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Thompson and Ton Advance to ITA Regional Semifinal

| Box Score 4 CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. –– The Navy doubles team of Derrick Thompson (So., Towson, Md.) and Andrew Ton (Jr., Milpitas, Calif.) advanced to the semifinal round of the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Atlantic Regional Championship this weekend in Charlottesville, Va.
 
Thompson and Ton entered the event as the No. 12 seed.  The team won its first two matches by scores of 9-7 and 8-5, then won an 8-1 decision over the No. 7 seed, William & Mary's Joseph Brailovsky and Brenden Volk, to advance to the eight-team quarterfinal round.  The pair would defeat Old Dominion's 11th-seeded team of Younes Lalami and Nicola Vidal, 8-2, to reach the semifinal.  There, the run by the Mids would end with a 4-6, 7-5, 1-0 (10-5) loss to Liberty's Nicaise Muamba and Deji Thomas-Smith (Liberty), the 14th-seeded pairing in the tournament.
 
Navy placed an additional tandem into the quarterfinal round of the tournament.  The Jack Dabek (So., Dublin, Ohio) and Greg Durham (Sr., Melbourne Beach, Fla.) duo was seeded 13th in the draw of 64 teams.  After recording 8-4 wins in the rounds of 64 and 32, the pair defeated Virginia's Christian Alshon and Matthew Lord, the No. 5 seed, by the score of 9-7 in the round of 16.  Dabek and Durham would fall, 8-3, to Old Dominion's Jannick Griesse and Francois Musitelli, which entered play as the top-seeded team.
 
Thompson and Ton also highlighted the efforts of the Mids in singles.  Both players were seeded –– Ton 17th and Thompson 21st –– and received byes through the first two rounds (256, 128) into the round of 64.  Thompson would win two matches, including a round of 32 victory over the tournament's No. 12 seed, Jannick Griesse from Old Dominion, to reach the round of 16.  It was there where he lost a 7-6 (7-5), 7-5 match to VCU's Ingio Torre Martin, the No. 6 seed.
 
Ton, meanwhile, won his first match before falling to the event's No. 4 seed, Ryan Goetz from Virginia, in the round of 32.
 
Also reaching the round of 64 through wins were Durham and Gavin Segraves (Fr., Charlottesville, Fla.).  Durham won two matches and Segraves won one match to join Thompson and Ton in the round.
 
Navy's fall slate will continue Nov. 1-3 when it heads to Sarasota, Fla., to compete in the Dick Vitale Clay Court Collegiate Classic.
 
Singles Championship Draw
Round of 256
Ian Sturgill (Liberty) def. Romesh Kahatapitiya, 6-4, 6-7 (3-7), 6-1
Matthew Lee def. Matko Vargo (Radford), 7-6 (8-6), 6-2
Nickolas Frisk (St. Joseph's) def. Conners O'Brien, 3-6, 6-1, 6-3
Beekman Schaffer (St. Joseph's) def. Christian Pumpelly, 6-3, 6-4
Timo Zgraggen (VCU) def. Jan Kjellberg, 6-3, 6-4
Greg Durham def. Rithik Sardana (George Mason), 6-3, 6-1
 
Round of 128
Deji Thomas-Smith (Liberty) def. Matthew Lee, 7-5, 2-6, 6-1
Gavin Segraves def. Oguzhan Ceylan (Morgan State), 6-0, 3-0, ret.
Greg Durham def. Guillermo Cagigas (Longwood), 6-4, 5-7, 6-2
Chase Burton (Liberty) def. Jack Dabek, 3-6, 6-3, 6-1
 
Round of 64
#17 Andrew Ton def. Goncalo Ferreira (Liberty), 6-4, 7-6 (7-3)
#9 Lleyton Cronje (VCU) def. Gavin Segraves, 6-3, 6-1
#21 Derrick Thompson def. Chkayo Sato (Penn State), 6-3, 6-2
#27 Alvaro Arcve (James Madison) def. Greg Durham, 6-2, 6-4
 
Round of 32
#4 Ryan Goetz (Virginia) def. #17 Andrew Ton, 6-3, 6-2
#21 Derrick Thompson def. #12 Jannick Griesse (Old Dominion), 6-3, 6-2
 
Round of 16
#6 Ingio Torre Martin (VCU) def. #21 Derrick Thompson, 7-6 (7-5), 7-5
 
Singles Consolation Matches
Conners O'Brien def. Stefan Petrovic, 6-3, 7-6 (9-7)
Alex Mascioli (Duquesne) def.  Christian Pumpelly, 6-1, 6-2
Jan Kjellberg def. Josh Wolfe (Lafayette), 6-0, 6-0
Romesh Kahatapitiya def. Ryan Charles (George Mason), 6-1, 6-4
Jack Dabek def. Alp Sentay (Penn State), 6-2, 6-3
 
Doubles Championship Draw
Round of 64
#13 Jack Dabek / Greg Durham def. Shrey Gupta / Nihit Rawal (Morgan State), 8-4
#4 Henrik Korsgaard / Brandon Perez (Virgina Tech) def. Romesh Kahatapitiya / Gavin Segraves, 8-1
#12 Derrick Thompson / Andrew Ton def. Faisal Alrebdi / Jakob Nielsen (George Mason), 9-7
 
Round of 32
#13 Jack Dabek / Greg Durham def. Sebastian Quiros / Oren Vasser (William & Mary), 8-4
#12 Derrick Thompson / Andrew Ton def. Nathan Perrone / Nickolas Frisk (St. Joseph's), 8-5
 
Round of 16
#13 Jack Dabek / Greg Durham def. #5 Christian Alshon / Matthew Lord (Virginia), 9-7
#12 Derrick Thompson / Andrew Ton def. #7 Joseph Brailovsky / Brenden Volk (William & Mary), 8-1
 
Quarterfinals
#1 Jannick Griesse / Francois Musitelli (Old Dominion) def. #13 Jack Dabek / Greg Durham, 8-3
#12 Derrick Thompson / Andrew Ton def. #11 Younes Lalami / Nicola Vidal (Old Dominion), 8-2
 
Semifinals
#14 Nicaise Muamba / Deji Thomas-Smith (Liberty) def. #12 Derrick Thompson / Andrew Ton, 4-6, 7-5, 1-0 (10-5)
 
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Jack Dabek

Jack Dabek

Sophomore
Greg Durham

Greg Durham

Senior
Jan Kjellberg

Jan Kjellberg

Sophomore
Matthew Lee

Matthew Lee

Senior
Conners O

Conners O'Brien

Sophomore
Derrick Thompson

Derrick Thompson

Sophomore
Andrew Ton

Andrew Ton

Junior
Christian Pumpelly

Christian Pumpelly

Freshman
Gavin Segraves

Gavin Segraves

Freshman

Players Mentioned

Jack Dabek

Jack Dabek

Sophomore
Greg Durham

Greg Durham

Senior
Jan Kjellberg

Jan Kjellberg

Sophomore
Matthew Lee

Matthew Lee

Senior
Conners O

Conners O'Brien

Sophomore
Derrick Thompson

Derrick Thompson

Sophomore
Andrew Ton

Andrew Ton

Junior
Christian Pumpelly

Christian Pumpelly

Freshman
Gavin Segraves

Gavin Segraves

Freshman