Three Tar Heel Men Advance In ITA All-American Consolation Bracket

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Three Tar Heel Men Advance In ITA All-American Consolation Bracket

October 3, 2023 | Men's Tennis

Draws, Tournament Info

TULSA, OKLA.—Three Tar Heel men's tennis players won their initial matches on Tuesday in the Qualifying Draw Consolation bracket of the 2023 ITA Men's All-American Championship.

Karl Poling, Will Peters and Anuj Watane all advanced to the round of 32 with their Tuesday victories.

Poling defeated Cooper Williams of Harvard in straight sets, 6-1, 6-2. Peters beat Kentucky's Taha Baadi, 7-5, 6-4, and Watane downed Noah Berry of Cal Poly in three sets, 6-4, 2-6, 6-3.

2023 ITA All-American Championship
Tulsa, Okla.

Saturday Sept. 30
Prequalifying Round of 256
Peter Murphy def. Ronit Hiryur (Dayton), 6-7 (5), 6-2, 6-1
Will Peters def. Daniel Phillips (Arizona State), 6-4, 6-2

Prequalifying Round of 128
Peter Murphy def. Taj Hibbert (Tennessee State), 6-4, 6-1
Will Peters def. Benedikt Emesz (Arkansas), 6-3, 7-5

Sunday Oct. 1
Prequalifying Round of 64
Sam Landau (Indiana) def. Peter Murphy, 6-1, 0-6, 6-2
Will Peters def. Alex Chang (California), 6-4, 6-4

Prequalifying Round of 32
Will Peters def. Alan Magadan (UTSA), 7-5, 6-2

Monday Oct. 2
Qualifying Round of 128
#66 Marek Wojtek (USC) def. Will Peters, 6-2, 6-2
Lodewijk Weststrate (USC) def. Anuj Watane, 0-6, 6-1, 6-3
Edward Winter (Pepperdine) def. Karl Poling, 6-3, 6-2

Tuesday Oct. 3
Qualifying Draw Consolation Bracket Round of 64
Will Peters def. Taha Baadi (Kentucky), 7-5, 6-4
Anuj Watane vs. Noah Berry (Cal Poly), 6-4, 2-6, 6-3
Karl Poling vs. Cooper Williams (Harvard), 6-1. 6-2