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Saturday Spotlight: Meet Mikael Torpegaard, Oracle/ITA Division I Men's National Singles Top-Ranked Player and Two-Time All-American

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As a native of Virum, Denmark, Ohio State men's junior tennis player Mikael Torpegaard is on a mission to prove his doubters wrong.

After taking down Wake Forest’s Petros Chrysochos in a three-set match decided in a tie-breaker this past weekend, Torpegaard now sits in a tie for the top-ranked spot in the Oracle/ITA Division I Men's National Singles rankings on the nation's second-ranked squad, and was named Big Ten Athlete of the Week.