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The University of Mississippi Athletics
Hansson into NCAA Singles Second Round
5/24/2017 | Men's Tennis
ATHENS, Ga. â€" In his second NCAA Singles Championship appearance, Ole Miss junior Gustav Hansson posted a straight set win against Oklahoma's Spencer Papa Wednesday morning at the Dan Magill Tennis Complex to advance to the second round.
Meeting for the first time, No. 23 ranked Hansson gained the upperhand early against No. 24 ranked Papa, with a break in the first set to close it out 6-4. At 1-1 in the second set, Hansson came all the way back from 40-0 on Papa's serve to break and never looked back, winning it 6-2 to advance.
Hansson will face Kentucky's William Bushamuka Thursday in the second round of singles, while his teammates, Fabian Fallert and Grey Hamilton, will make their NCAA Doubles debut against Butler's Mason Dragos and Mikheil Khmiadashvili.
At the net…
• This marks the 24th consecutive year for the Rebels to have a representative in the NCAA Individual Championships
• Hansson advanced to the second round for the second year in a row
• Hansson improved to 21-12 this year
• This marked Hansson's 10th overall and fourth top-25 ranked win of the year
• Hansson has won six of his last seven matches
• Thursday will mark the second meeting this year between Hansson and Kentucky's William Bushamuka
• Hansson defeated Bushamuka in straight sets to help the Rebels to a 4-2 win against Kentucky during the regular season meeting
Thoughts from head coach Toby Hansson…
"Gus played a really solid match against a very good player in Spencer Papa (Oklahoma). He served well and had good depth on his ground strokes. Gus looked very balanced and focused through the entire match today. Once Gus rallied to break Papa early in the second set, he never looked back on his way to a great first-round win."
Results
NCAA Singles Championship
First round -- #23 Gustav Hansson (OM) def. #24 Spencer Papa (OU) 6-4, 6-2
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