Michigan
USTA ITA National Indoor Intercollegiate Championships
Wong and Malik Fall in National Indoor Semifinals
11/3/2016 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
Nov. 5, 2016
» Wong and Malik punched their ticket to the event by winning the doubles title at the ITA Midwest Regional Championships.
» In fall tennis action, everyone is competing as an individual. There are not team results during the fall portion of the season.
Site: Flushing, N.Y. (USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center)
Event: USTA/ITA National Indoor Intercollegiate Championships
U-M Team Result: No Team Scoring
Next U-M Event: Sunday, Nov. 6 -- at Gopher Invitational (Minneapolis, Minn.), 9 a.m. CST
FLUSHING, N.Y. -- After winning three three-set matches in the doubles main draw of the 2016 USTA/ITA National Indoor Intercollegiate Championships, seniors Kevin Wong and Jathan Malik of the University of Michigan men's tennis team fell in the semifinals Saturday afternoon (Nov. 5) at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center.
Malik and Wong, who ripped through the ITA Midwest Regional Championships with five wins, kept their hot streak going to start the national tournament. The Wolverine duo combined for three consecutive three-set wins to reach the semifinals.
In the semifinals against Wake Forest's Christian Seraphim and Skander Mansouri, Wong and Malik took the first with a 6-3 win. The Wake Forest pair regrouped from there, taking a 7-5 second-set win and racing out to a big lead in the super tiebreaker to rally for the win.
Michigan will complete the fall season tomorrow (Sunday, Nov. 6) with the final day of the Gopher Invitational at Minnesota. Play is set to begin at 9 a.m. CST.
Day Three Results -- Nov. 5
Doubles
Mansouri/Seraphim (WF) d. Jathan Malik/Kevin Wong (U-M), 3-6, 7-5, 1-0 (4)
Day Two Results -- Nov. 4
Doubles
Jathan Malik/Kevin Wong (U-M) d. Rinderknech/Lunkin (Texas A&M), 6-4, 4-6, 1-0 (7)
Day One Results -- Nov. 3
Doubles
Jathan Malik/Kevin Wong (U-M) d. Valero/Schipanski (Tennessee), 6-3, 1-6, 1-0 (8)
Jathan Malik/Kevin Wong (U-M) d. Bennett/Warren (Rice), 6-3, 6-7 (0), 1-0 (7)
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