Lin Advances To Regional Semis

***EDIT: THE REMAINING SEMIS AND FINALS OF REGIONALS WERE NOT CONTESTED BEYOND OCT. 8, AS THE PLAYERS WERE MOVED ON TO ITA SUPER REGIONALS***

SPOKANE, Wash. -- Han-Chih Lin got his third win at ITA Northwest Regionals to advance into the singles semifinals today at Gonzaga's Stevens Center. Sophomore Nedim Suko also picked up a couple wins to make the consolation draw final.

Lin bounced back from a 1-6 first set loss to Gonzaga's Leon Roider, winning the second and third sets, 6-3, 6-3. 

Sophomore Rikuto Yamaguchi dropped his quarterfinal match to the top seed, Matthew Hollingworth, by a 6-2, 6-2 margin.

Suko had a couple wins over Andrin Zuellig of Portland State and Filip Stipic of Seattle U. in the consolation draw today. Suko and Lin also teamed for an 8-4 doubles win over Sarlvik/Dalos of Eastern Washington. Freshman Brett Pearson and Yamaguchi also had a tiebreak win in doubles over another EWU tandem, Ortega and Paz.

ITA Northwest Regionals
Oct. 8, 2022
Spokane, Wash. | Stevens Center

Singles - Quarterfinals
(2) Han-Chih Lin (UW) def. (9-16) Leon Roider (Gonz) - 1-6, 6-3, 6-3
(1) Matthew Hollingworth (Gonz) def. (9-16) Rikuto Yamaguchi (UW) - 6-2, 6-2

Singles - Consolation
Nedim Suko (UW) def. Andrin Zuellig (PSU) - 6-1, 6-3
Nedim Suko (UW) def. Filip Stipic (Seattle) - 2-6, 6-1, (10-3)
Pablo Gomez Galvan (Gonz) def. Jacob Sleight (UW) - 6-2, 6-2

Doubles - Consolation
Lin/Suko (UW) def. Sarlvik/Dalos (EWU) - 8-4
Pearson/Yamaguchi (UW) def. Ortega/Paz (EWU) - 8-7 (5)