Michigan
NCAA Individual Championships
Hua Rallies, Advances to NCAA Singles Round of 16; Falls with Knight in Doubles
5/24/2018 6:56:00 PM | Men's Tennis
» Runhao Hua advanced to the Round of 16 after an upset win over No. 5 Patrick Kypson.
» Hua won 10 straight games in the second and third sets.
» Hua will be in action Friday (May 25) in the Singles Round of 16, starting at 10 a.m.
» Hua and Alex Knight saw their doubles career come to a close after a Round of 32 loss in the NCAA Doubles Championship.
Site: Winston-Salem, N.C. (Wake Forest Tennis Recreation Complex)
Event:Â NCAA Singles/Doubles Championships (Singles Second Round / Doubles First Round)
Next U-M Event: Friday, May 25 -- at NCAA Singles Championships (Winston-Salem, N.C.) - Day 3, 10 a.m.
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. -- University of Michigan men's tennis senior Runhao Hua won 10 straight games in the second and third sets en route to a 4-6, 6-0, 6-4 upset over No. 5-seeded Patrick Kypson (Texas A&M), Thursday morning (May 24) in the NCAA Singles Championship Round of 32 hosted at the Wake Forest Tennis Complex. Hua and partner Alex Knight fell in their doubles match to Â
After dropping the first set, 6-4, Hua rattled off six straight wins in the second set, then proceeded to go up 4-0 in the third. With Hua leading 5-1, Kypon would not go down without a fight, holding off a double break before cutting his deficit to 4-5. Hua then held off multiple break points and eventually closed out the upset win with a 6-4 third-set victory.
With the win, Hua becomes the first Wolverine to advance to the Round of 16 since Evan King (2013), who went on to advance to the quarterfinals.
Hua improves to 25-7 in singles action, while extending his winning streak to five matches and will continue his season on Friday (May 25) in the Singles Championship Round of 16, when he faces off against No. 9-16-ranked Mazen Osama of Alabama. First serve is scheduled for 10 a.m.
Later in the afternoon, Hua and Knight saw their remarkable collegiate doubles career come to a close in the Round of 32, when they were defeated in straight sets by No. 17-ranked Fabien Fallert and Tim Sandkaulen of Mississippi, 6-2, 6-2.
The two Big Ten First Team All-Conference honorees were selected for the NCAA Doubles Championship after putting up a 16-7 record together throughout the season. Throughout their four years in the Maize and Blue, the seniors strung together a career record of 56-25 together, while averaging over 15 wins a season since their sophomore year.
Singles Main Draw
Runhao Hua
Round of 64 (May 23) -- d. No. 28 Johannes Ingildsen (Florida), 7-5, 6-2
Round of 32 (May 24) -- d. No. 5 Patrick Kypson (Texas A&M), 4-6, 6-0, 6-4
Round of 16 (May 25) -- vs No. 9-16 Mazen Osama (Alabama), 10 a.m.
Alex Knight
Round of 64 (May 23) -- l. No. 26 Cameron Klinger (Vanderbilt), 6-4, 6-0
Doubles Main Draw
Runhao Hua/Alex Knight
Round of 32 (May 24) -- l. No. 17 Fabien Fallert/Tim Sandkaulen (Mississippi), 6-2, 6-2
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