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Derrick Chen won his first match in Tulsa but had to retire with an injury during the second.
TULSA, Okla./DAVIS – Members of the California men’s tennis team found success in two tournaments Saturday, with Alex Chang and Jonathan Irwanto staying alive in the pre-qualifying singles tournament at the ITA All-American Championships and with Alex Aney and John Kim continuing to forge their ways through the Aggie Invitational.
At the ITA All-American Championships in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Chang defeated Louisiana’s Oriol Fillat Gimenez, 7-6(3), 7-6(3), and Wake Forest’s Jamieson Nathan, 6-4, 6-4, to reach Sunday’s round of 64. Irwanto beat Juan Zabala of Memphis, 6-1, 7-6(2), and Wake Forest’s Dylan Chang, 6-1, 7-6(3), to join Alex Chang in the next round Sunday morning. The Bears are vying to win their way into the All-American qualifying tournament, which runs Monday and Tuesday, and eventually reach the main draw, slated for Oct. 4-8. Cal’s Derrick Chen and Tim Stepanov also competed in Tulsa but were ousted from the main draw.
In the flight A singles quarterfinals in the Aggie Invite at UC Davis, Kim bested Diego Jarry of Saint Mary’s, 6-3, 7-6(3), to reach Sunday’s semifinals. Aney, in flight B, toppled another Gael, Paulo Hugo Etchecoin, 6-3, 6-0, to likewise move on to the Sunday semis.
The Aggie Invite will end on Sunday.
ITA All-American Championships
Sept. 30, 2030, in Tulsa, Okla.
Case Tennis Center in LaFortune Park
Pre-Qualifying Singles
Cal Results
Round of 256
Alex Chang (Cal) def. Oriol Fillat Gimenez (Louisiana), 7-6(3), 7-6(3),
Jonathan Irwanto (Cal) def. Juan Zabala (Memphis), 6-1, 7-6(2)
Derrick Chen (Cal) def. Deacon Thomas (Indiana), 6-3, 6-1
Anton Ornberg (UNLV) def. Tim Stepanov (Cal), 2-6, 7-6(4), 6-4
Round of 128
Alex Chang (Cal) def. Jamieson Nathan (Wake Forest), 6-4, 6-4
Jonathan Irwanto (Cal) def. Dylan Chang (Wake Forest), 6-1, 7-6(3)
Vignesh Gogineni (Yale) def. Derrick Chen (Cal), 6-2, 0-1 ret. (inj.)
Aggie Invitational
Sept. 30, 2023, in Davis
Marya Welch Tennis Center
Cal Results
Singles
Flight A Quarterfinal Round
John Kim (Cal) def. Diego Jarry (SMC), 6-3, 7-6(3),
Flight B Quarterfinal Round
Alex Aney (Cal) def. Paulo Hugo Etchecoin (SMC), 6-3,…
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