ITA All-American Championship Recap – Ohio State Buckeyes

Three Buckeyes were in action in singles qualifying on Monday. Freshman Alexander Bernard and junior Justin Boulais each won their opening round match while freshman Jack Anthrop fell in his match. Bernard was leading Old Dominion’s Younes Lalami 6-4, 3-2 when Lalami was forced to retire. Boulais rolled past Virginia Tech’s Jordan Chrysostom 6-4, 6-1. Both Bernard and Boulais will resume qualifying on Tuesday.

In doubles, the Buckeyes had a pair of teams in action, and both won a pair of matches in straight sets. Anthrop and Bernard beat a team from Florida State in the first round and then a pair from Virginia Tech in the second round. Cannon Kinglsey and JJ Tracy teamed for wins over teams from Arizona and LSU. Both teams will be looking to punch tickets to the main draw with wins on Tuesday.

Freshman Reece Yakubov started the week on Saturday in pre-qualifying and would drop his first match. But he rebounded with a solid win over SMU’s Alex Stafford on Sunday 7-6(1), 6-4.

Singles

October 1, 2022
PQ1  J. Dous Karpenschif (Florida State) def. Reece Yakubov (Ohio State) 6-2, 6-3

October 2, 2022
CPQ1 Reece Yakubov (Ohio State) def. Alex Stafford (SMU) 7-6 (7-1), 6-4

October 3, 2022
Q1   Alexander Bernard (Ohio State) def. Younes Lalami (Old Dominion) 6-3, 3-2, retired
Q1   Justin Boulais (Ohio State) def. Jordan Chrysostom (Virginia Tech) 6-4, 6-1
Q1   Lodewijk Weststrate (USC) def. Jack Anthrop (Ohio State) 6-3, 6-3

October 4, 2022
Q2   Alexander Bernard (Ohio State) vs. Melios Efstathiou (Wake Forest)
Q2   Justin Boulais (Ohio State) vs. Nate Bonetto (Florida)
CQ1  Jack Anthrop (Ohio State) vs. Pierce Rollins (Texas A&M)

Doubles

October 3, 2022
Q1   Cannon Kingsley/JJ Tracy (Ohio State) def. Colton Smith/Gustaf Strom (Arizona) 7-6 (7-5), 6-3
Q1   Alexander Bernard/Jack Anthrop (Ohio State) def. J. Dous Karpenschif/Maks Silagy (Florida State) 6-3, 7-5
Q2   Alexander Bernard/Jack Anthrop (Ohio State) def. Hugo Maia/Alvaro Ariza (Virginia Tech) 6-4, 7-6 (8-6)
Q2   Cannon Kingsley/JJ Tracy (Ohio State) def. Welsh Hotard/Julien Penzlin (LSU) 6-4, 6-4

October 4, 2022
Q3   Alexander Bernard/Jack Anthrop (Ohio State) vs. Patrick Zahraj/Alex Hoogmartens (UCLA)
Q3   Cannon Kingsley/JJ Tracy (Ohio State) vs. Francisco Rocha/O. Brostrom Poulsen (MTSU)