Flores, Markovic Wrap Weekend At Chowderfest Tournament

Friday, September 18

Cambridge, Mass.

SMU

Chowderfest

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Flores, Markovic Wrap Weekend At Chowderfest Tournament

Sep 21 | Men's Tennis

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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (SMU) - SMU Men's Tennis newcomers, Sasa Markovic and Luis Flores, wrapped up competition at the Chowderfest tournament at Harvard to open the Mustangs' fall season over the weekend.

Flores made his college debut, going 3-1 in singles play in Cambridge, claiming notable wins against Virginia Tech's Gevorg Mnatsakanyan (6-4, 6-2) and Illinois' Colson Wells (6-3, 6-3).

Markovic went 2-1 in singles play with wins over two Yale players: Jim Ji (6-2, 7-5) and Dylan Tsoi (6-3, 6-3).

"It was great to see Sasa and Luis get their first wins as Mustangs, we had a lot of positive takeaways from the weekend in Boston," said Assistant Coach Bryce Pereira.

"Now we go back to work in Dallas, and excited to see them back in action soon."

Notable Results
Singles
Tej Baghra (Brown) def. Luis Flores (SMU), 6-0
Sasa Markovic (SMU) def. Jim Ji (Yale), 6-2, 7-5
Luis Flores (SMU) def. Gevorg Mnatsakanyan (Virginia Tech), 6-4, 6-2
Sasa Markovic (SMU) def. Dylan Tsoi (Yale), 6-3, 6-3
Luis Flores (SMU) def. Colson Wells (Illinois), 1-6, 6-3, 6-4
Felipe Pinzon (Cornell) def. Sasa Markovic (SMU), 6-1, 6-4
Luis Flores (SMU) def. Rushil Khosla (Cornell), 7-6 (5), 6-2

Doubles
Kornel Halmos/Enrique Collar (Dartmouth) def. Luis Flores/Sasa Markovic (SMU), 6-2
Colson Wells/David Bakonyi (Illinois) def. Luis Flores/Sasa Markovic (SMU), 6-3
No. 67 Rethin Pranav Senthil Kumar/Rushil Khosla (Cornell) def. Luis Flores/Sasa Markovic (SMU), 6-4

Up Next
Several Mustangs will head to the West Coast for the Sherwood Collegiate Cup at Thousand Oaks, Calif., Friday-Sunday.