Men’s and women’s tennis teams ready for the first-ever WAC Fall Invitational

ABILENE, Texas – The UT Arlington men’s and women’s tennis programs are ready to compete in the first-ever Western Athletic Conference Fall Invitational this Friday, October 25th through Sunday, October 27th at the John TL Jones Tennis Complex on the Abilene Christian campus.

The coach of each WAC program selected two singles players and one doubles player per gender to participate in the tournament, which is free for fans to attend. The student-athletes were seeded according to their World Tennis Number and ITA ranking.

Winners of the invitational tournament will qualify for the ITA Conference Masters Nov. 7-10 in Rome, Georgia, to attempt to compete in the NCAA singles and doubles championships in Waco later in November.

As a representative of the men’s side Pedro Sasso And Andres Medus Take the field in the singles competition, with both beginning play in the quarterfinals at 9 a.m. Friday. Sasso is the No. 4 seed while Medus is the No. 6 seed.

The team of Sasso and Yazid Lahjomri The doubles begins on Saturday, October 26th at 9 a.m. with the semi-final match. The pair enters the tournament as number 4.

New entry for women Adela Latalova will join Ana Paula Jimenez in individual competition. Latalova enters as number 12 and begins the first round of action on Friday at 9 a.m. Jimenez receives an automatic bye to the quarterfinals as she is ranked No. 2 overall.

Valeriia Ivanovskaia teams up with Jimenez in doubles, the pair are ranked No. 2 overall and begin doubles play at 9 a.m. on Saturday

You can follow live stats all weekend:
Friday October 25th – Live Stats – Men | Live Stats – Women
Saturday October 26th – Live Stats – Men | Live Stats – Women
Sunday October 27th – Live Stats – Men | Live Stats – Women

Below is the outlined schedule for men and women during the three-day tournament:

Friday, October 25th

Men’s singles quarterfinals
Game 1: #1 Nikita Volonski (GCU) vs. #8 Martin Delnido (ACU) – 9 a.m. CT

Game 2: No. 4 Pedro Sasso (UTA) vs. No. 5 Andres Loizas (GCU) – 9 a.m. CT
Game 3: #2 Daniel Morozov (ACU) vs. #7 Jun Sasagawa (SU) – 9 a.m. CT

Game 4: No. 3 Filip Stipic (SU) vs. No. 6 Andres Medus (UTA) – 9 a.m. CT

First round in women’s singles
Game 1: No. 8 Gala Arangio (GCU) vs. No. 9 Liliya Dimova (SU) – 9 a.m. CT

Game 2: No. 5 Noelia Lorca (TSU) vs. No. 12 Adela Latalova (UTA) – 9 a.m. CT
Game 3: #6 Dania Deaifi (GCU) vs. #11 Ana Gutierrez Sampere (UTU) – 9 a.m. CT
Game 4: #7 Masha Vrsalovic (ACU) vs. #10 Mariana Zurita Berdecio (UTU) – 9 a.m. CT

Quarterfinals in women’s singles
Game 5: #1 Lamija Avdic (SU) vs. Winner Game 1 – 3:00 p.m. CT
Game 6: #4 Olivia Sears (ACU) vs. Winner Game 2 – 3 p.m. CT
Game 7: No. 3 Emma Persson (TSU) vs. Winner Game 3 – 3 p.m. CT

Game 8: No. 2 Ana Paula Jimenez (UTA) vs. Winner Match 4:00-3:00 p.m. CT

Quarterfinals in women’s doubles
Game 1: #4 ACU (Alice Klinteby/Masha Vrsaklovic) vs. #5 GCU (Gala Arangio/Dania Deaifi) – Noon CT
Game 2: #3 SU (Lamija Avdic/Liliya Dimova) vs. #6 UTU (Ana Gutierrez Sampere/Mariana Zurita Berdecio) – Noon CT

Saturday, October 26th

Men’s doubles semifinals

Game 1: No. 1 ACU (Daniel Morozov/Ethan Scribner) vs. No. 4 UTA (Yazid Lahjomri/Pedro Sasso) – 9 a.m. CT
Game 2: No. 2 GCU (Brice Patoux/David Wekesa) vs. No. 3 SU (Jun Sasagawa/Filip Stipic) – 9 a.m. CT

Men’s singles semi-finals
Game 5: Winner Game 1 vs. Winner Game 2 – 1:00 p.m. CT
Game 6: Winner Game 3 vs. Winner Game 4 – 1:00 p.m. CT

Semifinals in women’s doubles
Game 3: #1 TSU (Ximena Morales/Emma Persson) vs. Winner Game 1 – 9 a.m. CT

Game 4: No. 2 UTA (Valeriia Ivanovskaia/Ana Paula Jimenez) vs. Winner Match 2 – 9am CT

Women’s singles semi-final
Game 9: Winner Game 5 vs. Winner Game 6 – 1:00 p.m. CT
Game 10: Winner Game 7 vs. Winner Game 8 – 1:00 p.m. CT

Sunday, October 27th

Men’s Doubles Championship
Game 3: Winner Game 1 vs. Winner Game 2 – 9:00 a.m. CT

Men’s Singles Championship
Game 7: Winner Game 5 vs. Winner Game 6 – Noon CT

Women’s doubles championship
Game 5: Winner Game 3 vs. Winner Game 4 – 9:00 a.m. CT

Women’s Singles Championship
Game 11: Winner Game 9 vs. Winner Game 10 – Noon CT

 

– #BuckEm –

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