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Men's Tennis to Open Spring Season at Home with NC State Wednesday
1/13/2020 5:02:00 PM | Men's Tennis
THIS WEEK
Wednesday, Jan. 15 -- vs. NC State (Varsity Tennis Center), 5 p.m.
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Friday, Jan. 17 -- at Washington (Seattle, Wash.), 5 p.m. PST
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Sunday, Jan. 19 -- at Oregon (Eugene, Ore.), 11 a.m. PST
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The No. 17-ranked University of Michigan men's tennis team (0-0) will open the 2020 spring campaign on Wednesday (Jan. 15), hosting No. 23-ranked NC State at 5 p.m. at the Varsity Tennis Center. The Wolverines then head west for the weekend for two matches at Washington (Friday, Jan. 17) and Oregon (Sunday, Jan. 19).
• Michigan is No. 17 on the first Oracle ITA Division I ranking that was released Wednesday (Jan. 8). The team moves up three places from its No. 20 spot in the final 2018-19 ranking.
• Michigan will face five teams ranked in the top 25: No. 6 Ohio State, No. 8 TCU, No. 13 Illinois, No. 15 Oklahoma State and No. 19 Columbia. The squad could also face additional ranked competition at the ITA Kick Off (Jan. 25-26) and the ITA National Team Indoor Championship (Feb. 13-16).
• Last year Michigan went 18-9 overall and finished fourth in the Big Ten with a 7-4 mark. The team reached the round of 32 at the NCAA Tournament, in the program's fourth consecutive appearance.
• Nine Wolverines return from last year's team, highlighted by Andrew Fenty, the ITA National Freshman of the Year. Fenty qualified for the NCAA Individual Singles Championship and finished the year with a 27-6 singles record and a 21-7 doubles record.
• Fenty is ranked No. 78 in singles and is fifth in the nation in doubles along with partner Mattias Siimar. The doubles team posted a 12-2 record during the fall, including winning the consolation bracket final at the ITA Fall Championships.
• Newcomer Ondrej Styler, the lone rookie on the team, has already established himself during the few fall months and is ranked No. 94 in the ITA singles rankings. He posted a 9-5 record during the fall and was 4-1 in regional action.
• The first singles and doubles rankings of the spring season will be announced by the ITA on Feb. 5.
Recapping the Oracle Pro Series
Michigan hosted the Oracle Pro Series last week (Jan. 6-12) at the Varsity Tennis Center. Six Wolverines competed, including five current players and one alum.
In singles action, Andrew Fenty defeated Ondrej Styler in the round of 64 with scores of 7-6 (4) and 7-6 (5). Fenty fell to No. 8-seeded JC Aragone in the round of 32, 6-1, 6-2.
Fenty and Mattias Siimar reached the doubles semifinals. The pair defeated fellow Wolverines Nick Beaty and Connor Johnston, 6-2, 7-5, in the first round and then topped Treat Huey and Nathaniel Lammons, 6-3, 7-6 (5), in the quarterfinals. In the semifinal round, Nicolas Barrientos and Alejandro Gomez rallied to beat Fenty and Siimar, 4-6, 6-3, 11-9.
Alumnus Evan King (2010-13) competed in both singles and doubles. In singles, King lost in the round of 64 to Tobias Simon 6-4, 6-2. In doubles, King and Hunter Reese defeated Christian Harrison and Sebastian Korda, 7-5, 6-3, before losing in the quarterfinals to Barrientos and Gomez, 6-4, 3-6, 10-3.
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