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Jack Kramer Club Invitational
Foursome Makes Jack Kramer Invitational Semifinals
11/11/2016 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
ROLLING HILLS ESTATES, Calif. -- The singles semifinals at the Jack Kramer Collegiate Invitational will consist of only Baylor men's tennis players, after another undefeated outing at the Jack Kramer Tennis Club Friday.
The Bears had four players entered in the 64-man singles draw and through two days of competition all four have been perfect to be the last four players standing.
The 54th-ranked Max Tchoutakian picked up a three-set victory in the quarterfinals against UC Santa Barbara's Simon Freund. The senior Bear dropped the opening set, but rebounded to take the match 2-6, 6-1, 6-4.
BU's two freshman in the event both improved to 3-0 as Constantin Frantzen bested Roy Lederman of Stanford, 6-2, 7-6(5), and Bjoern Petersen carded a 7-6(3), 5-7, 6-3 win against UC-Santa Barbara's Nicolas Moreno.
Will Little's foe in the quarterfinals was injured, so he advanced automatically to the semifinals, but he did pick up a win in an added match, 6-4, 7-5, against Joseph Rother of UC-Santa Barbara.
In doubles, Frantzen and Tchoutakian won their quarterfinal contest against Washington's Kawika Lam and Enzo Sommer, 8-6.
Little and Petersen also triumphed in their doubles consolation match, downing Pepperdine's Nicholas Baez and Tom Hill, 8-4.
NOTABLES
- Frantzen now owns a 9-3 record in singles play and has won seven straight.
WHAT'S NEXT
Play at the Jack Kramer Collegiate Invitational continues Saturday. All four Bears will play in the singles semifinals starting at 12:30 p.m. CT, while both doubles pairings will be in action at 11 a.m. CT.
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