Men’s Tennis Wraps up Opening Weekend at Two Sites

Friday, September 20

Macon, Ga.

All Day

Florida Atlantic

Gridiron Classic

9/24/2019 1:55:00 PM | Men's Tennis

Box Score 1 Box Score 2

MACON, Ga. & ELM GROVE, Wisc. – The Florida Atlantic University men's tennis team split up for the opening weekend of the fall individual season. Half of the team participated in the Gridiron Classic hosted by Mercer College, highlighted by a run to the semifinal round by the doubles team of Yovan Lambros and Hunter Robbins. The rest plied their craft in the Milwaukee Tennis Classic, and that event included singles wins by newcomer Maxime Lapraille and Alvaro Fernandez Horta.

Notables:

In Macon, Lambros and Robbins posted wins over duos from Winthrop (7-5), North Florida (6-4) and FGCU (6-2), before falling in a tough matchup in the semis to UNCW, 6-4
Also in the doubles draw there, Luis Fernandez Labarta and Bryan Kulikov picked up a 7-5 win to move onto the next round
Ivan Morin-Kougoucheff, in Flight C, would go on to win his consolation bracket, topping an Alabama State foe, 6-2, 6-1
After all were edged in their first singles matchup (though all three took the decision out to three sets), all three singles entrants won their Flight A consolation openers: Lambros (7-5, 6-2 over a Winthrop opponent), Kulikov (6-1, 6-2 over Alabama State) and Fernandez Labarta (6-4, 6-2 against Kennesaw State)
In Wisconsin, Lapraille overcame some tough opposition from Tennessee in the first round of singles, 6-3, 7-6 (4). He fell in the next round in a tiebreak against the No. 3 overall seed, from Arizona State
Fernandez Horta also faced off against an opponent from UT, and picked up a straight set win, 6-2, 6-4. He would be eliminated by the bracket's No. 9 seed, from Notre Dame
Jason Legall took his opening round adversary from Kentucky to three sets, but fell (5-7, 6-2, 0-6)
In singles consolation, Thomas Guy had a back-and-forth affair versus a competitor from IUPUI that went to three as well, but came up short (7-5, 1-6, 6-10)
Legall and Lapraille teamed up and had a heartbreaker in doubles, losing out to a pair from Illinois, 9-8 (6)

Quotable

Head Coach Ricardo Gonzalez:
"Many positives to take from this weekend. While I felt like we could have done better, we will learn and grow from this weekend. We need to improve in many areas of our games but we will definitely take it all in and make sure we get to work on the little details. That's what its all about."

Full Results:
Gridiron Classic
Singles
Flight A

Jonathan Morales (Georgia State) def. Bryan Kulikov (FAU) 1-6, 7-6 (2), 6-4
Marcelo Tebet (FGCU) def. Luis Fernandez Labarta (FAU) 6-0, 1-6, 7-6 (5)
Jacob Jahn (Clemson) def. Yovan Lambros (FAU) 4-6, 6-4, 6-1

Consolation

Lambros def. Gabriel Dias (Winthrop) 7-5, 6-2
Kulikov def. Alexis Collard (Alabama State) 6-1, 6-2
Fernandez Labarta def. Seru Tezuka (Kennesaw State) 6-4, 6-2
Mritunjay Badola (Kennesaw State) def. Kulikov 7-6 (4), 6-0
Harvey Maughan (Kennesaw State) def. Fernandez Labarta 4-6, 6-2, 1-0 (7)
Federico Nani (UNF) def. Lambros 1-6, 6-3, 1-0 (6)

Flight B

Hunter Robbins (FAU) def. Enzo Bonfim Silveira (Winthrop) 6-2, 6-2
Cole Groetsch (UNCW) def. Robbins 6-4, 1-6, 7-6 (4)

Consolation

Daniel Krashin (Mercer) def. Robbins 6-4, 6-2

Flight C

Ivan Morin-Kougoucheff (FAU) def. Harrison Wood (Kennesaw State) 6-2, 7-6 (4)
Charley Castaing (UNF) def. Morin-Kougoucheff 6-2, 6-4

Consolation 2

Morin-Kougoucheff def. Andrej Trajkovski (Alabama State) 6-2, 6-1

Doubles

Yovan Lambros/Hunter Robbins (FAU) def. Connor Williamson/Abhimanyu Vannemreddy (Winthrop) 7-5
Luis Fernandez Labarta/Bryan Kulikov (FAU) def. Gabriel Dias/Miha Velicki (Winthrop) 7-5
Lambros/Robbins def. Federico Nani/Patrick Kotan (UNF) 6-4
Hugo Lobo/Lucas Gueymard (Mercer) def. Fernandez Labarta/Kulikov 7-5
Lambros/Robbins def. Guglielmo Stefanacci/Marcelo Tebet (FGCU) 6-2
Cole Groetsch/Dillon Gooch (UNCW) def. Lambros/Robbins 6-4

Milwaukee Tennis Classic
Singles

Alvaro Fernandez Horta (FAU) def. Martim Prata (Tennessee) 6-4, 6-2
Jake Sands (USC) def. Thomas Guy (FAU) 6-1, 6-1
Maxime Lapraille (FAU) def. Mark Wallner (Tennessee), 6-3, 7-6(4)
Gabriel Diallo (Kentucky) def. Jason Legall (FAU) 7-5, 2-6, 6-0
No. 9 Axel Nefve (Notre Dame) def. Fernandez Horta 6-3, 6-2
No. 3 Andrea Bolla (Arizona State) def. Lapraille 6-4, 7-6 (3)

Consolation

Alex Jochim (IUPUI) def. Guy 5-7, 6-1, 10-6
No. 13 Guillermo Cabrera (Notre Dame) def. Legall 6-2, 6-2

Doubles

Siphosothando Montsi/Vuk Budic (Illinois) def. Jason Legall/Maxime Lapraille (FAU) 9-8 (6)
Jack Molloy/Bjorn Hoffmann (California) def. Alvaro Fernandez Horta/Thomas Guy (FAU) 8-3

What's Next

In about a week and a half, the Owls will travel to Tulsa, Oklahoma, to take part in the ITA Men's All American Championships. The event begins on Saturday, Oct. 5, and lasts more than seven days, dependent on advancing through the draws.