Patrick Kaukovalta Advances to Singles Championship at Milwaukee Tennis Classic
9/22/2018 8:31:00 PM | Men's Tennis
Kaukovalta will play tomorrow in the finals with the time to be announced
MILWAUKEE, Wis. – Sophomore Patrick Kaukovalta moved on to the finals of the Milwaukee Tennis Classic after winning two singles matches on Saturday in Milwaukee, Wis. Kaukovalta will take on the winner of Luca Wiedenmann (Tennessee) and Henrik Korsgaard (Virginia Tech) which will be played tomorrow morning.
The Espoo, Finland native, pushed past Joel Gamerov (San Diego), 6-3, 1-6, 6-2, before Keenan Mayo (Illinois), 7-5, 6-2, on Saturday.
The winner of the championship match qualifies for the National Fall Championships on November 7-11 in Surprise, Ariz. Sunday's final will be played in the Al McGuire Center, which plays host to Marquette University's basketball and volleyball teams.
After having the third set of his match against Jake DeVine (USC) continuing from yesterday, junior Edson Ortiz fell in a tightly-contested third set, 7-6(2). In doubles, the duo fell to Shick/Ogden (NC State), 6-2.
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