Saturday, October 6
Tulsa, OK
All Day
University of Oregon
at
ITA All-American Championships
Photo by: Gregg Ellman
Laurent Qualifies, Ducks to Play for Three UCSB Titles
10/06/18 | Men's Tennis
EUGENE, Ore. – On a busy day for the Oregon men's tennis team, senior Thomas Laurent split a pair of matches at the ITA All-American and the Ducks played their way into three finals at the UCSB Classic. Among that group, the duo of Armando Soemarno and Charles Roberts will play for the A Flight doubles title.
Laurent's run at the ITA All-American in Tulsa came to an end Saturday afternoon with a straight-set loss to top-seeded Nuno Borges of Mississippi State. However, by advancing to the quarterfinals, Laurent did secure a spot in the 2018 Oracle ITA National Fall Championships (Nov. 7-11) in Surprise, Ariz.
In his first match Saturday, Laurent dropped the opening set but responded with a pair of breaks in the second to send the match into a decisive third frame. Georgia's Jan Zielinski, the No. 22-ranked player in the ITA preseason poll, rode an early break to a 4-1 lead. Facing elimination, Laurent rattled off the final five games of the match to complete the comeback victory.
Soemarno and Roberts advanced to the A Flight final with an 8-6 win over Washington. Another Pac-12 opponent—Jack Barber and Will Genesen of Stanford—awaits in Sunday's title match. In the B Flight doubles draw, Ty Gentry and Joshua Charlton had an 8-7 (4) semifinals victory over Cal Poly and will now take on the UCLA duo of Matthew Tsolakyan and Max Wild.
In singles play, sophomore Riki Oshima won twice Saturday including a 6-2, 6-2 win over Jackson Suh of Cal in the B Flight semifinals. He is set to face Joseph Rotheram of UCSB for the flight title. Oshima and doubles partner Emmanuel Coste are also in line to play in Sunday's third-place match in the C Flight.
Saturday Results
ITA All-American (Tulsa, Okla.)
Round of 16
#8 Thomas Laurent def. #22 Jan Zielinski (Georgia) – 4-6, 6-2, 6-4
Quarterfinal
#2 Nuno Borges (Mississippi State) def. Thomas Laurent – 7-5, 6-1
UCSB Classic (Santa Barbara, Calif.)
Quarterfinal
A Flight
Will Genesen (Stanford) def. Joshua Charlton – 6-3, 7-5
Antoine Noel (Cal Poly) def. Emmanuel Coste – 6-2, 6-3
Zdenek Derkas (Fresno State) def. Ty Gentry – 6-2, 1-6, 6-2
Misc.
Joshua Charlton def. Ernesto Turegano (Washington) – 6-1, 6-2
Emmanuel Coste def. Hiro Koyanagi (UCSB) – 6-2, 6-4
B Flight
Quarterfinal
Riki Oshima def. Henrique Osorio (Fresno State) – 6-1, 6-1
Semifinal
Riki Oshima def. Jackson Suh (Cal) – 6-2, 6-2
Consolation
Daly Meinert (Cal Poly) def. Ethan Young-Smith – 6-1, 7-5
Chethan Swanson (Davis) def. Ethan Young-Smith – 6-3, 6-1
C Flight
Quarterfinal
Will Saiga (UCSB) def. Charles Roberts – 6-1, 6-4
Consolation
Evan Felcher def. Cambell Nakayama (Cal Poly) – 6-3, 6-3
Ethan Prost (LMU) def. Evan Felcher – 4-6, 6-2, 6-3
Doubles – Semifinal
A Flight
Soemarno/Roberts def. Davis/Foley (Washington) – 8-6
B Flight
Gentry/Charlton def. Meinert/Noel (Cal Poly) – 8-7 (4)
C Flight
Vukmonovic/Saiga (UCSB) def. Oshima/Coste – 8-0
Laurent's run at the ITA All-American in Tulsa came to an end Saturday afternoon with a straight-set loss to top-seeded Nuno Borges of Mississippi State. However, by advancing to the quarterfinals, Laurent did secure a spot in the 2018 Oracle ITA National Fall Championships (Nov. 7-11) in Surprise, Ariz.
In his first match Saturday, Laurent dropped the opening set but responded with a pair of breaks in the second to send the match into a decisive third frame. Georgia's Jan Zielinski, the No. 22-ranked player in the ITA preseason poll, rode an early break to a 4-1 lead. Facing elimination, Laurent rattled off the final five games of the match to complete the comeback victory.
Soemarno and Roberts advanced to the A Flight final with an 8-6 win over Washington. Another Pac-12 opponent—Jack Barber and Will Genesen of Stanford—awaits in Sunday's title match. In the B Flight doubles draw, Ty Gentry and Joshua Charlton had an 8-7 (4) semifinals victory over Cal Poly and will now take on the UCLA duo of Matthew Tsolakyan and Max Wild.
In singles play, sophomore Riki Oshima won twice Saturday including a 6-2, 6-2 win over Jackson Suh of Cal in the B Flight semifinals. He is set to face Joseph Rotheram of UCSB for the flight title. Oshima and doubles partner Emmanuel Coste are also in line to play in Sunday's third-place match in the C Flight.
Saturday Results
ITA All-American (Tulsa, Okla.)
Round of 16
#8 Thomas Laurent def. #22 Jan Zielinski (Georgia) – 4-6, 6-2, 6-4
Quarterfinal
#2 Nuno Borges (Mississippi State) def. Thomas Laurent – 7-5, 6-1
UCSB Classic (Santa Barbara, Calif.)
Quarterfinal
A Flight
Will Genesen (Stanford) def. Joshua Charlton – 6-3, 7-5
Antoine Noel (Cal Poly) def. Emmanuel Coste – 6-2, 6-3
Zdenek Derkas (Fresno State) def. Ty Gentry – 6-2, 1-6, 6-2
Misc.
Joshua Charlton def. Ernesto Turegano (Washington) – 6-1, 6-2
Emmanuel Coste def. Hiro Koyanagi (UCSB) – 6-2, 6-4
B Flight
Quarterfinal
Riki Oshima def. Henrique Osorio (Fresno State) – 6-1, 6-1
Semifinal
Riki Oshima def. Jackson Suh (Cal) – 6-2, 6-2
Consolation
Daly Meinert (Cal Poly) def. Ethan Young-Smith – 6-1, 7-5
Chethan Swanson (Davis) def. Ethan Young-Smith – 6-3, 6-1
C Flight
Quarterfinal
Will Saiga (UCSB) def. Charles Roberts – 6-1, 6-4
Consolation
Evan Felcher def. Cambell Nakayama (Cal Poly) – 6-3, 6-3
Ethan Prost (LMU) def. Evan Felcher – 4-6, 6-2, 6-3
Doubles – Semifinal
A Flight
Soemarno/Roberts def. Davis/Foley (Washington) – 8-6
B Flight
Gentry/Charlton def. Meinert/Noel (Cal Poly) – 8-7 (4)
C Flight
Vukmonovic/Saiga (UCSB) def. Oshima/Coste – 8-0
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