BROWNSBURG, Ind. - The Illinois Wesleyan University men's tennis team completed day two of the Intercollegiate Tennis Association Central Regional Saturday, Oct. 3.
In doubles, freshmen Weston Lange (Metamora, Ill.-Metamora Township) and Tommy Sopko (Metamora, Ill.-Metamora Township) won their first consolation match over Caleb Goff and Severin Kretchmar of Baldwin Wallace University, 8-3. Their tournament came to an end in the consolation round of 16, falling 8-2 to Arturo Mendoza and Martin Suarez of Anderson University (Ind.).
In singles, freshman Umar Bajwa (Wheaton, Ill.-St. Francis) won his consolation round of 32 match after his opponent, Jose Tapia Soto of Wilmington College, withdrew. Bajwa then faced Anderson University's (Ind.) Ivan Wularu. Bajwa dropped the first set, 4-6, however, he came back, winning 6-4 in the second and pulling ahead in the third-set tiebreak, 11-9.
In the singles "C" flight, freshman Brandon Wong (Edwardsville, Ill.-Edwardsville) won his round of 32 matchup, 6-3, 6-4, against Trine University's Leyton Byler. Wong then lost 6-2, 6-0 to top-seeded Blake Robertson of Millikin University. In the bottom half of the draw, freshman Daniel Canivez (Champaign, Ill.-Champaign Central) won his round of 32 match, edging Earlham College's Mason Wolfe, 6-1, 6-1. Canivez came back to face No. 2-seeded Joao Vitor Espindola of Lake Forest College. After dropping the first set, 6-2, Canivez retired due to injury.
Bajwa will face off in the consolation semifinals against the winner of Kalamazoo College's Alex Fleming and Otterbein College's Tyler Thomas. Action begins tomorrow, Sunday, Oct. 4, at 10 a.m. ET.
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