Saturday, September 21
Tulsa, Okla.
7:30 AM PT
UC Irvine
at
ITA All-American Championships
'Eaters Kick off Action at ITA All-American Championships
September 21, 2024 | Men's Tennis
TULSA, Okla. - UC Irvine men's tennis kicked off its 2024 fall season with the first day of pre-qualifying at the ITA All-American Championships Saturday at Case Tennis Center.
In the doubles Round of 32, the 90th-ranked duo of Hiroki Sakagawa and Noah Zamora were locked in a tight battle with Princeton's Top Nidunjianzan/Ellis Short. The Anteaters rebounded from a first-set loss to force a super tiebreak, but were unable to close it out in a hard-fought 6-4, 3-6, 10-7 loss.
Sakagawa also dropped a 6-3, 6-3 decision to Henry Ruger of Vanderbilt in the pre-qualifying singles Round of 128.
Sakagawa will be back in action tomorrow with a consolation singles match against Pablo Perez Ramos of NJIT. Sakagawa/Zamora are also slated to face Jordan Hasson/Bruno Nhavene of Oklahoma in a consolation doubles match.
Zamora, who came in at No. 121 in the ITA Preseason Rankings, is set to begin singles play in the main draw on Wednesday, Sept. 25.
In the doubles Round of 32, the 90th-ranked duo of Hiroki Sakagawa and Noah Zamora were locked in a tight battle with Princeton's Top Nidunjianzan/Ellis Short. The Anteaters rebounded from a first-set loss to force a super tiebreak, but were unable to close it out in a hard-fought 6-4, 3-6, 10-7 loss.
Sakagawa also dropped a 6-3, 6-3 decision to Henry Ruger of Vanderbilt in the pre-qualifying singles Round of 128.
Sakagawa will be back in action tomorrow with a consolation singles match against Pablo Perez Ramos of NJIT. Sakagawa/Zamora are also slated to face Jordan Hasson/Bruno Nhavene of Oklahoma in a consolation doubles match.
Zamora, who came in at No. 121 in the ITA Preseason Rankings, is set to begin singles play in the main draw on Wednesday, Sept. 25.
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