KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – The Purdue men's tennis saw their run at the main draws of the ITA Ohio Valley Regional come to an end, snapping a chance for a bid to Fall National Championships. All four of Purdue's remaining entrants were knocked from the main draws.
Athell Bennet was the last Boilermaker standing in the singles main draw. The senior opened the day with a 6-3, 6-3 win over Michael Dickson from Butler in the second round, before falling to Tennessee's Angel Diaz in the third round.
Gabriele Brancatelli dropped his second-round contest to Joubert Klopper of Vanderbilt, 6-1, 6-2. Julen Morgan retired in the midst of the first set against Shunsuke Mitsui from Tennessee.
The doubles tandem of Bennett and Piotr Galus bowed out following an 8-4 loss to Carson Haskins and Luka Vukovic from Indiana.
Purdue saw some good play in the consolation draws. Tomasz Dudek advanced to the third round of the consolation folding a 6-3, 6-3 win over Kyle Tang from Louisville. Rohan Sachdev topped Emilien Burnel from Northern Kentucky in a super tiebreak, 6-4, 2-6, 10-5.
A pair of doubles lineups reached the consolation round of 16. Dudek and Sachdev downed Tom Berry and Trevor Ball from Wright State in an 8-6 bout. Following a bye, the tandem will play Kaisei Kuroki and Jordan McClure of UT-Chattanooga. Milledge Cossu and Brancatelli received two byes to earn a meeting with Campbell Nakayama and Brett Winters from Xavier.
SINGLES R64
Athell Bennett (PUR) def. Michael Dickson (BU) – 5-7, 6-4, 6-3
Joubert Klopper (VU) def. Gabriele Brancatelli (PUR) – 6-1, 6-2
Shunsuke Mitsui (UT) def. Julen Morgan (PUR) – 4-1, ret.
SINGLES R32
Angel Diaz (UT) def. Athell Bennett (PUR) – 6-0, 6-0
DOUBLES R32
Carson Haskins/Luka Vukovic (IU) def. Athell Bennett/Piotr Galus (PUR) – 8-4
CONSOLATION SINGLES R1
Tomasz Dudek (PUR) def. Kyle Tang (UL) – 6-3, 6-3
Rohan Sachdev (PUR) def. Emilien Burnel (NKU) – 6-4, 2-6, 10-5
Sam Edgar (MEM) def. Piotr Galus (PUR) – 7-5, 6-4
Jake Penny (LIP) def. Milledge Cossu (PUR) – 7-5, 4-6, 10-4
CONSOLATION DOUBLES R1
Tomasz Dudek/Rohan Sachdev (PUR) def. Tom Berry/Trevor Ball (WSU) – 8-6