Down to the Final 8 in Kalamazoo

It took almost almost a week but a top eight seed finally went down on Wednesday afternoon in Kalamazoo. In the only match of the day that went three sets it was [26] Timothy Sah upsetting [3] JJ Wolf 3-6, 6-2, 7-6(2). According to Colette Lewis's recap at ZooTennis, Wolf served for the match up 6-5 in the third but he wasn't able to close the door and Sah marched on through to score the upset. Colette has quotes from both Sah and Gianni Ross with the latter winning in straight sets despite an upset stomach.

5th Round:
[1] Michael Mmoh (Pro) def. [10] Oliver Crawford ('17) 6-1, 7-6(4)
[5] Gianni Ross ('17) def. [14] Austin Huang ('17) 6-3, 6-4
[4] Sam Riffice ('18) def. [12] Jacob Brumm ('17) 6-0, 6-1
[8] Trent Bryde ('18) def. [29] Alafia Ayeni ('17) 6-2, 6-3
[6] Zeke Clark (Illinois commit) def. [9] Nathan Ponwith (Georgia commit) 7-5, 6-2
[26] Timothy Sah ('17) def. [3] JJ Wolf ('17 Ohio State commit) 3-6, 6-2, 7-6(2)
[7] Vasil Kirkov ('18) def. [11] Alexandre Rotsaert ('18) 6-4, 6-2
[2] John McNally ('17 Ohio State commit) def. [27] John Speicher ('17) 6-4, 6-2

Quarterfinals:
[1] Michael Mmoh (Pro) vs. [5] Gianni Ross ('17) - 12:30 p.m. ET
[4] Sam Riffice ('18) vs. [8] Trent Bryde ('18)  - 11 a.m. ET
[6] Zeke Clark (Illinois commit) vs. [26] Timothy Sah ('17) - 11 a.m. ET
[2] John McNally ('17 Ohio State commit) vs. [7] Vasil Kirkov ('18) - 1 p.m. ET

Breakdown of Final 8

By High School Graduation Class:
2016 - 2
2017 - 3
2018 - 3

By TRN Star
Blue Chip - 8

By Home State
California - 2
Florida - 1
Ohio - 1
Georgia - 1
Illinois - 1
Maryland - 1
Oklahoma - 1

By College Commitment
Undecided - 5
Ohio State - 1
Illinois - 1
Turned Pro - 1

By UTR
Low - 13.57 (Sah)
High - 14.58 (Mmoh)
Avg - 14.05

The Tennis Recruiting Network is doing it's analytical round-by-round predictions and likes Mmoh, Riffice, Clark, and McNally with Ross the biggest longshot.

The google doc lets you scroll with the headers staying in place so it may be easier to view it here instead of the chart below.

Doubles Quarterfinals
[10] Sam Riffice/Anu Kodali def. Connor Hance/Mac Kiger 7-5, 5-7, 1-0 (8)
[4] JJ Wolf/John McNally def. Brandon Lam/Beau Pelletier 6-2, 7-5
[3] Oliver Crawford/Patrick Kypson def. [16] Adam Ambrozy/Bennett Crane 2-6, 7-6(7), 1-0 (2)
Sean Sculley/Nick Stachowiak def. Matthew Gamble/Sam Turchetta 7-6(5), 6-2

Semifinals
[4] JJ Wolf/John McNally vs. [10] Sam Riffice/Anu Kodali
[3] Oliver Crawford/Patrick Kypson vs. Sean Sculley/Nick Stachowiak


Singles Back-Draw

4Q	Ivan Thamma d. Michael Dickson	6-1; 6-1
4Q	Ethan Prost d. Jason Kerst	7-5; 6-3
4Q	(28) Maxwell Freeman d. Caleb Chakravarthi	6-3; 6-1
4Q	Payton Holden d. (32) Casey Ross	4-6; 6-0; 1-0(9)
4Q	Brandon Ancona d. Brandon Lam	1-6; 7-5; 8-2Ret (inj)
4Q	(23) Matthew Lord d. Tristan McCormick	7-5; 7-6(6)
4Q	(15) William Genesen d. Mac Kiger	7-6(1); 6-1
4Q	Nick Stachowiak d. David Horneffer	6-4; 6-1
4Q	Bjorn Hoffmann d. Bennett Crane	6-2; 7-6(4)
4Q	Mitchell Iwahiro d. Cotter Wilson	7-6(3); 6-4
4Q	Brian Cernoch d. Kristopher Ortega	7-6(3); 6-4
4Q	Jackson Allen d. Beau Pelletier	6-1; 7-5
4Q	Jeremy Yuan d. Connor Lee	7-6(2); 6-3
4Q	(24) Ryan Seggerman d. Kento Perera	6-4; 6-2
4Q	Robert Krill d. Kevin Ma	6-4; 6-2
4Q	Jonathan Star d. Charles Deng	6-1; 6-3