TULSA, OKLA.—Members of the University of North Carolina men’s tennis team wrapped up play at the ITA All-American Championships on Sunday. Tar Heels Niels Ratiu and Will Mayew each won their round-of-128 pre-qualifying matches in straight sets to advance before falling in the round of 64.
Ratiu beat Ferdinand Cloisters of Wisconsin, 6-4, 7-6 (3), while Mayew beat Dmitry Kopilevish of East Tennessee State by a 6-1, 6-3 score.
In the next round, Notre Dame’s Kyran Magimay topped Ratiu, 7-6 (4), 7-6 (7), and Matthieu Chambonniere from TCU defeated Mayew, 6-3, 1-6, 7-6 (3).
In doubles action, Mayew and Sebastian Sec defeated Washington’s Soham Purohi and Stephane Kamendje , 7-5, 7-5, to advance in the prequalifying bracket.
Ratiu and teammate Chris Xu await their turn to play in the doubles qualifying draw later in Tulsa.
Singles Pre-Qualifying Round of 128
Niels Ratiu def. Ferdinand Cloisters (Wisconsin) 6-4, 7-6 (3)
Kyle McNally (Dayton) def. Ian Mayew 7-6 (4), 6-1
Will Mayew def. Dmitry Kopilevich (ETSU) 6-1, 6-3
Glib Sekachov (Arizona) def. Kase Schinnerer 6-3, 6-2
Lev Seidman (UCLA) def. Chris Xu 6-3, 6-3
Filip Soderqvist (Boise State) def. Sebastian Sec 2-6, 6-3. 6-3
Singles Pre-Qualifying Round of 64
Kyran Magimay (Notre Dame) def. Niels Ratiu 7-6 (4), 7-6 (7)
Matthieu Chambonniere (TCU) def. Will Mayew 6-3, 1-6, 7-6 (3)
Doubles Pre-Qualifying
Will Mayew/Sebastian Sec def. Soham Purohi/Stephane Kamendje (Washington) 7-5, 7-5