Eugene Ore. – Two Zags moved onto the semifinals in the in the ITA Northwest Regional Championships on Friday.
Sophmore
Sasha Trkulja took down Oregon's Luke Vandecasteele, 7-5, 6-3, to move onto the semifinals. He takes on the No. 4 seed in the tournament Julien Penzlin from Portland.
Freshman Arthus de la Bassetière and junior
Matthew Hollingworth squared off against each other with de la Bassetiere defeating Hollingworth 7-6(5), 2-6, 6-2. de la Bassetiere will face Nedim Suko of Washington next. Junior
Oliver Andersson fought hard but fell to Nedim Suko, 6-7(7), 6-2, 6-4.
In the doubles bracket, Hollingworth and Trkulja took on Julien Penzlin and Nikolas Tvedt of Portland, taking them down in straight sets, 6-1, 6-3. They will take on Issa Yoshida and Leo Hibi of Portland in the semifinals. Graduate
Tom Hann and sophomore
Pablo Gomez Galvan took on Sema Pankin and Eleftherios Neos of Portland, falling in straight sets, 6-1, 6-2.
In some extra matches played, Gomez Galvan defeated Leo Hibi of Portland in a hard fought battle, 6-4, 5-7, 1-0 (5). Hann took down Ryoma Matsushita of Oregon in straight sets, 6-3, 7-5. Junior
Leon Roider defeated Rikuto Yamaguchi of Washington, 6-3, 6-2.
TOMORROW:
In the main draw bracket,
Sasha Trkulja will take on Portland's Julien Penzlin in the semifinals on Saturday at 1 pm. Arthus de la Bassetiere will take on Nedim Suko of Washington in the second semifinal match, also at 1 pm on Saturday.
In the doubles bracket, Hollingworth and Trkulja will go against Issa Yoshida and Leo Hibi of Portland. That semifinal match will take place Saturday at 1 pm.
Results can be found on GoZags.com, along with Twitter and Instagram @ZagMTennis.