Okonkwo misses cut to advance at Urbana challenger

URBANA - Oliver Okonkwo hits a monster forehand shot during his match against Hunter Heck at the Paine Schwartz Partners Challenger held at Atkins Tennis Center. After winning their first match on Sunday, the two current University of Illinois teammates battled for spot into the round of 32 at this year's professional tennis tournament in Urbana. Okonkwo, a graduate student at the Illinois who is currently 7-3 in collegiate play, fell 7-6(2), 6-2 to Heck.

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Kirchheimer defeats Karlovskiy, advances to round of 16 at Urbana challenger

URBANA - Strong Kirchheimer stretches out as he goes for a shot into the ad court during his first-round match against Evgeny Karlovskiy at the Paine Schwartz Partners Challenger earlier today. After taking the first set, 7-5, Kirchheimer, ATP ranked at 401, advanced to the next round after Karlovskiy retired the match down one game, 5-4. He will play the winner of Tuesday's match between Ethan Quinn and #3 seed Emilio Nava.

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