Thursday, November 3
Flushing Meadows, N.Y.
All Day
Texas A&M
at
USTA/ITA National Indoor Championships
Lunkin and Rinderknech Fall at 2016 USTA/ITA National Indoors
Nov 04, 2016 | Men's Tennis
FLUSHING, NY – Junior Arthur Rinderknech and senior Max Lunkin suffered setbacks Friday at the USTA-Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing, NY.
The USTA/ITA National Indoor Intercollegiate Championships, which runs Nov. 3-6, is the fourth national championship of the 2016-17 ITA National Tournament calendar. Earlier this fall, national champions were crowned at the Men's and Women's All-American Championships, the Oracle ITA Masters and ITA Oracle Cup.
No. 9 Rinderknech dropped a hard-fought match to No. 7 Skander Monsouri of Wake Forest. Mansouri claimed an early break in each set and was able to hold on for the 6-4, 6-4 win. The two faced off at the 2016 NCAA Championships in Tulsa splitting the first two sets before Rinderknech was forced to retire due to injury.
No. 20 Rinderknech and Lunkin bounced back from a 6-4 setback in the first set to claim the second set by the same score against Jathan Malik and Kevin Wong of Michigan. The A&M pair had the opportunity to claim a second straight match in the third-set super tie-breaker, but were unable to prevail as they dropped a 10-7 decision.
The USTA/ITA National Indoor Intercollegiate Championships features 32 of the nation's elite men's and women's singles players, as well as 20 outstanding men's and women's doubles teams. Champions from the ITA Division I Regional Championships Presented by Oracle, ITA Oracle Cup, Oracle ITA Masters and the consolation champions, doubles finalists, men's singles quarterfinalists and women's singles semifinalists from the Saint Francis ITA Men's and Riviera/ITA Women's All-American Championships earned automatic entry into the event. Both the USTA and ITA selected at-large and wildcard participants, while Columbia University received a wildcard entry into each draw for serving as event host.
FloTennis will provide exclusive live streaming coverage of the entire 2016 USTA/ITA National Indoor Intercollegiate Championships, with at least one camera positioned on all nine competition courts. A subscription-based company, FloTennis offers its users monthly and annual rate payment options. For more information and to view the live stream, visit FloTennis.com.
Live scoring will also be available for the entire tournament, which along with updated draws, daily recaps, photo gallery links and other tournament information, can be viewed on the official ITA event page here. You can also follow the conversation Twitter by following @ITA_Tennis and using the hashtag #NationalIndoors.
Visit 12thMan.com for more information on Texas A&M men's tennis. Aggie fans also can keep up to date with the A&M men's tennis team on Twitter by following @AggieMTEN or on Facebook at Facebook.com/AggieMensTennis.
2016 USTA/ITA National Indoor Intercollegiate Championships
Singles
Round of 32
No. 9 Arthur Rinderknech (TAMU) def. No. 6 Tom Fawcett (Stanford) 6-7(5), 7-6(1), 6-3
Round of 16
No. 7 Skander Monsouri (Wake Forest) dcef. No. 9 Arthur Rinderknech (TAMU) 6-4, 6-4
Doubles
Round of 16
No. 20 Max Lunkin/Arthur Rinderknech (TAMU) def. Alfredo Perez/Johannes Ingildsen (Florida) 4-6, 7-5, 1-0[8]
Quarterfinals
Jathan Malik/Kevin Wong (Michigan) def. No. 20 Max Lunkin/Arthur Rinderknech (TAMU) 6-4, 4-6, 1-0[7]
The USTA/ITA National Indoor Intercollegiate Championships, which runs Nov. 3-6, is the fourth national championship of the 2016-17 ITA National Tournament calendar. Earlier this fall, national champions were crowned at the Men's and Women's All-American Championships, the Oracle ITA Masters and ITA Oracle Cup.
No. 9 Rinderknech dropped a hard-fought match to No. 7 Skander Monsouri of Wake Forest. Mansouri claimed an early break in each set and was able to hold on for the 6-4, 6-4 win. The two faced off at the 2016 NCAA Championships in Tulsa splitting the first two sets before Rinderknech was forced to retire due to injury.
No. 20 Rinderknech and Lunkin bounced back from a 6-4 setback in the first set to claim the second set by the same score against Jathan Malik and Kevin Wong of Michigan. The A&M pair had the opportunity to claim a second straight match in the third-set super tie-breaker, but were unable to prevail as they dropped a 10-7 decision.
The USTA/ITA National Indoor Intercollegiate Championships features 32 of the nation's elite men's and women's singles players, as well as 20 outstanding men's and women's doubles teams. Champions from the ITA Division I Regional Championships Presented by Oracle, ITA Oracle Cup, Oracle ITA Masters and the consolation champions, doubles finalists, men's singles quarterfinalists and women's singles semifinalists from the Saint Francis ITA Men's and Riviera/ITA Women's All-American Championships earned automatic entry into the event. Both the USTA and ITA selected at-large and wildcard participants, while Columbia University received a wildcard entry into each draw for serving as event host.
FloTennis will provide exclusive live streaming coverage of the entire 2016 USTA/ITA National Indoor Intercollegiate Championships, with at least one camera positioned on all nine competition courts. A subscription-based company, FloTennis offers its users monthly and annual rate payment options. For more information and to view the live stream, visit FloTennis.com.
Live scoring will also be available for the entire tournament, which along with updated draws, daily recaps, photo gallery links and other tournament information, can be viewed on the official ITA event page here. You can also follow the conversation Twitter by following @ITA_Tennis and using the hashtag #NationalIndoors.
Visit 12thMan.com for more information on Texas A&M men's tennis. Aggie fans also can keep up to date with the A&M men's tennis team on Twitter by following @AggieMTEN or on Facebook at Facebook.com/AggieMensTennis.
2016 USTA/ITA National Indoor Intercollegiate Championships
Singles
Round of 32
No. 9 Arthur Rinderknech (TAMU) def. No. 6 Tom Fawcett (Stanford) 6-7(5), 7-6(1), 6-3
Round of 16
No. 7 Skander Monsouri (Wake Forest) dcef. No. 9 Arthur Rinderknech (TAMU) 6-4, 6-4
Doubles
Round of 16
No. 20 Max Lunkin/Arthur Rinderknech (TAMU) def. Alfredo Perez/Johannes Ingildsen (Florida) 4-6, 7-5, 1-0[8]
Quarterfinals
Jathan Malik/Kevin Wong (Michigan) def. No. 20 Max Lunkin/Arthur Rinderknech (TAMU) 6-4, 4-6, 1-0[7]
Players Mentioned
/ Men's Tennis
/ Men's Tennis
Media Availability: Steve Denton
Monday, October 13
Baylor Postgame: Steve Denton, Theo Papamalamis, Alan Magadan
Sunday, May 04
Rice Postgame: Togan Tokac
Saturday, May 03
NCAA Tournament Preview: Steve Denton, Raphael Perot
Tuesday, April 30
