SEATTLE – California men's tennis freshman Bernardo Munk Mesa won a three-setter Thursday at the ITA Northwest Regional Championships to advance out of qualifying singles and reach the main draw.
 
The Golden Bear had a bye in the opening round of 64 and then defeated Sacramento State's Gur Libal 6-7(4), 6-2, 6-2 in the round of 32 at the University of Washington's Nordstrom Tennis Center.
 
The first-year Bear will join eight teammates in the singles main draw – second-seeded and 44th-ranked Theo Dean, third-seeded and 56th-ranked Carl Emil Overbeck, eighth-seeded and 123rd-ranked Alex Chang, Nos. 9-16 seed Derrick Chen, Nos. 9-16 seed Timofey Stepanov, Alex Aney, Jonathan Irwanto and Ethan Schiffman. The singles main draw begins Friday.
 
Additionally, Cal has five pairs in the doubles main draw at regionals – second-seeded and 13th-ranked Chang and Mikey Wright, third-seeded and 25th-ranked Overbeck and Dean, seventh-seeded Chen and Stepanov, Nos. 9-16-seeded Aney and Schiffman, and Irwanto and Munk Mesa. The doubles main draw also starts Friday.
 
ITA Northwest Regional Championships – Cal Results
Oct. 17, 2024, in Seattle, Wash.
Nordstrom Tennis Center
 
Qualifying Singles East – Round of 64
Bernardo Munk Mesa (Cal), Bye
 
Qualifying Singles East – Round of 32
Bernardo Munk Mesa (Cal) def. Gur Libal (Sac. St), 6-7(4), 6-2, 6-2
 
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