The ITA All American tournament main draw begins their play today with SEVEN Buckeyes earning entry into the round of 64 singles draw.
The ITA Men’s All-American Championships have featured the nation’s top NCAA Division I players and have been a staple of the men’s college tennis calendar.
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Kim is the #2 seed. Filin and Anthrop both advanced through the qualifying round to join Kim, Byers, Okonkwo, Bernard and Nakashima whose ranking earned an automatic admission into the main draw.
In addition to the stellar representation in the singles draw, FOUR Buckeyes doubles teams earned entry into the 32 team doubles main draw. Advancing through the qualifying rounds were the teams of Carpico/ Filin and Bernard/Okonkwo. They join Kim/Nakashima and Anthrop/Stearns in the main draw.
Especially noteworthy has been the performance of sophomore Nikita Filin. He won 5 straight singles matches in 4 days to advance through the pre-qualifying and qualifying draw. In doubles Filin and Carpico won 4 matches to advance through pre-qualifiers and qualifiers.
Looking ahead, The Buckeye team season will begin in January with some wild anticipation….
What a challenge for Ty Tucker in Buckeye practices, with 7 of the top 64 singles players in the NCAA and 4 of the top 32 doubles teams how do I find the top 6 singles and top 3 doubles teams to represent the Scarlet and Gray each match,
Yes and don’t forget ATP top 500 Victor Lilov will be enrolling in January.
Go Bucks!