EDMOND, Oklahoma – Ouachita men's tennis student-athletes
Yarin Aebi and
Johannes Rittmannsberger won the ITA Central Region Doubles Championship over the weekend.
The doubles title clinches a berth into the ITA National Singles & Doubles Championships set for November 4-8 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
Aebi and Rittmannsberger's undefeated path through the bracket included wins over tandems from Augustana, Northeastern State, Nebraska-Kearney, and two wins over teams from Washburn, including a win over WU's Yuto Miyagawa and Kilian Martinez in the finals.
Other Ouachita doubles results included
Tinus Mueller and
Guillaume Randoux going 1-1 and
Moritz Buss and
Maximilian Brenner going 0-2. In flight B of doubles,
Calin Simu and
Mathyss Esclapez advanced to the semifinals and finished 2-1.
Randoux led the Tigers in singles, winning four straight to advance to the semifinals before eventually falling to Miyagawa from Washburn. With his performance, Randoux has made a strong case for an at-large bid to the national singles championship.
Esclapez won his first two singles matchups before falling to his teammate Randoux in the Round of 16. Other singles performances for the Tigers included Rittmannsberger going 1-2, Aebi going 1-1, Brenner going 1-1, Mueller going 0-2, and Buss going 1-1. Simu went 0-2 in flight B.
More information about the ITA singles & doubles championships will be released soon.