ORLANDO, Fla. - The Atlantic 10 Men’s Tennis Championship continued on Thursday with the quarterfinal rounds at the USTA National Campus. Top-seeded Dayton matched up with ninth-seeded Saint Louis, and fourth-seeded Fordham met fifth-seeded Davidson in the first two quarterfinals.
Match 3: No. 1 Dayton def. No. 9 Saint Louis 4-0
The top-seeded Dayton Flyers secured a spot in the A-10 Men’s Tennis semifinals with their 4-0 defeat of the ninth-seeded Saint Louis Billikens. The Flyers captured the doubles point with victories on court one and court two. Eric Suk and Mikkel Zinder of Dayton defeated SLU’s battery of Andres Castellanos and Valentin Vasquez 6-2. Brady Hussey and Kyle McNally of the Flyers won 6-3 against the Billikens’ Riki Koshimizu and Sanesh Kumar. The Flyers secured three wins at singles for to claim the quarterfinals victory. McNally won 6-3, 6-1 at No. 1 singles over Castellanos. Zinder won 6-2, 6-3 against Luca Lo Nardo of SLU on court two. At No. 6 singles, Brady Hussey of Dayton defeated Sansh Kumar 6-2, 6-4.
SINGLES:
1. Kyle McNally (UD) def. Andres Castellanos (SLU) 6-3, 6-1
2. Mikkel Zinder (UD) def. Luca Lo Nardo (SLU) 6-2, 6-3
3. Sai Dore (UD) vs. Riki Koshimizu (SLU) DNF
4. Sturle Skigelstrand (UD) vs. Valentin Vasquez (SLU) DNF
5. Kaia Mendibe (UD) vs. Max Chen (SLU) DNF
6. Brady Hussey (UD) def. Sansh Kumar (SLU) 6-2, 6-4
DOUBLES:
1. Eric Suk / Mikkel Zinder (UD) def. Andres Castellanos/ Valentin Vasquez (SLU) 6-2
2. Brady Hussey / Kyle McNally (UD) def. Riki Koshimizu/ Sanesh Kumar (SLU) 6-3
3. Sai Dore / Andres Nygaard (UD) vs. Sebastian Munoz / Max Chen (SLU) DNF
Match 4: No. 5 Davidson def. No. 4 Fordham 4-1
The fifth-seeded Davidson Wildcats defeated the fourth-seeded Fordham Rams after they secured four consecutive singles wins. Fordham won the doubles point, led by Dhillon Virdee-Oakley and Dhanajay Athreya on court one. At No. 1 singles, Uddavyir Singh of Davidson defeated Virdee-Oakley 7-5, 5-7, 7-6 (5). Gregorio Hidalgo of the Wildcats won on court three over Will Lokier 3-6, 7-6 (4), 6-3. On court four, Davide Proacci of Davidson won 6-2, 6-3 over Dhanajay Athreya of Fordham. The Wildcats’ Nico Pinzon defeated Jeremy Victoria of Fordham on court six 6-2, 4-6, 6-4.
SINGLES
1. Uddayvir Singh (DAV) def. Dhillon Virdee-Oakley (FOR) 7-5, 5-7, 7-6 (5)
2. Juan Camilo Perez Gongora (DAV) vs. Filip Horak (FOR) DNF
3. Gregorio Hidalgo (DAV) def. Will Lokier (FOR) 3-6, 7-6 (4), 6-3
4. Davide Procacci (DAV) def. Dhanajay Athreya (FOR) 6-2, 6-3
5. Nico Garnier (FOR) vs. Sebastian Carpio Moran (DAV) DNF
6. Nico Pinzon (DAV) def. Jeremy Victoria (FOR) 6-2, 4-6, 6-4
Order of Finish: 4, 6, 3, 1
DOUBLES:
1. Dhillon Virdee-Oakley/ Dhanajay Athreya (FOR) def. Nico Pinzon/ Gregorio Hidalgo (DAV) 6-3
2. Phillip Uhde/ Filip Horak (FOR) def. Juan Camilo Perez Gongora/ Uddayvir Singh (DAV) DEFAULT
3. Daniel Cowan Jr. / Davide Proacci (DAV) def. Will Lokier / Nicolas Garnier (FOR) 6-1
Order of Finish: 3, 2, 1