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Zapp Picks Up Win On Day Two At MLK Invitational
January 16, 2022 | Men's Tennis
ATLANTA—Logan Zapp picked up a singles win to highlight Day Two action at the MLK Invitational for the North Carolina men's tennis team on Sunday.
Zapp came from behind to beat Columbia's Max Westphal, losing the first set 3-6 before coming back to win both the second and third sets 7-6 in tiebreakers. Zapp won the second set tiebreaker, 7-3, and an epic, third set tiebreaker, 9-7.
Mac Kiger and Anuj Watane both dropped their singles matches to ranked foes from Columbia. Kiger lost in straight sets to #12 Alex Kotzen 6-2. 6-4. Watane retired while trailing 3-4 in the second set after losing the first set 3-6 to #85 Hugo Hashimoto.
Day One
Day Two
Day Two
Zapp came from behind to beat Columbia's Max Westphal, losing the first set 3-6 before coming back to win both the second and third sets 7-6 in tiebreakers. Zapp won the second set tiebreaker, 7-3, and an epic, third set tiebreaker, 9-7.
Mac Kiger and Anuj Watane both dropped their singles matches to ranked foes from Columbia. Kiger lost in straight sets to #12 Alex Kotzen 6-2. 6-4. Watane retired while trailing 3-4 in the second set after losing the first set 3-6 to #85 Hugo Hashimoto.
In Day Two doubles action, UNC's Brian Cernoch and Peter Murphy defeated Hashimoto and Kotzen, 6-2, while Casey Kania and Zapp lost their doubles match to Westphal and Alex Finkelstein 6-4. Watane teamed with Columbia's Ben Gollin and lost to Columbia's Henry Ruger and Jayden Templeman 7-5.
The MLK Invitational will conclude on Monday in Atlanta, and the Tar Heels will open their dual match season on Sunday January 23 against Bucknell.
Full results are below.
The MLK Invitational will conclude on Monday in Atlanta, and the Tar Heels will open their dual match season on Sunday January 23 against Bucknell.
Full results are below.
MLK Invitational Results
Jan. 15-17, 2022 at Atlanta, Ga. (Ken Byers Tennis Complex)
Singles competition
Day One
Hunter Heck (Illinois) def. #60 Brian Cernoch (North Carolina) 6-4, 6-7 (4-7), 6-2
Mac Kiger (North Carolina) def. #113 Alex Brown (Illinois) 7-6 (7-2), 6-4
Anuj Watane (North Carolina) def. #116 Kweisi Kenyatte (Illinois) 3-6, 6-3, 6-3
Gabrielius Guzauskas (Illinois) def. Logan Zapp (North Carolina) 7-6 (11-9), 6-2
Lucas Horve (Illinois) def. Peter Murphy (North Carolina) 6-0, 6-3
Jayden Templeman (Columbia) def. Nic Meister (Illinois) 6-4, 6-1
Chen Dong (Georgia Tech) def. Max Westphal (Columbia) 7-6 (7-2), 6-1
Marcus McDaniel (Georgia Tech) def. Jayden Templeman (Columbia) 6-3, 6-2
#12 Alex Kotzen (Columbia) def. #9 Andres Martin (Georgia Tech) 6-4, 4-6, 7-5
Keshav Chopra (Georgia Tech) def. #87 Hugo Hashimoto (Columbia) 6-3, 6-2
Austen Huang (Columbia) def. Brandon McKinney (Georgia Tech) 6-2, 6-1
Ishaan Ravichander (Columbia) def. Pablo Schelcher (Georgia Tech) 6-2, 7-5
Day Two
#12 Alex Kotzen (Columbia) def. Mac Kiger (North Carolina) 6-2, 6-4
#85 Hugo Hashimoto (Columbia) def. Anuj Watane (North Carolina) 6-3, 4-3, retired
Logan Zapp (North Carolina) def. Max Westphal (Columbia) 3-6, 7-6 (7-3), 7-6 (9-7)
Ishaan Ravichander (Columbia) def. Peter Murphy (North Carolina) 6-3, 4-6, 6-3
Keshav Chopra (Georgia Tech) def. #116 Kweisi Kenyatte (Illinois) 6-2, 6-3
#9 Andres Martin (Georgia Tech) def. #113 Alex Brown (Illinois) 6-4, 6-3
Marcus McDaniel (Georgia Tech) def. Gabrielius Guzauskas (Illinois) 7-5, 6-7 (4-7), 6-1
Lucas Horve (Illinois) def. Pablo Schelcher (Georgia Tech) 6-3, 6-4
Chen Dong (Georgia Tech) def. Hunter Heck (Illinois) 2-6, 6-1, 7-5
Nic Meister (Illinois) def. Brandon McKinney (Georgia Tech) 3-6, 6-3, 4-0, retired
Doubles competition
Day One
#53 Brian Cernoch/Mac Kiger (North Carolina) def. Hunter Heck/Lucas Horve (Illinois) 7-6 (7-2)
#20 Logan Zapp/Casey Kania (North Carolina) def. Gabrielius Guzauskas/Kweisi Kenyatte (Illinois) 6-4
Anuj Watane/Peter Murphy (North Carolina) def. Alex Brown/Nic Meister (Illinois) 6-1
Pablo Schelcher/Keshav Chopra (Georgia Tech) def. Alex Finkelstein/Max Westphal (Columbia) 6-4
#3 Marcus McDaniel/Andres Martin (Georgia Tech) def. Alex Kotzen/Hugo Hashimoto (Columbia) 6-3
Jayden Templeman/Roko Horvat (Columbia) def. Chen Dong/Brandon McKinney (Georgia Tech) 6-4
Day Two
Alex Finkelstein/Max Westphal (Columbia) def. #20 Casey Kania/Logan Zapp (North Carolina) 6-4
Brian Cernoch/Peter Murphy (North Carolina) def. Hugo Hashimoto/Alex Kotzen (Columbia) 6-2
Henry Ruger/Jayden Templeman (Columbia) def. Anuj Watane/Ben Gollin (Columbia) 7-5
Hunter Heck/Lucas Horve (Illinois) def. #3 Andres Martin/Marcus McDaniel (Georgia Tech) 6-3
Pablo Schelcher/Keshav Chopra (Georgia Tech) def. Kweisi Kenyatte/Gabrielius Guzauskas (Illinois) 6-2
Nic Meister/Alex Brown (Illinois) def. Chen Dong/Brandon McKinney (Georgia Tech) 6-3
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