WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – The Purdue men's tennis team opened hosting duties at the ITA Ohio Valley Regional at the Schwartz Tennis Center on Thursday. The Boilermakers saw all four of its doubles teams and Dan Labrador earned a spot in the singles main draw.
In doubles, the Boilermakers went a perfect 3-for-3 in the win column.
10th-seed Stefan Simeunovic and Henrik Villanger cruised to an 8-4 win over Ian Brady and Sajin Smith from Ball State. The duo will face Andrew Spurck and Marco Penelli on Friday in the Round of 32.
Daniel Labrado and Juan David Velasquez rolled Siddhartha Lama and Riccardo Baldi from Butler in an 8-2 decision. The pairing will face Miguel Cadena Avendano and Enrique Pena from Louisville on Friday.
Mujtaba Ali-Khan and Nour Fathalla bested Roi Sabi and Niklas Von Hellens from Belmont 8-6. The young tandem will meet Matteo Antonescu and Karan Raghavendra from Indiana on Friday.
Aleksa Krivokapic and Maj Premzl downed Giovanni Beccis and Tom Bolton from Austin Peay 8-3 to set up a second round matchup with PEter Kalocsai and Pedro Cressoni from East Tennessee State.
Daniel Labrador bested Aidan William from Butler over straight sets 6-4, 6-2 in the opening singles qualifying round. Labrador topped Christian Gonzalez from Xavier to move into the main draw with a 6-0, 3-6, 6-0.
Mujtaba Ali-Khan won his opening singles match in the qualifying draw against Govanni Becchis from Austin Peay 7-5, 6-1, before falling to Cortland Grove from Tennessee Chattanooga in the next round 6-3, 6-3.
The Boilermakers will continue with the doubles Round of 32 and the start of the main draw singles on Friday morning.
Admission to the Schwartz Tennis Center is free all weekend. Matches played indoors will be streamed on Purdue's Playsight page (click here). All draws and results are published on the ITA Ohio Valley Regional Tournament page.
DOUBLES ROUND OF 64
Aleksa Krivokapic/Maj Premzl (PUR) def. Giovanni Becchis/Tom Bolton (APU) - 8-3
Stefan Simeunovic/Henrik Villanger (PUR) def. Ian Brady and Sajin Smith (BSU) – 8-4
Daniel Labrador/Juan David Velasquez (PUR) def. Siddhartha Lama/Riccardo Baldi (BUT) – 8-2
Mujtaba Ali-Khan/Nour Fathalla (PUR) Sabi Roi/Niklas Von Hellens (BEL) – 8-6
SINGLES QUALIFYING
Daniel Labrador (PUR) def. Aidan William (BUT) – 6-4, 6-2
Daniel Labrador (PUR) def. Christian Gonzalez (XU) – 6-0, 3-6, 6-0
Mujtaba Ali-Khan (PUR) def. Giovanni Becchis (APU) – 7-5, 6-1
Cortland Grove (UTC) def. Mujtaba Ali-Khan (PUR) – 6-3, 6-3