STANFORD, Calif. – The Pacific men's tennis team overcame a slow start in both doubles and singles to place (9)
Philip Hjorth,
Akram El Sallaly and
Josef Southcombe in Saturday's Singles Round of 32 at the ITA Northwest Regionals at Stanford's Taube Family Tennis Stadium.
Hjorth won his first two matches in a tournament for the third of his three tournaments thus far in the 2019 fall campaign, while Southcombe advanced past the first day in his first tournament of the new season. El Sallaly found himself down a set in the final match of the night, but fought back for the epic 3-6, 7-6(4), 7-6(5) win to advance.
"I am really proud of all the guys today," Pacific head coach Ryan Redondo said. "They represented very well and got a lot of experience and growth. I loved the fight at the end from Akram and am excited to see the Tigers get better tomorrow."
Singles
- The Tigers went 6-4 overall in the Round of 128, followed by 3-3 in the day's later Round of 64.
- Multiple Tigers captured first round wins for the second time in as many ITA Tournaments, with six in the Orange and Black punching Round of 64 tickets at Stanford: Coby McCaig, Hjorth, Southcombe, Ross Watson, El Sallaly and John Horoz Garner.
- Hjorth paved his path to the Round of 32 with a comfortable 6-0, 6-3 win over UC Davis's David Goulak.
- Southcombe earned himself a Round of 32 bid with a 6-3, 6-1 win over Boris Reckow of Saint Mary's.
- El Sallaly dropped the first set in his Round of 32 match with Oregon's (9) Ty Gentry, but fought back to advance with the gutsy win.
Doubles
- The Tigers went 2-3 in doubles play to open up the tournament on Friday morning with Hampton/Southcombe and Watson/Kobayashi advancing to the Round of 32.
Follow Us
- For the latest news and notes on Pacific Men's Tennis, be sure to follow along at @PacificMTennis on Twitter and Instagram, as well as Pacific Men's Tennis on Facebook.
