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Botzer Advances at ITA All-American Championships
10/4/2018 7:18:00 PM | Men's Tennis
Bar Botzer erased a late third-set deficit to move on to the Round of 32 in Tulsa
By Wake Forest Athletic Communications (@WakeMTennis)
TULSA, Okla. – Sophomore Bar Botzer came from behind to secure a spot in the Round of 32 at the ITA All-American Championships Thursday (Oct. 4) afternoon.
After winning three matches in the qualifying draw, the 91st-ranked Botzer drew Miami's 92nd-ranked Bojan Jankulovski in the opening round of the main draw. Botzer stormed out of the gates, quickly taking the opening set, 6-2. After Jankulovski narrowly claimed a 7-5 decision in the second set, Botzer found himself facing a 5-2 deficit in the third set.
The sophomore from Tel Aviv, Israel then won four consecutive games to take a 6-5 lead, with the serve. But Botzer was broken, forcing a third-set tiebreaker. Botzer never trailed in the tiebreaker, taking a 7-3 decision to advance to the Round of 32 where he'll face the No. 2 seed, third-ranked Mazen Osama of Alabama.
Melios Efstathiou's run through qualifying came to an end in the opening round of the main draw Thursday, falling to Stanford's Alexandre Rotsaert, 7-5, 6-4. Efstathiou will fall into the consolation draw and both Deacs will continue play on Friday.
ITA All-American Championships
Main Draw Singles
R64 - #91 Bar Botzer (WF) def #92 Bojan Jankulovski (UM), 6-2, 5-7, 7-6(3)
R64 - Alexandre Rotsaert (STAN) def. Melios Efstathiou (WF), 7-5, 6-4
Qualifying Singles
R1 - #91 Bar Botzer (WF) def. Matt Summers (UD), 6-7(4), 6-3, 6-2
R1 - Melios Efstathiou (WF) def. #63 Sameer Kumar (STAN), 7-6(2), 5-7, 6-3
R1 - #74 (17-24) Yuval Solomon (WF) def. Carlo Donato (VT), 6-1, 7-5
R2 - #91 Bar Botzer (WF) def. #88 Richard Ciamarra (ND), 7-5, 7-6(4)
R2 - Melios Efstathiou (WF) def. #100 Andy Andrade (UF), 6-3, 7-5
R2 - Edson Ortiz (ALA) def. #74 (17-42) Yuval Solomon (WF), 3-6, 6-4, 6-2
R3 - #91 Bar Botzer def. Filip Malbasic (ARIZ), 7-6(4), 6-2
R3 - Melios Efstathiou (WF) def. #96 Zeke Clark (ILL), 6-4, 2-6, 6-3
Qualifying Doubles
R1 - Dill/Gadjeiv (WF) def. Howard-Tripp/Reco (ARK), 6-1, 6-4
R1 - Botzer/Zlobinsky (WF) def. Dunlap/Jankulovski (UM), 6-3, 6-3
R2 - Moonen/Edge (MTSU) def. Dill/Gadjiev (WF), 6-3, 6-2
R2 - Dubinsky/Tybar (OU) def. Botzer/Zlobinsky (WF), default
Prequalifying Singles
R1 - Julian Zlobinsky (WF), Bye
R1 - Abdoul Ouattara (UNO) def. Morgan Dill (WF), 2-6, 6-4, 6-0
R1 - Pearse Dolan (LOU) def. Alan Gadjiev (WF), 7-6(8), 6-4
R1 - Daniel Janko (UAB) def. Sean Patrick (WF), 6-3, 6-1
R1 - Matthew Terry (CSU) def. Ryan Mueller (WF), 6-3, 6-2
R2 - Julian Zlobinsky (WF) def. Jonathan Sheehy (ABU), 3-6, 6-0, 6-1
R3 - Julian Zlobinsky (WF) def. Vilhelm Fridell (UB), 6-3, 6-1
R4 - Filip Malbasic (ARIZ) def. Julian Zlobinsky (WF), 6-0, 6-4
CONS - Morgan Dill (WF) def. Simon Bustamante (UTC), 6-2, 6-1
CONS - Alan Gadjiev (WF) def. Josh Bortnick (ARK), 6-1, 6-0
CONS - Kostya Nesterenko (NEV) def. Sean Patrick (WF), 6-3, 6-3
CONS - Chase Wood (FSU) def. Ryan Mueller (WF), 6-0, 6-4
TULSA, Okla. – Sophomore Bar Botzer came from behind to secure a spot in the Round of 32 at the ITA All-American Championships Thursday (Oct. 4) afternoon.
After winning three matches in the qualifying draw, the 91st-ranked Botzer drew Miami's 92nd-ranked Bojan Jankulovski in the opening round of the main draw. Botzer stormed out of the gates, quickly taking the opening set, 6-2. After Jankulovski narrowly claimed a 7-5 decision in the second set, Botzer found himself facing a 5-2 deficit in the third set.
The sophomore from Tel Aviv, Israel then won four consecutive games to take a 6-5 lead, with the serve. But Botzer was broken, forcing a third-set tiebreaker. Botzer never trailed in the tiebreaker, taking a 7-3 decision to advance to the Round of 32 where he'll face the No. 2 seed, third-ranked Mazen Osama of Alabama.
Melios Efstathiou's run through qualifying came to an end in the opening round of the main draw Thursday, falling to Stanford's Alexandre Rotsaert, 7-5, 6-4. Efstathiou will fall into the consolation draw and both Deacs will continue play on Friday.
ITA All-American Championships
Main Draw Singles
R64 - #91 Bar Botzer (WF) def #92 Bojan Jankulovski (UM), 6-2, 5-7, 7-6(3)
R64 - Alexandre Rotsaert (STAN) def. Melios Efstathiou (WF), 7-5, 6-4
Qualifying Singles
R1 - #91 Bar Botzer (WF) def. Matt Summers (UD), 6-7(4), 6-3, 6-2
R1 - Melios Efstathiou (WF) def. #63 Sameer Kumar (STAN), 7-6(2), 5-7, 6-3
R1 - #74 (17-24) Yuval Solomon (WF) def. Carlo Donato (VT), 6-1, 7-5
R2 - #91 Bar Botzer (WF) def. #88 Richard Ciamarra (ND), 7-5, 7-6(4)
R2 - Melios Efstathiou (WF) def. #100 Andy Andrade (UF), 6-3, 7-5
R2 - Edson Ortiz (ALA) def. #74 (17-42) Yuval Solomon (WF), 3-6, 6-4, 6-2
R3 - #91 Bar Botzer def. Filip Malbasic (ARIZ), 7-6(4), 6-2
R3 - Melios Efstathiou (WF) def. #96 Zeke Clark (ILL), 6-4, 2-6, 6-3
Qualifying Doubles
R1 - Dill/Gadjeiv (WF) def. Howard-Tripp/Reco (ARK), 6-1, 6-4
R1 - Botzer/Zlobinsky (WF) def. Dunlap/Jankulovski (UM), 6-3, 6-3
R2 - Moonen/Edge (MTSU) def. Dill/Gadjiev (WF), 6-3, 6-2
R2 - Dubinsky/Tybar (OU) def. Botzer/Zlobinsky (WF), default
Prequalifying Singles
R1 - Julian Zlobinsky (WF), Bye
R1 - Abdoul Ouattara (UNO) def. Morgan Dill (WF), 2-6, 6-4, 6-0
R1 - Pearse Dolan (LOU) def. Alan Gadjiev (WF), 7-6(8), 6-4
R1 - Daniel Janko (UAB) def. Sean Patrick (WF), 6-3, 6-1
R1 - Matthew Terry (CSU) def. Ryan Mueller (WF), 6-3, 6-2
R2 - Julian Zlobinsky (WF) def. Jonathan Sheehy (ABU), 3-6, 6-0, 6-1
R3 - Julian Zlobinsky (WF) def. Vilhelm Fridell (UB), 6-3, 6-1
R4 - Filip Malbasic (ARIZ) def. Julian Zlobinsky (WF), 6-0, 6-4
CONS - Morgan Dill (WF) def. Simon Bustamante (UTC), 6-2, 6-1
CONS - Alan Gadjiev (WF) def. Josh Bortnick (ARK), 6-1, 6-0
CONS - Kostya Nesterenko (NEV) def. Sean Patrick (WF), 6-3, 6-3
CONS - Chase Wood (FSU) def. Ryan Mueller (WF), 6-0, 6-4
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