King Wins USTA Futures Doubles Title
7/31/2010 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
July 31, 2010
GODFREY, Ill. -- Sophomore Evan King (Chicago, Ill./Kaplan) captured his first professional tennis title as an amateur on Saturday (July 31), teaming with Jordan Cox to win the doubles championship at the USTA Futures Tournament at Lewis & Clark Community College. King and Cox defeated Jean Anderson and Josh Zavala, 4-6, 6-3, (12-10) in the final.
King is spending the summer training as part of the USTA Summer Collegiate team, an elite training program designed for the nation's top collegiate players. As a freshman for the Wolverines last season, King was named Big Ten Freshman of the Year and ITA/Midwest Region Rookie of the Year en route to a 21-13 record in singles play and an 18-11 mark in doubles play. He qualified for the NCAA Individual Championships in May, reaching the second round of the doubles draw with Jason Jung (Torrance, Calif./West Torrance).
To go along with his success in the doubles draw, King also reached the quarterfinals of the singles main draw after winning four straight qualifying matches as a wildcard. He was eventually ousted by Rhyne Williams, 6-3, 6-2.
King will return to the courts next weekend at the USTA Boys National Championships in Kalamazoo, Mich., along with U-M incoming freshmen Shaun Bernstein (Plainview, N.Y./Plainview Old Bethpage JFK) and Justin Rossi (Novi, Mich./Laurel Springs Prep).
The following are match-by-match results:
DOUBLES (w/ Jordan Cox)
d. Daniel Nguyen/Michael Grant -- 6-2, 6-1 (First Round)
d. [1] Conor Pollock/Maciek Sykut -- 6-4, 7-6 (2) (Second Round)
d. Chase Buchanan/Sekou Bangoura -- 7-6 (0), 6-3 (Semifinals)
d. Jean Anderson/Josh Zavala -- 4-6, 6-3, (12-10) (Finals)
SINGLES
d. Ben Chen -- 6-2, 6-2 (Qualifying - First Round)
d. Abe Souza -- 5-7, 6-2, 6-3 (Qualifying - Second Round)
d. [14] Dennis Nevolo -- 6-3, 6-2 (Qualifying - Third Round)
d. [4] Sekou Bangoura -- 6-0, 6-2 (Qualifying - Fourth Round)
d. [2] Adam El Mihdawy -- 6-2, Ret. (Main Draw - First Round)
d. Chase Buchanan -- 7-6 (4), 2-6, 6-3 (Main Draw - Second Round)
l. Rhyne Williams -- 4-6, 6-3 (12-10) (Main Draw - Quarterfinals)
Q U O T E S
U-M Sophomore Evan King
On his first professional title ... "It feels great. I felt I was playing well all week in both singles and doubles. We knew were going to have a tough one to close it out, but it's extremely gratifying for me. I mean, that's my first professional doubles title. I'm excited about it and hopefully I can keep the momentum going at the next tournament."
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