Box Score The Keiser men's tennis team finished day three at the ITA Cup in Rome, Ga. The Seahawks won all of their back draw matches on the day.
In the back draw,
Luke Simkiss won his match against Chris Papa (SDC), 6-2, 6-4.
Yassir Kilani advanced via walkover against the No. 2 seeded Alex Gurmendi (GGU).
Charly Zick and
Geronimo Barrios won their match via walkover against the No. 1 seed Daniil Klimmov and Leo Bresson (WCU). Zick and Barrios then defeated Josh Turnquest and Jeremias Rocco of Indiana Wesleyan, 7-6(1), 6-4 to end their tournament.
Head Coach
Daniel Finn said, "Much better showing today. Was pleased with the boys' energy and attitudes today. Not the end results that we wanted for the tournament as a whole, but today was certainly a nice way to close out the event and start preparing for the next events. We still have a lot of work to do to get where we want to be, and several things were shown during this event that need to be improved. We can take a couple of days to recover and rest, and then start getting right back to work."
Luke Simkiss (1)
First Round: Def. Leo Sprovier (Ind. Wes.) (6-1, 1-6, 7-6(6))
Quarterfinal: Lost to Agustin Tamgnone (Georgia Gwinnett) (6-1, 6-4)
Back draw: Def. Chris Papa (San Diego Christian) (6-2, 6-4)
Yassir Kilani
First Round: Def. No. 3 Leo Bresson (WCU) (6-3, 7-6(2))
Quarterfinal: Lost to Francisco Faria (Olivet Nazarine) (6-4, 6-3)
Back draw: Def. Alex Gurmendi (Georgia Gwinnett) (Win Walkover)
Geronimo Barrios/
Charly Zick
First Round: Def Leo Sprovieri and Martin Carrizo (Ind. Wes.) (6-1, 3-6, [10-7])
Quarterfinal: Lost to No. 4 Jose Dugo and Alex Gurmendi (Georgia Gwinnett) (7-6(6), 7-5)
Back draw: Def. No. 1 Daniil Klimmov and Leo Bresson (William Carey) (Win Walkover)
Back draw: Def. Josh Turnquest and Jeremias Rocco (Ind Wes.) (7-6(1), 6-4)
