{"id":1942320,"date":"2026-11-06T18:29:00","date_gmt":"2026-11-06T23:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/?p=1942320"},"modified":"2026-11-06T18:52:33","modified_gmt":"2026-11-06T23:52:33","slug":"ratiu-xu-advance-to-ita-sectional-doubles-semifinal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/?p=1942320","title":{"rendered":"Ratiu &amp; Xu Advance To ITA Sectional Doubles Semifinal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Sophomore Chris Xu returns a volley against Miami at Neil Schiff Tennis Center in Coral Gables, FL Friday.\" src=\"https:\/\/goheels.com\/common\/controls\/image_handler.aspx?thumb_prefix=rp_primary&#038;image_path=\/images\/2026\/4\/8\/Xu-C_atMiami_GG109857.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Niels Ratiu and Chris Xu won their second consecutive match at the ITA East Sectional, advancing to the semifinals and a step closer to qualifying for the NCAA Doubles Championship for the second year in a row.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/goheels.com\/news\/2026\/11\/6\/mens-tennis-mten-ita-sectional-recap-day-2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Click here to read the full article<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Niels Ratiu and Chris Xu won their second consecutive match at the ITA East Sectional, advancing to the semifinals and a step closer to qualifying for&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":1942321,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"Default","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[80],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1942320","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-north-carolina-tar-heels","wpcat-80-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1942320","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1942320"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1942320\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1942322,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1942320\/revisions\/1942322"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1942321"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1942320"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1942320"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1942320"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}