Overbeck, Jackson Advance To ITA Semifinals

Carl Emil Overbeck (left) and Ryder Jackson (right)

MTEN10/22/2022 9:13 PM | By: Cal Athletics

STANFORD, Calif. – Cal men’s tennis stalwarts Carl Emil Overbeck and Ryder Jackson advanced to the semifinals in singles and doubles with quarterfinal victories on Saturday at the ITA Northwest Super Regional Championships at the Taube Family Tennis Center.
 
The Golden Bears continued their success in singles, with the seventh-seeded Jackson beating Oregon’s Ivailo Keremedchiev, 6-4, 6-3, and Overbeck besting the Duck’s third-seeded and 74th-ranked Joshua Charlton, 5-7, 7-6(5), 6-4, in the quarters. In the semifinals on Sunday at 10 a.m., Overbeck faces Stanford’s top-seeded Nishesh Basavareddy while Jackson takes on Pacific’s Ran Amar, who won the singles title at the ITA Northwest Regional Championships at Cal earlier this month.
 
Doubles action began on Saturday at Stanford, with the fourth-seeded Jackson and Overbeck winning twice, including defeating Gonzaga’s Matthew Hollingworth and Sasha Trkulja, 8-7(5), in the quarters. The Cal tandem next faces Sacramento State’s Mark Keki and Mate Voros in the semifinal round on Sunday at 1 p.m.
 
In the doubles round of 16, the Cal duo of John Kim and Mikey Wright fell to Thibaud Maxant and James Watt of Saint Mary’s, 8-4. The Bears – who won the doubles crown at regionals in Berkeley – rebounded in the consolation draw on the Farm, beating Portland’s Nicolas Ocana and Nikolas Tvedt, 8-7(2).
 
ITA Northwest Super Regional Championships end on Monday.
 
ITA Northwest Super Regional Championships – Cal Results
Oct. 22, 2022, in Stanford, Calif.
Taube Family Tennis Center
 
Main Draw Doubles – Round of 16
[4] Ryder Jackson/Carl Emil Overbeck (Cal) def. Satchel Benn/Loris Zisswiller (Nevada), 8-5
Thibaud Maxant/James Watt (SMC) def. John Kim/Mikey Wright (Cal), 8-4
 
Main Draw Doubles – Quarterfinal Round
[4] Ryder Jackson/Carl Emil Overbeck (Cal) def. Matthew Hollingworth/Sasha Trkulja (Gonzaga), 8-7(5)
 
Consolation Doubles – Quarterfinal Round Qualifying
John Kim/Mikey Wright (Cal) def. Nicolas Ocana/Nikolas Tvedt (Portland), 8-7(2)
 
Main Draw Singles – Quarterfinal Round
[7] Ryder Jackson (Cal) def. Ivailo Keremedchiev (Oregon), 6-4, 6-3
Carl Emil Overbeck (Cal) def. [3] No. 74 Joshua Charlton…