COLLEGE GROVE, Tenn. – The Purdue men’s tennis team continued strong at the ITA Ohio Valley Regional main draw, starting with the doubles pair Nour Fathalla and Lorenzo Balducci making it to the quarterfinals and continuing the day with both singles players making it to the semifinals.
Fathalla and Balducci will face off against each other tomorrow at 10 a.m. ET, guaranteeing a Boilermaker in the Regional Finals which will take place on Tuesday.
DAY 4 - MAIN DRAW | Sunday, October 11
Doubles - Round of 16
Nour Fathalla / Lorenzo Balducci (Purdue) def. Jakub Jupa / Jaxon Lamb (Tennessee- Chattanooga): WO
Clement Mayoral / Antoine Mayoral (Middle Tennessee) def. Juan David Velasquez / Jacob Lee (Purdue): 8-7
Aryan Badlani / Ariel Zauber (Indiana) def. Henrik Villanger / Maj Premzl (Purdue): 8-4
Doubles - Quarterfinals
Rafael Ymer / Johan Oscar Lien (Kentucky) def. Nour Fathalla / Lorenzo Balducci (Purdue): 8-6
Singles- Quarterfinals
Nour Fathalla (Purdue) def. Eli Stephenson (Kentucky) 7-6, 6-4
Lorenzo Balducci (Purdue) def. Sam Landau (Indiana): 6-2, 1-6, 6-1
UP NEXT: Monday, October 12th
Singles- Semifinals
Nour Fathalla (Purdue) vs. Lorenzo Balducci (Purdue): 10:00 am