CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – Members of the Virginia men’s tennis team will be competing at the 75K Jonathan Fried Pro Challenger being held at the indoor courts of the Boar’s Head Sports Club Oct. 29- Nov. 5.
Iñaki Montes, Douglas Yaffa, James Hopper and Dylan Dietrich will begin play in qualifying matches on Sunday. Chris Rodesch will play in the main draw. Virginia alums Alexander Ritschard and Thai-Son Kwiatkowski will also be competing in the main draw in singles and doubles.
Both Montes and Dietrich won their qualifying openers with Montes earning a spot in the main draw with a 7-5, 6-2 win against No. 386 Christian Langmo.
Dietrich and James Hopper will play in the doubles main draw.
Admission is free for matches through Thursday.
This is the 14th year of the event that benefits Special Olympics.
Main Draw Action
- Thai-Son Kwiatkowski will play his main draw first round match against No. 245 Beibit Zhukayev of Kazakhstan at approximately 5 p.m. on Monday on the Brenda Myers court
- Chris Rodesch will face 7-seed Denis Kudla who is ranked No. 180 on Tuesday
- Iñaki Montes plays an opponent TBA on Tuesday
- Alexander Ritschard faces No. 328 Aidan McHugh on Tuesday
- Dylan Dietrich and James Hopper face Germans Sebastian Fanselow and Lucas Gerch in the first round of doubles
Monday, Oct. 30 – Qualifying Finals
- Iñaki Montes downed No. 386 Christian Langmo 7-5, 6-2 to advance through qualifying into the main draw
- Dylan Dietrich fell 7-6 (1), 6-3 against No. 461 Ethan Quinn, the 2023 NCAA Singles Champion
- Thai-Son Kwiatkowski will play his main draw first round match against No. 245 Beibit Zhukayev of Kazakhstan at approximately 5 p.m. on the Brenda Myers court
Sunday, Oct. 29
- Dylan Dietrich topped No. 501 Alexander Cozbinov of Moldova 6-4, 6-7 (4), 6-3 to advance to the qualifying final
- No. 519 Iñaki Montes topped American Alex Rybakov 6-2, 6-3. Rybakov is ranked No. 610
- James Hopper fell 6-0, 6-3 against Ethan Quinn
- Douglas Yaffa fell 6-2, 6-2 top seed of the qualifying draw No. 369 Aidan Mayo
- Alexander Kiefer withdrew due to injury