Ole Miss and LSU kicked off their respective spring seasons in warm and sunny Hawaii at the Rainbow Warrior Invitational. Ole Miss swept LSU in doubles with four of the six matches finishing with either a 7-5 or 7-6 score. Singles was a different story with LSU taking four of seven against Ole Miss plus Julian Saborio played a second match against Hawaii and won that one as well. Each school slotted their players in order of strength.
Duke and Hawaii played as well with Duke winning six of eight doubles matches and seven of eight singles. Duke and Ole Miss will play on Tuesday while LSU and Hawaii do the same. Wendesday will be the final day with Ole Miss paired up against Hawaii while Duke and LSU play.
2017 Rainbow Warrior Invitational
Jan. 9-11 at Honolulu, Hawaii (UH Tennis Complex)
Round 1 Dubs:
1. Fabian Fallert/Grey Hamilton (OM) def. Jordan Daigle/Eric Samuelsson (LSU) 6-1
2. Gustav Hansson/Tim Sandkaulen (OM) def. Justin Butsch/ Agie Moreno (LSU) 6-1
3. Zvonimir Babic/Ricardo Jorge (OM) def. Gabor Csonka/Julian Saborio (LSU) 7-6(5)
Round 2 Dubs:
1. Hansson/Sandkaulen (OM) def. Rafael Wagner/Eric Samuelsson (LSU) 7-5
2. Babic/Jorge (OM) def. Butsch/Moreno (LSU) 7-5
3. Hamilton/Fallert (OM) def. Csonka/Saborio (LSU) 7-6(6)
LSU/Ole Miss Singles:
1. Justin Butsch (LSU) def. Gustav Hansson (OM) 6-4, 6-1
2. Tim Sandkaulen (OM) def. Jordan Daigle (LSU) 3-6, 7-6(3), 6-4
3. Fabian Fallert (OM) def. Nikola Samardzic (LSU) 6-4, 6-2
4. Gabor Csonka (LSU) def. Ricardo Jorge (OM) 6-3, 6-0
5. Rafael Wagner (LSU) def. Grey Hamilton (OM) 6-3, 6-2
6. Zvonimir Babic (OM) def. Eric Samuelsson (LSU) 6-4, 3-6, 6-1
7. Julian Saborio (LSU) def. Robert Mounger (OM) 6-3, 6-3
Julian Saborio (LSU) def. Chris Cajigan (Hawaii), 6-4, 6-4
Duke at Hawaii Singles:
Catalin Mateas (Duke) def. Felix Albert (Hawaii) 6-3, 6-3
Robert Levine (Duke) def. Igor Kolaric (Hawaii) 6-2, 6-2
Nick Stachowiak (Duke) def. Marcel Chan (Hawaii) 6-3, 6-3
Spencer Furman (Duke) def. Ruben Blattner (Hawaii) 6-1, 6-1
TJ Pura (Duke) def. Fabian Woehrl (Hawaii) 6-4, 6-4
Ryan Dickerson (Duke) def. Eric Kenneth (Hawaii) 6-0, 6-0
Vincent Lin (Duke) def. Spencer Travalino (Hawaii) 6-2, 6-3
Chris Cajigan (Hawaii) def. Andrew DeJoy (Duke) 6-4, 7-5
Duke/Hawaii Doubles
Spencer Furman/Nick Stachowiak (Duke) def. Igor Kolaric/Chris Cajigan (Hawaii) 6-0
TJ Pura/Jason Lapidus (Duke) def. Marcel Chan/Eric Kenneth (Hawaii) 6-2
Felix Albert/Ruben Blattner (Hawaii) def. Robert Levine/Catalin Mateas (Duke) 6-3
Ryan Dickerson/Vincent Lin (Duke) def. Spencer Travalino/Fabian Woehrl (Hawaii) 7-5
Spencer Furman/Nick Stachowiak (Duke) def. Igor Kolaric/Chris Cajigan (Hawaii) 6-0
TJ Pura/Jason Lapidus (Duke) def. Marcel Chan/Eric Kenneth (Hawaii) 6-2
Felix Albert/Ruben Blattner (Hawaii) def. Robert Levine/Catalin Mateas (Duke) 6-4
Vincent Lin/Ryan Dickerson (Duke) def. Spencer Travalino/Fabian Woehrl (Hawaii) 6-2
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The final round of qualies wrapped up at a pair of US Futures events. Six of the eight qualifiers in Long Beach had college ties while four of eight in Plantation did too.
$25K Long Beach USA F2 Futures – Qualies Final Round
Ronnie Schneider (North Carolina Sr) def. Laurens Verboven (USC Soph) 6-4, 7-6(2)
JC Aragone (Virginia Sr) def. Lucas Renard 6-3, 6-4
Mico Santiago def. Alexander Cozbinov (UNLV Jr) 2-6, 6-1, 6-2
Henry Craig (Denver ’16) def. Jonathan Mridha 6-4, 1-6, 6-4
Nick Crystal (USC Sr) def. Bryce Pereira (’17 UCLA commit) 6-4, 6-4
Nate Lammons (SMU ’16) def. Tyler Lu (Yale Sr) 7-6(4), 6-2
Robert Galloway (Wofford ’15) def. AJ Catanzariti (Texas A&M Jr) 7-5, 6-4
Jenson Brooksby def. Thibault Forget (USC Jr) 7-6(2), 6-0
Main Draw First Round
Brandon Holt (USC Fr) vs. Luke Bambridge
Eric Johnson (USC ’15) vs. Riley Smith (USC Fr)
[7] Carl Soderlund (Virginia Fr) vs. [Q] Ronnie Schneider (North Carolina Sr)
[4] Mackenzie McDonald (UCLA ’16*) vs. [Q] JC Aragone (Virginia Sr)
Logan Smith (USC Soph) vs. Antoine Bellier
[8] Dennis Nevolo (Illinois ’12) vs. Collin Altamirano (Virginia Jr)
[5] Evan King (Michigan ’13) vs. Clay Thompson (UCLA ’14)
[Q] Nick Crystal vs. Christian Harrison
Marcos Giron (UCLA ’14*) vs. Dekel Bar
[3] Emilio Gomez (USC ’13*) vs. [Q] Nate Lammons (SMU ’16)
Sebastian Fanselow (Pepperdine ’13) vs. [6] Kaichi Uchida
Aron Hiltzik (Illinois Jr) vs. Evan Song
[Q] Henry Craign (Denver ’16) vs. Rob Galloway (Wofford ’15)
[2] Roberto Quiroz (USC ’15) vs. Alexios Halebian
$15K Plantation USA F3 Futures – Qualies Final Round
Michael Zhu (Michigan ’15) def. Tomislav Jotovski 6-2, 2-6, 7-6(1)
Johannes Ingildsen (Florida Fr) def. Hunter Callahan (Ohio State ’15) 6-3, 6-1
Genaro Olivieri def. Chase Perez-Blanco (Florida Jr) 4-6, 6-2, 6-2
Felipe Martinez Sarrasague (Elon Soph) def. Alexander Sendegeya (Texas Tech Jr) w/o
Alfredo Perez (Florida Soph) def. Aleksandar Kovacevic (Illinois Fr) 6-2, 6-4
Main Draw First Round
Raleigh Smith (Northwestern ’14) vs. Felix Auger-Aliassime
[Q] Johannes Ingildsen (Florida Fr) vs. Ilya Vasilyev
[5] Gonzalo Escobar (Texas Tech ’12) vs. Ricardo Rodriguez
[3] Peter Nagy (Texas A&M CC ’15) vs. [Q] Felipe Martinez Sarrasague (Elon Soph)
[Q] Michael Zhu (Michigan ’15) vs. Hleb Maslau (North Florida ’11)
Nick Chappell (TCU ’15) vs. [4] Ivan Endara
[Q] Alfredo Perez (Florida Soph) vs. [Q] Maciej Rajski
Roberto Cid (South Florida ’16) vs. [2] Tomislav Brkic
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