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ITA Carolina Regionals (Oct. 16-20)
Deacs Continue Success at ITA Carolina Regional
10/17/2014 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
By Jay Garneau, Wake Forest Athletic Communications (@WakeMTennis)
RALEIGH/DURHAM, N.C. - Wake Forest men's tennis advanced two doubles teams into the third round, as well as one singles player into the round of 16 on the second day of the ITA Carolina Regional hosted by Duke and NC State on Friday.
Christian Seraphim recorded his third straight-sets victory in as many matches, this time upsetting North Carolina's No. 52-ranked Brett Clark, 7-5, 6-4. He'll play Duke's 15th-seeded Raphael Hemmeler with a trip to the quarterfinals on the line tomorrow.
In doubles action, two of Wake Forest's three competing duos advanced into tomorrow's third round.
Jon Ho and Skander Mansouri cruised to a pair of Friday wins, defeating Presbyterian's Ryan Miller and Joel Roberts 8-1 before topping Davidson's Jack Riazzi and Evan Watkins in the second round, 8-3.
Sam Bloom and Anthony Delcore began the day with an 8-1 win over a Presbyterian pairing, before upsetting the No. 8-seeded combination of Christian Van Der Burgh and Sam Williams of UNC Wilmington, 8-6.
Both Wake Forest doubles teams play seeded foes tomorrow; Ho and Mansouri take on No. 5-seed Andrew Adams and Kyle Koch of South Carolina, while Bloom and Delcore will look to knock off ACC rivals Robert Kelly and Oystein Steiro of UNC, seeded No. 9-16.
After an opening round loss to a seeded Clemson pairing, Matt Erdman and Nicky Kunz rebounded to defeat Charlie Ghriskey and Vasily Kichigin from College of Charleston, 8-5.
Ho and Mansouri each suffered third-round losses in singles play.
Action continues tomorrow with the third round of singles play and the first two rounds of doubles.
SINGLES RESULTS
No. 14-seed Jon Ho
Rd. 1: Ho def. Kert Kilumets (NC Central), 6-3, 6-4
Rd. 2: Ho def. Jordan Kaufman (Elon), 6-4, 6-4
Rd. 3: TJ Pura (Duke) def. Ho, 6-2, 7-5
No. 17-32 seed Christian Seraphim
Rd. 1: Seraphim def. JD O'Brien (Winthrop), 6-0, 6-0
Rd. 2: Seraphim def. Thomas Mayronne (South Carolina), 6-3, 6-4
Rd. 3: Seraphim def. No. 52-ranked Brett Clark, 7-5, 6-4
Rd. 4: Seraphim vs. No. 15-seed Raphael Hemmeler (Duke) - Saturday
No. 17-32 seed Skander Mansouri
Rd. 1: Mansouri def. Luke Synn (Furman), 6-3, 2-6, 7-6 (4)
Rd. 2: Mansouri def. Artem Khrapko (Davidson), 6-2, 6-4
Rd. 3: No. 30-ranked Hunter Harrington (Clemson) def. Mansouri, 6-4, 6-2
Anthony Delcore
Rd. 1: Delcore def, Jack Williams (Charlotte), 7-5, 6-2
Rd. 2: No. 7-ranked Brayden Schnur (North Carolina) def. Delcore, 6-2, 6-2
Sam Bloom
Rd. 1: Santtu Leskinen (UNC Wilmington) def. Bloom, 6-1, 6-2
Consolation: Bloom def. Christian Harris (Clemson), 6-1, 6-0
Nicky Kunz
Rd. 1: No. 15-seed Raphael Hemmeler (Duke) def. Kunz, 3-6, 7-5, 6-3
Consolation: Kunz def. JW Kleynhans (Appalachian State), 6-4, 6-4
Matt Erdman
Rd. 1: Alejandra Augosto (Clemson) def. Erdman, 6-3, 6-4
Consolation: Erdman def. Jacob Al Mutawa (Coastal Carolina), 6-4, 3-6, 6-2
No. 69-ranked Maksim Kan
Rd. 1: Andres Torres (UNCW) advances via walkover (injury)
Nicholas Osterling
Rd. 1: Ian Dempster (NC State) def. Osterling, 6-1, 6-7 (4), 6-2
Consolation: Nikita Zverkov (Gardner-Webb) def. Osterling, 7-5, 4-6, 6-3
DOUBLES RESULTS
No. 9-16-seed Jon Ho/Skander Mansouri Rd. 1: Ho/Mansouri def. Ryan Miller/Joel Roberts (Presbyterian), 8-1
Rd. 2: Ho/Mansouri def. Jack Riazzi/Evan Watkins (Davidson), 8-3
Rd. 3: Ho/Mansouri vs. No. 5-seed Andrew Adams/Kyle Koch (South Carolina) - Saturday
Sam Bloom/Anthony Delcore
Rd. 1: Bloom/Delcore def. Danny Bruce/Alexander Lykou (Presbyterian), 8-1
Rd. 2: Bloom/Delcore def. No. 8-seed Christian Van der Burgh/Sam Williams (UNC Wilmington), 8-6
Rd. 3: Bloom/Delcore vs. No. 9-16-seed Robert Kelly/Oystein Steiro (North Carolina) - Saturday
Matt Erdman/Nicky Kunz
Rd. 1: No. 9-16-seed Austin Ansari/Luke Johnson (Clemson) def. Erdman/Kunz, 8-3 Consolation: Erdman/Kunz def. Charlie Ghriskey/Vasily Kichigin (Charleston), 8-5
Paul Cisti/Jordi Massalle-Ferrer (Charlotte) advance over No. 7-seed Maksim Kan/Christian Seraphim via walkover (injury).
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