NEW YORK – The Columbia men's tennis team wrapped up play at the ITA All-American this past weekend in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
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Making the deepest run in the over week-long event was
Rian Pandole, who advanced all the way out of the Pre-Qualifying rounds. The sophomore opened with straight-set wins over Cal's Ben Draper and Max Stewart from Oklahoma, before a 6-2, 6-1 triumph over Iowa's Joe Tyler in the round of 64. Pandole advanced to the Qualifying round after defeating Wichita State's Eddie Stoica, 6-4, 6-2, then was halted after a 6-4, 6-4 defeat from Yancy Davis of South Carolina.
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Also winning a pair of matches during the Pre-Qualifying round was
Jason Lui, who topped Fanis Kontopoulos from Tennessee Tech, before knocking off Grayson Broadus from Notre Dame, both in straight sets.
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With a No. 40 ranking in the preseason, junior
Jackie Tang skipped both the Pre-Qualifying and Qualifying rounds, heading straight to the Main Draw. Tang impressed with a 6-4, 6-1 victory against UT-Arlington's Guarnateme Nuez Delgado during the first round, before falling to No. 22 Jan Zielinski (Georgia), 6-4, 6-4, in the round of 32.
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Next up, the Lions head to Princeton for the ITA Northeast Regional. Slated to play in the Main Draw Singles are Tang,
Jack Lin,
Adam Ambrozy,
Austen Huang,
William Matheson, and
Timothy Wang, while the Qualifying Draw features Pandole and Lui. Columbia will also have a trio of doubles teams playing starting on Thursday.
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Full Results ITA All-American
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Austen Huang
Qualifying R1 – L, 6-3, 3-6, 6-4 vs. Scott Jones (Tennessee)
Qualifying Cons. – vs. Mattia Ros (Denver)
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Jason Lui
Round of 256 – W, 6-2, 6-4 vs. Fanis Kontopoulos (Tennessee Tech)
Round of 128 – W, 6-2, 7-6(5) vs. Grayson Broadus (Notre Dame)
Round of 64 – L, 6-4, 6-3 vs. Ryan Goetz (Virginia)
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William Matheson
Qualifying R1 – W, 6-1, 6-2 vs. Peter Trhac (Idaho State)
Qualifying R2 – L, 4-6, 6-1, 6-2 vs. Bojan Jankulovski (Miami)
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Rian Pandole
Round of 256 – W, 6-2, 6-2 vs. Ben Draper (Cal)
Round of 128 – W, 7-6 (9), 6-4 vs. Max Stewart (Oklahoma)
Round of 64 – W, 6-2, 6-1 vs. Joe Tyler (Iowa)
Round of 32 – W, 6-4, 6-2 vs. Eddie Stoica (Wichita State)
Qualifying R1 – L, 6-4, 6-4 vs. Yancy Davis (South Carolina)
Qualifying Cons. – vs. Matias Soto (Baylor)
Jackie Tang
Main Draw R1 – W, 6-4, 6-1 vs. Guarnateme Nuez Delgado (UT Arlington)
Main Draw R2 – L, 6-4, 6-4 vs. Jan Zielinski (Georgia)
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Timothy Wang
Round of 256 – Bye
Round of 128 – L, 7-6 (3), 7-6 (4) vs. Bradley Frye (USC)
Consolation Round – W, 6-3, 6-4 vs. Tomas Vaise (SMU) (Sept. 30)
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