ST. LOUIS, Mo. – Several members of the Washington University in St. Louis men's tennis team advanced in their brackets at the WTN Open on Saturday, in both the singles and doubles brackets.
Singles
Flight 1
Sophomore Jeremy Sieben advanced to the final after a pair of wins. He won his quarterfinal match against Matheus Taule, 5-7, 6-3, 1-0 (11). In the semifinals, he beat teammate first-year Yuanye Ma, who won his quarterfinal, 6-2, 6-2, over Paul Castleman.
On the other side of the bracket, first-year Jerry Han will face Sieben in the final. He won his quarterfinal match over Jack Quilty, 7-6 (2), 6-0, before taking down Connor Yang in the semifinals, 6-2, 7-6 (5).
The final is scheduled for 8:45 a.m. on Sunday.
Flight 2
Senior Nathan Tam reached his final with a 6-3, 6-3 win over Antonio Ayerbe Streubel in the quarterfinals. In the semis, he faced teammate, junior Coleman Merce, who defeated Bautista Rooney, 7-6 (4), 6-1 in his quarterfinal. Tam defeated Merce, 6-4, 6-1, to advance.
Sophomore Ethan Wu won his quarterfinal match over Ben Loeffler, 6-0, 6-1, but fell in the other semifinal, 6-4, 6-4, to Maksim Chernogorov.
Tam will face Chernogorov in the final at 8:45 a.m. on Sunday.
Flight 3
Junior Riki Koshimizu won his quarterfinal matchup with Jose Yanez, 7-6 (9), 6-1, but fell 6-4, 3-6, 1-0 (9) to Diego Alvarez in his semifinal match. First-year Jonah Becker also won his quarterfinal match over Julian Dubourg, 4-6, 6-4, 1-0 (8), before falling to Liam Collins, 6-0, 6-1.
Flight 4
Sophomore Hans Deng reached the bracket's final after a pair of wins. In the quarterfinals, he took down Levi Solomon, 6-1, 6-3, before defeating Daniel Zhu, 6-4, 1-6, 1-0 (8).
Junior Drew Koval dropped his quarterfinal match against Heitor Souto, 6-1, 3-6, 1-0 (9).
Deng faces Lorenzo Biava in the final on Sunday at 8:45 a.m.
Flight 5
Sophomore Spencer Yamamoto reached the quarterfinals on Friday evening with a 6-4, 7-5 win over Maxime Moreau. Saturday morning, he dropped a 6-1, 6-1 match to Michel Delaloye.
Also in the bracket, senior Daniel Radke reached the semifinals after winning 6-2, 6-3 over Andrea Ricart in the round of 16 on Friday evening. He followed that up with a 6-1, 6-1 win over Chanapat Pisuth-arnonth. He fell in his semifinal match against Ruslan Anurev, 6-7 (4), 6-2, 1-0 (2).
Doubles
Flight A
Sieben and Becker teamed up and reached the quarterfinals after a bye in the round of 16. There, they defeated Liam Miralles and Paul Heuer, 8-1, to reach the semifinals.
On the other half of the bracket, Koval and Tam also made it to the semifinals after a bye in the round of 16 and an 8-7 (1) win over Ayerbe Streubel and Taule in the quarterfinals.
The semifinal matches are scheduled for 11:15 a.m. on Sunday.
Flight B
Wu and Ma paired up and reached the bracket's semifinals with a bye in the first round and an 8-3 win over Alejo Chlpac and Nelson Ramos in the quarterfinals.
The other half saw Yamamoto and Radke reach the semifinals with a bye and an 8-1 win over Miran Todorovic and Colton Pazdera in the quarterfinals.
The semifinal matches are scheduled for 11:15 a.m. on Sunday.
Flight C
Deng and Han received a bye in the round of 16 but dropped an 8-3 match to Arkhip Tokmakov and David Javadov in the quarterfinals.
Merce and Koshimizu also had a bye in their first round before falling to Moreau and Colin Klein, 8-7 (4), in the quarterfinals.
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