Petrovic, Hoeijmans, Friedler all win for Tulane on Friday

– Tulane Luka Petrovic And Luc Hoeijmans won all three matches on Friday on a spectacular day at the American Athletic Conference Fall Championships in Houston, while Asaf Frielder recorded two individual victories of his own at the BCC Invitational in Birmingham.

Petrovic, the No. 10 seed in singles, defeated No. 2 seed Tiago Torres of UTSA 6-4, 7-5 in the quarterfinal round. Petrovic will now face Alex Okonkwo from Tulsa in the semifinals on Saturday at noon.

Hoeijmans defeated UAB’s Juan Pablo Valdez 7-6 (4), 6-4 in the quarterfinal backdraw and will next face Rice’s Emir Sendogan in the semifinals, a match also played at noon.

Together, Petrovic and Hoeijmans (seeded No. 3 in doubles) defeated Okonkwo and Timothy Carlsson Seger 8:6 in the quarterfinals. In the semi-finals, the Green Wave duo will now face Arthus de la Bassetiere and Kabeer Kapasi from Rice (the group’s number 2) on Saturday at 9 a.m.

The American Individual Championships will be held for the first time in 2024 as the conference determines the men’s and women’s singles and doubles champions. The singles and doubles champions will represent the American Athletic Conference at the ITA Conference Masters Championships November 7-10 in Rome, Georgia.

Two singles players and one doubles tandem from each of the 11 men’s teams and 13 women’s teams in the American Athletic Conference will compete for the singles titles.

Live coverage of the four championship finals begins at 9 a.m. CT on ESPN+. The most up-to-date information on the American Individual Tennis Championships, including links to live streams and scores, is available at the conference’s Championship Central.

Tulane was also in singles play in Birmingham on Saturday, with Friedler’s victories headlining the program. Full results and doubles action scheduled for Saturday can be found below:

Singles
Asaf Friedler (Tulane) def. Sandeep Mohandoss (Samford), 6-7 (4), 7-5, 6-3 – Blue Singles
Friedler (Tulane) defeated. Samuel Kyjaci (Louisiana), 6-4, 1-6, 6-3 – Blue Singles

Sabi Roi (Belmont) defeated. Maxim Kalinin (Tulane), 6-4, 6-4 – Red singles
Timo De Visser (Jacksonville State) defeated. Kalinin (Tulane), 6-4, 6-2 – Red Singles
Victor Frumholz (South Alabama) defeated. Charlie Burdell (Tulane), 3-6, 6-0, 6-2 – Red Singles
Burdell (Tulane) defeated. JB Pickard (Samford), 2-6, 7-5, 1-0 (10) – Red Singles

Steven Rice (Tulane) def. Vitorio Sardinha (Samford), 6-4, 6-7 (2), 6-4 – Bulldog Singles

Nazar Fedoryshyn (North Alabama) defeated. Rice (Tulane), 6-2, 7-5 – Bulldog singles
Eli Mizerski (Belmont) defeated. Vincent Vohl (Tulane), 5-7, 6-2, 6-2 – Bulldog singles
Kyvan Rietkerk (Kennesaw State) defeated. Vohl (Tulane), 6-2, 6-3 – Bulldog singles

Double

Vohl/Kalinin (Tulane) vs. Darcy Nicholls/Mohandoss (Samford), 9 a.m. – Blue Doubles
Friedler/Burdell (Tulane) vs. Olle Noltrop/Niklas Jensen (Southern Miss), 9 a.m. – Bulldog doubles

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