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Oracle ITA National Fall Championships
MSU's Nuno Borges picked up another victory at the Oracle ITA National Fall Championships on Thursday
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State’s Borges, Oradini Post Singles Wins At Oracle ITA Nationals
November 02, 2017 | Men's Tennis
INDIAN WELLS, Calif. – After going 2-1 in singles on Wednesday, Mississippi State replicated that on Thursday with a pair of victories at the inaugural Oracle ITA National Fall Championships.
MSU's top-seeded and second-ranked Nuno Borges continued his stellar play with a 6-1, 6-3 victory over Kentucky's Ryo Matsumura, who is ranked 42nd nationally. The All-American Borges will retake the court in Friday's Round of 16 at 1 p.m. CT against No. 104 Alex Lebedev of Notre Dame, with the winner moving on to the quarterfinals later Friday.
In the singles consolation draw Thursday, Bulldog Giovanni Oradini bounced back from his main draw setback with a solid 6-4, 6-3 triumph against Michigan's Runhao Hua. The sophomore lefty will face yet another ranked foe in Friday's consolation Round of 16, as he will take on ninth-ranked William Bushamuka of Kentucky at 12:30 p.m. CT.
State's 67th-ranked Strahinja Rakic dropped a hard-fought 6-4, 6-2 decision to 13th-ranked Constantin Schmitz of Tulane—the tournament's No. 7 seed – in the main draw's second round Thursday.
In doubles, MSU's seventh-ranked doubles tandem of Niclas Braun and Trevor Foshey competed in a Round of 16 thriller under the lights Thursday night, dropping a back-and-forth affair to Baylor's second-seeded duo of Will Little and Johannes Schretter, ranked 19th nationally. After splitting the first two sets, Braun and Foshey fought tooth-and-nail in the supertiebreaker, eventually dropping a 13-11 decision and the match 1-6, 6-2, 1-0(11).
For more information on the Mississippi State men's tennis program, follow "HailStateMT" on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.
MSU at the 2017 Oracle ITA National Fall Championships
November 2, 2017 – Indian Wells, Calif. (Indian Wells Tennis Garden)
Main Draw Singles
Second Round – #2 Nuno Borges (MSU) [1] def. #42 Ryo Matsumura (Kentucky) 6-1, 6-3; #13 Constantin Schmitz (Tulane) [7] def. #67 Strahinja Rakic (MSU) 6-4, 6-2
Main Draw Singles Consolation
First Round – Giovanni Oradini (MSU) def. Runhao Hua (Michigan) 6-4, 6-3
Main Draw Doubles
Second Round – #19 Will Little/Johannes Schretter (Baylor) [2] def. #7 Niclas Braun/Trevor Foshey (MSU) 1-6, 6-2, 1-0(11)
ITA National rankings precede player names; tournament seeding in brackets
MSU's top-seeded and second-ranked Nuno Borges continued his stellar play with a 6-1, 6-3 victory over Kentucky's Ryo Matsumura, who is ranked 42nd nationally. The All-American Borges will retake the court in Friday's Round of 16 at 1 p.m. CT against No. 104 Alex Lebedev of Notre Dame, with the winner moving on to the quarterfinals later Friday.
In the singles consolation draw Thursday, Bulldog Giovanni Oradini bounced back from his main draw setback with a solid 6-4, 6-3 triumph against Michigan's Runhao Hua. The sophomore lefty will face yet another ranked foe in Friday's consolation Round of 16, as he will take on ninth-ranked William Bushamuka of Kentucky at 12:30 p.m. CT.
State's 67th-ranked Strahinja Rakic dropped a hard-fought 6-4, 6-2 decision to 13th-ranked Constantin Schmitz of Tulane—the tournament's No. 7 seed – in the main draw's second round Thursday.
In doubles, MSU's seventh-ranked doubles tandem of Niclas Braun and Trevor Foshey competed in a Round of 16 thriller under the lights Thursday night, dropping a back-and-forth affair to Baylor's second-seeded duo of Will Little and Johannes Schretter, ranked 19th nationally. After splitting the first two sets, Braun and Foshey fought tooth-and-nail in the supertiebreaker, eventually dropping a 13-11 decision and the match 1-6, 6-2, 1-0(11).
For more information on the Mississippi State men's tennis program, follow "HailStateMT" on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.
MSU at the 2017 Oracle ITA National Fall Championships
November 2, 2017 – Indian Wells, Calif. (Indian Wells Tennis Garden)
Main Draw Singles
Second Round – #2 Nuno Borges (MSU) [1] def. #42 Ryo Matsumura (Kentucky) 6-1, 6-3; #13 Constantin Schmitz (Tulane) [7] def. #67 Strahinja Rakic (MSU) 6-4, 6-2
Main Draw Singles Consolation
First Round – Giovanni Oradini (MSU) def. Runhao Hua (Michigan) 6-4, 6-3
Main Draw Doubles
Second Round – #19 Will Little/Johannes Schretter (Baylor) [2] def. #7 Niclas Braun/Trevor Foshey (MSU) 1-6, 6-2, 1-0(11)
ITA National rankings precede player names; tournament seeding in brackets
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