COLLEGE GROVE, Tenn. – The Purdue men’s tennis team began its journey at the ITA Ohio Valley Regional Championship with the singles qualifiers, seeing sophomore Jacob Lee earn his spot in the main draw, which will begin tomorrow.
The tournament opened with the singles qualifiers, which included Lee, Mateusz Miton and Stefan Simeunovic competing. Lee, the first Boilermaker to finish, posted a decisive 6-1, 6-4 victory in the Round of 64, advancing to the afternoon’s Round of 32 where he went on to complete a comeback after dropping the first set 4-6, responding with a 7-5, 6-2 victory.
With Lee's wins, the sophomore earned his spot in the main draw, which will begin tomorrow. In total, Purdue will have three doubles pairs competing beginning at 9 a.m. ET tomorrow, followed by six Boilermakers in the Round of 64 main draw in the afternoon.
Round of 64 – Main Bracket | October 8
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 – Main Bracket | October 8
Jacob Lee (Purdue) def. Diego Munoz Navia (Tennessee Tech): 4-6, 7-5, 6-2
Round of 32 – Consolation Bracket | October 8
Dylan Jaen (Dayton) def. Mateusz Miton (Purdue): 6-3, 1-6, 6-10
UP NEXT: MAIN DRAW
Doubles
Nour Fathalla / Lorenzo Balducci (Purdue) vs. Alex Alvarez / Diego Munoz Navia (Tennessee Tech): 9 a.m.
Juan David Velasquez / Jacob Lee (Purdue) vs. Todor Vukomanovic / Chris Bogelin (Tennessee State): 9 a.m.
Henrik Villanger / Maj Premzl (Purdue) vs. Judah McEachern-Brown/Esteban Ortiz (Belmont): 10:30 a.m.
Singles
Jacob Lee (Purdue) vs. Birtan Duran (Middle Tennessee State): 12 p.m.
Nour Fathalla (Purdue) vs. Martin Delnido (Tennessee-Chattanooga): 12 p.m.
Lorenzo Balducci (Purdue) vs. Donghyun Hwang (Vanderbilt): 12:15 p.m.
Juan David Velasquez (Purdue) vs. Aaron Dawson (Southern Indiana): 2 p.m.
Henrik Villanger (Purdue) vs. Jerald Carroll (Louisville): 2 p.m.
Maj Premzl (Purdue) vs. Filippo Verdese (Lipscomb): 2:30 p.m.