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FORT WORTH, Texas (SMU) - SMU Men's Tennis wrapped its competition at the ITA Texas Regional Championships in Fort Worth, Texas, on Sunday.
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No. 122 Georgi Georgiev highlighted the tournament by reaching the quarterfinal round of the singles bracket. He defeated Texas A&M's Ritesh Patil (6-0, 6-4), Baylor's Drew Hedgecoe (6-2, 6-4) and ACU's Luis Jose Nakamine (6-1, 6-4) to reach the top eight, before falling to Texas' No. 88 Tomasz Berkieta (7-6(3), 7-5, 6-2).
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"I'm happy with the process and the way I competed this weekend at a very strong tennis event. Came very close in the quarterfinals but will quickly move on," said Georgiev.
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"It was special to have my family in town and be able to play in front of them."
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Other notable performances by the Mustangs include a round of 32 run by Phoenix Weir in singles, while Meethre Barot and Petar Teodorovic made the round of 16 in doubles.
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"Encouraging to see all Mustangs getting victories over the weekend in the toughest regional in the country," said Head Coach Grant Chen.
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"Georgi played some great tennis all weekend even having a match point in the quarterfinals. Petar and Meethre worked as a doubles pair and Phoenix has continued to improve this season."
Notable Results
Georgi Georgiev Singles
R64 – No. 122 Georgi Georgiev (SMU) def. Ritesh Patil (Texas A&M) 6-0, 6-4
R32 – No. 122 Georgi Georgiev (SMU) def. Drew Hedgecoe (Baylor) 6-2, 6-4
R16 – No. 122 Georgi Georgiev (SMU) def. Luis Jose Nakamine (Abilene Christian) 6-1, 6-4
QF – No. 88 Tomasz Berkieta (Texas) def. No. 122 Georgi Georgiev (SMU) 6(3)-7, 7-5, 6-2
Phoenix Weir Singles
R64 – Phoenix Weir (SMU) def. Gordon Gallagher (Baylor) 7-6(4), 6-4, 6-2
R32 – No. 97 Lucas Marionneau (Texas) def. Phoenix Weir (SMU) 4-6, 6-3, 6-3
Barot / Teodorovic Doubles
R32 - Meethre Barot / Petar Teodorovic (SMU) def. Ilia Snitari / Kriish Tyagi (Texas A&M) 8-5
R16 – No. 14 Connor Henry Van Schalkwyk / Erik Schiessl (Baylor) def. Meethre Barot / Petar Teodorovic (SMU) 8-4
Up Next
SMU prepares to head to Houston for the Ralph O Connor Invitational Tournament at Rice on Oct. 16-17.
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FORT WORTH, Texas (SMU) - SMU Men's Tennis wrapped its competition at the ITA Texas Regional Championships in Fort Worth, Texas, on Sunday.
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No. 122 Georgi Georgiev highlighted the tournament by reaching the quarterfinal round of the singles bracket. He defeated Texas A&M's Ritesh Patil (6-0, 6-4), Baylor's Drew Hedgecoe (6-2, 6-4) and ACU's Luis Jose Nakamine (6-1, 6-4) to reach the top eight, before falling to Texas' No. 88 Tomasz Berkieta (7-6(3), 7-5, 6-2).
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"I'm happy with the process and the way I competed this weekend at a very strong tennis event. Came very close in the quarterfinals but will quickly move on," said Georgiev.
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"It was special to have my family in town and be able to play in front of them."
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Other notable performances by the Mustangs include a round of 32 run by Phoenix Weir in singles, while Meethre Barot and Petar Teodorovic made the round of 16 in doubles.
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"Encouraging to see all Mustangs getting victories over the weekend in the toughest regional in the country," said Head Coach Grant Chen.
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"Georgi played some great tennis all weekend even having a match point in the quarterfinals. Petar and Meethre worked as a doubles pair and Phoenix has continued to improve this season."
Notable Results
Georgi Georgiev Singles
R64 – No. 122 Georgi Georgiev (SMU) def. Ritesh Patil (Texas A&M) 6-0, 6-4
R32 – No. 122 Georgi Georgiev (SMU) def. Drew Hedgecoe (Baylor) 6-2, 6-4
R16 – No. 122 Georgi Georgiev (SMU) def. Luis Jose Nakamine (Abilene Christian) 6-1, 6-4
QF – No. 88 Tomasz Berkieta (Texas) def. No. 122 Georgi Georgiev (SMU) 6(3)-7, 7-5, 6-2
Phoenix Weir Singles
R64 – Phoenix Weir (SMU) def. Gordon Gallagher (Baylor) 7-6(4), 6-4, 6-2
R32 – No. 97 Lucas Marionneau (Texas) def. Phoenix Weir (SMU) 4-6, 6-3, 6-3
Barot / Teodorovic Doubles
R32 - Meethre Barot / Petar Teodorovic (SMU) def. Ilia Snitari / Kriish Tyagi (Texas A&M) 8-5
R16 – No. 14 Connor Henry Van Schalkwyk / Erik Schiessl (Baylor) def. Meethre Barot / Petar Teodorovic (SMU) 8-4
Up Next
SMU prepares to head to Houston for the Ralph O Connor Invitational Tournament at Rice on Oct. 16-17.
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