CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – The Penn State men's tennis team opened up play at the ITA Atlantic Regionals at the University of Virginia's Virginia Tennis Facility on Wednesday afternoon. Three Nittany Lions saw action on day one.
SINGLES
Harrison Janes earned Penn State's first win of the day against Saint Joeseph's Justus Agbo, 6-3, 6-3. Freshman Pranav Nemani followed that up with a convincing 6-3, 6-3 victory over Ryan Nguyen of Villanova to grab the first win of his collegiate career.
Also, in the first round of the ITA Atlantic Regionals Bronze Draw, Andrei Paduraru fell to Kaipo Marshall from Duquesne, 6-3, 6-1. Paduraru will play in a consolation match tomorrow at 10:00 am EST against Howard's Marcel Dawson.
Moving on to the round of 32, both Janes and Nemani faced off against new opponents. Janes took on Villanova's Joshua Robinson in a hard-fought match but ended up losing 1-6, 6-4, 6-3. Nemani matched up against Davis Wiley from Richmond, where he fell 7-6(5), 6-0.
DOUBLES
In doubles, partners Nemani and Paduraru were defeated by Dawson and Justin Cadeau from Howard, 8-7(5). The Nittany Lion duo will take part in a consolation match tomorrow at 3:30 pm EST versus Dustin Ha and Hayden Postin of George Mason.
NEXT UP
Charl Morgan, Malik Bhatnagar, Sam Bossem, and Ismail Saadi all start their singles competition on Thursday, October 20 in the ITA Atlantic Regionals Silver Draw.
Tournament Website: https://bit.ly/3Te4y5a
Tournament Schedule
Wednesday October 19th:
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Rounds of 64 and 32 Bronze Singles. Matches will start no earlier than 12pm Eastern.
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Round of 32 Bronze Doubles
Thursday October 20th:
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Round of 16 Bronze Main Draw Singles and Round of 64 Main Draw Silver Singles. One round of Consolation for 1st match losers of Bronze Draw (played Indoors)
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Rounds 16 and 8 of Bronze Doubles and one round of Doubles Consolation for 1st match losers of Bronze Doubles.
Friday October 21st:
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Rounds of 32 and 16 Silver Main Draw Singles. One round of Consolation for 1st match losers of Silver Draw (played indoors)
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Rounds 16 and 8 of Silver Doubles and one round of Doubles Consolation for 1st match losers of Silver Doubles.
Saturday October 22nd:
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Round of 32 Gold Singles
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Rounds of 32 and 16 Gold Doubles and one round of doubles Consolation for 1st match losers of Gold Doubles.
Sunday October 23rd:
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Rounds of 16 and Quarters of Gold Singles and one round of Consolation for 1st match losers of Gold Draw (played indoors)
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Quarterfinal and Semifinal rounds of Gold Doubles
Monday October 24th:
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Semifinal and Final rounds of Gold Singles
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Final round of Gold Doubles
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