A former Tennessee tennis player is having a successful run in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
Tennys Sandgren was selected to represent the United States in both the singles and doubles tennis tournament.
Sandgren and his doubles partner Austin Krajicek have advanced to the tournament quarterfinals. They will face Germany’s tandem of Jan-Lennard Struff and Alexander Zverev at 10 p.m. EDT on Tuesday.
Zverev eliminated Sandgren in the second round at Wimbledon in men’s singles competition.
Sandgren and Krajicek advanced to the Olympic quarterfinals with a victory over Slovakia’s doubles team of Lukas Klein and Filip Polasek, 7-6 (2), 3-6.
Team USA’s doubles team won its opening-round match over Australia’s tandem John Peers and Max Purcell.
Sandgren and Krajicek prevailed in their first-round match 6-3, 7-5 (6).
Sandgren was eliminated in his first-round singles match in Tokyo as he lost to Spain’s Pablo Carreno Busta in straight sets 7-5, 6-2 on Saturday.