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Liberty University
ITA All-American Championships
Flames’ Marques Da Silva and Thomas-Smith Edged by Oklahoma State Duo on Day 3
10/4/2021 8:33:48 PM | Men's Tennis
Liberty’s Rafael Marques Da Silva and Deji Thomas-Smith lost their first doubles qualifying match to the Oklahoma State duo of Tyler Zink and Luke Hammond, Monday afternoon on the third day of the ITA All-American Championships.
Zink and Hammond edged Marques Da Silva and Thomas-Smith at the Case Tennis Center at LaFortune Park by winning tiebreakers in each set to prevail, 7-6 (2), 7-6 (1). They will play again later in the day against Oregon’s Ivalo Keremedchiev and Jesper Klöv-Nilsson.
Key Stats & Notes
• Marques Da Silva lost his first qualifying singles match by a 6-4, 6-2 score to Auburn’s Tad McClean.
• Through three days of play at the tournament, Liberty has nine total singles wins and no doubles wins. Today was the first day of doubles qualifying.
• This was Marques Da Silva and Thomas-Smith’s first-ever doubles match together in tournament competition.
• Marques Da Silva will play another singles match tomorrow.
Up Next
Tuesday is day four of the ITA All-American Championships at Tulsa and will feature more qualifying singles and doubles matches
Remaining Schedule
Oct. 5
Qualifying (Doubles and Singles)
Oct. 6-10
Main Draw
