by Abbey Baltich

Old Dominion Men's Tennis Completes Orange and Blue Classic

Old Dominion men’s tennis competed in the Orange and Blue Classic on Sept. 11-13 against various schools, including Virginia, Virginia Tech, James Madison, Duke, Penn, and Princeton.

Old Dominion Men's Tennis Completes Orange and Blue ClassicOld Dominion Men's Tennis Completes Orange and Blue Classic

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – Old Dominion men’s tennis competed in the Orange and Blue Classic on Sept. 11-13 against various schools, including Virginia, Virginia Tech, James Madison, Duke, Penn, and Princeton.

The first day of competition featured doubles and singles competition against Virginia and James Madison. Piet Steveker and Ilias Worthington bested UVA’s Luca Preda and Stiles Brockett on court one, 7-6 (5). While Zech Hamrouni and Felix Obermair would down Andres Santamarta and Ty Switzer, 6-2, on court two, Jean-Karim Olivier de Sardan and Julien Doitteau fell to JMU’s Zach Fleishman and Gur Libal, 7-6 (4), on court three.

ODU only collected one singles victory against UVA, which came from Worthington on court five over Riccardo Ciulli, 7-5, 6-2. No. 1 Steveker fell to Jangjun Kim, 6-1, 5-7, 6-4, No. 6 Olivier de Sardan lost to Preda, 6-2, 6-2, and No. 2 Hamrouni and No. 4 Obermair were downed by Santamarta (7-6 (3), 6-4) and Stiles Brockett (6-1, 7-5) respectively. No. 3 Doitteau also fell to his JMU opponent, Kaua Cressoni, 7-6, (5), 5-7, 6-4.

Day two consisted of doubles and singles play against both Virginia Tech and Princeton. ODU split doubles competition against both the Hokies and the Tigers, as No. 9 Steveker and Worthington bested Ilyas Fahim and Carson Baker of Virginia Tech, 6-1, though No. 8 Hamrouni and Obermair fell to teammates Eyal Shumilov and Blake Hilsen, 6-1. To round out doubles play, Princeton’s Meecha Bigun and Alex Luo bested Olivier de Sardan and Doitteau, 6-3, on court seven.

No. 8 Hamrouni, No. 12 Obermair, and No. 12 Doitteau all came away with singles wins against Virginia Tech’s Shumilov (3-6, 6-3, 6-4), Princeton’s Jordan Reznik (6-2, 6-3), and Princeton’s Bigun, (7-6, 6-2) respectively. No. 9 Steveker, No. 11 Olivier de Sardan, and No. 7 Worthington fell respectively to Hokie Fahim (3-6, 6-2, 6-3), Tiger Luo (6-1, 3-6, 6-3), and Hokie Baker (7-5, 6-4).

On the final day of competition, ODU faced Penn and Duke. No. 7 Steveker and Obermair downed Penn’s Nischal Spurling and Parashar Bharadwaj, 6-1, while No. 9 Worthington and Doitteau bested Duke’s Saahith Jayaraman and Sebastian Eie, 6-3. However, Penn’s Adam Bain and Sebastian Chodura won over Hamrouni and Olivier de Sardan, 7-6 (1), on court eight.

No. 10 Steveker and No. 9 Worthington came away with wins against Duke’s Dylan Long (7-6 (2)) and Penn’s Chodura (4-6, 6-3, 7-5) respectively. However, Quakers No. 7 Spurling and No. 8 Bain and Blue Devil Jayaraman defeated Doitteau (6-4, 5-7, 6-2), Obermair (6-0, 6-3), and Olivier de Sardan (7-5, 6-4) respectively, to end the tournament.

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Old Dominion heads to Columbia, S.C., to compete in the ITF M15 on Monday, Sept. 21.

 

Sept. 11 - Day 1

Doubles:

  1. Luca Preda and Stiles Brockett (UVA) def. Piet Steveker and Ilias Worthington (ODU) 7-6 (5)
  2. Zech Hamrouni and Felix Obermair (ODU) def. Andres Santamarta and Ty Switzer (UVA) 6-2
  3. Zach Fleishman and Gur Libal (JMU) def. Jean-Karim Olivier de Sardan (ODU) 7-6 (4)

Singles:

  1. Jangjun Kim (UVA) def. Piet Steveker (ODU) 6-1, 5-7, 6-4
  2. Luce Preda (UVA) def. Jean-Karim Olivier de Sardan (ODU) 6-2, 6-2
  3. Andres Santamarta (UVA) def. Zech Hamrouni (ODU) 7-6 (3), 6-4
  4. Stiles Brockett (UVA) def. Felix Obermair (ODU) 6-1, 7-5
  5. Ilias Worthington (ODU) def. Riccardo Ciulli (JMU) 7-5, 6-2
  6. Kaua Cressoni (JMU) def. Julien Doitteau (ODU) 6-3, 6-4

Sept. 12 - Day 2

Doubles:

  1. Piet Steveker and Ilias Worthington (ODU) def. Ilyas Fahim and Carson Baker (VT) 6-1
  2. Eyal Shumilov and Blake Hilsen (VT) def. Zech Hamrouni and Felix Obermair (ODU) 6-1
  3. Alex Luo and Meecha Bigun (PU) def. Jean-Karim Olivier de Sardan and Julien Doitteau (ODU) 6-3

Singles:

  1. Ilyas Fahim (VT) def. Piet Steveker (ODU) 3-6, 6-2, 6-3
  2. Zech Hamrouni (ODU) def. Eyal Shumilov (VT) 3-6, 6-3, 6-4
  3. Alex Luo (PU) def. Jean-Karim Olivier de Sardan (ODU) 6-1, 3-6, 6-3
  4. Carson Baker (VT) def. Ilias Worthington (ODU) 7-5, 6-4
  5. Felix Obermair (ODU) def. Jordan Reznik (PU) 6-2, 6-3
  6. Julian Doitteau (ODU) def. Meecah Bigun (PU) 7-6, 6-2

Sept. 13 - Day 3

Doubles:

  1. Piet Steveker and Felix Obermair (ODU) def. Nischal Spurling and Parashar Bharadwaj (PENN) 6-1
  2. Adam Bain and Sebastian Chodura (PENN) def. Zech Hamrouni and Jean-Karim Olivier de Sardan (ODU) 7-6 (1)
  3. Ilias Worthington and Julian Doitteau (ODU) def. Saahith Jayaraman and Sebastian Eie (DUKE) 6-3

Singles:

  1. Piet Steveker (ODU) def. Dylan Long (DUKE) 7-6 (2)
  2. Nischal Spurling (PENN) def. Julien Doitteau (ODU) 6-4, 5-7, 6-2
  3. Adam Bain (PENN) def. Felix Obermair (ODU) 6-0, 6-3
  4. Ilias Worthington (ODU) def. Sebastian Chodura (PENN) 4-6, 6-3, 7-5
  5. Saahith Jayaraman (DUKE) def. Jean-Karim Olivier de Sardan (ODU) 7-5, 6-4