Cavaliers Competing at the Charlottesville Challenger
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – Four current members of the Virginia men’s tennis team and three alumni will be competing at the Jonathan Fried Pro Challenger, being held Oct. 26 – Nov. 2 at the Sports Club at the Boar’s Head Resort.
Junior Dylan Dietrich and sophomore Rafael Jódar will play in the singles main draw. Jódar is the No. 7 seed in the draw. Also competing in the main draw are UVA alums Iñaki Montes and Thai-Son Kwiatkowski.
Montes will also play in the doubles main draw with fellow Cavalier alumni James Hopper, facing the No. 2 seed in the draw in their opening match.
Sophomores Keegan Rice and Jangjun Kim competed on Sunday (Oct. 26) in the singles qualifying tournament. Rice faced the top seed in the qualifying tournament, falling 6-3, 7-5. Kim was edged 6-4, 7-6 (5).
Admission to the tournament is free through the quarterfinals.
Results
Singles Main Draw
R32 #345 Iñaki Montes (VA) vs #350 Andre Ilagan
R32 Thai-Son Kwaitkowski (VA) vs #243 Patrick Zahraj
R32 #210 [7] Rafael Jodar (VA) vs #239 Murphy Cassone
Doubles Main Draw
R16 Iñaki Montes/James Hopper vs [2] Anirudh Chandrasekar/Reese Stadler
Singles Qualifying
Q1 #375 [1] Samir Banerjee def. Keegan Rice (VA) 6-3, 7-5
Q1 #547 Erik Arutiunian def. Jangjun Kim (VA) 6-4, 7-6 (5)