Williams Qualifies for NCAA Individuals

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – With two more wins Saturday, Cooper Williams put a statement on his run at the ITA Sectional Championship, qualifying for the NCAA Singles & Doubles Championship. Williams won his quarterfinal singles match and semifinal doubles match with Theo Winegar to qualify for the main fall event in both. 

Williams, the No. 2 seed in the singles bracket, downed Ioannis Xilas of Wake Forest 7-5, 6-3. With the first set tied 3-3, Xilas broke, but Williams broke right back to even the set at 4-4. It was tied at 5-5, but Williams captured the last two to take the set. The second set was a similar story with a 3-3 tie before Williams ripped off three straight to win the match.  

In doubles, Williams and Winegar took down North Carolina’s Patrick Schoen and Logan Zapp, 6-3, 6-3. Much like Williams’ singles match, the doubles’ first set featured a 3-3 tie before a Duke run of three consecutive games ended the set. The second set had Duke go up a break to turn a 1-1 tie into a 3-1 advantage. The Tar Heel pair never got closer than 4-3 the remainder of the set before the Blue Devils secured the victory. 

 

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RESULTS

SINGLES

Round of 32

[2] Cooper Williams (Duke) def. Krish Gupta (Yale) 6-2, 6-4

Round of 16

[2] Cooper Williams (Duke) def. Nathan Mao (Cornell) 6-2, 6-3

Quarterfinal

DOUBLES

Round of 16

Cooper Williams/Theo Winegar (Duke) def. Adit Sinha/Nathan Mao (Cornell) 6-3, 6-2

[2] Nicolas Kotzen/Max Westphal (Columbia) def. Gerard Planelles Ripoll/Pedro Rodenas (Duke) 6-4, 3-6, 1-0 (10-3)

Quarterfinal

Cooper…