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Shoji, Siow Advance at ITA Northeast Regional
October 17, 2009 | Men's Tennis
HANOVER, N.H. -- Yohei Shoji and Matt Siow marched on to the third round of the ITA Northeast Regional tournament at Dartmouth Saturday, but Princeton found a tough road in singles play.
Shoji and Siow topped Dom Hemy and Sven Sjoerds of Fairleigh Dickinson, 8-5, and will advance to face Connor Dawson and Marc Powers of Yale, no earlier than 2 p.m. Sunday. Alex Faust and Ilya Trubov lost their second-round match to Enric Larregola and Mikhail Sudakov of St. Bonaventure, 8-2, to end their run in the second round.
In singles play, all four Tigers who entered Saturday still in the bracket were knocked out, with Shoji, Siow, Matt Spindler and Charlie Brosens felled in the second round. Scores for their matches are below.
To follow Shoji's and Siow's next match, check the draw page at the tournament site.
Princeton's Saturday results:
Doubles
Second Round
(5) Yohei Shoji/Matt Siow (Princeton) def. Dom Hemy/Sven Sjoerds (Fairleigh Dickinson), 8-5
Enric Larregola/Mikhail Sudakov (St. Bonaventure) def. Alex Faust/Ilya Trubov (Princeton), 8-2
Singles
Second Round
(17) Pavel Cerny (St. John's) def. Matt Siow (Princeton), 4-6, 6-4, 6-2
(5) Alexei Chijoff-Evans (Harvard) def. Charlie Brosens (Princeton), 7-5, 6-1
(17) Ivan Rummel (Stony Brook) def. Yohei Shoji (Princeton), 7-5, 4-6, 7-6(1)
Loic Sessagesimi (Marist) def. (17) Matt Spindler (Princeton), 7-6(4), 3-6, 6-3