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Balducci, Fathalla Advance to Regional Semifinals

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.

On the singles side, both Fathalla and Balducci picked up ranked wins, as No. 63-ranked Fathalla took down the No. 14 nationally-ranked singles player and Balducci the No. 55-ranked player in the Quarterfinals.

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
#63 Nour Fathalla (Purdue) def. #14 Eli Stephenson (Kentucky) 7-6, 6-4
Lorenzo Balducci (Purdue) def. #55 Sam Landau (Indiana): 6-2, 1-6, 6-1

UP NEXT: Monday, October 12th
Singles- Semifinals
#63 Nour Fathalla (Purdue) vs. Lorenzo Balducci (Purdue): 10:00 am

DAY 3 RESULTS - MAIN DRAW | Saturday, October 10
Doubles - Round of 32
Nour Fathalla / Lorenzo Balducci (Purdue) def. Ricardo Baldi / Shane Hand (Butler): 8-7(5)
Juan David Velasquez / Jacob Lee (Purdue) def. Aidan Atwood / Augustin Zavier (Indiana): 8-5
Henrik Villanger / Maj Premzl (Purdue) def.  Zak Vince / Zachary Tabaczynski (Bellarmine): 8-6

Singles- Round of 32
#63 Nour Fathalla (Purdue) def. Alex Alvarez (Tennessee Tech): 6-0, 6-2
Lorenzo Balducci (Purdue) def. Eric Crivei (Middle Tennessee): 6-1, 6-3
Aryan Saleh (Middle Tennessee) def. Juan David Velasquez (Purdue): 7-5, 4-6, 6-3
Maj Premzl (Purdue) vs. Orel Kimhi (Tennessee): 6-4, 6-7, 7-6

Singles- Round of 16
#63 Nour Fathalla (Purdue) def. Danil Panarin (Vanderbilt): 6-3, 6-4
Lorenzo Balducci (Purdue) def. #116 Johan Oscar Lien (Kentucky): 5-7, 6-3, 7-6(9)
Matei Cristian Onofrei (Louisville) def. Maj Premzl (Purdue): 7-6(5), 5-7, 3-6 

DAY 2 RESULTS - Singles Qualifiers | Friday, October 9
Doubles – Round of 64
Nour Fathalla / Lorenzo Balducci (Purdue) def. Alex Alvarez / Diego Munoz Navia (Tennessee Tech): 8-5
Juan David Velasquez / Jacob Lee (Purdue) def. Todor Vukomanovic / Chris Bogelin (Tennessee State): 8-3
Henrik Villanger / Maj Premzl (Purdue) def. Judah McEachern-Brown/Esteban Ortiz (Belmont): 8-6

Singles – Round of 64
Birtan Duran (Middle Tennessee State) def. Jacob Lee (Purdue): 6-3, 6-4
Nour Fathalla (Purdue) def. Martin Delnido (Tennessee-Chattanooga): 6-0, 6-2
Lorenzo Balducci (Purdue) def. Donghyun Hwang (Vanderbilt): 6-3, 6-0
Juan David Velasquez (Purdue) def.  Aaron Dawson (Southern Indiana): 7-6(3), 6-3
Jerald Carroll (Louisville) def. Henrik Villanger (Purdue): 3-6, 7-6, 6-3
Maj Premzl (Purdue) def. Filippo Verdese (Lipscomb): 6-1, 6-2

CONSOLATION
Singles
Doubles - Round of 32
Nour Fathalla / Lorenzo Balducci (Purdue) vs. Ricardo Baldi / Shane Hand (Butler): 9:00 am
Juan David Velasquez / Jacob Lee (Purdue) vs. Aidan Atwood / Augustin Zavier (Indiana): 10:00 am
Henrik Villanger / Maj Premzl (Purdue) vs. Zak Vince / Zachary Tabaczynski (Bellarmine): 11:15 am

Singles- Round of 32
#63 Nour Fathalla (Purdue) vs. Alex Alvarez (Tennessee Tech): 12:30 pm
Lorenzo Balducci (Purdue) vs. Eric Crivei (Middle Tennessee): 12:30 pm
Juan David Velasquez (Purdue) vs. Aryan Saleh (Middle Tennessee): 12:30 pm
Maj Premzl (Purdue) vs. Orel Kimhi (Tennessee- Knoxville): 2:30 pm

DAY 1 RESULTS - Singles Qualifiers | Thursday, October 8

Round of 64 – Qualifiers  Bracket 
Jacob Lee (Purdue) def. Oliver Theoney (Lipscomb): 6-1, 6-4
Filippo Verdese (Lipscomb) def. Mateusz Miton (Purdue): 4-6, 2-6
Juwan Bae (Lipscomb) def. Stefan Simeunovic (Purdue): 5-7, 2-2 RET

Round of 32 – Qualifiers Bracket
Jacob Lee (Purdue) def. Diego Munoz Navia (Tennessee Tech): 4-6, 7-5, 6-2

Round of 32 – Qualifiers Consolation
Dylan Jaen (Dayton) def. Mateusz Miton (Purdue): 6-3, 1-6, 6-10