Meijs, Seyrek lead way as five Spartans advance to semifinals
GREENSBORO, N.C. – Timon Meijs and Orcun Seyrek both advanced to the semifinal round in flight A1 singles to lead the list of five Spartans earning spots in Saturday's semifinal round at the UNCG Men's Tennis Fall Intercollegiate on Friday.
Meijs won twice in his flight, while top-seeded Orcun Seyrek won his quarterfinal match. Meijs topped fourth-seeded Renato Antun from Belmont, 6-1 and 6-2, to begin the day. He followed that with a three-set thriller over Kennesaw State's Gianni Kubin, 6-2, 6-7 (2-7), 6-3, to move into Saturday's semifinal round against Cody Stauffer-MacDowell from Elon.
Yaroslav Litus, seeded fourth in Flight A2, won twice in straight sets to earn a spot in Saturday's semifinal round. A pair of Spartan freshman were impressive in Flight A3 as Chanon Varapongsittikul and Ahmet Sarioglu both won twice to move into the semifinal round in their flight. Varapongsittikul rallied from down a set in his quarterfinal match to advance. He lost the first set to second-seeded Jackson Tresnan of Chattanooga, 7-5, but bounced back to win the next two sets, 6-4 and 6-0.
In first round doubles action, UNCG's Litus and Jacob Wright advanced, as did Timion Meijs and Zach Reece in Flight B.
Action resumes at 9 a.m. Saturday with quarterfinal round matches in doubles play.
Quarterfinals
Q Cody Stauffer-MacDowell d. (2) Rodrigo Amaral 6-4; 4-6; 6-3
Q Timion Meijs d. Gianni Kubin 6-2; -6(2); 6-3
Q (3) Roberto Vieira d. Thomas Darling 6-4; 6-2
Q (1) Orcun Seyrek d. Alex Chen 6-4; 6-4
Round of 16
16 Cody Stauffer-MacDowell d. Dillion Berkabile 6-4; 6-3
16 Timion Meijs d. (4) Renato Antun 6-1; 6-2
16 Gianni Kubin d. Matt Waissen 6-2; 1-6; 6-2
16 Thomas Darling d. Simon Janik 3-6; 7-6(4); 6-3
16 (3) Roberto Vieira d. Ural Ates 6-3; 6-3
16 Alex Chen d. Adrien Langeard 3-6; 7-6(4); 7-5
Consolation:
R1 Matt Waissen d. (4) Renato Antun 7-6(4); 6-0
R1 Ural Ates d. Simon Janik 6-1; 6-0
Flight A2 Singles
Quarterfinals
Q Wesley Barrett d. (2) Rafael Matos 1-6; 6-3; 7-6(5)
Q (4) Yaroslav Litus d. John Devose 6-2; 6-3
Q Justin Kirstein d. (3) Jacob Wright 6-3; 6-4
Q Josh Girling d. (1) Christopher Smith 6-0; 6-2
Round of 16
16 Wesley Barrett d. Tyler Mills -6(6); 6-3; 6-1
16 (4) Yaroslav Litus d. Jonas Brobeck 6-3; 6-0
16 John Devose d. Joshua Cook 7-5; 6-0
16 Justin Kirstein d. Carlos Arboleda 6-1; 6-2
16 (3) Jacob Wright d. Elliot Kahler 6-3; 4-6; 6-4
16 Josh Girling d. Nicolai Nonnebroich 6-0; 7-5
Consolation:
R1 Jonas Brobeck d. Joshua Cook 6-2; 6-1
R1 Carlos Arboleda d. Elliot Kahler 6-3; 6-1
Flight A3 Singles
Quarterfinals
Q Chanon Varapongsittikul d. (2) Jackson Tresnan 5-7; 6-4; 6-0
Q Ahmet Sarioglu d. Ryan Matthews 6-2; 6-1
Q Ryan Spencer d. Andrew Prince 6-2; 3-0Ret (ill)
Q Roman Piftor d. (1) Felipe Lima Wo (inj)
Round of 16
16 Chanon Varapongsittikul d. Tom Rees 6-1; 6-1
16 Ryan Matthews d. (3) Sam Parfitt 5-7; 6-4; 6-3
16 Ahmet Sarioglu d. Joseph Proctor 6-0; 6-0
16 Andrew Prince d. James Atkinson 6-3; 6-0
16 Ryan Spencer d. (4) Zach Reece 7-6(5); 3-6; 7-6(6)
16 Roman Piftor d. Ryan Bouttelll 3-6; 6-4; 6-4
Consolation:
R2 Tom Rees d. (1) Felipe Lima Wo (inj)
R1 Joseph Proctor d. (3) Sam Parfitt 6-3; 6-4
R1 (4) Zach Reece d. James Atkinson 4-6; 6-1; 1-0(5)
Flight A4 Singles
Quarterfinals
Q Gokalp Ozdemir d. (2) Johnny Murrell 6-1; 6-0
Q (3) Trent Cobb d. Jimmy Roueche 7-6(5); 6-3
Q (4) Nathan White d. Stephen Crofford 6-3; 6-3
Q (1) Bruno Silva d. John Taylor 6-4; 7-6(4)
Round of 16
16 Gokalp Ozdemir d. Tripp Hawkins 6-3; 6-2
16 (3) Trent Cobb d. Lloyd Harris 3-6; 6-1; 6-4
16 Jimmy Roueche d. Justin Suesserman -6(4); 7-6(2)); 6-2
16 Stephen Crofford d. Andrew Clark 6-3; -6(1); 6-1
16 (4) Nathan White d. Andrew Carter 6-4; 6-0
16 John Taylor d. John Dunn Wd (inj)
Consolation:
R1 Justin Suesserman d. Lloyd Harris 6-4; 6-1
R1 Andrew Carter d. Andrew Clark 1-6; 6-3; 1-0(0)
Flight A Doubles
16 Amaral/Atkinson d. Janik/Kahler 9-8(3)
16 (4) Litus/Wright d. Brobeck/Waissen 8-4
16 Carter/Devose d. Berkabile/Cook 9-8(3)
16 Chen/Kirstein d. Langel/Mills 8-6
16 Barrett/Stauffer-MacDowell d. Cobb/Tresnan 9-8(2)
Flight B Doubles
16 Kubin/Ozdemir d. Crofford/Parfitt 8-5
16 Ates/Piftor d. Roueche/Sarioglu 8-5
16 Harris/Taylor d. Atkinson/Dunn Wd (inj)
16 Meijs/Reece d. (4) Darling/Prince 8-3
16 Spencer/Suesserman d. Langeard/Rees 9-8(5)