Final Four Bound: Liam Draxl to NCAA Championship Semifinals

ORLANDO, Fla. (UK Athletics) – And then there were four.

Kentucky sophomore Liam Draxl is headed to the semifinals of singles competition at the 2021 NCAA Championships.

The top-seeded Draxl defeated No. 8 seed Gabriel Decamps of UCF 7-6 (8-6), 6-1 on Wednesday at the USTA National Campus, securing his first straight-set victory of the tournament.

Draxl looks to join Carlos Drada (2000), Jesse Witten (2002) and Eric Quigley (2012) as the only Wildcats in program history to advance to the NCAA Championship final.

Draxl will put his 25-2 record on the line against No. 6 seed Sam Riffice, whose Florida team earned its first national title last weekend. Draxl and Riffice are scheduled for first serve at 2 p.m. ET.