Tucson, Ariz.- Arizona Men's Tennis added another two singles titles and a doubles title to their fall season resume. Junior
Igor Karpovets and sophomore
Conner Olsen each won their respective draws, while the team of
Igor Karpovets/Stewart Block took home the doubles title.
Karpovets finished the tournament undefeated in both singles and doubles, having a 4-0 record in each. Olsen remains undefeated in singles play this fall, obtaining a 4-0 singles record in this tournament as well as a 1-1 doubles record with
Jared Horwood. Block is still undefeated in doubles this fall, grabbing a 4-0 doubles record along with a 1-3 singles record.
Horwood finished 3-1 in singles and alongside Olsen got a 1-1 doubles record for a solid tournament performance. Freshman
Hiroki Sakagawa played well in his second college tournament going 2-2 in singles play and 1-2 in doubles with
Carlos Hassey. Hassey battled to a 3-1 singles record with a 1-2 doubles record with Sakagawa.
Over in Columbia,
Nick Lagaev won his first college match, finishing with a singles record of 1-3 and 1-2 in doubles.Â
Alejandro Reguant won his first singles and doubles matches of the tournament and went on to earn a 2-2 and 1-2 record in singles and doubles respectively. No.38
Jonas Ziverts finished his tournament play with a 2-2 singles record and a 2-1 doubles record with
Filip Malbasic. No. 46 Malbasic also went on to win his first ranked match of the fall season and finished 3-1 in singles play.Â
Quotable
Volunteer Assistant Coach Alexander Free said about the Wildcat Invitational, "Another great weekend for the guys to get better and develop a championship mentality. Igor looked great all weekend winning the singles and doubles against tough competition. Super excited for Conner to get a second singles title of the year, he just keeps finding a way to win no matter who he plays. Stewart has established himself as an elite doubles player and the improvement he made this summer is certainly being showcased with two doubles titles in as many tournaments. I'm super proud of
Jared Horwood who stepped up and beat two players that play at the top of their respected lineup. Jared worked super hard to earn his opportunity and I'm thrilled that he's capitalized on them. This is a great tournament for us to see where we are at as a team, and I think all of our guys will return practice this week with a good sense of where their games are at and where they need to improve before they compete again next month"
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Big Numbers
Three Wildcats have an undefeated record in either singles or doubles this fall season. Olsen in singles play is undefeated through eight matches. Block is undefeated in doubles with an 8-0 record. Karpovets is undefeated overall, winning each of the eight matches he has played in, singles and doubles.
Results
Wildcat Invitational
Doubles
Karpovets/Block (ARIZ) def. Arroyo/Giesberts (UNCO) 6-1
Karpovets/Block (ARIZ) def. Buitrago/Curnier (NMSU) 6-3
Karpovets/Block (ARIZ) def. Steele/Groves (NAU) 6-4
Karpovets/Block (ARIZ) def. Menard/Visser (NMSU) 7-6 (11)
Trondson/Maggs (UNM) def. Hassey/Sakagawa (ARIZ) 6-3
Hassey Sakagawa (ARIZ) def. Pease/Wade (UNCO) 7-5
Tumosa/Straker-Meads (NAU) def. Hassey/Sakagawa (ARIZ) 7-5
Horwood/Olsen (ARIZ) def. Ball/Andrus (BYU) 7-5
Nguyen/Purne (NAU) def. Horwood/Olsen (ARIZ) 6-4
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Singles
Igor Karpovets (ARIZ) def. Facundo Tumosa (NAU) 6-2, 7-5
Igor Karpovets (ARIZ) def. Matteo Vereau (BYU) 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (2)
Igor Karpovets (ARIZ) def. Freddie Grant (GCU) 7-5, 6-1
Igor Karpovets (ARIZ) def. Valentin Lang (GCU) 6-2, 6-4
Carlos Hassey (ARIZ) def. Daniel Traxler (SDSU) 6-4, 7-5
Carlos Hassey (ARIZ) def. Louis Menard (NMSU) 6-1, 6-3
Valentin Lang (GCU) def.
Carlos Hassey (ARIZ) 6-7, 6-4, 6-2
Carlos Hassey (ARIZ) def. Alex Groves (NAU) 6-3, 3-6, (10-8)
Hiroki Sakagawa (ARIZ) def. Can Franke (GCU) 6-3, 6-7, 6-3
Eban Straker-Meads (NAU) def.
Hiroki Sakagawa (ARIZ) 6-2, 6-3
Hiroki Sakagawa (ARIZ) def. Alexander Maggs (UNM) 1-6, 6-2, 10-4
Louis Menard (NMSU) def.
Hiroki Sakagawa (ARIZ) 6-4, 6-4
Facundo Bermejo (UNM) def.
Stewart Block (ARIZ) 3-6, 6-2, 6-1
Tim Curnier (NMSU) def.
Stewart Block (ARIZ) 6-3, 7-6
Stewart Block (ARIZ) def. Tom Pudney (UNCO) 6-3, 6-3
Martin Simecek (NMSU) def.
Stewart Block (ARIZ) 6-3, 6-2
Conner Olsen (ARIZ) def. Nick Wade (UNCO) 6-4, 6-2
Conner Olsen (ARIZ) def. Jules Auffray (SDSU) 6-3, 6-2
Conner Olsen (ARIZ) def. Lucas Landaluce (NMSU) 6-2, 6-3
Conner Olsen (ARIZ) def. John Giesberts (UNCO) 6-0, 6-0
Jared Horwood (ARIZ) def. Brocton Andrus (BYU) 6-2, 6-2
John Giesberts (UNCO) def.
Jared Horwood 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (13)
Jared Horwood (ARIZ) def. Kyle Pease (UNCO) 7-5, 7-6 (6)
Jared Horwood (ARIZ) def. Fabian Roesdorf (SDSU) 7-5, 6-4Â
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Gamecock Invitational
Doubles
Lagaev/Reguant (ARIZ) def. Erlenbusch/Moore (TU) 8-6
Jordan/Thomson (USC) def. Lagaev/Reguant (ARIZ) 8-6
Bradshaw/Derkas (FST) def. Lagaev/Reguant (ARIZ) 8-6
Allen/Redelijk (SMU) def. Malbasic/Ziverts (ARIZ) 8-7(1)
Malbasic/Ziverts (ARIZ) def. Stice/Wright (AU) 8-6
Malbasic/Ziverts (ARIZ) def. Khamis/Rengifo (ETSU) W.O.
Singles
Alejandro Reguant (ARIZ) def. Huntley Allen (SMU) 3-6, 6-2, 6-2
#17 Adam Walton (UT) def.
Alejandro Reguant (ARIZ) 6-1, 6-0
#42 Edson Ortiz (UA) def.
Alejandro Reguant (ARIZ) 7-6(5), 5-7, 7-5
Alejandro Reguant (ARIZ) def. #50 Joshua Peck (UNC) W.O.
#110 Raphael Lambling (USC) def.
Nick Lagaev (ARIZ) 6-2, 6-7(5), 6-2
#51 Bojan Jankulovski (UM) def.
Nick Lagaev (ARIZ) 6-3, 7-6(3)
Nick Lagaev (ARIZ) def. Jordan Redelijk (SMU) 6-3, 6-0
Simon Soendergaard (UNC) def.
Nick Lagaev (ARIZ) 7-5, 5-7, 6-2
Siem Woldieb (TEX) def. #38
Jonas Ziverts (ARIZ) 4-6, 6-4, 6-0
#38
Jonas Ziverts (ARIZ) def. Max Kiger (UNC) 6-2, 6-3
#61 Luis Erlenbusch (TU) def. #38
Jonas Ziverts (ARIZ) 6-3, 6-4
#38
Jonas Ziverts (ARIZ) def. Brant Fenno (WFU) 6-0, 6-1
#46
Filip Malbasic (ARIZ) def. Beau Pelletier (USC) 6-2, 6-0
#46
Filip Malbasic (ARIZ) def. #110 Hamish Stewart (TU) 6-2, 6-2
#21 Adria Soriano Barrera (UM) def. #46
Filip Malbasic (ARIZ) 5-7, 6-3, 6-1
#46
Filip Malbasic (ARIZ) def. #48 Brian Cernoch (UNC) 6-3, 6-1
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