Ron Tong
Yuta Kikuchi and the Bears have another busy week.
BERKELEY – This will be a busy week for the California men’s tennis team, including Cal junior Ryder Jackson competing in the ITA All-American Championships in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and the Golden Bears hosting the ITA Northwest Regional Championships at the Hellman Tennis Complex.
Jackson, a junior, won four times over the weekend (see below) to advance out of pre-qualifying singles to the qualifying round that began on Monday morning. In his qualifying opener, Jackson defeated the 69th-ranked Aleksa Bucan, as the UIC player retired with an injury with the Bear leading 3-0. Qualifying ends on Tuesday, with the main draw starting Wednesday and ending Sunday.
Cal is led by Kris Kwinta, the Peter Wright Director of Men’s Tennis, and assistant coach Francis Sargeant. Both joined the Bears’ staff last season.
Cal Hosts ITA Regionals
The Bears will host the ITA Northwest Regional Championships at Hellman, as players vie for singles and doubles titles, for spots in the upcoming ITA Northwest Super Regional Championships and for qualification to the ITA National Fall Championships. Please check back here – and check the event’s official website here – later in the week for more information, including draws and start times.
Admission is free to Cal regular-season tennis matches at the Hellman Tennis Complex. Fans can also follow the action via the Hellman live stream by clicking here and can follow match updates on Twitter at @CalMensTennis.
Two Bears Head To Tiburon
Also this week, Cal’s Carl Emil Overbeck and Siddhant Banthia will compete in doubles in the Tiburon Challenger at the Tiburon Peninsula Club in Tiburon, which is located about 24 miles away from Berkeley. The duo starts play in the round of 16 on Tuesday vs. Denis Kudla and Ben Shelton – the 2022 NCAA singles champion at Florida – at a time TBA. The tournament ends on Sunday.
Jackson Shines In Pre-Qualifying In Tulsa
In pre-qualifying singles at the ITA All-American Championships, Ryder Jackson won twice on Saturday – beating LSU’s Stefan Latinovic, 6-1, 6-4, in the round of 256 and Sam Edgar of Memphis, 4-6, 6-0, 6-4 in the round of 128 – and then on Sunday he defeated N.C. State’s Damien…
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