Thursday, September 23
Knoxville, Tenn.
All Day
University of Louisville
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ITA Ohio Valley Regional Championships
Photo by: Taris Smith | Louisville Athletics
Fung and Donnet Lead Louisville on Opening Day of ITA/Ohio Valley Championships
September 23, 2021 | Men's Tennis
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – The University of Louisville men's tennis team opened the Intercollegiate Tennis Association Ohio Valley Regional Championships with a pair of singles wins from Etienne Donnet and Matthew Fung on Thursday at the University of Tennessee. The tournament will continue on Friday.
Donnet, a junior transfer from Oklahoma State earned the No. 9 seed in his bracket and opened the day with a 6-0, 6-2 win against Indiana's Nishanth Basavareddy in the first round. He will move on to face East Tennessee State's Juan Sebastian Zabala on Friday at 12 p.m.
Fung, a junior from Miami, bested the No. 5 seed David Stevenson, rallying from a 6-3 first set loss to take the next two sets by scores of 6-3 and 6-4. Fung will advance to the round of 64 and take on Middle Tennessee State's John Chin on Friday at 9 a.m.
In other singles action, senior David Mizrahi lost a tight three-set match to Vanderbilt's Maxwell Freeman 6-7(3), 7-5, 7-5. Sophomore Kyle Tang fell 6-3, 6-2 to Kentucky's Francois Musitelli.
In doubles, the duo of Alex Wesbrooks and Matthew Fung received a first-round bye and will face Memphis' Jeremy Taylor and Pau Fanlo on Friday at 3 p.m.
Mizrahi and Tang fell 8-5 to IUPUI's Alex Jochim and Emil Jankowski.
ITA Ohio Valley Regional Championships
Sept. 23, 2021 | Knoxville, Tenn.
Singles
Round of 128
Etienne Donnet (UL) d. Nishanth Basavareddy (Indiana) 6-0, 6-2
Matthew Fung (UL) d. David Stevenson (Memphis) 3-6, 6-3, 6-4
Maxwell Freeman (Vanderbilt) d. David Mizrahi (6-7(3), 7-5, 7-5
Francois Musitelli (UK) d. Kyle Tang (UL) 6-3, 6-2
Doubles
Alex Jochim/Emil Jankowski (IUPUI) d. David Mizrahi/Kyle Tang (UL) 8-5
Donnet, a junior transfer from Oklahoma State earned the No. 9 seed in his bracket and opened the day with a 6-0, 6-2 win against Indiana's Nishanth Basavareddy in the first round. He will move on to face East Tennessee State's Juan Sebastian Zabala on Friday at 12 p.m.
Fung, a junior from Miami, bested the No. 5 seed David Stevenson, rallying from a 6-3 first set loss to take the next two sets by scores of 6-3 and 6-4. Fung will advance to the round of 64 and take on Middle Tennessee State's John Chin on Friday at 9 a.m.
In other singles action, senior David Mizrahi lost a tight three-set match to Vanderbilt's Maxwell Freeman 6-7(3), 7-5, 7-5. Sophomore Kyle Tang fell 6-3, 6-2 to Kentucky's Francois Musitelli.
In doubles, the duo of Alex Wesbrooks and Matthew Fung received a first-round bye and will face Memphis' Jeremy Taylor and Pau Fanlo on Friday at 3 p.m.
Mizrahi and Tang fell 8-5 to IUPUI's Alex Jochim and Emil Jankowski.
ITA Ohio Valley Regional Championships
Sept. 23, 2021 | Knoxville, Tenn.
Singles
Round of 128
Etienne Donnet (UL) d. Nishanth Basavareddy (Indiana) 6-0, 6-2
Matthew Fung (UL) d. David Stevenson (Memphis) 3-6, 6-3, 6-4
Maxwell Freeman (Vanderbilt) d. David Mizrahi (6-7(3), 7-5, 7-5
Francois Musitelli (UK) d. Kyle Tang (UL) 6-3, 6-2
Doubles
Alex Jochim/Emil Jankowski (IUPUI) d. David Mizrahi/Kyle Tang (UL) 8-5
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