Box Score STANFORD, Calif. – Sema Pankin won two Friday's singles matches to reach the quarterfinals of the ITA Northwest Super Regional hosted at the Taube Family Tennis Center. Pankin was knocked out of the draw in a three-setter to Pacific's Ran Amar on Saturday.
Pankin defeated Ryan Torres of UC Davis in the opening round and then knocked off Gonzaga's Sasha Trkulja in the Round of 16, both in straight sets.
Eleftherios Neos won his opening round singles match over Nevada's Matheo Coupu 6-3, 7-6 as well on Friday before falling to No. 74 Joshua Charlton of Oregon in the second round.
Pankin and Neos, ranked No. 10 nationally preseason for doubles, won their opening doubles match as the draw's No. 2 seed, but dropped an 8-5 decision to a tandem from Sacramento State in the quarterfinals. Fellow Pilots Nikolas Tvedt and Nicolas Ocana qualified in doubles, but fell in the opening round to a team from Stanford.
Tvedt and Ocana went on to each win extra singles matches on Sunday.
The tournament continues through the weekend with championship matches scheduled for Monday.
ITA Northwest Super Regional
Stanford, Calif. (Taube Family Tennis Center)
Oct. 21-24, 2022
Singles
32 #120 (2) Sema Pankin (POR) def. Ryan Torres (UCD) 6-3, 6-4
32 Eleftherios Neos (POR) def. Matheo Coupu (NEV) 6-3, 7-6 (4)
16 #120 (2) Pankin (POR) def. Sasha Trkulja (GON) 7-6 (6), 6-4
16 #74 (3) Joshua Charlton (UO) def. Neos (POR) 6-1, 6-2
QF Ran Amar (PAC) def. #120 (2) Pankin (POR) 6-2, 3-6, 6-1
C Nicolas Ocana (POR) def. Thibaud Maxant (SMC) 7-6 (3), 6-2
C Nikolas Tvedt (POR) def. Loris Zisswiller (NEV) 6-3, 6-4
Doubles
16 #10 (2) Pankin/Neos (POR) def. Ivailo Keremedchiev/Jesper Klov-Nilsson (UO) 8-5
16 (3) Max Basing/Nishesh Basavareddy (STAN) def. Tvedt/Ocana (POR) 8-0
QF Mark Keki/Mate Voros (SAC) def. #10 (2) Pankin/Neos (POR) 8-5
C John Kim/Michael Wright (CAL) def. Tvedt/Ocana (POR) 8-7 (2)