Smith, Vukadin Complete Doubles Finals Run at ITA Regionals

CARY, N.C. – The No. 5 preseason ranked duo of Max Smith and Noa Vukadin impressed at the ITA Carolina Regionals as they completed their doubles run on Monday as they were tabbed runner-up’s in the final round of the main doubles draw.

Starting the tournament off strong, Smith and Vukadin dominated in the round of 64 earning a 8-3 win over UNC Asheville’s Freddy Murray and Cian Ingles. The Clemson duo continued to prevail as they picked up wins in the round of 32 and the round of 16 to give them a spot in the quarterfinals.

In the quarterfinals, Smith and Vukadin defeated the Wake Forest duo of Dhakshineswar Suresh and Ioannis Xilas, 8-3 to advance to the semifinals. Smith and Vukadin tabbed their fifth win in-a-row as they took down the No. 28 preseason ranked Duke pairing of Pedro Rodenas and Gerard Planelles Ripoll in an impressive 6-3, 6-4 victory which secured their spot in the doubles finals.

In the finals, Clemson was set to take on Luciano Tacchi and Luca Pow from Wake Forest. Despite winning the first set 6-3, Smith and Vukadin dropped the second set 1-6 and headed to the super tie-breaker. The Demon Deacon duo took the tie-breaker 11-9 and took the victory over the Tigers.

Smith and Vukadin still have the opportunity to secure a spot in the NCAA Championships as they will prepare to compete in NCAA Sectionals starting on November 7.

In singles, Vukadin also impressed as he secured three wins in-a-row to advance to the quarterfinals of the main draw. Marko Mesarovic and Wissam Abderrahman advanced through the round of 16.

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FULL RESULTS

Doubles

Round of 64

• Smith/Vukadin (CU) def. Murray/Ingles (UNC Asheville), 8-3
• Damm/Markov (CU) def. Dias/Lemieux-Monette (Gardner-Webb), 8-5
• M. Pitts/N. Pitts (CU) def. Rojas/Gaedechens, 8-4
• Abderrahman/Gales (CU) def. Avram/Henceroth (South Carolina), 8(8)-7(6)
• Aronson/Mesarovic (CU) def. Novakovic/Benchakroun (SC State), 8-6

Round of 32

• Smith/Vukadin (CU) def. Brown/Jayaraman (Duke), 8-5
• Damm/Markov (CU) def. Mangiapane/Zu (UNC), 8-6
• M. Pitts/N. Pitts (CU) def. J.Krug/C. Krug (Duke), 8-5
• Mazev/Shalmi (Wake Forest) def. Abderrahman/Gales (CU), 8-5
• Winegar/Landau (Duke) def. Aronson/Mesarovic (CU

Round of 16

• Smith/Vukadin (CU) def. Zapp/Wright (UNC), 8-3
• Damm/Markov (CU) def. Andrade/Sarr (South Carolina), 8-6
• Tacchi/Pow (Wake Forest) def. M. Pitts/N. Pitts (CU) 8-2

Quarterfinals

• Smith/Vukadin (CU) def. Suresh/Xilas (Wake Forest), 8-4
• Rodenas/Planelles Ripoll (Duke) def. Damm/Markov (CU), 8-2

Semifinals

• Smith/Vukadin (CU) def. Rodenas/Planelles Ripoll (Duke), 6-3, 6-4

Finals

• Tacchi/Pow (Wake Forest) def. Smith/Vukadin (CU), 6-3, 1-6, 9-11

Singles

Round of 64

• Romain Gales (CU) def. Anthony Wright (UNC), 7(7)-6(5), 6-4
• Marko Mesarovic (CU) def. Harry Thursfield (Wake Forest), 6-2, 6-4
• Wissam Abderrahman (CU) def. Aleksandar Hudjec (Campbell), 7-5, 6-2
• Noa Vukadin (CU) def. Logan Zapp (UNC), 6-2, 7-5
• Viktor Markov (CU) def. Jules Leroux (NC State), 6-2, 6-2
• Luca Pow (Wake Forest) def. Stewart Aronson (CU), 6-0, 6-1
• Constantinos Djakouris (UNC) def. Max Smith (CU), 6-2, 7-5

Round of 32

• Martin Borisiouk (NC State) def. Romain Gales (CU), 7(7)-6(1), 6-1
• Marko Mesarovic (CU) def. Joseph Wayand (UNC Wilmington), 6-4, 6-3
• Wissam Abderrahman (CU) def. Uddayvir Singh (Davidson), 6-1, 6-2
• Noa Vukadin (CU) def. Alex Degabriele (UNC Wilmington), 6-1, 6-3
• Dhakshineswar Suresh (Wake Forest) def. Viktor Markov (CU), 6-4, 3-6, 6-1

Round of 16

• Braden Shick (NC State) def. Marko Mesarovic (CU), 6-3, 6-4
• Sean Daryabeigi def. Wissam Abderrahman (CU), 7-5, 7(7)-6(2)
• Noa Vukadin (CU) def. Jakub Katuch (NC State), 2-6, 6-4, 6-4

Quarterfinals

• Dhakshineswar Suresh (Wake Forest) def. Noa Vukadin (CU), 6-2, 2-6, 6-2