Michigan's Jung Claims Big Ten Singles Championship
11/12/2007 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
Site: Ann Arbor, Mich. (Varsity Tennis Center)
Event: Big Ten Singles Championship
Scoring: No Team Scoring
Next U-M Match: Saturday, Jan. 19 -- Duke Invitational (Durham, N.C.)
Postmatch Quotes
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- Freshman Jason Jung(Torrance, Calif./West Torrance HS) of the University of Michigan men's tennis team captured the 2007 Big Ten Conference Singles Championship title Monday afternoon (Nov. 10) at the Varsity Tennis Center. The sixth seed in the 64-player main draw, Jung posted six straight-set victories over three days to claim the program's 22nd conference singles championship. Jung's win today keeps the trophy in Ann Arbor for the second straight year, as senior Matko Maravic(Zagreb, Croatia/V. Gimnazija) claimed the Big Ten singles crown in 2006.
The afternoon championship match saw Jung and Iowa's Bart van Monsjou battle back and forth for a majority of the first set. After Jung broke serve to go up 2-1, van Monsjou responded with two straight breaks to take a 4-2 advantage. Jung bounced back by earning two breaks of his own to regain a 5-4 edge, then held serve in the ensuing game to clinch a 6-4 win in the first set.
Jung earned another break early in the second set to go up 3-1, but van Monsjou broke back four games later to tie the score at 4-4. Each player held serve in the next four games to send the set to a tiebreaker. In the extra set, Jung snapped a 6-6 tie by winning two straight points to wrap up the title.
The morning semifinal match pitted Jung against top-seeded Maravic. Jung broke serve twice to win the first set, 6-3, and then secured a berth in the finals by breaking Maravic two more times to take the second set, 6-2.
Jung, the 124th-ranked player in the nation, finishes the fall season with an overall singles record of 8-3.
The Maize and Blue finished the three-day event with a combined record of 26-15 in main draw action.
The Big Ten Singles Championship marked Michigan's final event of the fall season. The Wolverines will kick off 2008 by competing in the Duke Invitational, scheduled for Jan. 19-21 at the Sheffield Indoor Tennis Center in Durham, N.C.
Following are U-M's complete main draw results:
Peter Aarts
First Round (Saturday) -- d. Jake Toole (Penn State), 6-3, 6-2
Second Round (Saturday) -- d. J.P. Ritchie (Iowa), 3-6, 6-2, 6-3
Third Round (Sunday) -- l. Branko Kuzmanovic (Purdue), 3-6, 6-4, 7-6(4)
Finished with a 2-1 record
Scott Bruckmann
First Round (Saturday) -- d. Pierre Dumas (Minnesota), 6-1, 6-2
Second Round (Saturday) -- l. Bart van Monsjou (Iowa), 6-7(6), 6-2, 6-2
Consolation First Round (Saturday) -- Bye
Consolation Second Round (Sunday) -- d. Jamie Cox (Penn State), 6-7(5), 6-3, 1-0(9)
Consolation Third Round (Sunday) -- d. Scott Rasmussen (Michigan State), 7-5, 6-3
Consolation Quarterfinals (Sunday) -- l. Reinoud Haal (Iowa), 6-4, 6-2
Finished with a 3-2 record
Mike DePietro
First Round (Saturday) -- d. Gregory Holm (Iowa), 2-6, 7-5, 6-3
Second Round (Saturday) -- l. #51 Thomas Richter (Indiana), 6-3, 6-2
Consolation First Round (Saturday) -- Bye
Consolation Second Round (Sunday) -- d. Peter Antons (Indiana), 6-3, 6-2
Consolation Third Round (Sunday) -- d. J. Yoon (Indiana), 7-6(5), 6-2
Consolation Quarterfinals (Sunday) -- l. Luke Rassow-Kantor (Wisconsin), 6-3, 6-4
Finished with a 3-2 record
#124 Jason Jung (No. 6 seed)
First Round (Saturday) -- d. Patrick Dwyer (Iowa), 6-4, 6-1
Second Round (Saturday) -- d. Scott Rasmussen (Michigan State), 6-4, 6-1
Third Round (Sunday) -- d. Michael Muskievicz (Wisconsin), 7-5, 6-2
Quarterfinals (Sunday) -- d. Dara McLoughlin (Indiana), 6-4, 6-4
Semifinals (Monday) -- d. #21 Matko Maravic (Michigan), 6-3, 6-2
Championship Match (Monday) -- d. Bart van Monsjou (Iowa), 6-4, 7-6(6)
Finished with a 6-0 record (champion)
Chris Madden
First Round (Saturday) -- d. Reinoud Haal (Iowa), 6-2, 7-6(4)
Second Round (Sunday) -- l. Dara McLoughlin (Indiana), 6-3, 6-0
Consolation First Round (Saturday) -- Bye
Consolation Second Round (Sunday) -- l. Dominic Ozanne (Ohio State), 6-2, 3-6, 1-0(5)
Finished with a 1-2 record
#21 Matko Maravic (No. 1 seed)
First Round (Saturday) -- d. Felipe Bellido (Wisconsin), 6-1, 7-6(6)
Second Round (Saturday) -- d. James Dwyer (Penn State), 6-1, 6-3
Third Round (Sunday) -- d. Tobias Wernet (Minnesota), 6-3, 6-4
Quarterfinals (Sunday) -- d. Branko Kuzmanovic (Purdue), 7-6(3), 3-6, 6-1
Semifinals (Monday) -- l. #124 Jason Jung (Michigan), 6-3, 6-2
Finished with a 4-1 record (semifinalist)
George Navas (No. 15 seed)
First Round (Saturday) -- l. Michael O'Connell (Ohio State), 3-6, 6-4, 6-4
Consolation First Round (Saturday) -- d. Paul Foley (Purdue), 6-1, 6-4
Consolation Second Round (Sunday) -- d. Balazs Novak (Ohio State), 6-2, 6-4
Consolation Third Round (Sunday) -- l. James Dwyer (Penn State), 6-3, 6-2
Finished with a 2-2 record
Matt Parks
First Round (Saturday) -- l. D.J. Johnson (Purdue), 6-7(6), 6-2, 7-6(1)
Consolation First Round (Saturday) -- l. Tyler Sauerbrey (Michigan State), 7-5, 3-6, 1-0(3)
Finished with a 0-2 record
#92 Mike Sroczynski (No. 4 seed)
First Round (Saturday) -- d. John Stratton (Michigan State), 6-3, 7-6(4)
Second Round (Saturday) -- d. Tommy McGeorge (Iowa), 6-2, 6-3
Third Round (Sunday) -- d. Phillip Eilers (Indiana), 6-2, 4-6, 7-6(2)
Quarterfinals (Sunday) -- l. Bart van Monsjou (Iowa), 6-0, 7-5
Finished with a 3-1 record
David Streeter
First Round (Saturday) -- l. Brendan Lynch (Penn State), 6-2, 5-7, 6-1
Consolation First Round (Saturday) -- d. Eric Ramos (Purdue), 6-2, 6-2
Consolation Second Round (Sunday) -- d. Walker Grimes (Iowa), 6-4, 6-2
Consolation Third Round (Sunday) -- l. Dominic Ozanne (Ohio State), 6-2, 6-1
Finished with a 2-2 record
Contact: Marc Ressler (734) 763-4423
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