The doubles team of
Nicolas Arts and
Rahulniket Konakanchi and the singles play of
Riccardo Baldi highlighted the Bulldog performance at the ITA Ohio Valley Regional over the weekend.
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Butler joined their regional foes on the Purdue campus in West Lafayette, Ind., for their largest event of the fall.
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Arts and Konakanchi split a pair of doubles matches in the regional main draw, defeating Austin Peay's team of Glen Arnet and Wei hsin Lu, 8-6, before falling to Charlie Robin and Will Ecklund of Belmont.
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Baldi won a pair of singles matches in qualifying to earn a spot in the main draw before falling to Vanderbilt's Danil Panarin. Freshman
Ronin Kasday also was part of the ITA Regional main draw, falling to Chattanooga's Jakub Jupa in the first round in a tight three-set decision.
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Arts posted a 2-1 singles mark on the weekend between qualifying matches and the main draw consolation.
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The ITA Regional was the final competition of the fall for the Bulldogs. The spring schedule will be released in the coming weeks.
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Results
Doubles – Main Draw
Arts/Konakanchi def. Arnet/Lu (Austin Peay), 8-6
Robin/Ecklund (Belmont) def. Arts/Konakanchi, 8-6
Alvarez/Spaks (Tennessee Tech) def. Balthazor/Lama, 8-5
Zinder/Suk (Dayton) def. Kasday/William, 8-3
Jupa/Grove (Chattanooga) def. Baldi/Singh, 8-3
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Singles – Main Draw
Jakub Jupa (Chattanooga) def.
Ronin Kasday, 6-2, 6-7 (3), 6-3
Danil Panarin (Vanderbilt) def.
Riccardo Baldi, 7-5, 6-2
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Singles – Consolation
Siddhartha Lama def. Andrew Spurck (Xavier), 6-4, 7-5
Nicolas Arts def. Kristof Kincses (Chattanooga), 6-2, 6-2
Dylan Jaen (Dayton) def. Kasday, 6-2, 6-3
Richard Garavi Yepez (Tennessee Tech) def.
Nicholas Balthazor, 6-4, 6-4
Kaiaitz Mandibe (Dayton) def.
Rahulniket Konakanchi, 6-1, 6-0
Jacks Lancaster (Ball State) def.
Aidan William, 6-2, 6-3
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Singles – Qualifying
Riccardo Baldi def. Cayden Wang (Vanderbilt), 6-4, 6-4
Baldi def. Vineet Ramesh (Bellarmine), 2-6, 6-3, 1-0 (7)
Rahulniket Konakanchi def. Mujtaba Ali-Kahn (Purdue), 6-3, 6-2
Andrew Spurck (Xavier) def. Konakanchi, 6-4, 6-3
Nicolas Arts def. Cortland Grove (Chattanooga), 7-6 (5), 6-2
Oscar Martinez (ETSU) def. Arts, 6-3, 6-0
Martin Delnido (Chattanooga) def.
Siddhartha Lama, 6-3, 6-7 (7), 1-0 (6)
Arenui Luethi (ETSU) def.
Aidan William, 6-1, 6-2
Louis Chusseau (Louisville) def.
Nicholas Balthazor, 3-6, 6-4, 1-0 (9)
Singles – Qualifying Consolation
Aidan Atwood (Indiana) def. Lama, 6-3, 7-5
Broc Fletcher (Ball State) def. William, 7-6 (4), 6-2
Sam Scherer (Indiana) def. Balthazor, 6-2, 6-4