CORPUS CHRISTI – The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) Vaqueros men's tennis team had a strong day two of the Jake Frederick Memorial Islander Open hosted by Texas A&M-Corpus Christi.
In doubles, junior
Santiago Serrano and sophomore
Loic Young Kriegel picked up a dominant 6-1 victory over
Jules Moucquot and
Maxime Salesses from Texas A&M-Corpus Christi to advance to the green draw finals.
In singles action, freshman
Luke Bishop defeated Lamar's
Axel Bergh in straight sets, 6-4, 7-6 (7-2) to advance to the finals. In the blue west draw, junior
Ivo Isqueiro won a dramatic three-set victory, 1-6, 6-2, 1-0 (10-3), over UT San Antonio's
Constantin Radu in the blue west draw.
In the pink round robin section, sophomore
Francisco Gamez played three tiebreakers in his 7-6 (7-0), 6-7 (7-4), 1-0 (10-7) three-set victory over Lubbock Christian's
Zachary Hazel.
The tournament will conclude tomorrow with doubles beginning at 8:30 a.m.
Saturday Doubles Results
Blue Semifinals
Etienne Marty/Omar Suarez (AMCC) def.
Michael Chan/
Will Roberts (UTRGV) 6-4
Blue West
Fabian Anthin/Leon Nickel (Lamar) def.
Paolo Bonaguro/
Sam Whitehead (UTRGV) 7-5
Green Semifinals
Santiago Serrano/
Loic Young Kriegel (UTRGV) def. Jules Moucquot/Maxime Salesses (AMCC) 6-1
Green West Final
Santiago Flyckt/Ian Uraga (UIW) def.
Luke Bishop/
Ivo Isqueiro (UTRGV) 6-3
Purple
Mateo Galvez/Agustin Salazar (UIW) def. Stefano Chappuis (Lamar)/Fran Gamez (UTRGV) 6-0
Saturday Singles Results
Blue West
Omar Suarez (AMCC) def. Sam Whitehead (UTRGV) ret.
Ivo Isqueiro (UTRGV) def. Constantin Radu (UTSA), 1-6, 6-2, 1-0 (10-3)
Green West
Andres De Los Rios (LCU) def.
Santiago Serrano (UTRGV) 7-6 (0), 7-6 (3)
Purple Semifinals
Maxwell Lindstedt (Lamar) def.
Michael Chan (UTRGV) 4-6, 7-5, 1-0 (10-4)
Marco Seccia (LCU) def.
Loic Young Kriegel (UTRGV) 4-6, 6-0, 1-0 (10-4)
Orange Semifinals
Luke Bishop (UTRGV) def. Ian Uraga (UIW), 6-4, 7-6 (7-2)
Orange West
Vicente Monge (Lamar) def.
Paolo Bonaguro (UTRGV) 6-4, 6-3
Pink
Francisco Gamez (UTRGV) def. Zachary Hazel (LCU) 7-6 (7-0), 6-7 (7-4), 1-0 (10-7)
UTRGV Sunday Schedule
Doubles
Blue 3-4 Playoff
Michael Chan/
Will Roberts (UTRGV) vs. Ethan Scribner/Alejandro Verdasco (ACU), 8:30 a.m.
Green Final
Santiago Serrano/
Loic Young Kriegel (UTRGV) vs. Nicolas Niox Chateau/Josef Zapletal (AMCC), 8:30 a.m.
Purple
Stefano Chappuis (Lamar)/Fran Gamez (UTRGV) vs. Zachary Hazel/Alexandre Sulpicy (LCU), 9 a.m.
Singles
Blue South
Sam Whitehead (UTRGV) vs. Constantin Radu (UTSA), 9:30 a.m.
Green South
Santiago Serrano (UTRGV) vs. Alejandro Verdasco (ACU), 10:30 a.m.
Purple 3-4 Playoff
Michael Chan (UTRGV) vs.
Loic Young Kriegel (UTRGV), TBD
Orange Finals
Luke Bishop (UTRGV) vs. Matthieu Coignet (AMCC), 10:30 a.m.
Orange West
Paolo Bonaguro (UTRGV) vs. Axel Bergh (Lamar), 11:30 a.m.
Pink
Francisco Gamez (UTRGV) vs. Alexandre Chauvel Gobin (UIW), 12:30 p.m.
