TULSA, Okla. – The Omaha men's tennis team continued its fall season at the ITA Central Regionals at the Case Tennis Center.
Razvan Grigorescu advanced to the round of 16 in singles play, while the doubles pairing of
Abdoul Ouattara and
Davis Lawley also reached the round 16.
Grigorescu, seeded 13th in the tournament, started his run with a 6-0, 6-2 win over Kenji Yanaba (SLU). He then upset No. 9 Max Stewart of Oklahoma in split sets 6-3, 3-6, 6-2. Grigorescu lost a hard-fought battle to Minnesota's Jackson Allen 6-4, 6-4.
Ouattara finished the tournament with a 2-2 mark. He beat Tulsa's Daniel Siddall 6-4, 7-6 in the opening round, but fell in split sets to Orel Ovil of Wichita State in split sets 6-7, 7-6, 6-3. In the consolation round, he beat UND's Pavle Drobnjakovic before defeating Minnesota's Sebastian Vile.
Lawley topped Nick Campbell in split sets 7-5, 4-6, 6-3 in the first round. He then lost a 6-3, 6-1 match to No. 1 seed Aleksandre Rakshi of Oklahoma.
Matt Dunn opened the tournament with a 6-4, 6-4 win over UMKC's Daniel Izadifar. Dunn dropped a 6-3, 7-6 match to Luke Hammond of Oklahoma State. He then topped Josh Bortnick of Arkansas 6-4, 6-4.
Nathan Reekie topped Josh McDermott of UMKC 6-2, 5-7, 6-3. Reekie then lost matches Murkel Dellien of Wichita State and Vladyslan Lobak of Minnesota. He ended the tournament with a 6-3, 6-2 win over Ignacio Tintore of Saint Louis.
In doubles action, Lawley and Ouattara became the first Omaha doubles team to advance to the round of 16 at Regionals. The duo defeated Austin Williams and Andre Caligiana of Wichita State 8-7. After receiving a walkover, Lawley and Ouattara fell 8-5 to Tulsa's Kamdem/Thelwall-Jones.
Individual Results
No. 13 Razvan Grigorescu
d. Kenji Yanaba (SLU) 6-0, 6-2
d. No. 9 Max Stewart (OU) 6-3, 3-6, 6-2
l. Jackson Allen (Minn.) 6-4, 6-4
Matt Dunn
d. Daniel Izadifar (UMKC) 6-4, 6-4
l. Luke Hammond (OSU) 6-3, 7-6
d. Josh Bortnick (Arkansas) 6-4, 6-4
Abdoul Ouattara
d. Daniel Siddall (Tulsa) 6-4, 7-6
l. Orel Ovil (WSU) 6-7, 7-6, 6-3
d. Pavle Drobnjakovic (UND) 6-4, 6-1
d. Sebastian Vile (Minnesota) 6-2, 7-5
Ethan Henry
l. Stefano Tsorotiotis (OU) 6-0, 6-1
d. Ignacio Tintore (SLU) 3-6, 6-0, 10-6
l. Piotr Smietana (Iowa) 6-1, 6-0
l. Freddie Powell (Drake) 6-4, 6-1
Nathan Reekie
d. Josh McDermott (UMKC) 6-2, 5-7, 6-3
l. Murkel Dellien (WSU) 6-3, 6-1
l. Vladyslan Lobak (Minnesota) 6-3, 6-2
d. Ignacio Tintore (SLU) 6-3, 6-2
Davis Lawley
d. Nick Campbell (Creighton) 7-5, 4-6, 6-3
l. No. 1 Aleksandre Bakshi (OU) 6-3, 6-1
l. Eddie Stoica (Wichita State) 6-0, 6-2
l. Sebastian Vile (Minn) 6-2, 7-5
Hugo Piles
l. Jarod Hing (Tulsa) 6-3, 6-0
d. Josh Bortnick (Kansas) 7-6(5), 6-0
l. Freddie Powell (Drake) 6-2, 6-1
l. Andrea Caligiana (WSU) 6-3, 6-3
Doubles
Matt Dunn/Ethan Henry
l. Clark/Philips (Drake) 8-2
Davis Lawley/Abdoul Ouattara
d. Caligiana/Williams (WSU) 8-7
walkover
l. Kamdem/Thelwall-Jones (Tulsa) 8-5
Razvan Grigorescu/Nathan Reekie
l. Allen/Ogilvy (Minn) 8-4
