Doubles Pair Tops Ranked Foe, Makes Flight Final at Ivy Plus

Friday, September 21

Princeton, N.J.

All Day

Princeton University

Ivy Plus Invitational

Damian Rodriguez and doubles partner Ryan Seggerman advanced to the finals in the top doubles draw.

Photo by: Beverly Schaefer

Doubles Pair Tops Ranked Foe, Makes Flight Final at Ivy Plus

September 21, 2018 | Men's Tennis

Seven of Princeton's nine first-round singles matches went the Tigers' way and two of the team's four doubles pairs advanced to their flight finals as play opened Friday for the Ivy Plus event at the Lenz Tennis Center.

Updated draws can be found here.

The tournament will continue Saturday with two rounds of singles beginning at 8:30 a.m. Play will also start at 8:30 a.m. Sunday for one round of doubles followed by one round of singles.

In doubles play, Ryan Seggerman and Damian Rodriguez won twice, including getting an 8-3 first-round win over Illinois' 25th-ranked Alex Brown and Caleb Chakravarthi before defeating Harvard's Brian Shi and Logan Weber 8-5 to make Sunday's final against Columbia's eighth-ranked pair of Jack Lin and William Matheson. Seggerman, a sophomore, also found success in last year's Ivy Plus, defeating two ITA-ranked opponents in singles.

Princeton's results from the first day's competition are below.

Singles
Tiger Draw
16: Ryan Seggerman (Princeton) def. Jochen Bertsch (Oklahoma), 6-4, 6-2
Lenz Draw
16: Karl Poling (Princeton) def. Jared Pratt (Wisconsin), 7-5, 6-1
16: Rafael Wagner (LSU) def. Damian Rodriguez (Princeton), 7-5, 4-6, 6-3
Cordish Draw
16: Davey Roberts (Princeton) def. Vlad Lobak (Minnesota), 6-4, 6-2
Nassau Draw
16: Will Peters (Princeton) def. Dmitry Shatalin (Penn), 6-2, 5-7, 6-2
16: Bill Duo (Princeton) def. Jack Winkler (Michigan State), 1-6, 6-4, 7-6(2)
Pagoda Draw
16: Justin Barki (Princeton) def. Ruy Teixeira (LSU), 6-2, 6-2
16: Boriss Kandem (Tulsa) def. Jimmy Wasserman (Princeton), 6-3, 6-3
Jadwin Draw
16: Kabir Sarita (Princeton) def. William Gleason (Nebraska), 6-3, 6-3

Doubles
Orange Draw
QF: Damian Rodriguez/Ryan Seggerman (Princeton) def. (25) Alex Brown/Caleb Chakravarthi (Illinois), 8-3
SF: Damian Rodriguez/Ryan Seggerman (Princeton) def. Brian Shi/Logan Weber (Harvard), 8-5
Black Draw
QF: Payton Holden/Karl Poling (Princeton) def. Jackson Allen/Vlad Lobak (Minnesota), 8-4
SF: Kyle Mautner/Dmitry Shatalin (Penn) def. Payton Holden/Karl Poling (Princeton), 8-5
Gold Draw
QF: Justin Barki/Bill Duo (Princeton) def. Chris Dean/Micah Klousia (Nebraska), 8-4
SF: Dan Martin/John Speicher (Dartmouth) def. Justin Barki/Bill Duo (Princeton), 8-4
Silver Draw
QF: Davey Roberts/Will Peters (Princeton) def. Daniel Skripnik/Aditya Vashistha (St. John's), 8-3
QF: Daniel Nuzhny/Martim Vilela (Wisconsin) def. Noah Agarwal/Kabir Sarita (Princeton), 8-6
SF: Davey Roberts/Will Peters (Princeton) def. Toby Boyer/William Gleason (Nebraska), 8-3
Cons: Ching Lam/Peter Litsky (Brown) def. Noah Agarwal/Kabir Sarita (Princeton), 8-5