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Botzer Secures All-America Honors with NCAA Round of 32 Victory
5/21/2019 8:32:00 PM | Men's Tennis
Bar Botzer rallied from a set down to secure his first-ever All-America accolade
ORLANDO, Fla. – Wake Forest sophomore Bar Botzer became the ninth player in program history to be named a singles All-American on Tuesday (May 21), when the 50th-ranked Botzer rallied from a set down to defeat Ole Miss' Tim Sandkaulen in the Round of 32 at the NCAA Singles Championship.
It is the first All-America nod for Botzer, who joins Petros Chrysochos and Borna Gojo as Demon Deacons to garner the honor in 2019.
It was a closely contested match between Botzer and the 52nd-ranked Sandkaulen, as Tuesday's battle featured a total of three breaks.
Sandkaulen struck first, breaking Bozter's first service game to take a 2-0 lead. The break would hold as Botzer would go on to drop the opening set, 4-6.
The two players matched each other throughout the second set which featured no breaks. Botzer was nearly broken twice in the set, holding on deuce points for 4-all and then again for 6-all, forcing a second-set tiebreaker. Tied at three in the tiebreaker, Botzer went on to win the final four points to claim a 7-3 victory and push the match to a decisive third set.
This time it was Botzer who struck early, breaking Sandkaulen for a 2-0 lead in the third. Leading 5-2, Botzer broke his opponent one more time to close out the 6-2 victory, clinching a spot in the Round of 16.
In Wednesday's Round of 16, Botzer will face the No. 7 seed and 10th-ranked player nationally in Illinois' Aleksander Kovacevic.
NCAA Singles Championship
R64 - #50 Bar Botzer (WF) def. #18 [9-16] Maxime Cressy (UCLA), 6-4, 6-2
R32 - #50 Bar Botzer (WF) def. #52 Tim Sandkaulen (MISS), 4-6, 7-6(3), 6-2
It is the first All-America nod for Botzer, who joins Petros Chrysochos and Borna Gojo as Demon Deacons to garner the honor in 2019.
It was a closely contested match between Botzer and the 52nd-ranked Sandkaulen, as Tuesday's battle featured a total of three breaks.
Sandkaulen struck first, breaking Bozter's first service game to take a 2-0 lead. The break would hold as Botzer would go on to drop the opening set, 4-6.
The two players matched each other throughout the second set which featured no breaks. Botzer was nearly broken twice in the set, holding on deuce points for 4-all and then again for 6-all, forcing a second-set tiebreaker. Tied at three in the tiebreaker, Botzer went on to win the final four points to claim a 7-3 victory and push the match to a decisive third set.
This time it was Botzer who struck early, breaking Sandkaulen for a 2-0 lead in the third. Leading 5-2, Botzer broke his opponent one more time to close out the 6-2 victory, clinching a spot in the Round of 16.
In Wednesday's Round of 16, Botzer will face the No. 7 seed and 10th-ranked player nationally in Illinois' Aleksander Kovacevic.
NCAA Singles Championship
R64 - #50 Bar Botzer (WF) def. #18 [9-16] Maxime Cressy (UCLA), 6-4, 6-2
R32 - #50 Bar Botzer (WF) def. #52 Tim Sandkaulen (MISS), 4-6, 7-6(3), 6-2
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