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ITA All-American Championships
Seraphim Punches Ticket to Main Draw of ITAs
10/5/2016 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
Wake Forest Athletic Communications (@WakeMTennis)
TULSA, Okla. -- Wake Forest redshirt junior won twice on Tuesday to punch his ticket into the main draw of the ITA All-American Championships.
He will join Petros Chrysochos and Skander Mansouri in the main draw, which opens play Thursday. Seraphim and Mansouri will also be competing in the doubles main draw.
In the second round, Seraphim took down Dominic Bechard of Tulsa, 6-1, 2-6, 6-0. He followed that performance with another three-set win, this one over No. 110-ranked Adam Moundir of Old Dominion, 4-6, 6-2, 7-5.
Alan Gadjiev and Dennis Uspensky bowed out in the second round of qualifying.
No. 95-ranked Jolan Cailleau of Texas Tech defeated Gadjiev in a back-and-forth affair, 6-4, 4-6, 6-3. After advancing out of pre-qualifying, South Florida's Alberto Barroso-Campos edged Uspensky, 7-6 (6), 0-6, 7-5.
Pre-Qualifying
Rd. 1: Johan den Toom (Arkansas) def. Sean Hill (WF), 6-3, 7-6 (5)
Cons.: Sean Hill (WF) def. Peter Foersom (Illinois State), 6-0, 6-0
Rd. 1: Sander Gjoels Anderson (SDSU) def. Charles Parry (WF), 6-0, 6-2
Cons.: John Millstead (Oklahoma) def. Charles Parry (WF), 6-3, 6-3
Qualifying
Rd. 1: Alan Gadjiev (WF) def. No. 125 Gabor Csonka (LSU), 3-6, 6-4, 6-2
Rd. 2: No. 95 Jolan Cailleau (Texas Tech) def. Alan Gadjiev (WF) 6-4, 4-6, 6-3
Rd. 1: No. 94 Tyler Lu (Yale) def. No. 25-32 seed, No. 88 ranked Maksim Kan (WF), 6-0, 6-1
Rd. 1: Christian Seraphim (WF) def. No. 123 Jaime Barajas (Utah St.), 6-3, 6-2
Rd. 2: Christian Seraphim (WF) def. Dominic Bechard (Tulsa), 6-1, 2-6, 6-0
Rd. 3: Christian Seraphim (WF) def. No. 110 Adam Moundir (Old Dominion), 4-6, 6-2, 7-5
Rd. 1: Dennis Uspensky (WF) def. No. 17-24 seed, No. 76-ranked Chase Perez-Blanco (Florida), 6-3, 7-6 (5)
Rd. 2: [Q] Alberto Barroso-Campos (South Fla.) def. Dennis Uspensky (WF), 7-6 (6), 0-6, 7-5
Doubles Qualifying
Rd. 1: Marko Goles-Babic/Sander Gjoels Andersen (San Diego St.) def. Alan Gadjiev/Maksim Kan (WF), 7-5, 7-6 (2)
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