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Mikey Wright posted victories in doubles and singles on Friday at the ITA regional at Cal.
BERKELEY – All four Cal men’s tennis players competing in the ITA Northwest Regional Championships advanced to Saturday’s quarterfinals, with Alex Chang and Lucas Magnaudet moving on in main draw singles and the pair of Jim Kim and Mikey Wright advancing in main draw doubles on Friday at the Hellman Tennis Complex and Channing Tennis Courts.
Wright and Kim, seeded fourth, won their round of 16 match Friday morning, defeating Santa Clara’s Nick Cmager and Santiago Hinojosa, 8-4. But Magnaudet and Chang fell to Diego Jarry and Caelan Potts of Saint Mary’s, 8-6, in the round of 16.
Kim and Wright play Mitchell Davis and Andrei Volgin of UC Davis on Saturday at 9 a.m.
In singles, the seventh-seeded Chang bested Contantinos Djakouris of UC Davis, 7-6(3), 6-1, in the round of 16 on court two at Hellman, while Magnaudet battled Pacific’s Andre Rodeia on court one. The third-seeded Golden Bear rallied after dropping the first set to the 10th-seeded Tiger and eventually prevailed, 2-6, 6-3, 6-2.
Wright also advanced to the consolation singles quarterfinals on Saturday, after the sophomore defeated Sacramento State’s Michael Gravel, 6-4, 6-2, in Friday’s round of 16.
The Bears play their singles quarterfinals at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Hellman, with Chang taking on Stanford’s top-seeded Filip Kolasinki and Magnaudet facing the eighth-seeded Ryan Torres of UC Davis.
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ITA Northwest Regional Championships – Cal Results
Oct. 7, 2022, in Berkeley, Calif.
Hellman Tennis Complex & Channing Tennis Courts
Main Draw Doubles – Round of 16
[4] John Kim/Mikey Wright (Cal) def. Nick Cmager/Santiago Hinojosa (SCU), 8-4
Diego Jarry/Caelan Potts (SMC) def. [5] Alex Chang/Lucas Magnaudet (Cal), 8-6
Consolation Doubles – Round of 16
Contantinos Djakouris/Coleton Hootman (UC Davis) def. [5] Alex Chang/Lucas Magnaudet (Cal), w/o (inj.)
Main Draw Singles – Round 16
[3] Lucas Magnaudet (Cal) def. [10] Andre Rodeia (Pacific), 2-6, 6-3, 6-2
[7] Alex Chang (Cal) def. Contantinos…
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