EAST LANSING, Mich. – Purdue Men's Tennis duo Piotr Galus and Michal Wozniak marched to the semifinals of the Big Ten Indoor Championships on Thursday night. The Polish pairing won three matches to reach the final four of the league's annual fall event.
Galus and Wozniak opened the tournament with a 6-3 decision Daniel Nzhny and Mihailo Popvic from Wisconsin. The tandem then needed a tiebreaker to beat Nic Meister and Alex Petrove from Illinois, 7-6 (6). In the quarterfinals against Steven Forman and Natan Spear from Northwestern, Galus and Wozniak claimed a 6-4 win.
The duo will face Jacob Bickersteth and Patrick Maloney in the semifinals.
A pair of other doubles teams won in the opening round for Purdue. Gabriele Brancatelli and Tomasz Dudek picked up a 7-5 victory over Josh Mukherjee and Josh Portnoy, while Rohan Sachdev and Andre Suzanne bested Max Bengtsson and Saiprakash Goli from Northwestern in a 6-0 sweep.
The Boilermakers will start play in the singles flights at 10 a.m. Friday morning.
DOUBLES ROUND 1
Rohan Sachdev/Andre Suzanne (PUR) def. Max Bengtsson/Saiprakash Goli (NU) – 6-0
Gabriele Brancatelli/Tomasz Dudek (PUR) def. Josh Mukherjee/Josh Portnoy (MSU) – 7-5
Piotr Galus/Michal Wozniak (PUR) def. Daniel Nzhny/Mihailo Popvoic (WIS) – 6-3
Roni Hietaranta/Shunya Maruyama (NEB) def. Sebastian Welch/Julen Morgan (PUR) – 6-0
DOUBLES ROUND 2
Lenard Soha/Sebastian Vile (WIS) def. Gabriele Brancatelli/Tomasz Dudek (PUR) – 6-3
Michael Andre/Carson Haskins (IU) def. Rohan Sachdev/Andre Suzanne (PUR) – 6-1
Piotr Galus/Michal Wozniak (PUR) def. Nic Meister/Alex Petrov (ILL) – 7-6 (6)
DOUBLES QUARTERFINALS
Piotr Galus/Michal Wozniak (PUR) def. Steven Forman/Natan Spear (NU) – 6-4
DOUBLES CONSOLATION
Presley Thieneman/Gleb Blekher (NU) def. Sebastian Welch/Julen Morgan (PUR) – 6-1
Trice Pickens/Felix Nordby (NU) def. Andre Suzanne/Rohan Sachdev (PUR) – 6-1
Luke Baylis/Carson Gates (MSU) def. Tomasz Dudek/Gabriele Brancatelli (PUR) – 6-4