FORT WORTH – The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) Vaqueros men's tennis program finished up its second day of the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Texas Regional on Friday at TCU's Bayard H. Friedman Tennis Center.
 
Junior Aleksander Hudjec, fifth year Ivo Isqueiro, and senior Santiago Serrano represented the Vaqueros in the singles main draw, tying UIW for the most entries among Southland Conference programs.
 
Isqueiro battled against ninth-seeded Oliver Bonding from TCU, dropping the opening set 6-3 before going blow-for-blow in the second.
 
Meanwhile, Hudjec and Serrano both dropped their matches against the Texas A&M (TAMU) Aggies. Hudjec lost 6-2, 6-2 to Lathan Skrobarcek while Serrano fell 6-2, 6-3 to No. 6 seed Bor Artnak.
 
In doubles, four pairs of Vaqueros competed in the main draw, with freshman Miguel Bellorio Pinheiro and Serrano and junior Tsz Him Chan and Hudjec each battling to narrow 8-6 defeats.
 
In extra matches, Chan and Hudjec picked up an 8-2 victory over Texas A&M-Corpus Christi's (TAMUCC) Dani Lopez and Paxton O'Shea.
 
The Vaqueros return to action Saturday with three singles players competing in the consolation brackets.
 
Fans can follow along through the tournament page on the ITA website.
 
UTRGV Friday Results
Singles
Main Draw Round of 64
#9 Oliver Bonding (TCU) def. Ivo Isqueiro (UTRGV), 6-3, 6-4
#6 Bor Artnak (TAMU) def. Santiago Serrano (UTRGV), 6-2, 6-3
Lathan Skrobarcek (TAMU) def. Aleksander Hudjec (UTRGV), 6-2, 6-2
 
Doubles
Main Draw Round of 64
Meethre Barot/Petar Teodorovic (SMU) def. Miguel Bellorio Pinheiro/Santiago Serrano (UTRGV), 8-6
Axel Bergh/Rintaro Shukuda (Lamar) def. Tsz Him Chan/Aleksander Hudjec (UTRGV), 8-6
Noey Do/Arin Pallegar (Rice) def. Paolo Bonaguro/Loic Young Kriegel (UTRGV), 8-3
Rafael Botran/Gabriel Porras (Rice) def. Camille Chantron/Ivo Isqueiro (UTRGV), 8-3
 
Extra Matches
Tsz Him Chan/Aleksander Hudjec (UTRGV) def. Dani Lopez/Paxton O'Shea (TAMUCC), 8-2
Mikel Garmendia/Jami Savolainen (TAMUCC) def. Camille Chantron/Santiago Serrano (UTRGV), 8-7 (7:1)
Dan Hosono/Nicolas Rivera Paz (TAMUCC) def. Paolo Bonaguro/Loic Young Kriegel (UTRGV), 8-6
 
UTRGV Saturday Schedule
Singles
Consolation Round of 32
Ivo Isqueiro (UTRGV) vs. Thomas Van Den Dooren (TTU), 11:30 a.m.
Santiago Serrano (UTRGV) vs. Noey Do (Rice), 11:30 a.m.
Aleksander Hudjec (UTRGV) vs. Petar Teodorovic (SMU), 11:30 a.m.

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