Rinderknech Wins ITA Texas Regional

COLLEGE STATION, Texas –Texas A&M junior Arthur Rinderknech claimed the 2016 ITA Texas Regional Championships Monday morning in Ft. Worth, Texas. The event was hosted by TCU at the Bayard H. Friedman Tennis Center.

No. 9 Rinderknech topped No. 95 Jolan Cailleau of Texas Tech, 6-1, 7-5 to improve to 6-0 on the weekend. The Paris, France native claimed the title for the second straight year, winning the 2015 Regional in Houston, to advance to the USTA/ITA National Indoor Intercollegiate Championship in Flushing, N.Y. As the only tournament on the ITA calendar to showcase elite players from every level of college tennis, the USTA/ITA National Indoor Intercollegiate Championships serves as the culmination of the fall season. Hosted by Columbia University, this prestigious event features a 32-player singles draw and a 20-team doubles draw for men and women.

Gaining automatic entry into the tournament are champions from the USTA/ITA Division I Regional Championships held across the country in October, winners of the ITA Oracle Cup Super Bowl, and the consolation champions, doubles finalists, men’s singles quarterfinalists and women’s singles semifinalists from the Saint Francis ITA Men’s and Riviera/ITA Women’s All-American Championships.

In doubles action, No. 20 Max Lunkin and Arthur Rinderknech fell, 6-3, 6-2, to No. 41 Trevor Johnson and Reese Stadler of TCU. The Maroon & White duo were 4-1 on the weekend, including wins over opponents from Abilene Christian, Texas, Rice and Texas Tech.

Rinderknech advanced to the finals in both the singles and doubles bracket for the second straight year. Last season, Rinderknech claimed the Texas Regional over Hunter Johnson of SMU, winning all six of his matches in straight sets. The right-hander played alongside former teammate Shane Vinsant in the doubles bracket, falling to the third-ranked team in the country.

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2016 ITA Regional Championships, Texas Regional
Fort Worth, Texas (Bayard H. Friedman Tennis Center)
October 21-24, 2016

Singles
Round of 128
Frankie Colunga (TAMU) def. Sebastian Langdon (ACU) 6-3, 6-4

Round of 64
No. 9 Arthur Rinderknech (TAMU) def. Jose Mauricio Del Rio Hinojasa (UTA) 6-2, 6-1
No. 91 John Mee (Texas) def. Kevin Lam (TAMU) 6-1, 6-0
Hady Habib (TAMU) vs. Cole Lawson(ACU) 6-0, 6-1
Reese Stadler (TCU) def. Frankie Colunga (TAMU) 6-3, 6-0
James Martell (TAMU) vs. Colin Markes (Texas) 6-2, 6-7, 6-3
Aleksandre Bakshi (TAMU) def. Nedim Ahmic (UIW) 6-1, 6-0
Max Lunkin (TAMU) def. Gianni Mancini (TCU) 6-2, 6-1

Round of 32
No. 9 Arthur Rinderknech (TAMU) def. Leonardo Telles (Texas) 6-3, 7-6
Hady Habib (TAMU) def. Kevin Bettendroffer (TAMUCC) 6-3, 6-3
Gerardo Lopez Villasenor (TCU) def. James Martell (TAMU) 6-4, 6-2
Aleksandre Bakshi (TAMU) def. Carlos Di Laura (TTU) 6-3, 6-2
Max Lunkin (TAMU) def. Rodrigo Banzer (Texas) 6-4, 7-5

Round of 16
No. 9 Arthur Rinderknech (TAMU) def. William Little (Baylor) 6-4, 6-4
No. 56 Guillermo Nunez (TCU) def. Hady Habib (TAMU) 6-3, 5-7, 6-3
Yuya Ito (Texas) def. Aleksandre Bakshi (TAMU) 6-0, 6-2
No. 95 Jolan Cailleau (TTU) def. Max Lunkin (TAMU) 6-2, 6-3

Quarterfinals
No. 9 Arthur Rinderknech (TAMU) def. No. 83 Alex Sendegeya (TTU) 6-1, 4-6, 6-4

Semifinals
No. 9 Arthur Rinderknech (TAMU) def. No. 56 Guillermo Nunez (TCU) 6-2, 6-2

Finals
No. 9 Arthur Rinderknech (TAMU) def. No. 95 Jolan Cailleau (TTU) 6-1, 7-5

Singles – Consolation Bracket
Round of 32
Frankie Colunga (TAMU) def. Mario Muniesa (UTA) 6-3, 7-5

Round of 16
Bjorn Thomson (TTU) def. Frankie Colunga (TAMU) 6-1, 6-4

Doubles
Round of 32
William Little/Bjoern Peterson (Baylor) def. Frankie Colunga/James Martell (TAMU) 8-4
No. 20 Max Lunkin/Arthur Rinderknech (TAMU) def. Paul Domanski/Hunter Holman (ACU) 8-2
Aleksandre Bakshi/Hady Habib (TAMU) def. Francisco Bendana/Sebastian Mortier (UIW) 8-7

Round of 16
No. 20 Max Lunkin/Arthur Rinderknech (TAMU) def. Rodrigo Banzer/John Mee (Texas) 8-6
Aleksandre Bakshi/Hady Habib (TAMU) def. Igor Cantanhede/Takeru Watanabe (UTSA) 8-4

Quarterfinals
No. 20 Max Lunkin/Arthur Rinderknech (TAMU) def. Jamie Mailk/Eric Rutledge (Rice) 8-4
Aleksandre Bakshi/Hady Habib (TAMU) def. Colin Markes/Leonardo Telles (Texas) 8-5

Semifinals
No. 20 Max Lunkin/Arthur Rinderknech (TAMU) def. No. 29 Alexander Sendegeya/Bjorn Thomson (TTU) 3-6, 6-3, 10-4
No. 41 Trevor Johnson/Reese Stalder (TCU) def. Aleksandre Bakshi/Hady Habib (TAMU) 7-5, 3-6, 10-4

Finals
No. 41 Trevor Johnson/Reese Stalder (TCU) def. No. 20 Max Lunkin/Arthur Rinderknech (TAMU) 6-3, 6-2

Doubles – Consolation Bracket
Round of 16
Michael Feucht/Sebastian Santibanez (Lamar) def. Frankie Colunga/James Martell (TAMU) 8-2

 

Texas A&M’s Olivares Wins Consolation Finals

WACO, Texas – Texas A&M’s Macarena Olivares captured the consolation championship at the ITA Texas Regional Championships today at Baylor’s Hurd Tennis Center, defeating Maria Kononova of North Texas, 6-2, 6-3. It was the sixth consecutive victory for the junior from Chile.

“[Associate Head Coach Patrick Sullivan] and I are very pleased with our overall results,” Texas A&M head coach Mark Weaver said. “Macarena ended up playing some great tennis and went through the consolation draw rather comfortably against some good competition. Rachel [Pierson] had an excellent tournament overall and unfortunately ran into Blair Shankle, who was playing at an extremely high level of tennis and ultimately won both the singles and doubles rather routinely.”

Pierson, a senior, was one victory short of reaching the finals of the main draw in singles as well as doubles with partner Rutuja Bhosale.

Texas A&M tournament results are listed below. Complete results are available at http://tennislink.usta.com/tournaments/TournamentHome/Tournament.aspx?T=192905#&&s=8Results0

Texas A&M returns to action and makes its home debut, Nov. 4-6, as the Aggies play host to Rice, Stephen F. Austin and Washington in the first-ever David Kent Invitational at the George P. Mitchell Tennis Center. The tournament is named in honor of Texas A&M’s former legendary men’s and women’s tennis coach.

“The fall season is coming to a close, and we are looking forward to getting some good practices in over the next week or so as we prepare to compete at home in the David Kent Invitational,” Weaver added.

The Aggies conclude the fall season at the UNLV Rebel Invitational, Nov. 11-13 in Las Vegas.

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Monday, October 24

Singles—Consolation
F          Macarena Olivares (A&M) def. Maria Kononova (UNT), 6-2, 6-3

Sunday, October 23

Singles—Main Draw
SF         #54 Blair Shankle (Baylor) def. Rachel Pierson (A&M), 6-2, 6-3

Singles—Consolation
SF         Macarena Olivares (A&M) def. Valeria Lopez (UTA), 6-2, 6-2

Doubles—Main Draw
SF         Sarah Dvorak/Sabrina Federici (Texas Tech) def. Rutuja Bhosale/Rachel Pierson (A&M), 6-4, 3-6, 10-3

Saturday, October 22

Singles—Main Draw
16        Rachel Pierson (A&M) def. Sabrina Federici (Texas Tech), 6-2, 4-6, 6-3
16        Tina Bokhua (A&M) def. Wendy Zhang (Rice), 7-6 (4), 6-0
QF        Rachel Pierson (A&M) def. Tina Bokhua (A&M), 6-3, 6-4

Singles—Consolation
R4        Macarena Olivares (A&M) def. Caroline Wegner (TCU), 7-6 (4), 6-0
QF        Macarena Olivares (A&M) def. Jessica Birowski (UTA), 6-1, 6-0

Doubles—Main Draw
QF        Rutuja Bhosale/Rachel Pierson (A&M) def. Petra Granic/Dani Wagland (Texas), 8-5

Doubles—Consolation
R3        Lauren Hidalgo-Smith/Darinka Tiboldi (SFA) def. Saska Gavrilovska/Stefania Hristov (A&M), 8-4

Friday, October 21

Singles—Main Draw
32        Rachel Pierson (A&M) def. Vanesa Calvo Pardo (SFA), 6-2, 6-1
32        Tina Bokhua (A&M) def. Astrid Gehre (UTA), 3-6, 6-2, 6-2
32        Miriam Rosell (UTSA) def. Rutuja Bhosale (A&M), 6-2, 6-3

Singles—Consolation
R1        Joy Ming Chia (Texas State) vs. Mason Strickland (A&M), walkover
R2        Macarena Olivares (A&M) def. Darinka Tiboldi (SFA), 6-2, 6-2
R2        Madison Cleff (Texas) vs. Saska Gavrilovska (A&M), w/d (pc)
R3        Macarena Olivares (A&M) def. Autumn Crossnoe (ACU), 6-0, 6-2

Doubles—Main Draw
32        Rutuja Bhosale/Rachel Pierson (A&M) def. Sarah Adams/Lucile Pothier (ACU), 8-4
32        Domenica Gonzalez/Eva Paalma (A&M) def. Chelsea Crovetti/Neda Koprcina (Texas), 8-7 (5)
32        Tina Bokhua/Macarena Olivares (A&M) def. Jessica Hinojosa Gomez/Theresa Van Zyl (Baylor), 8-5
32        Lindsey Hodge/Priya Niezgoda (Rice) def. Saska Gavrilovska/Stefania Hristov (A&M), 8-6
16        Rutuja Bhosale/Rachel Pierson (A&M) def. Savannah Durkin/Alison Ho (Rice), 8-3
16        Gabriela Talaba/Alexandra Valenstein (Texas Tech) def. Domenica Gonzalez/Eva Paalma (A&M), 8-7 (4)
16        Maria Kononova/Tamuna Kutubidze (UNT) def. Tina Bokhua/Macarena Olivares (A&M), 8-2

Doubles—Consolation
R2        Saska Gavrilovska/Stefania Hristov (A&M) def. Laura Cabrera/Denisa Ibrahimovic (UTSA), 8-6

Thursday, October 20

Singles—Main Draw
128      Jordan Henry (ACU) def. Mason Strickland (A&M), 6-0, 2-0 withdraw (inj.)
64        Agustina Serio (UTA) def. #15 Saska Gavrilovska (A&M), 6-3, 6-3
64        Fernanda Astete (Rice) def. Macarena Olivares (A&M), 6-2, 7-6 (5)
64        Rachel Pierson (A&M) def. Savannah Durkin (Rice), 6-2, 6-2
64        Tina Bokhua (A&M) def. Minying Liang (North Texas), 6-4, 6-3
64        Rutuja Bhosale (A&M) def. Katie Poluta (Texas), 6-2, 6-4

Doubles—Main Draw
64        Domenica Gonzalez/Eva Paalma (A&M) def. Kaja Ljubic/Denise Maxl (SFA), 8-6

 

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