Box Score OMAHA, Neb. -- Washburn wrapped up the Creighton Invite in the morning before facing the host Bluejays in a dual in the afternoon and coming away with a 5-2 victory over the DI foe, opening the dual slate for the Ichabods. They will return to the courts back in Topeka next week at the Washburn Invite beginning Friday, Oct. 2 at the Kossover Tennis Center.
Washburn began the day wrapping up singles matches in the final day of the Creighton Invite. They went 3-2 in singles matches, all against DI competition, with Benjamin Fock, Kilian Martinez and Yuto Miyagawa each picking up victories.
In the dual portion of the day Benjamin Fock and Nicolas Hurtado-Novoa led off doubles play with a 6-2 win on court one. Kilian Martinez and Yuto Miyagawa clinched the first point of the match winning 6-3 at No. 2. Gael Mourmant and Keita Kuroda led 4-3 on court three when the point was decided.
In singles action Kilian Martinez picked up where he left off winning 6-3 and 6-2 sets on the top court. Keita Kuroda followed with another point, winning 6-3 and 6-1 in two sets at No. 6. Benjamin Fock provided the clinching point winning 6-4 in his opening set and 6-1 in the second from court three.
Nicolas Hurtado-Novoa opened his dual career with a 7-6(5) tiebreaking set one victory at No. 4 before adding another point to the Ichabod tally with a 6-2 win in the second. Creighton got on the board as Petr Leipner fell 10-5 in a third set 10-point tiebreaker battle on court five. Playing at No. 2, Yuto Miyagawa lost a tight 7-6(4) opening set before winning 6-4 in the second to force a third set. He dropped the tiebreaker 10-5 as the Bluejays scored a second point to close out the dual.
Creighton Invite Matches
Singles Results
Uppu, Pavan (UNO) def. Faris, Graham (WU) 6-4, 6-2
Taylor, Kaeden (UNO) def. Mourmant, Gael (WU) 6-0, 6-1
Fock, Benjamin (WU) def. Thomas, Kristian (UNO) 4-6, 6-3, 10-1
Martinez, Kilian (WU) def. Champigneulle, Enzo (NU) 2-6, 6-3, 10-8
Miyagawa, Yuto (WU) def. Roux, Eloi (UNO) 7-6(4), 6-3
Washburn: 5, Creighton: 2
Doubles competition:
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Fock, Benjamin/Hurtado-Novoa, Nicolas (WU) def. Dahler, Mathis/McKenzie (CU) 6-2
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Martinez, Kilian/Miyagawa, Yuto (WU) def. Saxer, Neil/Gruenig, Maxime (CU) 6-2
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Mourmant, Gael/Kuroda, Keita (WU) vs. Lustig, Tomothee/Mommessin, Lucas (CU) 4-3 UF
Order of finish: 1, 2
Singles competition:
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Martinez, Kilian (WU) def. Lustic, Timothee (CU) 6-3, 6-2
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Saxer, Neil (CU) def. Miyagawa, Yuto (WU) 7-6(4), 4-6, 10-5
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Fock, Benjamin (WU) def. Dahler, Mathis (CU) 6-4, 6-1
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Hurtado-Novoa, Nicolas (WU) def. McKenzie, Rocky (CU) 7-6(5), 6-2
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Mommessin, Lucas (CU) def. Leipner, Petr (WU) 6-1, 5-7, 10-5
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Kuroda, Keita (WU) def. Papp, Sebastian (CU) 6-3, 6-1
Order of finish: 1, 6, 3, 4, 5, 2
