INDIANAPOLIS, In. -- No. 6 Washburn was on the brink of suffering its first loss of the season but battled back multiple times to win 4-3 over No. 5 Lubbock Christian in the quarterfinal round of the ITA Indoor National Championships on Friday in a five-hour match. The Ichabods will face the winner of the top seed Barry and the host Indianapolis at 9 a.m. on Saturday.
The Chaps (2-2) jumped out to a quick advantage in doubles play, as Pavlos Parson and Benjamin Fock fell 6-2 at No. 2. Washburn (3-0) was able to tie the first stage up with Yoshinobu Nakatsuji and Yuto Miyagawa winning 6-3 at No. 3. Lubbock Christian was able to claim the first point of the match, winning 6-3 on the top court over Tommy Cecchetti and Kilian Martinez.
Singles play opened with another point for the Chaps as No. 36 Benjamin Fock fell 6-3 and 6-2 in two sets on court four against No. 18 Pablo Segura. No. 8 Pavlos Parson split his opening two sets at No. 1 against No. 4 ranked Kelly Giese as he won 7-5 in the second after losing 6-3 in the first. He battled early before Giese pulled away late to win 6-3 and bring up match point.
The Ichabods began the comeback at No. 5 with Zino Nahirniak winning quickly in two sets, 6-1 and 6-4. On court two, Tommy Cecchetti fell just short in a 7-6(5) first set tiebreaking loss. He bounced back to win 6-2 in the second and pulled away late in the third, playing an extra game to win 7-5 over No. 17 Andres de los Rios.
On court three Kilian Martinez came out on top in a first set tiebreaker, winning 7-6(2). In the second No. 26 ranked Mattia Ghedin evened the dual up winning 6-4. Martinez fell behind 3-5 in the third set but rallied to win the final four games, tying the match at three with a 7-5 win. No. 40 Yuto Miyagawa fell behind early, losing 6-3 in the first set at No. 6. He took control early in the second set, pulling away to win 6-2. In the third he fell behind early but recovered to bring the dual to a tiebreaker. Miyagawa jumped in front in the tiebreaker, going on to win 7-6(4) and complete the comeback.
Doubles competition:
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1. Mattia Ghedin/Kelly Giese (LCU) def. Cecchetti,Tommy/Martinez,Kilian (WU) 6-3
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2. Andres De Los Rios/Pablo Segura (LCU) def. Fock,Benjamin/Parson,Pavlos (WU) 6-2
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3. Miyagawa,Yuto/Nakatsuji,Yoshinobu (WU) def. Jordan Georgiev/Andrea RossiPrincipe (LCU) 6-3
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Order of finish: 2, 3, 1
Singles competition:
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1. #4 Kelly Giese (LCU) def. #8 Parson,Pavlos (WU) 6-3, 5-7, 6-3
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2. Cecchetti,Tommy (WU) def. #17 Andres De Los Rios (LCU) 6-7 (5-7), 6-4, 7-5
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3. Martinez,Kilian (WU) def. #26 Mattia Ghedin (LCU) 7-6 (7-2), 4-6, 7-5
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4. #18 Pablo Segura (LCU) def. #36 Fock,Benjamin (WU) 6-3, 6-2
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5. Nahirniak,Zino (WU) def. Jordan Georgiev (LCU) 6-1, 6-4
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6. #40 Miyagawa,Yuto (WU) def. Andrea RossiPrincipe (LCU) 3-6, 6-2, 7-6 (7-4)
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Order of finish: 4, 1, 5, 2, 3, 6
