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ITA All-American Championships
Bogaerts Bows Out in ITA Semifinals
10/5/2014 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
By Jay Garneau, Wake Forest Athletic Communications (@WakeMTennis)
TULSA, Okla. - After winning his first four matches, Romain Bogaerts was knocked out in the semifinals of the main draw at the ITA All-American Championships on Sunday.
Bogaerts took on No. 2-ranked Yannick Hanfmann, a two-time All-American and the top singles player on Southern California's NCAA Championship team a year ago. Bogaerts jumped out to an early 2-1 lead in the opening set, but the Trojan battled back to win in straight sets, 6-3, 6-3.
By reaching the quarterfinals, No. 20-ranked Bogaerts clinched an automatic berth into the 2014 USTA/ITA National Indoor Collegiate Championships, set for November 6-9 at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows, New York.
In his round of 16 matchup Saturday, Bogaerts cruised to a 6-0, 6-2 sweep over Minnesota's No. 22-ranked Leandro Toledo.
The quarterfinal match for Bogaerts didn't come quite as easily. Against Georgia's Nathan Pasha, ranked 17th nationally, Bogaerts built on a first-set tiebreak win to earn the straight-sets victory, 7-6 (6), 6-2.
Wake Forest men's tennis returns home later this week, hosting the annual Wake Forest Fall Invitational from Oct. 10-12.
MAIN DRAW RESULTS
No. 20-ranked Romain Bogaerts
Rd. 1: Bogaerts def. Albert Wagner (Louisville), 6-2, 6-4 (Thursday)
Rd. 2: Bogaerts def. No. 3-ranked Axel Alvarez Llamas (Oklahoma), 4-6, 7-5, 7-5 (Friday)
Rd. 3: Bogaerts def. No. 22-ranked Leandro Toledo (Minnesota), 6-0, 6-2 (Saturday)
QF: Bogaerts def. No. 17-ranked Nathan Pasha (Georgia), 7-6 (6), 6-2 (Saturday)
SF: No. 2-ranked Yannick Hanfmann (USC) def. Bogaerts, 6-3, 6-3
Jon Ho
Rd. 1: No. 12-ranked Austin Smith (Georgia) def. Ho, 7-6 (6), 7-6 (6) (Thursday)
Consolation Rd. 1: Ho def. No. 62-ranked Ralf Steinbach (Ohio State), 7-5, 7-6 (3) (Friday)
Consolation Rd. 2: No. 16-ranked Dane Webb (Oklahoma) def. Ho, 6-1, 6-2 (Saturday)
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