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On Saturday, Dejá VU will produce for non -sown Andrew Li, who is again in a second round of Kalamazoo match, after placing a routine first round victory in a second round of Kalamazoo match.
Last year the non-seeded 18-year-old from San Diego won his opening round, then played Phimvongsa, a 33 seed, in the second round, which took that match 3-6, 6-1, 6-3. Li continued to build on that result and reached the round of 16 before he fell to finalist Jack Kennedy 2-6, 6-2, 6-1.
Li admitted that he had folded the draw to the draw prior to his 6-2, 6-1 victory today at Tarun Gopalakrishnan.
“I peeked ahead and I saw that it looked like a repeat of last year,” said Li. “It is clear that it is not easy to be sown here in the zoo, and he deserves a lot of respect, and I go outside tomorrow and fight and see what happens.”
Li is fine with his role as underdog again Saturday.
“I don’t really play as good as I have expectations,” said Li. “That is why I did so well last year. But I think the weight of how good I did last year is definitely on my shoulders, so I will try to put that aside and play it free, knowing that at the same time I am able to make very deep runs in these big tournaments. So I am super excited to see what is.”
PHIMVONGSA played no. 3 on Brown last season and went 16-12, while Li, who was committed to Rice for the fall of 2026, looked forward to it to compete for the owls.
“I took my visit in September, visited a few other schools before I committed in April,” so I had a little time to think about my decision. “It has been incredible. I love Houston, I love the team there, the facilities are super nice and the academics speak for themselves, so I am super enthusiastic to play for them.”
Li admits that having the commitment decision behind him has changed his view of his future.
“The pressure of committing is relaxed and now I can concentrate on getting better as a player, not on which lecture I want to go,” Li said. “I think it helped my tennis a lot, and the zoo has helped the process: have a good Kalamazoo, competing well and showing coaches that you are fighting for each point, she gives hope as a coach. I think once you show them who you are as a player and you connect, tennis will be a lot easier for your things.”
The first round of 16s singles is Saturday, together with the second round of 18s singles and Doubles. The second round of 16s singles and Doubles is planned for Sunday.
No. 2 Seed Varvara Lepchenko will be confronted in the other semi -final with no. 4 seed XIYU Wang of China.
The lower half quarter final will be provided with no. 3 Seed Aidan Mchugh from Great Britain and qualifying Marko Milandinovic (Baylor) from Serbia.
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