PRINCETON, N.J.- The Penn State men’s tennis team concluded a strong weekend of play at the ITA Northeast Regional Championships hosted by Princeton University from Oct.16-21.
Six Nittany Lions represented the team at Princeton. Sophomore Reiya Hattori made it through two rounds of the singles qualifying bracket, carrying him into the singles main draw. He defeated Penn’s Parashar Bharadwaj 6-4, 3-6, 6-4 in the first round of the main draw.
Kyle Chesman, Christos Glavas, Michael Wright and David Lindsay all found victories in the singles consolation rounds.
In the first round of doubles, Hattori and Lindsay defeated Temple’s duo of Erden Er/Pranav Nemani 8-7 (7-5). Chesman and Glavas defeated Noah Potts/Blake Lorenzo from St. Francis, 8-0.
The Nittany Lions now turn their sights to the ITA East Sectional Championship in Chapel Hill, N.C., from November 6-9.
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RESULTS
Thursday
Singles Qualifying
Liam Kilmer (BUCK) def. Kyle Chesman 3-6, 6-1, 6-2
Josue Guzman (DREX) def. Christos Glavas 3-6, 7-5, 6-4
David Lindsay def. William Robinson (BUCK) 7-5, 6-2
Reiya Hattori def. Alberto Blumenschein (TEMP) 6-4, 6-1
Reiya Hattori def. Brendan McDonald (BUCK) 6-4, 6-4
Armando Sotelo (Saint John’s) def. David Lindsay 7-6 (7-5), 6-2
Qualifying Consolation
Kyle Chesman def. Filip Horak (FORD) 6-4, 6-4
Christos Glavas def. Gregory Troyan (SFU) 7-5, 7-5
Friday
Doubles
Aleksander Mitric/Evan Wen (PRIN) def. Eyal Shyovitz/Michael Wright 8-7 (7-4)
Reiya Hattori/David Lindsay def. Erden Er/Pranav Nemani (TEMP) 8-7 (7-5)
Kyle Chesman/Christos Glavas def. Noah Potts/Blake Lorenzo (SFU) 8-0
Singles Main Draw
Luka Buttera (PENN) def. Eyal Shyovitz 7-5, 7-6 (7-4)
Reiya Hattori def. Parashar Bharadwaj (PENN) 6-4, 3-6, 6-4
Sebastian Sec (PRIN) def. Michael Wright 3-6, 6-3, 6-4
Saturday
Doubles
Sergej Zivkovic/Mats Pottbecker (Saint John’s) def. Reiya Hattori/David Lindsay 8-7 (7-5)
Semen Aginskiy/Venedikt Tsirikidze (Saint John’s) def. Kyle Chesman/Christos Glavas 8-7 (8-6)
Singles Main Draw
Amar Tahirovic (BUCK) def. Reiya Hattori 6-4, 4-6, 7-5
Singles Main Draw Consolation
Meecah Bigun (PRIN) def. Eyal Shyovitz 6-2, 7-6 (7-5)
Michael Wright def. Sergej Zivkovic (Saint John’s) 6-1, 6-4
Jordan Chang (COL) def. Kyle Chesman 6-0, 7-5
David Lindsay def. Aristotelis Bezianis (DEL) 7-6 (7-1), 4-6, 10-8