SEATTLE, Wash. — Ivan Savkin, Cyrus Ahmad and Nadaul Cheam have advanced to the Round of 32 after the first two days of the ITA Northwest Regional hosted by Washington at the Nordstrom Tennis Center. Ahmad and Savkin have advanced to the Round of 32 in the main draw of singles play, while Ahmad and Cheam have moved on in the main draw of doubles competition.
After advancing to the Round of 16 with a bye and a win over Pacific's Niv Zuckerman in the qualifying draw on Thursday, Ahmad earned a spot in the main draw's Round of 64 and on Friday continued his strong tournament by knocking off Portland's Anirudh Nallaparaju (6-3, 6-4) to advance to the Round of 32, where he will take on Washington's Stephane Kamedje.
Savkin defeated Joshua Craze of Pacific in three sets (6-1, 3-6, 6-3) to move on to the Round of 32 and a match against California's Leonardo Cattaneo.
In doubles action, Nadaul and Cheam were 8-7 (7-2) winners over Washington's Nikola Plavsic and Sebastian Gampert. They will face eighth-seeded Ferran Fedza and Luca Lemaitre Vilchis of Santa Clara in the Round of 32.
"We had some really nice wins in singles today," head coach Eric Steidlmayer said. "The other guys fought hard as well in doubles. I thought the energy was great, and we're excited to have a few of them through."
ITA NORTHWEST REGIONAL - THURSDAY-TUESDAY, OCTOBER 15-20, 2026
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