The UTR Sports College Championship on March 14-16 was an innovative collegiate tournament featuring four men’s tennis programs: Baylor, Pepperdine, Arizona State, and Princeton. Set at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden during the BNP Paribas Open, the event was an opportunity for college tennis to be showcased on a global stage.
Fans attending the BNP Paribas Open had access to the UTR Sports College Championship matches with a ticket to the respective day. Check out our live blog below for all the results. Live coverage was broadcast on RadioTennis.com for all three days of matches. Be sure to follow for more @UTR_Sports!
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Sunday, March 16: (4) ASU def. (2) Baylor, 4-3
After two days of semifinal drama, the UTR Sports College Championship final took place on Sunday in Indian Wells. Taking center stage on the courts ahead of the BNP Paribas Open finals, Baylor faced Arizona State for the inaugural title.
After Arizona State won the doubles point with tiebreaker wins at courts No. 1 and No. 3, Baylor bounced back in singles. Tied 3-3, the championship came down to No. 6 singles where ASU's Roi Ginat closed out the victory.
Doubles
No. 1 Bor Artnak/Daniel Phillips (ASU) def. Oskar Brostrom Poulsen/Marko Miladinovic (Baylor), 7-6(5)
No. 2 Devin Badenhorst/Luc Koenig (Baylor) def. Roi Ginat(ASU)/Nicola Cigna (ASU), 6-4
No. 3 Matic Dimic/Constantinos Koshis (ASU) def. Zsombor Velcz/Louis Bowden (Baylor, 7-6(5)
ASU wins the doubles point
Singles
No. 1 Bor Artnak (ASU) def. Devin Badenhorst (Baylor), 6-3, 6-3
No. 2 Mathis Bondaz (ASU) def. Oskar Brostrom Poulsen (Baylor), 6-1, 6-2
No. 3 Zsombor Velcz (Baylor) def. Nicola Cigna (ASU), 3-6, 6-4, 6-2
No. 4 Alexandru Chirita (Baylor) def. Constantinos Koshis (ASU), 6-3, 6-4
No. 5 Luc Koenig (Baylor) def. Matic Dimic (ASU), 6-1, 4-6, 6-2
No. 6 Roi Ginat (ASU) def. Marko Miladinovic (Baylor), 6-7(7), 6-4, 6-4*
*Clinch
Order of Finish:2,4,1,5,3,6
In the 3rd/4th place playoff between Princeton and Pepperdine, the Waves won to secure the third-place finish.
(3) Pepperdine def. (1) Princeton, 4-2
Doubles
1. Filippos Astreinidis/Paul Inchauspe (Princeton) def. Edward Winter/Hugh Winter (Pepperdine), 7-6 (3)
2. Fnu Nidunjianzan/Ellis Short (Princeton) def. Linus Carlsson Halldin/Maxi Homberg (Pepperdine), 6-3
3. Aleksa Pisaric/Lasse Poertner (Pepperdine) def. Landon Ardila/Aleksandar Mitric (Princeton) 6-1
Princeton wins the doubles point.
Singles
1. Edward Winter (Pepperdine) def. Paul Inchauspe (Princeton) 6-1, 4-1, RET
2. Fnu Nidunjianzan (Princeton) def. Maxi Homberg (Pepperdine) 6-0, 6-0
3. Linus Carlsson Halldin (Pepperdine) vs. Landon Ardila (Princeton) 6-4, 6-7 (3), 3-3, DNF
4. Lasse Poertner (Pepperdine) def. Ellis Short (Princeton) 6-0, 6-2
5. Aleksa Pisaric (Pepperdine) def. Evan Wen (Princeton) 4-6, 6-2, 6-2*
6. David Fix (Pepperdine) def. Aleksandar Mitric (Princeton) 6-3, 4-6, 6-2
*Clinch
Order of finish: 2,1,4,6,5
Saturday, March 15:(4)Arizona State def. (1) Princeton, 4-2
Day 2 of the UTR Sports College Championship featured the second semifinal of the tournament: top seed Princeton vs. No. 4 seed Arizona State. The dual match took place on the practice courts in Indian Wells ahead of the men’s semifinals (Holger Rune vs. Daniil Medvedev and Jack Draper vs. Carlos Alcaraz).
Doubles
No. 1 Paul Inchauspe/Filippos Astreinidis (Princeton) def. Bor Artnak/Matic Dimic (ASU), 6-4
No. 2 Fnu Nidunjianzan/Ellis Short (Princeton) vs. Constantinos Koshis (ASU)/Nicola Cigna (ASU), 5-4, DNF
No. 3 Landon Ardila/Aleksandar Mitric (Princeton) def. Mikey Anderson/Tanner Povey (ASU), 6-4
Princeton wins the doubles point
Singles
No. 1 Bor Artnak (ASU) def. Paul Inchauspe (Princeton), 7-6(5), 7-6(5)
No. 2 Mathis Bondaz (ASU) def. Fnu Nidunjianzan (Princeton), 3-6, 6-4, 6-3
No. 3 Landon Ardila (Princeton) def. Nicola Cigna (ASU), 6-4, 6-4
No. 4 Ellis Short (Princeton) vs. Constantinos Koshis (ASU), 6-4,6-6(4-1), DNF
No. 5 Matic Dimic (ASU) def. Evan Wen (Princeton), 7-5, 1-6, 7-6(5)*
No. 6 Roi Ginat (ASU) def. Aleksandar Mitric (Princeton), 6-4, 6-2
*Clinch
Order of Finish: 3, 6, 1, 2, 5
That’s a wrap on semifinal action from the UTR Sports College Championship in Indian Wells. The final between Arizona State and Baylor will take place on Sunday at 9:30 a.m. PST on P15-20. The playoff for third place will follow between Princeton and Pepperdine.
Friday, March 14: (2) Baylor def. (3) Pepperdine, 4-3
Day 1 of the UTR Sports College Championship at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells featured a showdown between Pepperdine and Baylor in the tournament’s first semifinal on Practice Courts 15-20.
Doubles
No. 1 Edward Winter/Hugh Winter (Pepperdine) vs. Oskar Brostrom Poulsen/Marko Miladinovic (Baylor), 2-5, DNF
No. 2 Devin Badenhorst/Luc Koenig (Baylor) def. Maxi Homberg/Linus Carlsson Halldin (Pepperdine), 6-4
No. 3 Zsombor Velcz/Louis Bowden (Baylor) def. Aleksa Pisaric/Lasse Poertner (Pepperdine), 6-3
Baylor wins the doubles point.
Singles
No. 1 Edward Winter (Pepperdine) def. Devin Badenhorst (Baylor), 4-6, 7-6(6), 6-4
No. 2 Oskar Brostrom Poulsen (Baylor) def. Maxi Homberg (Pepperdine), 6-2, 5-7, 7-6(7)*
No. 3 Zsombor Velcz (Baylor) def. Linus Carlsson Halldin (Pepperdine), 6-4, 6-4
No. 4 Lasse Poertner (Pepperdine) def. Alexandru Chirita (Baylor), 6-1, 7-5
No. 5 Aleksa Pisaric (Pepperdine) def. Louis Bowden (Baylor), 6-4, 7-6(3)
No. 6 Marko Miladinovic (Baylor) def. David Fix (Pepperdine) 6-4, 6-7(5), 6-2
*Clinch
Order of finish:4, 3, 5, 6, 1, 2
Saturday’s match will see Princeton battle Arizona State starting at 9:30 a.m. on Practice Courts 15-20. The third-place match and final are scheduled for Sunday at 8 am. and 9:30 a.m., respectively.
The UTR Sports College Championship is one of many initiatives by UTR Sports to innovate and promote collegiate tennis. The tournament offers a unique opportunity for collegiate athletes to compete on the same stage as the world's best professionals, enhancing the visibility of college tennis.
