MTEN Finishes Action At ITA Regional Sunday

Friday, October 20

Cary, N.C.

All Day

North Carolina

ITA Regional Championships

Karl Poling

Photo by: courtesy of ITA

October 22, 2023 | Men's Tennis

CARY, N.C.—Four Tar Heel men's tennis players saw their runs in the main singles draw come to an end on Sunday in the ITA Carolina Regional at Cary Tennis Park.

Carolina's Anuj Watane, Will Peters, Logan Zapp and Karl Poling each had advanced to the round of 16 in the main draw by virtue of their victories on Friday and Saturday.

Zapp and Peter Murphy saw their doubles run end in the round of 16 on Sunday afternoon, falling to Duke's Andrew Zhang and Michael Heller, 8-6.

Friday's Singles Results
Carlos Berna Ruiz (Coastal Carolina) def. Peter Murphy 6-4, 6-2
Dennis Perumov def. Edward Vo (Sienna) 6-4, 7-6 (3)
Luciano Tacchi (Wake Forest) def. Dennis Perumov 6-1, 6-2
Karl Poling def. John Gabelic (UNCG) 6-4, 6-0
Karl Poling def. Lukas Steffen (Campbell) 6-4, 6-3
Will Jansen def. Jonathan Baron (UNCW) 6-2, 6-4
Stewart Aronson (Clemson) def. Will Jansen 5-7, 6-1, 6-0
Anuj Watane def. Connor Laymon (Furman) 6-2, 6-0
Anuj Watane def. Harry Thursfield (UNC Asheville) 6-4, 4-6, 6-2
Logan Zapp def. Hayden Shoemake (The Citadel) 6-1, 6-2
Logan Zapp def. Zac Larke (College of Charleston) 6-2, 6-3
Will Peters def. Naresh Bharathy (NC Central) 6-3, 6-3
Will Peters def. Juan Camilo Perez Gongora (Davidson) 6-4, 6-4

Saturday's Results
Singles
Karl Poling def. Andrew Dale (Duke) 6-1, 6-2
Anuj Watane def. Jake Krug (Duke) 6-3. 5-7. 6-2
Logan Zapp def. #8 seed Andrew Zhang (Duke) 6-4, 6-2
Will Peters def. Martin Borisiouk (NC State) 7-6. 6-1
Thomas Kennedy (Furman) def. Peter Murphy, 6-3, 1-6, 10-7 (consolation bracket round of 64-Q)

Doubles
Peter Murphy & Logan Zapp def. Guilherme Toresan & Jesus Garcia Gil (Coastal Carolina), 8-3 (round of 64)
Peter Murphy & Logan Zapp def. Ben Cahill & Emil Westing (Furman), 8-5 (round of 32)
Will Peters & Karl Poling def. Spencer Gray & Vasco Prata (Charlotte), 8-7 (7-5) (round of 64)
Harry Thursfield & Luca Pow (Wake Forest) def. Will Peters & Logan Zapp, 8-7 (7-5) (round of 32)

Sunday's Results
Singles (round of 16)
Dhakshineswar Suresh (Georgia Gwinnett College) def. Karl Poling, 7-6 (7-5), 6-3
Sean Daryabeigi (South Carolina) def. Anuj Watane, 2-6, 7-5, 7-5
Luca Pow (Wake Forest) def. Logan Zapp, 6-4, 2-6, 6-3
Filippo Moroni (Wake Forest) def. Will Peters, 6-2, 6-4

Doubles (round of 16)
Andrew Zhang/Michael Heller (Duke) def. Peter Murphy/Logan Zapp, 8-6