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Northwestern Continues Run at ITA All-American Championships
10/10/2015 11:48:00 PM | Men's Tennis
ITA All-American Championships Bracket
TULSA, Okla. – Konrad Zieba continued his run through the main draw at the ITA All-American Championships in Tulsa, Okla., advancing to the quarterfinals on Saturday.
Zieba knocked off No. 23 Dovydas Sakinis of Dartmouth in the Round of 16, 7-6, 2-6, 6-2. He dropped his quarterfinal match to Virginia's Thai-Son Kwiatkowski, ranked No. 8 in the country, in three sets.
The Northwestern junior began the tournament in the qualifying draw and since advancing to the main draw knocked off three ranked opponents. His first match was a 6-3, 6-4 decision over No. 26 Tin Ostojic from Wichita State and that was followed by another straight set win over No. 13 Roberto Cid of South Florida.
Zieba won his first six matches in Tulsa over the last week.
Teammate Sam Shropshire has also been competing in the main draw. Shropshire dropped his first match but bounced back with a 6-3, 6-4 decision in the consolation bracket over No. 55 A.J. Catanzariti of Texas A&M. Shropshire won two more matches on Saturday, including a straight set decision over Kentucky's William Bushamuka. He will compete at 11 a.m. in the consolation semifinals.
Strong Kirchheimer narrowly missed out on advancing to the main draw, falling short in three sets in the deciding match. Kirchheimer did win two matches in the qualifying draw.
For more information and complete brackets from the ITA All-American Championships, visit the tournament home page.
TULSA, Okla. – Konrad Zieba continued his run through the main draw at the ITA All-American Championships in Tulsa, Okla., advancing to the quarterfinals on Saturday.
Zieba knocked off No. 23 Dovydas Sakinis of Dartmouth in the Round of 16, 7-6, 2-6, 6-2. He dropped his quarterfinal match to Virginia's Thai-Son Kwiatkowski, ranked No. 8 in the country, in three sets.
The Northwestern junior began the tournament in the qualifying draw and since advancing to the main draw knocked off three ranked opponents. His first match was a 6-3, 6-4 decision over No. 26 Tin Ostojic from Wichita State and that was followed by another straight set win over No. 13 Roberto Cid of South Florida.
Zieba won his first six matches in Tulsa over the last week.
Teammate Sam Shropshire has also been competing in the main draw. Shropshire dropped his first match but bounced back with a 6-3, 6-4 decision in the consolation bracket over No. 55 A.J. Catanzariti of Texas A&M. Shropshire won two more matches on Saturday, including a straight set decision over Kentucky's William Bushamuka. He will compete at 11 a.m. in the consolation semifinals.
Strong Kirchheimer narrowly missed out on advancing to the main draw, falling short in three sets in the deciding match. Kirchheimer did win two matches in the qualifying draw.
For more information and complete brackets from the ITA All-American Championships, visit the tournament home page.
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