Men’s Tennis Opens Play At ITA All Americans

TULSA, Okla.- The Princeton men's tennis team kicked off day one of the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) All American Championships.

The Tigers collected wins in both singles and doubles. Landon Ardila started the day with a 2-6, 7-5, 6-2 win over Anton Shepp of Nebraska.

Ellis Short and Fnu Nidunjianzan won their doubles match against Maxime St-Hilaire/Frank Thompson of Virginia Tech 6-4, 3-6, 10-7.

Results

Sept. 21

Pre Qualifying Singles

Landon Ardila (PRIN) def. Anton Shepp (NEB) 2-6, 7-5, 6-2

Aaron Williams (GSU) def. Ellis Short (PRIN) 6-7, 1-6

Pre Qualifying Doubles

Fnu Nidunjianzan/Ellis Short (PRIN) def. No. 90 Noah Zamora/Hirko Sakagawa (CAL) 6-4, 3-6, 10-7

Maxime St-Hilaire/Frank Thompson (VT) def. Paul Inchauspe/Landon Ardila (PRIN) 7-6, 4-6, 10-5

Up Next

Ardila will face Rostislav Halfinger of Middle Tennessee State at 9:00 a.m. ET (8:00 a.m. CT) in the Round of 64.

Nidunjianzan and Short are set to take on No. 72 Lucciano Tucci and Luca Powa of Wake Forest at 4:00 p.m. ET (3:00 p.m. CT) in the Round of 16.

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