TULSA, Okla. – Virginia Tech's run at the ITA All-American ended on Thursday as the Hokies fell to the 28th-ranked duo in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Tech's Henrik Korsgaard and Brandon Perez won the opening set 7-5 over USC's 28th-ranked Bradley Frye and Riley Smith. In the second set, the Trojan duo came back to win it in a tiebreak 7-6(2).
The match went to the superbreak where the okHokiesHokies led early before Frye and Smith rallied to hold on for the 1-0(9) win.
Doubles
#28 Bradley Frye/Riley Smith (USC) def. Henrik Korsgaard/Brandon Perez (VT) 5-7, 7-6(2), 1-0(9)
-- MAIN DRAW DOUBLES --
TULSA, Okla. – Virginia Tech men's tennis had a big doubles win on Wednesday as Henrik Korsgaard and Brandon Perez teamed up to knock off the nation's top-ranked pair at the ITA All-American Championships in Tulsa, Okla.
Korsgaard and Perez won the opening set 6-4, but Texas A&M's duo of Juan Carlos Aguilar and Barnaby Smith came back to take the second set 6-2. The Aggie pair got out to the lead in the superbreaker, but the Hokies answered with three straight points to take the lead for good, winning it 1-0(8).
The Hokies will be back on the court tomorrow to face Cal's No. 16 Yuta Kikuchi and Jacob Brumm.
Doubles
Henrik Korsgaard/Brandon Perez (VT) def. #1 Juan Carlos Aguilar/Barnaby Smith (TAMU) 6-4, 2-6, 1-0(8)
-- QUALIFYING FINAL --
TULSA, Okla. – Virginia Tech advanced into the main draw doubles on Tuesday at the 2019 ITA All-American Championships in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Henrik Korsgaard and Brandon Perez paired up in the final round of the qualifying draws to defeat Texas A&M 6-4, 7-6(1).
The Tech pair will be back on the court for the main draw and is set to face another Aggie duo in the nation's top-ranked Juan Carlos Aguilar and Barnaby Smith. Match time is set for 2 p.m. ET tomorrow.
Doubles
Korsgaard/Perez (VT) def. Pranav Kumar/Hady Habib (TAMU) 6-4, 7-6(1)
Singles
Simon Soendergaard (UNC) def. Henrik Korsgaard (VT) 7-6(4), 6-7(4), 6-1
-- QUALIFYING DAY ONE --
TULSA, Okla. – Virginia Tech men's tennis had a strong day on Monday at the ITA All-American Championships advancing in both the singles and doubles qualifying draws in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
The day opened with a big win for senior Henrik Korsgaard, ranked No. 104 in the preseason ITA standings. He knocked off Stanford's 54th ranked William Genesen. Taking the first set 7-5, Korsgaard fell in the second 6-1 before rallying to sweep the third 6-0.
In the afternoon, Korsgaard paired up with Perez in doubles. The two played an exciting opening match against Oklahoma State. After falling in a first set tiebreak, 7-6(4), the Tech duo responded to win the second 6-4 before going on to claim the 10-point tiebreak 1-0(7).
The pair faced off against 40th-ranked Christopher Edge and Tom Moonen of Middle Tennessee State, picking up the straight set win 6-4, 6-2.
The Hokies will be back on the court tomorrow to continue competition in the qualifying rounds at the All-American Championships.
Singles
#104 Henrik Korsgaard (VT) def. #54 William Genesen (Stanford) 7-5, 1-6, 6-0
Doubles
Korsgaard/Perez (VT) def. Brady Draheim/Luke Hammond (OkSt) 6-7(4), 6-4, 1-0(7)
Korsgaard/Perez (VT) def. #40 Christopher Edge/Tom Moonen (MTSU) 6-4, 6-2
