Wildcats Wins Eight Singles Matches

FORT WORTH – Abilene Christian won eight singles matches on the first day of the ITA Texas Regional on Thursday and has three entrants still in the bracket.
 
Cesar Barranquero pulled out wins over Prairie View A&M and Texas A&M-Corpus Christi to advance. After a first-round bye, Daniel Morozov scored a win against Incarnate Word to advance to Friday.
 
Ethan Scribner and Merse Deli both had victories over SMU opponents while Mihaly Deli beat a TAM-CC foe and Benjamin McDonald got a victory over Texas-Rio Grande Valley. All four fell in the second round, however.
 
Dario Kmet had a first-day bye and joins Morozov and Barranquero in the main draw on Friday.
 
Doubles play launches on Friday as well.
 
Thursday results
Singles
Qualifying Draw
First Round
Benjamin McDonald def. Ivo Isqueiro, UTRGV, 6-1, 7-5
Cesar Barranquero def. Jaydn Boone, PVAM, 6-0, 6-1
Daniel Morozov bye
Dennis Dutine def. Brandon Do, Lamar, 7-6 (7-4), 6-4
Ethan Scribner def. John Zisette, SMU, 2-6, 6-3, 7-5
Martin Garcia-Ripoll Ore, Lamar, def. Jose Maria Rastrojo, 6-2, 7-5
Merse Deli def. Alexander Stafford, SMU, 7-5, 6-2
Mihaly Deli def. Nicolas Trebuchet, Texas A&M-CC, 3-6, 6-1, 6-3
 
Second Round
Brayden Michna, Texas A&M, def. Benjamin McDonald, 6-2, 6-2
Daniel Morozov def. Pietro Perego, Incarnate Word, 7-5, 6-2
Louis Cloud, SMU, def Dennis Dutine, 6-7 (5-7), 6-1, 6-1
Christopher Frantzen, Baylor def. Ethan Scribner, 6-4, 6-3
Cesar Barranquero def. Antoine Vicaire, Texas A&M-CC, 6-1, 7-5
Emilio Vila, Incarnate Word, def. Merse Deli, 6-2, 6-2
Sebastian Abboud, Texas Tech, def. Mihaly Deli, 1-6, 6-3, 6-3
Consolation
Jose Maria Rastrojo, bye
Consolation Round of 16
Jose Maria Rastrojo def. Takeyasu Sekiguchi, Texas Tech, inj wd
 
Friday Schedule
Singles
Dario Kmet vs. Iannis Fernandes, Texas A&M-CC
Daniel Morozov vs. JC Roddick, Texas A&M
Cesar Barranquero vs. Jack Pinnington, TCU
Doubles
Daniel Morozov/Jose Maria Rastrojo vs. Avery Zavala/Etienne Marty, Texas A&M-CC
Dario Kmet/Cesar Barranquero vs. Ethan Muza/Justin Braverman, Baylor
Benjamin McDonald/Mihaly Deli vs. Eduardo Morais/Arthus de la Bassetiere, Rice
Ethan Scribner/Merse Deli vs. Pierre-Yves Bailly/Siem Woldeab, Texas