Jesudason and De Sousa Move Onto Day Three of ITA Regionals

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Jesudason and De Sousa Move Onto Day Three of ITA Regionals

10/8/2022 4:30:00 PM | Men's Tennis

PHILADELPHIA – Alan Jesudason and Alex De Sousa of the Drexel men's tennis team advanced to the third day of the Intercollegiate Tennis Associaion Northeast Regional tournament. Jesudason advances to the third day as a singles competitor and the sophomore and De Sousa will compete in doubles play together.

Jesudason, after earning a bye in the first round, defeated Mehdi Dhouib of Farleigh Dickinson. The sophomore dropped the first set, 6-4, but bounced back to take the second and third sets, 6-3, 6-4. Jesudason will face Arman Sharman of Cornell on Sunday.

In doubles play, the pair of Jesudason and De Sousa earned a bye in the first round and then took down the team of Dhruv Tangri and Pablo Carrera of Rider, 8-2, to move onto Sunday. The duo will battle Manfredi Graziani and Matt Rutter of Penn.

Juan Manuel Sanchez
Round 1 – Juan Manuel Sanchez def. Quinn Fender (Fordham), 6-4, 1-6, 6-2
Round 2 – Adit Sinha (Cornell) [1-8] def. Juan Manuel Sanchez, 6-1, 6-3

Alan Jesudason [1-8]
Round 1 – BYE
Round 2 – Alan Jesudason def. Mehdi Dhouib (FDU), 4-6, 6-3, 6-4

Alex De Sousa [25-32]
Round 1 – BYE
Round 2 – Eric Li (Yale) def. Alex De Sousa, 5-7, 6-3, 6-4

Hugo Brungs
Hugo Brungs def. Daniils Snaiders (Buffalo), 6-3, 6-4
Jack McCarthy (Cornell) [1-8] def. Hugo Brungs, 6-2, 6-3

Kael Shah
Kael Shah def. Gryffin Minor (FDU), 6-2, 6-7 (3), 7-5
Ellis Short (Princeton) [9-16] def. Kael Shah, 3-6, 6-0, 6-2

Alan Jesudason / Alex De Sousa [5-16]
Round 1 – BYE
Round 2 – Alan Jesudason / Alex De Sousa def. Dhruv Tangri / Pablo Carrera (Rider), 8-2
Round 3 – Alan Jesudason / Alex De Sousa vs. Manfredi Graziani / Matt Rutter (Penn), Sunday 10/9

Kael Shah / Hugo Brungs
Kael Shah / Hugo Brungs def. Pavel Pertrov / Sam Townes (NJIT), 8-2
Baylor Sai / Zach Smith (Penn) [1-4] def. Kael Shah / Hugo Brungs, 8-1

Djordje Janackovic / Juan Manuel Sanchez
Round 1 – Rodrigo Perez / Odeda Arazza (Wagner) def. Djordje Janackovic / Juan Manuel Sanchez, 8-7 (6)