COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Western Michigan sophomore Chen Hui Ho and sophomore transfer Anh Hoang Pham advanced to the Round of 32 in the Main Singles Draw to highlight WMU's weekend at the ITA Midwest Regionals at Ohio State University.
Ho was seeded in the Main Singles Draw and defeated Michigan's Arnav Bhandari 6-2, 2-6, 6-1 to advance to the Round of 32. He then battled Notre Dame's Kyran Magimay to a 6-1, 6-3 loss.
Pham advanced through the Singles Qualifying bracket to make it to the Main Draw. He started off with a 6-7 (4-7), 6-4, 6-2 win over DePaul's Germano Setti. In the second round of the bracket he defeated the Wolverines' Pierce Shaya 6-4, 6-2. Pham then bested Northern Illinois' Constatin Radu 7-5, 6-2 to advance to the Round of 32. There, his run came to an end against Jon Gamble from Illinois 6-3, 6-4.
Jack Davison also advanced out of the Singles Qualifying bracket. Davison opened with a 6-4, 7-6 (7-2) victory over DePaul's Valter Larsson. In the second round he bested Henrique Sa from UIC 6-1, 4-6, 6-2 before falling to Notre Dame's Chase Thompson in the Round of 64 6-1, 6-1. Davison then picked up a win over Marquette's Clayton Anderson 7-5, 6-4, in the Singles Consolation Draw.
Oscar Corwin was seeded in the Main Singles Draw but fell to Ferdinand Kloesters from Wisconsin, 6-2, 6-3. Corwin then picked up a win in the Singles Consolation Draw over Benjamin Azar from Michigan, 6-4, 5-7, 1-0 (10-6).
Filip Poklemba made it to the second round of the Singles Qualifying bracket after beating Victor Dorojan from UIC 6-1, 6-3, but fell in the second round to Wisconsin's Jens Holger Nissen in a tight 3-set match 6-2, 6-7 (7-9), 5-7.
Dominik Vonbank earned a win in the Singles Qualifying Consolation Bracket over Cesar Coloma from Chigao State 6-0, 6-1.
In doubles action, the duo of Poklema and Vonbank advanced to the Round of 32 with a win over UND's team of Nolan Balthazor and Giuseppe Cerasoulo 8-7 (9-7). The pair then fell to Ohio State's Alex Okonkwo and Preston Stearns 8-5 in the Round of 32.
The Broncos are back in action this weekend at the MAC Indoor Qualifying Event beginning on Friday.
