WACO, Texas (SMU) — SMU Men's Tennis wrapped its weekend at the Intercollegiate Tennis Association Regional Championships in Waco, Texas, Saturday.
In the singles bracket, Trevor Svajda highlighted the weekend by winning his first two matches in the main draw to advance it to the round of 16. With Svajda, Maks Silagy also earned an automatic bid to the singles main draw, but his road ended in the round of 64.
Freshmen duo Xavier Calvelo and Noah McDonald both won two of their singles qualifying matches to make the main draw. McDonald advanced to the round of 32, while Calvelo's campaign ended in the round of 64.
In the doubles bracket, both of SMU's pairings advanced to the round of 32.
Single Results
Singles Qualifying
R64: Noah McDonald (SMU) def. Grant Lothringer (Texas A&M) 6-2, 7-5
R64: Xavier Calvelo (SMU) def. Santiago Serrano Huidobro (UTRGV) 6-3, 3-6, 6-2
R32: Noah McDonald (SMU) def. Merse Deli (Abilene Christian) 6-2, 6-3
R32: Xavier Calvelo (SMU) def. Kaj Quirijns (TCU) 6-1, 7-6 (3)
Singles Main Draw
R64: Trevor Svajda (SMU) def. Navarro Santiago (Rice) 6-4, 6-1
R64: Noah McDonald (SMU) def. Grant Lothringer (Texas A&M) 7-6 (0), 7-6 (5)
R64: Lucas Brown (Texas) def. Maks Silagy (SMU) 6-4, 6-4
R64: Tiago Torres (UTSA) def. Xavier Calvelo (SMU) 6-2, 4-6, 6-4
R32: Trevor Svajda (SMU) def. Danijal Muminovic (UTSA) 6-2, 6-3
R32: Jonah Braswell (Texas) def. Noah McDonald (SMU) 6-1, 2-6, 6-0
R16: Timo Legout (Texas) def. Trevor Svajda (SMU) 6-4, 6-1
Consolation Matches
Xavier Calvelo (SMU) def. Yair Sarouk (Rice) 7-5, 6-4
Xavier Calvelo (SMU) def. Raul Sachdev (Texas) 6-3, 6-2
Maks Silagy (SMU) def. Ethan Silva (Texas A&M) 6-2, 4-6, [10]-[6]
Oskar Brostrom Poulsen (Baylor) def. Maks Silagy (SMU) 6-2, 6-2
Doubles Results
R64: Svajda/Silagy (SMU) – BYE
R64: McDonald/Calvelo (SMU) def. Zapletal/Trebuchet 8-2
R32: Sendogan/Mandelbaum def. Svajda/Silagy (SMU) 8-3
R32: Legout/Brown (Texas) def. McDonald/Calvelo (SMU) 8-5
Up Next
SMU will host their first home tournament of the season. The Ralston/Neufeld Coaches Challenge will be held in the Styslinger / Altec Tennis Complex, Oct. 31-Nov. 2.
