TULSA – Freshman Felix Rauch won a pair of matches Sunday to advance to the Round of 32 in the ITA Pre-Qualifier. He now faces Green Bay's Leopold Gomez-Inslinger for a qualifier spot in the ITA All-American Qualifying Draw, Monday morning.
Rauch started the day with a comeback win, 4-6, 6-3, 6-3, over UCLA's Ryoto Tachi in the Round of 128. In the Round of 64, Rauch won a pair of tiebreak thrillers, 7-6, 7-6, to earn the right to fight to advance to the next draw.
Rauch is trying to make it from the prequalifying draw to the qualifying draw, where a trio of Tiger teammates is already in between the singles and doubles draws.