Saturday, October 19
Tempe, Ariz.
9:00 AM
UC Irvine
at
ITA Southwest Regional Championships
Ranked Singles Wins Highlight Day Three of ITA Southwest Regionals
October 19, 2024 | Men's Tennis
TEMPE, Ariz. - Three Anteaters won their Round of 32 singles matches, including two against ranked opponents, to highlight Saturday's action at the ITA Southwest Regional Championships at Kiwanis Tennis Center.
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Sophomore Andy Nguyen continued to roll with his second straight-set victory of the tournament. His Round of 32 win was a big one as he knocked out the No. 1 seed, Iiro Vasa of San Diego, with a 6-2, 6-4 triumph. In addition to being the top seed, Vasa is 52nd in the ITA National Rankings.
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Senior Hiroki Sakagawa upset No. 96 Alexander Hoogmartens of UCLA in the Round of 32. Sakagawa took the momentum after winning a first-set tiebreaker to topple Hoogmartens, 7-6 (7-4), 6-3. Senior Noah Zamora, who is ranked 121st in the nation, also won his match against LMU's Sebastian Nothhaft, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4.
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Nguyen, Sakagawa and Zamora advance to tomorrow's Round of 16.
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Saturday's matches began with two rounds of doubles. Andy Nguyen teamed up with Max Fardanesh to defeat UC Santa Barbara's Gianluca Brunkow/Gustav Thielgaard, 8-7 (7-0). They then lost toΒ Roi Ginat/Finn Willwerth of Arizona State, 8-6, in the Round of 16.
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UCI's 90th-ranked duo of Hiroki Sakagawa and Noah Zamora shut out Sean Ferguson/Jack McGary of Cal Poly, 8-0, before falling to Pepperdine's Linus Carlsson Halldin/Zach Stevens, 8-4. Β
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The 'Eaters came up just short in their other two Round of 32 doubles matches. Ruining Huang and Rithvik Krishna fell to Arizona State's Constantinos Koshis/Tanner Povey, 8-7 (10-8), while Sohrob Amiryavari and Lawee Sherif dropped an 8-7 (7-5) decision to Tristan Bradley/Karl Lee of USC. Β
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Krishna and Sherif both picked up a win in consolation singles.
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UC Irvine resumes action in the ITA Southwest Regional Championships main draw Sunday morning.
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Sophomore Andy Nguyen continued to roll with his second straight-set victory of the tournament. His Round of 32 win was a big one as he knocked out the No. 1 seed, Iiro Vasa of San Diego, with a 6-2, 6-4 triumph. In addition to being the top seed, Vasa is 52nd in the ITA National Rankings.
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Senior Hiroki Sakagawa upset No. 96 Alexander Hoogmartens of UCLA in the Round of 32. Sakagawa took the momentum after winning a first-set tiebreaker to topple Hoogmartens, 7-6 (7-4), 6-3. Senior Noah Zamora, who is ranked 121st in the nation, also won his match against LMU's Sebastian Nothhaft, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4.
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Nguyen, Sakagawa and Zamora advance to tomorrow's Round of 16.
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Saturday's matches began with two rounds of doubles. Andy Nguyen teamed up with Max Fardanesh to defeat UC Santa Barbara's Gianluca Brunkow/Gustav Thielgaard, 8-7 (7-0). They then lost toΒ Roi Ginat/Finn Willwerth of Arizona State, 8-6, in the Round of 16.
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UCI's 90th-ranked duo of Hiroki Sakagawa and Noah Zamora shut out Sean Ferguson/Jack McGary of Cal Poly, 8-0, before falling to Pepperdine's Linus Carlsson Halldin/Zach Stevens, 8-4. Β
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The 'Eaters came up just short in their other two Round of 32 doubles matches. Ruining Huang and Rithvik Krishna fell to Arizona State's Constantinos Koshis/Tanner Povey, 8-7 (10-8), while Sohrob Amiryavari and Lawee Sherif dropped an 8-7 (7-5) decision to Tristan Bradley/Karl Lee of USC. Β
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Krishna and Sherif both picked up a win in consolation singles.
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UC Irvine resumes action in the ITA Southwest Regional Championships main draw Sunday morning.
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