TOPEKA, Kan. -- For a third straight season the Ichabods have won the ITA Central Region Singles Championship with Pavlos Parson coming from behind to win the title on Sunday afternoon.
Pavlos Parson follows Tim Hammes in 2024 and Sebastian Pjontek in 2023 as central region singles champions. He will automatically qualify for the ITA Cup in Rome, Ga. From Oct. 16-19.
In the semifinal round Zino Nahirniak fell in two sets to Harding's Adrian Solorzano, 6-2 and 7-5. In another All-Washburn battle on the other side, Yuto Miyagawa took the first set from Parson, 7-5. Parson recovered to win 6-2 in the second set and took the 10-point tiebreaker, 10-2.
In the championship match, Solorzano won the first set 6-4. Parson took the first game of the second set and held the lead from there, flipping the score to win 6-4. In the third set Parson jumped out to a 4-1 lead and did not relinquish control, winning 6-2 to clinch the title.
Singles Competiton – Main Draw
SF Solorzano, Adrian (HU) def. Nahirniak, Zino (WU) 6-2, 7-5
SF Parson, Pavlos (WU) def. Miyagawa, Yuto (WU) 5-7, 6-2, 10-2
F Parson, Pavlos (WU) def. Solorzano, Adrian (HU) 4-6, 6-4, 6-2
Consolation matches
Pieper, Moritz (WU) def. Diehl, Uwe (SAU) 6-3, 6-3
Pieper, Moritz (WU) def. Torres, Santiago (ESU) 6-3, 6-1
Mueller, Tinus (OBU) def. Nakatsuji, Yoshinobu (WU) 6-2, 6-1