ANN ARBOR, MICH. – The Purdue Boilermakers will take on the Big Ten Individuals Tournament this weekend, beginning on Thursday, Oct. 29 through Nov. 1.
The tournament, which will include a 64-draw singles bracket and 32 doubles teams, is schedule to being at 5:30 p.m. ET on Thursday for doubles round of 32.
On Friday, play will begin at 9 a.m. ET for the doubles quarterfinal and consolation rounds, while the singles round of 64 and 32 will take place. On Saturday, competition begins at 9 a.m. ET for the Doubles semifinals and consolation rounds, followed by the singles round of 16 and quarterfinals. Then, Sunday will include the singles semifinals and finals. The doubles final date (either Saturday or Sunday) will be determined at a later point.
Five Boilermakers are set to compete: Juan David Velasquez, Maj Premzl, Nikola Jovic, Jacob Lee, and Mateisz Miton.
PRESEASON HIGHLIGHTS
- The freshmen have a combined total of 15 wins from the fall season, with Lorenzo Balducci leading with 11.
- Two players earned ranked wins at the ITA regionals: Nour Fathalla defeated the #14 player in the country, and Balducci defeated the #55th and the #116th players in the country.
- Also at Regionals, all three doubles teams advanced to the round of 16, playing very strongly.
AT A GLANCE
- Nour Fathalla: Junior Fathalla has officially earned his bid for the NCAA tournament after making it to the singles finals at the ITA regionals. This led him to win the Big Ten player of the week the week of Oct. 12th.
- Lorenzo Balducci: Lorenzo became the first freshman in 10 years to have a ranked win, let alone two, in the ITA regionals. This led to him winning Big Ten freshman of the week the week of Oct. 12th.
- Jacob Lee: As a sophomore, Lee put up two big wins in the qualifiers to be placed in the Main Draw at the ITA regionals.