CARY, N.C.—Four University of North Carolina men’s tennis players won two singles matches apiece on Friday in day one action at the 2023 ITA Carolina Regional at Cary Tennis Park.
Karl Poling, Anuj Watane, Logan Zapp and Will Peters all went 2-0 on Friday to advance to Saturday’s singles round of 32. They all will resume play at 9 a.m. on Saturday.
Tar Heels Dennis Perumov and Will Jansen each won their first match before losing their second in the round of 64. Peter Murphy dropped his first singles match on Friday.
Doubles play also will begin on Saturday. The Tar Heel teams of Peters/Poling and Zapp/Murphy will begin play on Saturday afternoon.
Friday’s Singles Results
Carlos Berna Ruiz (Coastal Carolina) def. Peter Murphy 6-4, 6-2
Dennis Perumov def. Edward Vo (Sienna) 6-4, 7-6 (3)
Luciano Tacchi (Wake Forest) def. Dennis Perumov 6-1, 6-2
Karl Poling def. John Gabelic (UNCG) 6-4, 6-0
Karl Poling def. Lukas Steffen (Campbell) 6-4, 6-3
Will Jansen def. Jonathan Baron (UNCW) 6-2, 6-4
Stewart Aronson (Clemson) def. Will Jansen 5-7, 6-1, 6-0
Anuj Watane def. Connor Laymon (Furman) 6-2, 6-0
Anuj Watane def. Harry Thursfield (UNC Asheville) 6-4, 4-6, 6-2
Logan Zapp def. Hayden Shoemake (The Citadel) 6-1, 6-2
Logan Zapp def. Zac Larke (College of Charleston) 6-2, 6-3
Will Peters def. Naresh Bharathy (NC Central) 6-3, 6-3
Will Peters def. Juan Camilo Perez Gongora (Davidson) 6-4, 6-4
Saturday’s Schedule
Singles
Karl Poling vs. Andrew Dale (Duke), 9 a.m.
Anuj Watane vs. Jake Krug (Duke), 9 a.m.
Logan Zapp vs. Andrew Zhang (Duke), 9 a.m.
Will Peters vs. Martin Borisiouk (NC State), 9 a.m.
Peter Murphy vs. Thomas Kennedy (Furman), 9 a.m. (consolation bracket)
Doubles
Peter Murphy & Logan Zapp vs. Guilherme Toresan & Jesus Garcia Gil (Coastal Carolina), 1 p.m.
Will Peters & Karl Poling vs. Spencer Gray & Vasco Prata (Charlotte), 1:30 p.m.
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