Rutledge Advances to Consolation Semis
10/21/2018 7:31:00 PM | Men's Tennis
The Lead: Eric Rutledge capped a marathon day of tennis by advancing to the semifinals of the singles consolation round at the ITA Texas Regional at the Hurd Tennis Center in Waco on Sunday.
The Details: Rutledge opened play on Sunday morning by pairing with Sumit Sarkar by advancing to the doubles quarterfinals with a win before falling to No. 3 seeds Christian Sigsgaard and Harrison Scott of Texas. He then shifted to the singles court where he had to grind out a win over No. 4 seed Enrique Pardo of UTA in a super tiebreaker before ending his day with a straight set win over UTRGV's Mateo Schmit.
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The Results:
Singles
Artem Kapshuk (Texas Tech) def. Conrad Russell 6-0, 6-0
Harrison Scott (Texas) def. Sumit Sarkar 7-6, 6-4
Consolation Singles
Eric Rutledge def. Enrique Pardo (UTA) 6-1, 1-6, 10-5
Eric Rutledge def. Mateo Schmit (Texas Rio Grande Valley) 6-2, 6-0
Doubles competition
Mauricio Del Rio/Guanarteme Nuez (Texas Rio Grande Valley) def. Jacob Eskeland/Conrad Russell 8-6
Eric Rutledge/Sumit Sarkar def. Tomas Vaise/Jan-Simon Vrbsky (SMU) 8-2
Christian Sigsgaard/Harrison Scott (Texas) def. Eric Rutledge/Sumit Sarkar 8-5
The Schedule: Rutledge is scheduled to face Gardiner Perotti of SMU at 9 a.m. on Monday in one semifinal, with the winner scheduled to face the winner of the semifinal match between Alejandro Vedri of Texas A&M and SMU's Roberto Rosales in a championship match at noon.
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