<body><div><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=0SZyVN_0wF9XUrD00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=0SZyVN_0wF9XUrD00" width="1920" height="1080" ></figure>TULSA, Okla. – A run to the doubles semifinals by Alejandro Jacome and Kristof Minarik highlighted the weekend for the Wichita State men's tennis team at the 2024 ITA Central Region Championships at Tulsa's Michael D. Case Tennis Center.The Minarik/Jacome duo became the sixth Shockers to reach the doubles semifinals at Central Regionals all-time and the first since Andrea Caligiana and Miroslav Herzan did so in 2017.The pair of Arenui Luethi and Luke Bracks collected a doubles win in the round of 64 before falling in the next round to Nebraska's Leo Linquet and Juan Espinosa.In singles, all Shockers were able to reach the main draw, after Bracks, Ilias Worthington, and Luca Mindrut collected wins in qualifying to jump into the big dance.In the main draw, Bracks and Minarik were the only two Shockers to collect a win, with Minarik winning two matches before falling to Memphis' Michael Kouame in the round of 16 in a tight three-set bout, 4-6, 6-4, 6-2.A list of all results in both singles and doubles for the Shockers in Tulsa is below broken down by player and roundThe next action for the Shockers is at the 2024 American Athletic Conference Individual Championships in Houston, Texas at Rice's George R. Brown Tennis Center.Doubles:Alejandro Jacome &amp; Kristof Minarik[13] Jacome/Minarik (Wichita State) def. Ricardo Filho/Lucas Couy (Oral Roberts) 8-2[13] Jacome/Minarik (WSU) def. [8] Khololwam Montsi/Hank Trondson (Oklahoma) 8-6[4] Isaac Becroft/Alessio Basile (Oklahoma State) def. [13] Jacome/Minarik (WSU) 6-2, 3-6, 1-0 (6)Arenui Luethi &amp; Luke BracksLuethi/Bracks (WSU) def. Alejandro Gandini/Zachary Kuo (Creighton) 8-5[12] Leo Linquet/Joan Espinosa (Nebraska) def. Luethi/Bracks (WSU) 8-0Vanja Hodzic &amp; Ilias Worthington[9] Asahi Harazaki/Carlos Valdes (Oklahoma) def. Hodzic/Worthington (WSU) 8-4Singles:Singles Qualifying[5] Bracks (WSU) def. Couy (ORU) 6-4, 6-4Singles Main DrawBracks (WSU) def. Vojtech Petr (OKLA) 6-1, 7-6 (3)[1] Calvin Mueller (NEB) def. Bracks (WSU) 6-2, 6-4Additional MatchesBracks (WSU) def. Gus Tettamble (Tulsa) 6-7 (6), 6-0, 6-3Singles Main DrawAlex Okonkwo (TLS) def. Hodzic (WSU) 6-3, 6-0Singles ConsolationJose Frias (Drake) def. Hodzic (WSU) 6-4, 4-6, 7-5Additional MatchesLars Johann (NEB) def. Hodzic (WSU) 6-2, 6-2Singles Main DrawConnor Doig (TLS) def. Jacome (WSU) 7-6 (8), 6-4Singles ConsolationMikhail Korkunov (Omaha) def. Jacome (WSU) 6-3, 6-4Additional MatchesJacome (WSU) def. Ethan Terry (North Dakota) 6-4, 6-1Singles Main DrawBryan Kuntz (OMA) def. Luethi (WSU) 4-6, 6-2, 6-4Singles ConsolationParv Nage (ORU) def. Luethi (WSU) 3-6, 6-3, 6-4Additional MatchesLuethi (WSU) def. Colson Wells (NEB) 4-6, 6-4, 6-2Singles Main DrawMinarik (WSU) def. Ian Bracks (OKST) 7-5, 6-3Minarik (WSU) def. [15] Timothy Seger (TLS) 7-5, 4-6, 6-3Michael Kouame (Memphis) def. Minarik (WSU) 4-6, 6-4, 6-2Singles QualifyingMindrut (WSU) def. Ryan Holloway (ORU) 6-1, 6-4Singles Main Draw[16] Harry Rock (MEM) def. Mindrut (WSU) 6-1, 7-6 (9)Singles ConsolationHank Trondson (OKLA) def. Mindrut (WSU) 6-3, 6-1Additional MatchesMindrut (WSU) def. Calum Jestin (TLS) 7-6 (9), 7-5Singles Qualifying[1] Worthington (WSU) def. Riki Koshimizu (Saint Louis) 6-2, 6-3Singles Main Draw[13] Benedikt Emesz (Arkansas) def. Worthington (WSU) 6-1, 1-6, 6-4Singles ConsolationTy Wunderlich (OKST) def. Worthington (WSU) 7-6 (5), 7-6 (5)Additional MatchesWill Pellegrini (TLS) def. Worthington (WSU) 6-1, 6-1</div></body>

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TULSA, Okla. – A run to the doubles semifinals by Alejandro Jacome and Kristof Minarik highlighted the weekend for the Wichita State men's tennis team at the 2024 ITA Central Region Championships at Tulsa's Michael D. Case Tennis Center. The Minarik/Jacome duo became the sixth Shockers to reach the...