Half-dozen Grinnell entries advance to round of 32 at ITA Regional Championships

Results

ST. PETER, Minn. - Six Grinnell College men's tennis entries have advanced to Saturday's round of 32 at the ITA Regional Championships hosted by Gustavus Adolphus College.

Four of the entries are in singles play with Henry Park '28, Garvin Murray '29, Devansh Punjabi '29 and Maxi Gutbezahl '29. Doubles entries advancing were the duos of Keigo Kamata '30-Josh Kruger '29 and Gutbezahl-Alex Doane '28.

Gutbezahl, the No. 4 seed in singles, received a first-round bye before defeating an opponent from Milwaukee School of Engineering 6-2, 6-4.

Murray and Punjabi are both No. 9 seeds, while Park earned a No. 17 seed. Murray had a first-round bye before defeating a player from the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater 6-4, 6-2. Punjabi also had a bye and then defeated a player from Bethany Lutheran College 6-3, 6-2. Park also had an opening-round bye and then beat a player from Bethany Lutheran 4-6, 6-2, 10-3.

Gutbezahl and Doane are the fourth seed in doubles play and posted an 8-4 victory over an opponent from Concordia (Wis.). Kamata and Kruger moved on with an 8-2 decision over a duo from MSOE.

Three Grinnell entries in the Midwest Open B singles advanced. Those players are Kruger, Tavin Lee '29 and Kaan Mac Donald '28. Paul Leighninger '29 is in the semifinals of the Midwest Open G singles division.

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