Riedel and Evans Reach Doubles Round of 16 as WMU Closes Out ITA Midwest Regional

CHICAGO, Ill. -- The Western Michigan men's tennis team wrapped up the 2025 ITA Midwest Regional, hosted by DePaul, in Chicago over the weekend, with the doubles team of Drew Evans and Tim Riedel reaching Quarterfinals to highlight the action.

SINGLES

After Alex Antonopolous and Oscar Corwin earned slots in the Singles Main Draw, joining Ashton Adesoro and Tim Reidel, on Thursday, only Antonopolous advanced to Saturday's round of 32. Antonopolous defeated Toledo's Poonthong Komolpisut 7-5, 7-6 (8-6) and then was pitted against Ohio State's Loren Byers. Byers won Saturday's match 6-0, 6-0.

In the Singles Main Draw Consolation Bracket Corwin defeated Wisconsin's Edouard Aubert 6-2, 4-4 with Aubert retiring in the second set. Adesoro also picked up win, defeating Illinois State's Adrian Dibildox 6-2, 6-3. The Saturday Singles Back Draw saw Dimitri Moriarty picking up a 6-0, 6-4 win over Cleveland State's Tristan Stine. Jonas Keck earned a 1-6, 7-6 (7-5), 1-0 (10-8) win over UT's Lucas Britez, while Chen-Hui Ho defeated CSU's Carl Gelitschka 6-2, 6-1.

DOUBLES

The Broncos had a strong start to the Doubles Draw on Friday, with every pairing winning their opening match. Corwin and Antonopolous defeated Michigan's Mert Oral and Arnav Bhandar 8-3, Keck and Ho defeated Northwestern's Ethan Schiffman and Dylan Charlap 8-6, Riedel and Evans earned an 8-3 win over Northern Illinois' Lorenzo Leti Messina and Federico Scotuzzi, and Matej Kajzer and Moriarty earned an 8-7 (9-7) win against UW's Patrick Meszaros and Edouard Aubert.

The pairing of Evans and Riedel were the only team from WMU to advance past the second round, after beating NU's Chad Miller and Greyson Casey 8-5 to advance to the Round of 16. The duo then met CSU's Tristan Stine and Cole Chappell, earning an 8-4 win to advance to Sunday's Quarterfinals. Evans and Riedel squared off against the Buckeyes' duo of Aidan Kim and Bryce Nakashima, falling 8-4.

UP NEXT

Western Michigan returns to Kalamazoo to host the 2025 MAC Men's Tennis Indoor Qualifying Event at West Hills Athletic Club on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Admission is free.

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