Site: East Lansing, Mich. (MSU Indoor Tennis Facility and Michigan Athletic Club)
Event: ITA Midwest Regional Championships
Result: No Team Scoring
Next U-M Event: Thurs.-Sun., Nov. 4-7 — at ITA National Fall Championships and B1G Singles and Doubles Championships
EAST LANSING, Mich. — Senior Andrew Fenty and sophomore Nino Ehrenschneider of the University of Michigan men’s tennis team claimed the doubles title at the 2021 ITA Midwest Regional Championship Monday afternoon (Oct. 25) at the MSU Indoor Tennis Facility and Michigan Athletic Club, hosted by Michigan State.
The pair qualify for the ITA National Fall Championship. Full selections, including at-large and wild card selections in both singles and doubles will be announced at a later date by the ITA.
Seeded No. 3 in the tournament and having gone 2-0 in other matches this fall, Fenty/Ehrenschneider received a first-round bye before knocking off pairs from Michigan State and Youngstown State. In the quarterfinals the duo took an 8-5 match from Illinois’ Hunter Heck/Lucas Horve and then topped Nic Meister/Olivier Stuart from Illinois 6-3, 3-6, 10-4. In the championship match, Fenty/Ehrenschneider took a 7-5 first set off of No. 1 seed Justin Boulias/Robert Cash of Ohio State and then finished off with a 6-2 second second.
It was a familiar setting to the last Midwest Regional, when Fenty and then-partner Mattias Siimar faced Robert Cash and John McNally from Ohio State. The Buckeyes took the match 3-6, 7-5, 10-6. Fenty/Siimar went on to place second in the consolation bracket of the ITA Fall National Championship.
Gavin Young and Jacob Bickersteth had a run in doubles as well, reaching the quarterfinals. The pair posted matching 8-4 wins in the second and third round before facing Meister/Stuart in the quarterfinals, falling 8-5.
Ondrej Styler was impressive in singles play, winning four straight matches to reach the semifinals. In the quarterfinals he outlasted Boulais in three sets, 7-6 (8), 3-6, 7-6 (5) to face another Buckeye, James Trotter, in the semifinal. Trotter advanced with a 6-2, 1-0 retired result.
Patrick Maloney won his first three matches to reach the quarterfinals, with wins over Pawit Sornlaksup (Toledo), Connor Fu (Notre Dame) and Kweisi Kenyatte (Illoinois). It took three sets to decide the quarterfinal winner between Maloney and Trotter, 6-2, 6-7 (5), 6-3.
Fenty, Young and Ehrenschneider all picked up two singles victories.
Singles Main Draw
Ondrej Styler
First Round (Oct. 23) — d. Mikael Erler (Cleveland State) 6-1, 6-4
Second Round (Oct. 23) — d. Daniel Nuzhny (Wisconsin) 6-3, 6-4
Third Round (Oct. 24) — d. Hunter Heck (Illinois) 6-2, 6-3
Quarterfinal (Oct. 24) — d. Justin Boulais (Ohio State) 7-6 (8), 3-6, 7-6 (5)
Semifinal (Oct. 25) — l. James Trotter (Ohio State) 6-2, 1-0 retired
Patrick Maloney
First Round (Oct. 23) — d. Pawit Sornlaksup (Toledo), 6-7(3), 6-3, 6-0
Second Round (Oct. 23) — d. Connor Fu (Notre Dame) 7-5, 6-0
Third Round (Oct. 24) — d. Kweisi Kenyatte (Illinois), 6-3, 7-6 (3)
Quarterfinal (Oct. 24) — l. James Trotter (Ohio State) 6-2, 6-7 (5), 6-3
Andrew Fenty
First Round (Oct. 23) — d. Luke Baylis (Michigan State) 6-1, 6-4
Second Round (Oct. 23) — d. Brian Berdusco (Northwestern), 6-1, 6-1
Third Round (Oct. 24) — l. Olivier Stuart (Illinois) 4-6, 6-1, 6-4
Gavin Young
First Round (Oct. 23) — d. Nic Meister (Illinois) 6-1, 5-7, 6-3
Second Round (Oct. 23) — d. Benjamin George (Western Michigan), 6-3, 6-4
Third Round (Oct. 24) — l. JJ Tracy (Ohio State) 1-6, 6-1, 7-6 (4)
Nino Ehrenschneider
First Round (Oct. 23) — d. Steven Forman (Northwestern) 7-5, 4-6, 6-3
Second Round (Oct. 24) — d. Matthew Che (Notre Dame) 6-4, 3-6, 6-3
Third Round (Oct. 24) — l. Justin Boulais (Ohio State) 6-4, 4-6, 7-6 (3)
Alexander Zederbauer
First Round (Oct. 23) — l. Axel Nefve (Notre Dame) 6-1, 6-2
Consolation (Oct. 23) — l. Graydon Lair (Michigan State), 4-6, 6-4 [10-5]
Patorn Hanchaikul
First Round (Oct. 23) — l. Robert Cash (Ohio State) 6-4, 6-2
Consolation (Oct. 23) — l. Alex Petrov (Illinois), 6-1, 6-2
Jacob Bickersteth
First Round (Oct. 23) — l. vs. Trice Pickens (Northwestern) 7-6 (5), 6-2
Consolation (Oct. 23) — d. Lucas Horve (Illinois), 6-1, 6-4
Nick Beaty
First Round (Oct. 23) — l. Max Sheldon (Michigan State) 6-2, 6-7 (4), 6-4
Consolation (Oct. 23) — d. Mikael Erler (Cleveland State), 6-3, 7-6(5)
Doubles Main Draw
Andrew Fenty/Nino Ehrenschneider
First Round (Oct. 22) — Bye
Second Round (Oct. 22) — d. Kazuki Matsuno/ Nick Williams (Michigan State) 8-5
Third Round (Oct. 24) — d. Erik Gran/Harry Fouzas (Youngstown State) 8-6
Quarterfinal (Oct. 24). d. Hunter Heck/Lucas Horve (Illinois) 8-5
Semifinal (Oct. 25) — d. Nic Meister/Olivier Stuart (Illinois) 6-3, 3-6 (10-4)
Championship (Oct. 25) – d. Justin Boulais/ Robert Cash (Ohio State) 7-5, 6-2
Gavin Young/Jacob Bickersteth
First Round (Oct. 22) — Bye
Second Round (Oct. 22) — d. Stefan Drogovic/Jan Jauch (Marquette) 8-4
Third Round (Oct. 24) — d. Luuk Wassenaar/Lars Minsaas (DePaul) 8-4
Quarterfinal (Oct. 24) – l. Nic Meister/Olivier Stuart (Illinois) 8-5
Patrick Maloney/Nick Beaty
First Round (Oct. 22) — Bye
Second Round (Oct. 22) — d. Asier Pena Ibanez / David Alvarez Moreno (Youngstown State) 8-3
Third Round (Oct. 24) — l. Sebastian Vile/Robin Parts (Wisconsin) 8-7 (4)
Jonny Yaffe/Alexander Zederbauer
First Round (Oct. 22) — l. Fynn Lohse/Ferdinand Schlueter (Western Michigan) 8-6
Ryan Fu/Patorn Hanchaikul
First Round (Oct. 22) — vs. Maxime Mareschal-Hay/JuandeDios Abboud (Cleveland State), walkover for Mareschal-Hay/Abboud
Singles Qualifying Draw
Ryan Fu
First Round (Oct. 21) — d. Diego Le Gal Perez (Illinois State), 6-1, 6-1
Second Round (Oct. 21) — l. Stefan Drogovic (Marquette). 2-6, 1-4 retired (injury)
Jonny Yaffe
First Round (Oct. 21) — Bye
Second Round (Oct. 21) — l. Pedro Alvarez (Chicago State), 6-1, 6-2
Consolation (Oct. 22) — l. Marino Jakic (DePaul), 6-4, 7-6(4)