TULSA, Okla. – Wichita State's
Alejandro Jacome and
Ilias Worthington earned a doubles win, and Jacome earned his third singles win of the week in Friday's doubles and singles quarterfinals of the 2025 American Conference Individual Tennis Championships.
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With the wins, the Shockers are now two wins away in both the singles and doubles brackets from being crowned individual champions of the American.Â
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In doubles, Jacome and Worthington built a 7-4 lead, but their opponents from Tulsa won the next three games to force a tiebreaker. In the tiebreaker, the Shockers jumped out to a 5-1 lead and ultimately won 7-5 to advance to Saturday's doubles semifinal.Â
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Later in the day in singles, Jacome defeated 10-seed Guglielmo Verdese 6-2, 6-2 to advance to the singles semifinals.Â
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Both singles and doubles semifinals will take place on Saturday. In doubles, the Shockers will face Charlotte's Vasco Prata and Ivan Dreycopp at 9:00 AM. In singles, Jacome will meet Memphis' sixth-seeded Maxime Dubouch at 11:00 AM.
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Tournament information for the 2025 American Individual Championships can be found linkedÂ
here.
