ST. LOUIS, Mo. – The Washington University in St. Louis men's tennis team members stepped away from collegiate competition this weekend at the annual WTN Open at the Dwight Davis Tennis Center.
Singles play began on Friday with doubles scheduled to start on Saturday.
In Flight 1, sophomore
Jeremy Sieben won his opening match 6-1, 6-2 over Alejo Chipac and will play Matheus Taule on Saturday in the quarterfinals. First-year
Yuanye Ma won his round of 16 match with a 6-2, 1-6, 1-0 (9) win over Daniel Berdecio and will play Paul Castleman in the quarterfinals. Fellow first-year
Jerry Han made quick work of Colton Pazdera, 6-1, 6-0 in the round of 16 and will play Jack Quilty in the quarterfinals.
In Flight 2, senior captain
Nathan Tam won 6-4, 6-1 over Bogdan Zakharov and will play Antonio Ayerbe Streubel in the quarterfinals. Junior
Coleman Merce was a 6-3, 6-2 winner over Joan Garros and will play Bautista Rooney in the quarters. Sophomore
Ethan Wu advanced to the quarterfinals with a 6-1, 6-2 win over Liam Miralles and will play Ben Loeffler next.
Flights 1 and 2 quarterfinals matches are scheduled for Saturday at 8 a.m.
Flight 3 saw junior
Riki Koshimizu win 7-5, 6-4 over Juan Pablo Salazar in the round of 16. He will face Jose Yanez in the quarterfinals. First-year
Jonah Becker was quickly off the court with a 6-0, 6-1 win over Soman Chainani in the quarterfinals. He plays Julian Dubourg in the next round. Quarterfinals matches are scheduled for 9:15 a.m.
Junior
Drew Koval is the top seed in the Flight 4 and picked up a 6-2, 6-2 win over Nelson Ramos. He next plays Heitor Souto in the quarterfinals. Sophomore
Hans Deng was a 6-3, 6-0 winner over Manaye Mossman, advancing to the quarters.
Flights 5 saw sophomore
Spencer Yamamoto and senior
Daniel Radke in action. Match results are not known at the time. Winners will play on Saturday at 10:45 a.m.
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