BERKELEY – Three Golden Bears advanced to Sunday's semifinals of main draw singles at the USTA/ITA Northwest Regional Championships, as top-seeded
Andre Goransson, third-seeded
Billy Griffith and fifth-seeded
Filip Bergevi won in Saturday quarterfinals at the Hellman Tennis Complex. Despite a brief rain delay, all of Saturday's matches were completed at Hellman and at the Channing Tennis Courts before the rain began in earnest in the evening.
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In the last match of the day at Hellman and amidst the cold and wind, the 17th-ranked Goransson defeated Stanford's Michael Genender, 6-4, 6-0, to earn a spot in the semifinals. Earlier in the day, the Cal senior beat James Wade of UC Davis, 6-3, 6-1, in the round of 16.
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Both Goransson's and Bergevi's quarterfinal – the last two matches at Hellman – were delayed a few minutes by rain, but both matches quickly resumed. Bergevi, ranked 77th, battled back from a first-set loss to Portland's Mathieu Garcia, a co-17th seed to win, 4-6, 7-5, 6-0. The senior Bear had beaten Stanford's Brandon Sutter, another 17th seed, 6-3, 6-4 in the round of 16.
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Bergevi's semifinal opponent will be Griffith, his teammate who's ranked 61st. The junior rebounded from a 5-1 deficit in the first set against Fresno State's Euan McIntosh to prevail 7-5, 6-3. Griffith earlier beat Oregon's Simon Stevens, the 12th seed, 7-5, 6-2, to get to the quarters.
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Goransson will next face Portland's Mike Pervolarakis, the 13th seed, who topped Oregon's eighth-seeded Jayson Amos, 6-4, 7-5, in the quarters.
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The day started with the main draw doubles round of 16. At Hellman, the Cal duo of sophomore
J.T. Nishimura and freshman
Bjorn Hoffmann handled the Oregon pair of Ethan Young-Smith and Ty Gentry, 8-2. The eighth-seeded Bears will play Stanford's ninth-seeded Sameer Kumar and Yale Goldberg in Sunday's quarterfinals.
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The third-seeded pair of Goransson and Griffith likewise posted an 8-2 victory, over Fresno State's Mantas Bugailiskis and Xander Veys. The Bears will face Washington's Amit Batta and Mitch Stewart on Sunday.
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Rain is in the forecast for Sunday, though if it is dry in the morning, main draw doubles quarterfinals will begin at 10 a.m. and then doubles semifinals will be scheduled for 11 a.m. The two main draw singles semifinals would start at 1 p.m., with all the main draw matches taking place at the Hellman Tennis Complex. Consolation singles and doubles matches will take place mainly at the Channing Tennis Courts.
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The Broadway Tennis Center in Burlingame and Bay Club SF Tennis in San Francisco are again the indoor alternatives – Sunday night – in the event of rain.
USTA/ITA Northwest Regional Championships
Oct. 15, 2016, in Berkeley, Calif.
Hellman Tennis Complex & Channing Tennis Courts
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ITA Men's Singles -- Round of 16
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Andre Goransson[1] d. DAV James Wade[17]Â 6-3;6-1
ST Michael Genender[10] d. OR Thomas Laurent[6]Â 6-4;7-6(5)
POR Mike Pervolarakis[13] d. CAL
Bjorn Hoffmann[17]Â 6-3;6-4
OR Jayson Amos[8] d. EWU Robert Dula[17]Â 6-2;6-3
FS Euan McIntosh[16] d. ST Sameer Kumar[7]Â 6-1;3-6;6-0
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Billy Griffith[3] d. OR Simon Stevens[12]Â 7-5;6-2
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Filip Bergevi[5] d. ST Brandon Sutter[17]Â 6-3;6-4
POR Mathieu Garcia[17] d. DAV Jesse Ross 4-6;6-1;6-4
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ITA Men's Singles -- Quarterfinals
CAL
Andre Goransson[1] d. ST Michael Genender[10]Â 6-4;6-0
POR Mike Pervolarakis[13] d. OR Jayson Amos[8]Â 6-4;7-5
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Billy Griffith[3] d. FS Euan McIntosh[16]Â 7-5;6-3
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Filip Bergevi[5] d. POR Mathieu Garcia[17]Â -4-4-0
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ITA Men's Doubles -- Round of 16
DAV David Goulak[9] - DAV Tommy Lam[9] d. OR Cormac Clissold[1] - OR Thomas Laurent[1]Â 8-1
FS Euan McIntosh[6] - FS Youssef Hassan[6] d. UW Gal Hakak[9] - UW Jake Douglas[9]Â 8-5
ST Sameer Kumar[9] - ST Yale Goldberg[9] d. UW Piers Foley[4] - UW Wendell Watanabe[4]Â Â
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Bjorn Hoffmann[8] - CAL JT Nishimura[8] d. OR Ethan Young-Smith - OR Ty Gentry 8-2
UW Amit Batta - UW Mitch Stewart d. DAV Bryce McKelvie[7] - DAV James Wade[7]Â 8-3
CAL
Andre Goransson[3] - CAL
Billy Griffith[3] d. FS Mantas Bugailiskis - FS Xander Veys 8-2
PAC Alex Gianini[5] - PAC Jose Chamba[5] d. UW Enzo Sommer[9] - UW Kawika Lam[9]Â 8-6
OR Jayson Amos[2] - OR Simon Stevens[2] d. POR Mathieu Garcia[9] - POR Mike Pervolarakis[9]Â 8-5
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ITA Men's Doubles Consolations -- Round 1
SM Calvin Jordaan - SM Nash Vollenweider d. SAC Hermont Legaspi - SAC Izik Walsh 8-1
GON Samuel Feit - GON Simon Homedes d. l EWU Flavien Raveau - EWU Ricardo Almeida 8-6
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ITA Men's Doubles Consolations -- Round 2
USF Chris. Brockstedt[9] - USF Mert Zincirli[9] d. SAC Dom Miller - SAC Donald Hall 8-5
SAC Kaspr. Zemaitelis[9] - SAC Mikus Losbergs[9] d. SEA Matt Alderson - SEA Trenton Nield 8-6
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ITA Men's Doubles Consolations -- Round 3
ST Brandon Sutter - ST Michael Genender d. USF Jerod Mah - USF Ryan Marker 8-5
USF Johan Joenhagen - USF Woravin Kumthonkittikul d. SM Manuel De Luis Lamales - SM Matt Campagna 8-6
EWU Luke Ness - EWU Scott Paz d. CAL
Ryan Cardiff - CAL
Ryan Shen 6-4;6-7(3);1-0(4)
SAC Chris Clayton - SAC Louis Chabut d. SM Daniel Krutik - SM Jackson Hawk 8-2
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Men's Consi RR E -- Round Robin 1
USF Woravin Kumthonkittikul d. EWU Luke Ness 6-0;6-3
SM Nash Vollenweider d. SAC Dom Miller 6-4;6-4
SC Andrew Gu d. PAC Lance Ngo 7-5;6-4
CAL
Dominic Barretto d. DAV Tommy Lam 6-3;4-6;1-0(8)
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Men's Consi RR A -- Round Robin 1
UW Wendell Watanabe d. ST Nikita Demir 6-1;6-2
SEA Arshak Ghazaryan d. EWU Ricardo Almeida 6-2;6-4
GON Simon Homedes d. PAC Nathan Hampton 6-4;6-0
SC Vasils. Iliopoulos d. SAC Louis Chabut 6-4;6-4
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Men's Consi RR G -- Round Robin 1
FS Mantas Bugailiskis d. UW Sebastien Hawken 6-4;6-4
SAC Louis Chabut d. USF Marco Barretto 6-4;7-6(5)
SC Connor Garnett d. SEA Matt Alderson 6-1;6-1
PAC Tadiwa Chinamo d. DAV Max Pham 6-1;6-4
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Men's Consi RR D -- Round Robin 1
DAV Eli Whittle d. EWU Scott Paz 6-3;6-3
UW Joao Barra d. GON Kyle Everly 6-4;6-3
OR Ethan Young-Smith d. USF Jerod Mah 6-2;6-4
SAC Mikus Losbergs d. PAC Ross Watson 6-4;7-6(4)
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Men's Consi RR C -- Round Robin 1
UW Jake Douglas d. l EWU Flavien Raveau 6-4;7-6(7)
OR Ty Gentry d. USF Paul Giraud 6-4;6-1
USF Johan Joenhagen d. SAC Chris Clayton 6-2;6-2
SC Max Heerinkx d. SM Calvin Jordaan 6-1;6-2
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Men's Consi RR F -- Round Robin 1
ST Roy Lederman d. EWU Victor Pereira 6-1;7-5
FS Xander Veys d. SM Jackson Hawk 6-2;6-1
PAC Alex Gianini d. SAC Kaspr. Zemaitelis 6-3;6-4
DAV David Goulak d. SC Jesus Tap. Barajas 6-2;6-0
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Men's Consi RR B -- Round Robin 1
UW Kawika Lam d. GON Ronzai Saurombe 6-4;6-7(3;)1-0(4)
USF Oliver Poysti d. SAC Izik Walsh 6-2;6-1
SM Daniel Krutik d. CAL
Ryan Cardiff 6-2;6-1
SM Matt Campagna d. SEA Trenton Nield 6-7(5);6-4;1-0(9)
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Men's Consi RR J -- Round Robin 1
UW Amit Batta d. GON Samuel Feit 6-2;6-0
USF Ryan Marker d. OR Fabian Soemarno 6-4;6-2
SM Jacob Lagman d. SAC Hermont Legaspi 6-2;6-2
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Men's Consi RR H -- Round Robin 1
UW Piers Foley d. SC Kamran Khan 2-6;7-5;1-0(6)
SAC Donald Hall d. USF Mert Zincirli 6-2;2-6;1-0(6)
CAL
Ryan Shen d. SM Brian Lee 4-6;6-3;1-0(9)
POR Pierre Garcia d. SEA John Stormans 6-0;6-1
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