Successful Day One at ITA Regionals

Friday, October 25

Palo Alto, CA

All Day

University of Oregon

ITA Northwest Regional Championships

Photo by: Eric Evans/GoDucks.com

10/25/19 | Men's Tennis

Tournament Central

By: Zach Lawson

EUGENE, Ore. – With a strong start at the ITA Northwest Regional in Palo Alto, Calif., the Oregon men's tennis team secured four spots in the round of 16 of the singles draw. The Ducks also advanced all four of their doubles teams into the second round.

Saturday Schedule
Round of 16
Singles
No. 100 Emmanuel Coste (4) vs Johan Garpered (USF)
No. 115 Joshua Charlton (5-8) vs Issa Yoshida (Portland)
Riki Oshima (9-16) vs Dominic Barretto (Cal)
Jesper Klöv-Nilsson vs Kostiantyn Nesterenko (Portland)
* all scheduled for 1:15 p.m. start

Consolation
Evan Felcher vs Alex Chan (Seattle) – 2:45 p.m.
Brandon Lam vs Brandon Park (Gonzaga) – 5:15 p.m.
Giorgio Soemarno vs Thomas Wright (Cal) – 5:45 p.m.

Second Round
Doubles
Charlton/Gentry (2) vs Cancel/Torocsik (Washington)
Coste/Soemarno vs Kikuchi/Zincirli (5-8) (Cal)
Klöv-Nilsson/Oshima vs Hann/Nesterenko (Portland)
Lam/Vandecasteele vs Davis/Lumsden (5-8) (Washington)
* all scheduled for 9:15 a.m. start

Junior Riki Oshima and freshman Jesper Klöv-Nilsson each had three wins—two singles, one doubles—Friday. Oshima, a 9-16 seed in the singles draw, posted a pair of straight-set wins and began his day with Klöv-Nilsson in an 8-4 win on the doubles court. Klöv-Nilsson had to rally from down a set to win his second-round match over Eric Hadigian of Gonzaga.

Sophomore Joshua Charlton, a 5-8 seed, picked up two singles wins on day one. He and doubles partner Ty Gentry received a first-round bye as the tournament's No. 2 seed. Charlton won last year's Northwest Region doubles title with Thomas Laurent.

The Ducks' highest-seeded player is junior Emmanuel Coste. He paired with Giorgio Soemarno for an 8-4 win in the first round of doubles. In singles, Coste received a first-round bye and then had to rally past Matthew Hollingworth of Gonzaga in three sets.

Brandon Lam and Luke Vandecasteele, finalists at last weekend's UCSB Classic, also advanced in doubles play. Vandecasteele had a 6-1, 6-0 win in his singles opener before dropping a tough three-set decision to Cal's Jacob Brumm, a 9-16 tournament seed.

Friday Results
First Round
Singles
No. 115 Joshua Charlton (5-8) def. Arthur Neuhaus (Santa Clara) – 7-6(7), 6-3
Ty Gentry (9-16) def. Nicklas Oberg (Portland) – 6-4, 6-0
Riki Oshima (9-16) def. Tomas Kopczynski (Stanford) – 6-0, 6-2
Jesper Klöv-Nilsson def. Santiago Hinojosa (Santa Clara) – 7-5, 6-4
Luke Vandecasteele def. Matthew Rodriguez (Santa Clara) – 6-1, 6-0
No. 119 Timothy Sah (5-8) (Stanford) def. Brandon Lam – 6-0, 3-6, 6-3
Nick Cmager (Santa Clara) def. Evan Felcher – 6-3, 6-4
Sam Roberts (Portland State) def. Giorgio Soemarno – 6-1, 2-6, 6-4
* Emmanuel Coste (4) received first-round bye

Doubles
Coste/Soemarno def. Brinkman/Swanson (UC Davis) – 8-4
Klöv-Nilsson/Oshima def. El Sallaly/Hjorth (9-16) (Pacific) – 8-4
Lam/Vandecasteele def. Monroy/ Weeldreyer (Seattle) – 8-6
* Charlton/Gentry (2) received first-round bye

Second Round
Singles
No. 100 Emmanuel Coste (4) def. Matthew Hollingworth (Gonzaga) – 4-6, 6-4, 6-1
No. 115 Joshua Charlton (5-8) def. James Watt (St. Mary's) – 6-4, 6-1
Jesper Klöv-Nilsson def. Eric Hadigian (Gonzaga) – 4-6, 6-1, 6-0
Riki Oshima (9-16) def. Dariush Jalali (UC Davis) – 6-1, 6-2
Akram El Sallaly (Pacific) def. Ty Gentry (9-16) – 3-6, 7-6(4), 7-6(5)
Jacob Brumm (9-16) (Cal) def. Luke Vandecasteele – 3-6, 6-2, 6-4

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