Tiger Tennis Goes 13-1 on Day One at ITA Regionals in Knoxville

Thursday, October 20

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University of Memphis

ITA Ohio Valley Regional

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Tiger Tennis Goes 13-1 on Day One at ITA Regionals in Knoxville

Oct 20, 2016 | Men's Tennis

Five of six singles entries advance to the Third Round

By: Tammy DeGroff

MEMPHIS – The University of Memphis men's tennis team had a strong day one showing at the ITA Ohio Valley Regional presented by Oracle at the University of Tennessee on Thursday. Memphis went 3-0 in doubles play, then went 10-1 in singles matches, advancing five of six players through two rounds of singles play in to the Round of 32.

The whole field played one round of doubles to start the morning. The Tigers' two seeded tandems each grabbed quick wins to advance to the Round of 32 in that draw. The team of Andrew Watson and Kai Lemke defeated the team of David Beasley and Bradley Luetschwager of IUPUI, 8-2. Teammates Ryan Peniston and Felix Rauch, the number 15 seeds in the draw, downed Northern Kentucky's Andrew Niehaus and Court Clark, 8-1. Memphis third doubles entry also grabbed a quick win to start the day, with Jan Pallares and Chris Patzanovsky defeating Jonas Brezing and Donovan Cellupica-Towers of Wright State, 8-2.

The Tigers then started the 128-player draw in singles play. Memphis had three players seeded in the top 10 of the draw, and all three players grabbed straight set wins in their first matches out. Andrew Watson, the number four seed, defeated Purdue's Lucas Dages, 6-1, 6-2, while five-seeded Ryan Peniston downed Vanderbilt's Tate Allwardt, 6-1, 6-3. Kai Lemke, the eight seed in the draw, made quick work of Belmont's Zak Khan, 6-2, 6-0 and freshman Jan Pallares, a 30 seed, defeated Xavier's Nick Werner, 6-0, 6-3, to push the seeded players through unblemished.

Teammate Chris Patzanovsky then took out a seeded player to advance to the Round of 64, defeating Louisville's George Hedley, a 31 seed, in a 7-6 (5), 7-6 (5) thriller.

Felix Rauch was the lone Tiger to not advance from his first round singles match. Rauch had drawn the tournament's three seed, David Biosca from East Tennessee, and fell 6-3, 6-3 in that match.

All five Memphis singles entries then fought through the round of 64 to advance to Friday singles play. Watson downed Indiana's Keivon Tabrizi, 6-3, 6-2, while Peniston took care of Lipscomb's Alejandro Manzanares, 6-0, 6-4. Lemke needed a third set to put away Middle Tennessee's Max Rauch, 6-4, 3-6, 6-2, and Pallares downed Ball State's Andrew Stutz, 6-3, 6-3, to advance to the next round in his first collegiate regionals appearance. Patzanovsky then made it a perfect sweep through to the Round of 32 with a 6-3, 6-4 win over Indiana's Afonso Salgado.

The regional event continues Friday in Knoxville with two rounds of doubles play and one round of singles.

Singles
Round of 128
[1] Daniel Valent (Vanderbilt), bye
[2] Luis Valero (Tennessee), bye
[3] David Biosca (ETSU) def. Felix Rauch (Memphis) 6-3, 6-3
[4] Andrew Watson (Memphis) def. Lucas Dages (Purdue) 6-1 6-2
[5] Ryan Peniston (Memphis) def. Tate Allwardt (Vanderbilt) 6-1, 6-3
Rob Mitchell (Lipscomb) def. [6] Cameron Klinger (Vanderbilt) 7-6(3), 3-6, 6-3
[7] Benjamin Ugarte (Purdue) def. Sunay Bhat (Tennessee) 6-2, 6-1
[8] Kai Lemke (Memphis) def. Zak Khan (Belmont) 6-2 6-0
[9] Timo Stodder (Tennessee) def. Marcos Bernandes (Tennessee Tech) 6-1 6-4
[10] Edu Mena (Tennessee Tech) def. Adrian Mag (Butler) 6-1, 6-1
[11] Robert Herrera def. Matthew McCoy (Bloomington) 6-3, 6-0
[12] Ricardo Medinilla (Purdue) def. Sean Donohue (Louisville) 7-5 6-4
[13] Trey Yates (Kentucky) def. Ramon Van Flymen (EKU) 7-5, 6-3
[14] Antonio Cembellin (Indiana) def. Paul LaHue (Chattanooga) 6-2 6-0
[15] Niles Ellefsen (Kentucky) def. Matt Bishop (Xavier) 6-2 6-3
[16] Srdjan Jakovljevic (Tennessee) def. Javier Alvarez de la Vill (Wright State) 6-2, 6-4
[17] Baker Newman (Vanderbilt) def. Oliver Sec (Indiana) 6-0, 6-4
[18] Gonzalo Morell (Middle Tennessee) def. Thais Minet (Lipscomb) 6-1 6-0
[19] Billy Rowe def. Dan Lineberry (EKU) 6-2, 6-1
[20] Raheel Manji (Indiana) def. Athell Bennett (Purdue) 5-7, 7-5, 6-2
[21] Nicolas Rouanet (Louisville) def. Matt Moe (IUPUI) 6-0, 6-2
[22] Enzo Wallart (Kentucky) def. Lucas Andersen (Ball State) 6-2, 6-2
[23] Panu Virtanen (Vanderbilt) def. Zach Berry (Dayton) 6-2, 6-0
Cedric Dujacquier (Belmont) def. [24] Bennett Crane (Indiana) 6-4, 7-6 (7-5)
[25] Parker Wynn (Louisville) def. Spencer Lang (Butler) 6-2, 6-2
[26] Miguel Este (ETSU) def. Ari Gerstein (Butler) 6-4, 6-1
[27] Victor Chaw (Lipscomb) def. James Mitchell (Austin Peay) 6-2 7-5
[28] Beck Pennington def. Diego Nunez (ESTU) 6-2, 6-1
Christopher Kougouch (Louisville) def. [29] Ayed Zatar (MTSU)7-6 (11-9), 6-2
[30] Jan Pallares def. Nick Werner (Xavier) 6-0, 6-3
Chris Patzanovsky (Memphis) def. [31] George Hedley (Louisville) 7-6(5), 7-6(5)
[32] Scott Jones (Tennessee) def. Daniel Cardenas (Lipscomb), 6-2 6-2
Luca Wiedenmann (Tennessee) def. Trent Smith (Xavier), 6-2 2-0 ret.
David Gonzalez (ETSU) def. Graham Reinbold (Dayton), 6-2, 6-1
Afonso Salgado (Indiana) def. Stephen Goldman (Belmont), 6-2, 7-6(4)
Guillem Sanchis (EKU) def. Max Grobbelaar (Chattanooga) 6-1 6-3
Mate Virag (NKU) def. Marko Guzina (Ball State) 6-1 6-3
Colin Hart (EKU) def. Max Rauch (Middle Tennessee) 6-2 6-2
Aviv Ben Shabat (Butler) def. Pablo Llebeili (Chattanooga) 6-1 6-2
Jorge Alfonso (Tennessee Tech) def. Conner Andersen (Ball State) 7-5 6-3
Brand Luetschwager (IUPUI) def. Aleh Drobysh (Austin Peay) 7-5 6-3
Keivon Tabrizi (Indiana) def. Alex Ross (Vanderbilt) 6-3 7-6(6)
Mason Dragos (Butler) def. Zac Brodney (Indiana) 6-7(5) 6-1 6-2
Lorenzo Rollhauser (Dayton) def. Pat Down (Ball State) 6-2 6-7(5) 6-4
Almantas Ozelis (Austin Peay) def. Simon Bustamante (UTC) 6-3, 6-1
Brandon Lancaster (Louisville) def. Andrew Niehaus (NKU) 6-2, 6-4
Carsten Fisher (Dayton) def. Jack Schipanski (Tennessee) 6-1, 7-5
Sebastian Mueller (EKU) def. Court Clark (NKU) 6-2, 6-2
Stefan Lugonjic (Indiana) def. Michael Birnbaum (UTC) 6-1, 2-6, 6-1
Alejandro Manzanares (Lipscomb) def. Caio Niel (Belmont) 6-2, 6-3
Gian Issa (MTSU) def. Steven Christie (IUPUI) 6-2, 6-2
Philippe Courteau (Lipscomb) def. Jack Dykema (Xavier) 6-3, 4-6, 6-2
Lope Adelakun def. Austin Boaz (UTC) 6-2, 6-2
Ciro Lampasas (Louisville) def. Chad Woodham (Austin Peay) 6-1, 6-4
Manuel Montenegro (Austin Peay) def. Bruno Russo (Belmont) 6-2, 6-2
Nicolas Buitrago (MTSU) def. Carlos Tajes (Tennessee Tech) 6-2, 6-3
George Wong (Lipscomb) def. Romain Stoffels (EKU) 6-2, 6-3
Guille Nicolas (Tennessee Tech) def. Lukas Clemens (NKU) 7-5, 6-1
Tom Moonen (MTSU) def. Gabe Arajua (Xavier) 6-4, 6-2
Antonio Cembellin (Indiana) def. Paul Lahue (UTC) 6-2, 6-0
David Beasley (IUPUI) def. Jonas Brezing (Wright State) 4-6, 6-1, 7-5
Nemanja Guzina (Louisville) def Santiago Salazar (Louisville) 6-3, 4-6, 6-4

Round of 64
[1] Daniel Valent (Vanderbilt) def. David Gonzalez (ETSU) 6-1, 6-4
[2] Luis Valero (Tennessee) def. Nemanja Guzina (Ball State) 6-1, 6-1
[3] David Biosca (ETSU) def. Ciro Lampasas (Louisville) 7-5, 6-1
[4] Andrew Watson (Memphis) def. Keivon Tabrizi (Indiana) 6-3, 6-2
[5] Ryan Peniston (Memphis) def. Alejandro Manzanares (Lipscomb) 6-0, 6-4
[7] Benjamin Ugarte (Purdue) def. George Wong (Lipscomb) 6-2, 6-0
[8] Kai Lemke (Memphis) def. Max Rauch (Middle Tennessee) 6-4, 3-6, 6-2
[9] Timo Stodder (Tennessee) def. Almantas Ozelis (Austin Peay) 6-2, 6-2
[10] Edu Mena (Tennessee Tech) def. Sebastian Mueller (EKU) 6-3, 6-3
[11] Robert Herrera (ETSU) def. Nicolas Buitrago (Middle Tennessee) 6-0, 6-2
[12] Ricardo Medinilla (Purdue) def. Jorge Alfonzo (Tennessee Tech) 6-2, 6-3
[13] Trey Yates (Kentucky) def. Mason Dragos (Butler) 6-2, 6-1
Tom Moonen (Middle Tennessee) def. [14] Antonio Cembellin (Indiana) 6-2, 2-6, 6-4
[15] Nils Ellefsen (Kentucky) def. Guillem Sanchis (EKU) 6-2, 6-1
[16] Srdjan Jakovljevic (Tennessee) def. Philippe Courteau (Lipscomb) 6-2, 6-0
[17] Baker Newman (Vanderbilt) def. Brad Luetschwager (IUPUI) 6-1, 6-2
[18] Gonzalo Morell (MTSU) def. Mate Virag (NKU) 6-2, 6-0
[19] Billy Rowe (Vanderbilt) def. Lope Adelakun (Butler) 6-1, 6-0
[21] Nicolas Touanet (Louisville) def. Lorenzo Rollhauser (Dayton) 6-2, 6-2
[22] Enzo Wallart (Kentucky) def. Carsten Fisher (Dayton) 6-2, 6-1
David Beasley (IUPUI) def. [23] Panu Virtanen (Vanderbilt) 6-1 1-6 6-3
[25] Parker Wynn (Louisville) def. Manuel Montenegro (Austin Peay) 6-2, 6-1
[26] Miguel Este (ETSU) def. Jeremy Schnieder (Xavier) 6-4, 4-6, 7-6(2)
Luca Wiedenmann (Tennessee) def. [27] Victor Chaw (Lipscomb) 3-6, 6-3, 6-4
[28] Beck Pennington (Kentucky) def. Guille Nicolas (Tennessee Tech) 6-3, 6-0
[30] Jan Pallares (Memphis) def. Andrew Stutz (Ball State) 6-3, 6-3
[32] Scott Jones (Tennessee) def. Aviv Ben Shabat (Butler) 6-3, 7-6 (4)
Chris Patzanovsky (Memphis) def. Afonso Salgado (Indiana) 6-3, 6-4
Luis Morillo (Middle Tennessee) def. Rob Mitchell (Lipscomb) 3-6, 6-4, 6-3
Cedric Dujacquier (Belmont) def. Brandon Lancaster (Louisville) 6-2, 0-6, 6-2
Christopher Kougoucheff (Louisville) def. Stefan Lugonjic (Indiana) 7-6(5), 6-0

Doubles
Round of 64
[1] Valero/Schipanski (Tennessee), bye
[2] Manji/Cembellin (Indiana), bye
[3] Pennington/Wallart (Kentucky), bye
[4] Klinger/Rowe (Vanderbilt), bye
Rouanet/Lampasas (Louisville) def. [5] Este/Biosca (ETSU), 8-5
[6] Van Flymen/Mueller (EKU) def. Niel/Russo (Belmont) 8-2
[7] Ellefsen/Yates (Kentucky) def. Holloway/Perkins (Wright State), 8-1
[8] Watson/Lemke (Memphis) def. Beasley/Luetschwager (IUPUI), 8-2
[9] Zatar/Morell (Middle Tennessee) def. Christie/Moe (IUPUI), 8-2
[10] Stodder/Jones (Tennessee) def. Guzina/Downs (Ball State), 8-3
[11] Ugarte/Bennett (Purdue) def. Reinbold/Rollhauser (Dayton), 8-6
Shabat/Gerstein (Butler) def. [12] Berry/Fisher (Dayton), 8-7
Herrera/Nunez (ETSU) def. [13] Rauch/Moonen (Middle Tennessee), 8-7
[14] Morillo/Issa (Middle Tennessee) def. Ozelis/Drobysh (AP), 8-5
[15] Peniston/Rauch (Memphis) def. Niehaus/Clark (NKU), 8-1
[16] Donohue/Hedley (Louisville) def. Nicolas/Alfonzo (Tennessee Tech) 8-6
Salgado/Brodney (Indiana) def. Alvarez de la Villa/Nardelli (Wright State), 8-1
Pallares/Patzanovsky (Memphis) def. Brezing/Cellupica-Towers (Wright State), 8-2
Bishop/Arajua (Xavier) def. Ross/Chari (Vanderbilt), 8-1
Salazar/Lancaster (Louisville) def. Smith/Werner (Xavier), 8-2
Crane/Tabrizi (Indiana) def. Mag/Adelakun (Butler), 8-6
Kougoucheff/Wynne (Louisville) def. Schnieder/Dykema (Xavier), 8-3
Virag/Clemens (NKU) def. Dragos/Lang (Butler), 8-5
Grobbelaar/Birnbaum (Chattanooga) def. Montenegro/Mitchell (AP), 8-7
Guzina/Andersen (Ball State) def. Valent/Allwardt (Vanderbilt), 8-7
Bustamante/Wilson (Chattanooga) def. Stoffels/Hart (EKU), 8-5
Inno/Dujacquier (Belmont) def. Andersen/Stutz (Ball State), 8-6
Newman/Virtanen (Vanderbilt) def. Mitchell/Manzanares (Lipscomb), 8-4
Cardenas/Minet (Lipscomb) def. Khan/Goldman (Belmont), 8-3
Lugonjic/Sec (Indiana) def. Sanchis/Asis (EKU), 8-6
Bernandes/Tajes (Tennessee Tech) def. Wiedenmann/Jakovljevic (Tennessee), 8-6
Courteau/Chaw (Lipscomb) def. LaHue/Boaz (Chattanooga) 8-3