Lin Advances To Regional Semis

SPOKANE, Wash. — Han-Chih Lin got his third win at ITA Northwest Regionals to advance into the singles semifinals today at Gonzaga’s Stevens Center. Sophomore Nedim Suko also picked up a couple wins to make the consolation draw final.

Lin bounced back from a 1-6 first set loss to Gonzaga’s Leon Roider, winning the second and third sets, 6-3, 6-3. He’ll next play Vlad Breazu of Oregon in the semis.

Sophomore Rikuto Yamaguchi dropped his quarterfinal match to the top seed, Matthew Hollingworth, by a 6-2, 6-2 margin.

Suko had a couple wins over Andrin Zuellig of Portland State and Filip Stipic of Seattle U. in the consolation draw today. Suko and Lin also teamed for an 8-4 doubles win over Sarlvik/Dalos of Eastern Washington. Freshman Brett Pearson and Yamaguchi also had a tiebreak win in doubles over another EWU tandem, Ortega and Paz.

ITA Northwest Regionals

Oct. 8, 2022

Spokane, Wash. | Stevens Center

Singles – Quarterfinals

(2) Han-Chih Lin (UW) def. (9-16) Leon Roider (Gonz) – 1-6, 6-3, 6-3

(1) Matthew Hollingworth (Gonz) def. (9-16) Rikuto Yamaguchi (UW) – 6-2, 6-2

Singles – Consolation

Nedim Suko (UW) def. Andrin Zuellig (PSU) – 6-1, 6-3

Nedim Suko (UW) def. Filip Stipic (Seattle) – 2-6, 6-1, (10-3)

Pablo Gomez Galvan (Gonz) def. Jacob Sleight (UW) – 6-2, 6-2

Doubles – Consolation

Lin/Suko (UW) def. Sarlvik/Dalos (EWU) – 8-4

Pearson/Yamaguchi (UW) def. Ortega/Paz (EWU) – 8-7 (5)