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Quarterfinal Action Sunday for Rebel Trio
10/20/2018 | Men's Tennis
Tournament Central
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – Day 3 of the ITA Men's South Regional wrapped in dramatic fashion for the Ole Miss tennis team, where junior Tim Sandkaulen battled for a grueling three hours in the final match of the day before triumphing to advance one spot closer to the Main Draw quarterfinals Sunday at the Alabama Tennis Stadium in Tuscaloosa.
Sandkaulen, the 14thbest player in the country according to the latest ITA Rankings, downed conference foe Boris Kozlov of LSU after a comeback performance. Trailing in the match after dropping the first set 5-7, Sandkaulen powered through the second session, emerging with a 7-6 victory and taking the tiebreaker 9-7. He then carried the momentum into the final round, succeeding 6-2.
Freshman Karlo Kranic was also successful, upsetting ranked opponent Matteo De Vincentis from Auburn with relative ease at 6-4, 6-2. Kranic carried the top seed during the singles qualifying round, picking up his third straight victory.
Sandkaulen will also compete in the doubles quarterfinals, joined by partner Filip Kraljevic after consecutive 8-6 victories.
Round of 16 singles play begins at 12:30 p.m. Sunday, while doubles action starts at 3:30.
RESULTS
No. 37 Filip Kraljevic/Tim Sandkaulen def. Kacper Dworak/Jan Galka (UL), 8-6
No. 37 Kraljevic/Sandkaulen def. Mieszko Kwasnieweski/Jorman Reyes (Southern Miss), 8-6
No. 6 Loic Cloes/Clement Marzol (South Alabama) def. Simon Junk/Cotter Wilson, 8-4
Jan Soeren Hain/Karlo Kranic def. Panji Untung/Teeradon Tortakul (Southern Miss), 8-2
Boris Kozlov/Nick Watson (LSU) def. Jan Soeren Hain/Karlo Kranic, 8-6
Dane Esses (Tulane) def. No. 52 Filip Kraljevic 1-6, 6-3, 6-2
Karlo Kranic def. No. 53 Matteo De Vincentis (Auburn) 6-4, 6-2
No. 14 Tim Sandkaulen def. Boris Kozlov (LSU) 5-7, 7-6(7), 6-2
Simon Junk def. Rossouw Norval (Samford) 7-0, 7-6(7)
Michael Durham (Auburn) def. Cotter Wilson 6-4, 6-4
Jack Lyttle (Samford) def. Jan Soeren Hain 6-3, 6-2
For more information on Ole Miss Men's Tennis, follow the Rebels on Twitter @OleMissMTennis, on Facebook at OleMissMTennis and on Instagram at OleMissMTennis, follow Coach Hansson on Twitter at @TennisToby.
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – Day 3 of the ITA Men's South Regional wrapped in dramatic fashion for the Ole Miss tennis team, where junior Tim Sandkaulen battled for a grueling three hours in the final match of the day before triumphing to advance one spot closer to the Main Draw quarterfinals Sunday at the Alabama Tennis Stadium in Tuscaloosa.
Sandkaulen, the 14thbest player in the country according to the latest ITA Rankings, downed conference foe Boris Kozlov of LSU after a comeback performance. Trailing in the match after dropping the first set 5-7, Sandkaulen powered through the second session, emerging with a 7-6 victory and taking the tiebreaker 9-7. He then carried the momentum into the final round, succeeding 6-2.
Freshman Karlo Kranic was also successful, upsetting ranked opponent Matteo De Vincentis from Auburn with relative ease at 6-4, 6-2. Kranic carried the top seed during the singles qualifying round, picking up his third straight victory.
Sandkaulen will also compete in the doubles quarterfinals, joined by partner Filip Kraljevic after consecutive 8-6 victories.
Round of 16 singles play begins at 12:30 p.m. Sunday, while doubles action starts at 3:30.
RESULTS
No. 37 Filip Kraljevic/Tim Sandkaulen def. Kacper Dworak/Jan Galka (UL), 8-6
No. 37 Kraljevic/Sandkaulen def. Mieszko Kwasnieweski/Jorman Reyes (Southern Miss), 8-6
No. 6 Loic Cloes/Clement Marzol (South Alabama) def. Simon Junk/Cotter Wilson, 8-4
Jan Soeren Hain/Karlo Kranic def. Panji Untung/Teeradon Tortakul (Southern Miss), 8-2
Boris Kozlov/Nick Watson (LSU) def. Jan Soeren Hain/Karlo Kranic, 8-6
Dane Esses (Tulane) def. No. 52 Filip Kraljevic 1-6, 6-3, 6-2
Karlo Kranic def. No. 53 Matteo De Vincentis (Auburn) 6-4, 6-2
No. 14 Tim Sandkaulen def. Boris Kozlov (LSU) 5-7, 7-6(7), 6-2
Simon Junk def. Rossouw Norval (Samford) 7-0, 7-6(7)
Michael Durham (Auburn) def. Cotter Wilson 6-4, 6-4
Jack Lyttle (Samford) def. Jan Soeren Hain 6-3, 6-2
For more information on Ole Miss Men's Tennis, follow the Rebels on Twitter @OleMissMTennis, on Facebook at OleMissMTennis and on Instagram at OleMissMTennis, follow Coach Hansson on Twitter at @TennisToby.
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