 6-0
3) Julian Zlobinsky/Harrison Scott (UT) def. Paul M. Domanski/Sebastian Langdon (ACU) 6-2
Singles – Order of Finish: 2,4,5,3,6,1
1) No. 6 Christian Sigsgaard (UT) def. Josh Sheehy (ACU), 3-6, 7-6 (9-7), 1-0 (10-6)
2) Yuya Ito (UT) def. Nico Agritelley (ACU), 6-2, 6-0?
3) Harrison Scott (UT) def. Jonathan Sheehy (ACU), 6-4, 6-2?
4) Julian Zlobinsky (UT) def. Henry Adams (ACU), 6-1, 6-3
5) Leo Telles (UT) def. Hunter Holman (ACU), 6-2, 6-3
6) John Mee (UT) def. Paul M. Domanski (ACU), 6-3, 6-2
The Washington women kicked off their season with a 6-1 win in Honolulu over Hawaii. The match was closer than the score indicated with the doubles point decided by a 7-5 score at No. 1 and Hawaii forced three third-sets as well. For a full recap check out Washington’s release – the Huskies will be back in action on Friday as they face Kansas State out in Hawaii.
For the second time this week rain washed out a full day’s schedule in Long Beach so that means both the second round and quarterfinal round will be played on Friday.
$25K Long Beach USA F2 Futures – Second Round
Brandon Holt (USC Fr) vs. [1] Tommy Paul
[7] Carl Soderlund (Virginia Fr) vs. Riley Smith (USC Fr)
Collin Altamirano (Virginia Jr) vs. Logan Smith (USC Soph)
[5] Evan King (Michigan ’13) vs. Christian Harrison
[3] Emilio Gomez (USC ’13*) vs. Marcos Giron (UCLA ’14*)
Sebastian Fanselow (Pepperdine ’13) vs. Evan Song
[Q] Henry Craig (Denver ’16) vs. Alexios Halebian
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$15K Plantation USA F3 Futures – Second Round
[3] Peter Nagy (Texas A&M CC ’15) def. [Q] Nicolas Mejia 6-4, 6-1
[6] Filip Peliwo def. Hleb Maslau (North Florida ’11) 7-6(2), 7-5
Roberto Cid (South Florida ’16) def. Victor Baluda 5-7, 6-4, 6-0
Quarterfinals
[3] Peter Nagy (Texas A&M CC ’15) vs. [6] Filip Peliwo
Roberto Cid (South Florida ’16) vs. [8] Bastian Trinker
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$25K ITF Daytona Beach – Second Round
Elizabeth Halbauer def. [7] Robin Anderson (UCLA ’15) 6-1, 6-7(3), 6-2
Caroline Dolehide (’17 UCLA commit) def. Elizaveta Ianchuk 6-3, 4-6, 6-3
[3] Viktoria Kuzmova def. [Q] Santa Santamaria (USC ’15) 7-5, 6-4
Danielle Collins (Virginia ’16) def. Usue Arconada 6-3, 6-3
Quarterfinals
Caroline Dolehide (’17 UCLA commit) vs. [Q] Ulrikke Eikeri
Danielle Collins (Virginia ’16) vs. [Q} Angelina Kalinina
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$15K ITF Fort-de-France – Quarterfinals
Giuliana Olmos (USC ’16) vs. Ling Zhang
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Australian Open Men’s Qualies – Second Round
JP Smith (Tennessee ’11) def. Kenny De Schepper 6-4, 6-3
Noah Rubin (Wake Forest ’15*) def. [32] Roberto Carballes Baena 6-4, 3-6, 6-2
Luca Vanni def. Alex Sarkissian (Pepperdine ’14) 3-6, 6-3, 6-2
[20] Rajeev Ram (Illinois ’03*) def. Marcelo Arevalo (Tulsa ’11*) 6-1, 4-6, 8-6
James McGee (NC State ’08) def. [30] Vincent Millot 6-2, 6-4
Qualie Finals (Friday)
JP Smith (Tennessee ’11) vs. [1] Radek Stepanek
Noah Rubin (Wake Forest ’15*) vs. [11] Evgeny Donskoy
[20] Rajeev Ram (Illinois ’03*) vs. Jurgen Melzer
James McGee (NC State ’08) vs. Blake Mott
Main Draw – First Round
[19] John Isner (Georgia ’07) vs. Konstantin Kravchuk
Steve Johnson (USC ’12) vs. Federico Delbonis
Australian Open Women’s Qualies – Second Round
[4] Jennifer Brady (UCLA ’15*) def. Barbora Stefkova 6-7(2), 6-4, 6-1
[7] Rebecca Sramkova def. Jamie Loeb (North Carolina ’15*) 4-6, 7-5, 6-2
[11] Ana Bogdan def. Ellen Perez (Georgia Jr) 6-2, 7-6(7)
Qualie Finals (Friday)
[4] Jennifer Brady (UCLA ’15*) vs. [14] Taylor Townsend
Main Draw – First Round
Nicole Gibbs (Stanford ’13*) vs. [25] Timea Babos
Irina Falconi (Georgia Tech ’10*) vs. Xinyun Han
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Auckland ATP 250
SF: [4] Jack Sock def. [7] Steve Johnson (USC ’12) 6-4, 6-3
* didn’t stay at school for all four years
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