BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – After two days of strong competition at the ITA Ohio Valley Regional Championships, the level of play was cranked up another notch on Saturday as the main draw of doubles and singles were narrowed down to the quarterfinals.
Vanderbilt’s men’s tennis team dominated play the first two days of the event, posting 11 wins, but on Saturday the Commodores were not as fortunate. After three rounds of play, Ryan Lipman is the lone Commodore remaining in singles, while Lipman and Vijay Paul are Vanderbilt’s only doubles team remaining.
In singles, Lipman and Paul each earned second round wins, but Paul was unable to advance to the quarterfinals, falling 7-5, 7-5 to Grega Teraz of ETSU. Lipman advanced the quarterfinals with a 7-6(3), 6-2 win over Indiana’s Lachlan Ferguson.
In doubles, Adam Baker and Alex Zotov advanced to the third round with an 8-2 win over Branko Kuzmanovic and Paul Foley of Purdue. However, the duo was defeated by Louisville’s team of Andrew Carter and Viktor Maksimcuk, 8-5, in the third round.
Lipman and Paul defeated Ball State’s Zane Smith and Andres Monroy, 8-5, in the second round. The duo then advanced to the quarterfinals with an 8-4 win over Xavier’s Patrick Bandy and Chris Herrlinger.
Also earning wins Saturday were Alex DiValerio, who won his consolation singles match, 6-4, 6-2, over Bryce Warren of Butler.
Vanderbilt will continue play at ITA Regionals on Sunday.
Main Draw Singles
Third Round
Ryan Lipman (VU) def. Lachlan Ferguson (Indiana), 7-6(3), 6-2
Grega Teraz (ETSU) def. Vijay Paul (VU), 7-5, 7-5
Second Round
Ryan Lipman (VU) def. Bradley Cox (UK), 6-2, 6-3
Vijay Paul (VU) def. Santiago Gruter (Indiana), 7-5, 6-4
Eric Quigley (UK) def. Charlie Jones (VU), 6-3, 6-4
Austen Childs (Lousiville) def. Alex Zotov (VU), 6-4, 6-2
Josh MacTaggart (Indiana) def. Bryant Salcedo (VU), 6-1, 2-6, 6-4
Consolation Singles
Alex DiValerio (VU) def. Bryce Warren (Butler), 6-4, 6-2
Andrew Carter (Louisvile) def. Adam Baker (VU), 6-2, 6-1
Matt Brewer (TN) def. James Moye (VU), 6-1, 7-5
Main Draw Doubles
Third Round
Ryan Lipman/Vijay Paul (VU) def. Patrick Bandy/Chris Herrlinger (XU), 8-4
Andrew Carter/Viktor Maksimcuk (Louisville) def. Adam Baker/Alex Zotov (VU), 8-5
Second Round
Adam Baker/Alex Zotov (VU) def. Branko Kuzmanovic/Paul Foley (Purdue), 8-2
Ryan Lipman/Vijay Paul (VU) def. Zane Smith/Andres Monroy (Ball State), 8-5
Leon Naseman/Charlie Ramsay (Memphis) def. Bryant Salcedo/Charlie Jones (VU), 9-7
John Peers/Victor Melo (MTSU) def. James Moye/Alex DiValerio (VU), 8-5
