ROME, Ga. -- Western Michigan's Anton Arzhankin fell in the Singles Semifinals at the ITA Conference Masters Championships on Saturday, ending his run in the tournament but qualifying for the NCAA Indoor Championships
Arzhankin was matched up against Pacific's Tiago Silva. In the first set, Silva got out to a 3-1 lead, but Arzhankin answered by winning the next three games to take a 4-3 advantage the two battled back and forth, with Arzhankin taking a 6-5 lead but Silva was able to tie it up at 6-6. Silva then won the tie-breaker set, 7-3.