Columbus, Ohio- The Cleveland State men's tennis team wrapped up day one at the ITA Midwest Regionals Thursday, with two Vikings picking up wins in the first round of Qualifying Singles play.

Max Henson and Alexander Nikolov were the two Vikings to earn wins in the opening round, Henson over Western Michigan and Nikolov over Toledo. Both Max Henson and Alexander Nikolov will move on to the second round of Qualifying Singles play.

The other four Vikings that played today lost in the first round of qualifying but Tristan Stine and Nicolas Wild both won their consolation singles match.  


Action at the ITA Midwest Regionals will continue tomorrow, with Nico Jamison/Tristan Stine, Nicolas Wild/Max Henson, and Alexander Nikolov/Niko Jacobson will play in their Main Draw Doubles matches. Along with Max Henson and Alexander Nikolov play their second round qualifying singles matches.

Qualifying Singles – Round One
Max Henson (Cleveland State) def. Dominik Vonbank (Western Michigan) 6-3, 6-2
Kristian Blagoev (Marquette) def. Connor Thornton (Cleveland State) 6-4, 6-1
Mihailo Savic (Illinois-Chicago) def. Nicolas Wild (Cleveland State) 6-3, 6-4
Alexander Nikolov (Cleveland State) def. Charlie Snow (Toledo) 6-2, 6-7 (4-7), 6-3
Jens Holger Nissen (Wisconsin) def. Tristan Stine (Cleveland State) 6-3, 5-7, 6-1
Pierce Shaya (Michigan) def. Niko Jacobson (Cleveland State) 7-5, 6-1


Qualifying Singles - Consolation
Charlie Snow (Toledo) def. Connor Thornton (Cleveland State) 7-5, 6-2
Tristan Stine (Cleveland State) def. Victor Dorojan (Illinois-Chicago) 6-1, 6-1
Nicolas Wild (Cleveland States) def. Esi Molefe (Chicago State) 7-5, 6-2