KNOXVILLE, Tenn. --- The ninth-seeded doubles team of
Tomas Rodriguez and
Peyton Gatti earned a tough 4-6, 6-4 [10-7] comeback win over Oscar Cutting and David Stevenson of Memphis, the fifth-ranked doubles team in the country, to advance to the ITA Ohio Valley Regional Doubles Championship on a sunny Sunday afternoon in Knoxville, Tenn.
The duo gets set for a title match against Kentucky's JJ Mercer and Joshua Lapadat, also a nine seed, tomorrow at 10 AM ET. Rodriguez and Gatti became the first UTC pair to advance to the Main Doubles Round of 4 in program history yesterday before building on the historic achievement today.
In addition,
Jacob Marshall and
Ryan Mudre earned a berth into the doubles Consolation Championship match following yesterday's action. The team saw its deep run come to a second-place finish after an 8-1 loss to Tennessee's Angel Diaz and Shunsuke Mitsui.
In the singles Consolation Quarterfinal Round, Mudre and
Jordan McClure each suffered defeats early on Sunday. Mudre dropped a 6-4, 6-0 decision to Indiana's Vikash Singh while McClure fell 6-2, 6-3 to MTSU's Pavel Motl, the 16 seed.
All live stats and live video feed links are available on the schedule page. Check back at GoMocs.com for all results and information for this week's ITA Ohio Valley Regional.
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