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Rebel Quartet Advances to Regional Qualifying Round of 16
10/17/2019 | Men's Tennis
The group looks to join teammates in Saturday’s Main Draw
AUBURN, Ala. –It was a successful Day 1 for Ole Miss Men's Tennis as all four Rebels competiting in the qualifying draw of the ITA Southern Regional advanced to the Round of 16 Friday, hosted by Auburn at the Yarbrough Tennis Center.
A trio of sophomores were successful early, as Simon Junk, Jan Soren Hain, and Sebastian Rios all picked up opening round victories, waiting to see if junior Cotter Wilson would join them.
Junk did not surrender a game in either of his opening sets on the day, cruising in his opener to a 6-0, 6-2 win over Rossouw Norval of Samford. In his Round of 32 performance, Junk again picked up the upper hand early, and grinded through an extra game 7-5 second set to advance to Friday.
Hain and Rios followed suit of their classmate. Rios battled through an opening-set tiebreaker, prevailing 7-6 (4), before a swift 6-2 second set. Both were also victorious in the Round of 32, as Hain allowed just three games across his 15 games on the day, and Rios advanced with identical 6-4, 6-4 marks.
Wilson, too, went back-to-back in the win column, getting a later start with an afternoon first serve for his opening match. He grinded through in the Rebs' only three-set match of the day, triumphing over Tulane's Akos Kotorman after an opening set advantage at 6-4 and winning the finale 6-2.
Senior Tim Sandkaulen, ranked No. 25 in the ITA Preseason Rankings, and the freshman pair of Lukas Engelhardt and Nikola Slavic will wait to begin competition, as all three earned berths in the Main Draw beginning Saturday.
Doubles play also commences Saturday, with three Rebel pairings.. Sandkaulen will team up with Junk, rookies Engelhardt and Slavic compete together, and Hain battles alongside Wilson.
Regional doubles champions and regional singles champions and finalists qualify for the season-ending Oracle ITA National Fall Championships.
RESULTS
S. Junk def. R. Norval (Samford); 6-0, 6-2
S. Junk def. A. Collard (Alabama State); 6-0, 7-5
J.S. Hain def. C. Tasker (Troy); 6-4, 6-3
J.S. Hain def. J. Klein (New Orleans); 6-2, 6-1
S. Rios def. A. Uishnevskiy (JSU); 7-6(4), 6-2
S. Rios def. M. Lusovsky (UAB); 6-4, 6-4
C. Wilson def. A. Suarez (JSU); 6-4, 7-5
C. Wilson def. A. Kotorman (Tulane); 6-4, 1-6, 6-2
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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.
A trio of sophomores were successful early, as Simon Junk, Jan Soren Hain, and Sebastian Rios all picked up opening round victories, waiting to see if junior Cotter Wilson would join them.
Junk did not surrender a game in either of his opening sets on the day, cruising in his opener to a 6-0, 6-2 win over Rossouw Norval of Samford. In his Round of 32 performance, Junk again picked up the upper hand early, and grinded through an extra game 7-5 second set to advance to Friday.
Hain and Rios followed suit of their classmate. Rios battled through an opening-set tiebreaker, prevailing 7-6 (4), before a swift 6-2 second set. Both were also victorious in the Round of 32, as Hain allowed just three games across his 15 games on the day, and Rios advanced with identical 6-4, 6-4 marks.
Wilson, too, went back-to-back in the win column, getting a later start with an afternoon first serve for his opening match. He grinded through in the Rebs' only three-set match of the day, triumphing over Tulane's Akos Kotorman after an opening set advantage at 6-4 and winning the finale 6-2.
Senior Tim Sandkaulen, ranked No. 25 in the ITA Preseason Rankings, and the freshman pair of Lukas Engelhardt and Nikola Slavic will wait to begin competition, as all three earned berths in the Main Draw beginning Saturday.
Doubles play also commences Saturday, with three Rebel pairings.. Sandkaulen will team up with Junk, rookies Engelhardt and Slavic compete together, and Hain battles alongside Wilson.
Regional doubles champions and regional singles champions and finalists qualify for the season-ending Oracle ITA National Fall Championships.
RESULTS
S. Junk def. R. Norval (Samford); 6-0, 6-2
S. Junk def. A. Collard (Alabama State); 6-0, 7-5
J.S. Hain def. C. Tasker (Troy); 6-4, 6-3
J.S. Hain def. J. Klein (New Orleans); 6-2, 6-1
S. Rios def. A. Uishnevskiy (JSU); 7-6(4), 6-2
S. Rios def. M. Lusovsky (UAB); 6-4, 6-4
C. Wilson def. A. Suarez (JSU); 6-4, 7-5
C. Wilson def. A. Kotorman (Tulane); 6-4, 1-6, 6-2
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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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