FREDERICKSBURG, Va. – The Washington and Lee men's tennis team combined for nine wins across singles and doubles brackets on Friday during the second day of the ITA Southeast Regional Championships.
HIGHLIGHTS FROM DAY 2:
- First-years Todd Cannaliato and Justin Ilie teamed up in the B1 Doubles draw to get the Generals their first win of the day. They downed Deniz Finkel and Teddy Snyder (Ursinus), 8-3, before falling in the next round.
- Cannaliato, Ilie and first-year Pearce Lane were all in action in the Championship Singles draw. Cannaliato and Ilie both won twice in the consolation bracket to advance to the quarterfinal round.
- Junior Sanjheev Rao and sophomore Sahil Arora both picked up one win each in alternate singles brackets. Rao defeated Carnegie Mellon's Braden Chavez in straight sets in B1 while Arora topped Snyder (Ursinus), 6-3, 6-3, in B2.
- First-year Harrison Silver and sophomore Ryan Good were in action in the B3 bracket. Silver went a perfect 2-0 to advance to the semifinals on Saturday, including a hard-fought 6-4, 2-6, 1-0 (8) win in the quarterfinals against Nicholas Choo (Swarthmore).
UP NEXT:
Generals who figure to be in action once again on Saturday include Cannaliato and Ilie and the quarterfinals of the Championship Singles consolation bracket, Silver in the B3 semifinals and Good in the B3 consolation quarterfinals. Full Day 2 results and Day 3 matches are listed below.
WASHINGTON AND LEE DAY 2 RESULTS
Championship Doubles
Round of 64:
Henry Imorde/
Sanjheev Rao [9] (WLU) – BYE
Nathan Arnold/Zac Ashtiani (FMC) def.
Sahil Arora/
Harrison Silver (WLU), 8-4
Rainier Christiansen/Jamison Wallace (CNU) def.
Ryan Good/
Pearce Lane (WLU), 8-6
Round of 32:
Pranav Gadiraju/Andy Zhu (JHU) def.
Henry Imorde/
Sanjheev Rao [9] (WLU), 8-4
B1 Doubles
Round of 16:
Todd Cannaliato/
Justin Ilie (WLU) def. Deniz Finkel/Teddy Snyder (URS), 8-3
Quarterfinals:
Casey Coffey/Dillon McReynolds (HSC) def.
Todd Cannaliato/
Justin Ilie (WLU), 8-6
Championship Singles
Round of 32:
Dominik Suwak [5] (SU) vs.
Pearce Lane (WLU), 6-3, 6-3
Consolation – Round of 32:
Justin Ilie (WLU) def. Gurv Suri (SAL), 8-3
Todd Cannaliato (WLU) def. Tiziano Chialva (WAC), 8-5
James Smith (CNU) def.
Henry Imorde [9] (WLU), walkover (inj.)
Consolation – Round of 16:
Justin Ilie (WLU) def. Ian Batra (SIT), 8-4
Todd Cannaliato (WLU) def. Thomas Davis (HSC), 8-7 (4)
Consolation – Quarterfinals (Sat., Oct. 4, 12:05 p.m.):
Justin Ilie (WLU) vs. Andreas Mulner (RAND)
Todd Cannaliato (WLU) vs. Roberto Vazquez (HAV)
B1 Singles
Round of 16:
Sanjheev Rao (WLU) def. Braden Chavez (CMU), 7-5, 6-4
Quarterfinals:
Jason Li (JHU) def.
Sanjheev Rao (WLU), 6-1, 6-2
B2 Singles
Round of 16:
Sahil Arora (WLU) def. Teddy Snyder (URS), 6-3, 6-3
Quarterfinals:
Jamison Wallace (CNU) def.
Sahil Arora (WLU), 6-4, 2-6, 1-0 (6)
B3 Singles
Round of 16:
Harrison Silver (WLU) def. Stefan Johnson (HAV), 6-3, 6-3
Owen Akers (JHU) def.
Ryan Good (WLU), 7-5, 6-4
Quarterfinals:
Harrison Silver (WLU) def. Nicholas Choo (SWA), 6-4, 2-6, 1-0 (8)
Semifinals (Sat., Oct. 4, 1:30 p.m.):
Harrison Silver (WLU) vs. Daniel Greene (JHU)
Consolation – Quarterfinals (Sat., Oct. 4, 11:30 a.m.):
Ryan Good (WLU) vs. Tristan Wroe (SIT)
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