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ITA Carolina Regional
Mansouri Excels at ITA Regional
10/16/2016 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
Wake Forest Athletic Communications (@WakeMTennis)
CARY, N.C. – Wake Forest junior Skander Mansouri continued his strong fall play at the ITA Carolina Regional, improving to 5-0 in singles to advance into the semifinal.
He and teammate Christian Seraphim are also 3-0 in doubles action and have reached the quarterfinal, as Mansouri hasn't dropped any of the 16 sets he has played in.
Most recently, Mansouri breezed past No. 9 seed Harrison O'Keefe of South Carolina in straight sets, 6-1, 6-3.
He and Seraphim also eased to a straight-sets winner over Luiz Faria and Vuk Velickovic of Coastal Carolina, 6-1, 6-2, in doubles action on Sunday.
Seraphim, seeded 13th in singles, was edged by No. 3 seed Nicolas Alvarez of Duke in the quarterfinals, 7-6 (10), 6-2.
ITA Carolina Regional Singles Results
Rd. of 128: No. 1 seed Skander Mansouri (WF) def. Francis Pare (Charlotte), 6-3, 6-3
Rd. of 64: No. 1 seed Skander Mansouri (WF) def. Ryan Khan (Charleston), 6-1, 6-1
Rd. of 32: No. 1 seed Skander Mansouri (WF) def. Leonardo Menezes (Charlotte), 6-3, 6-4
Rd. of 16: No. 1 seed Skander Mansouri (WF) def. No. 9 seed Harrison O'Keefe (South Carolina), 6-1, 6-3
QF: No. 1 seed Skander Mansouri (WF) def. No. 7 seed Robert Kelly (North Carolina), 6-4, 6-4
SF: No. 1 seed Skander Mansouri (WF) vs. No. 3 seed Nicolas Alvarez (Duke), Monday
Rd. of 128: No. 13 seed Christian Seraphim (WF) def. Alex Steryous (Furman), 6-4, 6-1
Rd. of 64: No. 13 seed Christian Seraphim (WF) def. Mario Paccini (Elon), 6-2, 6-3
Rd. of 32: No. 13 seed Christian Seraphim (WF) def. Wood Benton (South Carolina), 6-2, 6-4
Rd. of 16: No. 13 seed Christian Seraphim (WF) def. No. 6 seed Igor Smelyanski (Clemson), 5-7, 6-2, 6-3
QF: No. 3 seed Nicolas Alvarez (Duke) def. No. 13 seed Christian Seraphim (WF), 7-6 (10), 6-2
Rd. of 128: No. 8 seed Maksim Kan (WF) def. Scotty Cameron (South Carolina), 6-0, 6-3
Rd. of 64: Bo Boyden (UNC) def. No. 8 seed Maksim Kan (WF), 5-7, 7-5, 6-1
Rd. of 128: Alan Gadjiev (WF) def. Andres Torres (UNCW), 6-7 (11), 6-2, 6-2
Rd. of 64: No. 4 seed Gabriel Friedrich (South Carolina) def. Alan Gadjiev (WF), 6-3, 6-3
Rd. of 128: No. 7 seed Robert Kelly (UNC) def. Sean Hill (WF), 6-1, 6-0
Cons.: Sean Hill (WF) def. Davide Callegari (NC Central), 6-4, 7-5
Cons.: Sean Hill (WF) def. Shamael Chaudry (NC Central), 6-2, 6-4
Rd. of 128: Thomas Mayronne (South Carolina) def. Charles Parry (WF), 6-0, 6-2
Cons.: Charles Parry (WF) def. Brooks Campbell (NC Central), 7-6 (1), 7-6 (2)
Cons.: Samuel Rice (Charlotte) def. Charles Parry (WF), 6-2, 6-0
ITA Carolina Regional Doubles Results
Rd. of 64: No. 1 seed Skander Mansouri/Christian Seraphim (WF) def. Alex Garcia/Oriol Puig (Charlotte), 6-4, 6-2
Rd. of 32: No. 1 seed Skander Mansouri/Christian Seraphim (WF) def. Nicolas Rakitin/Nicolas Sola (Campbell), 6-0, 6-4
Rd. of 16: No. 1 seed Skander Mansouri/Christian Seraphim (WF) def. Luiz Faria/Vuk Velickovic (Coastal), 6-1, 6-2
QF: No. 1 seed Skander Mansouri/Christian Seraphim (WF) vs. Chad Hoskins/Arturo Schmidt (North Carolina), Monday
Rd. of 64: Alan Gadjiev/Maksim Kan (WF) def. David Hager/Ricky Saad (Davidson), 6-3, 7-6 (2)
Rd. of 32: No. 3 seed Jack Murray/Ronnie Schneider (North Carolina) def. Alan Gadjiev/Maksim Kan (WF), 6-1, 6-1
Rd. of 64: Jason Lapidus/Vincent Lin (Duke) def. Sean Hill/Charles Parry (WF), 3-6, 6-2, 1-0 (11)
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