Cats Take Doubles Matches at ITA Regional

Thursday, October 19

at TCU

Abilene Christian

ITA Regional

10/21/2023 2:10:00 PM | Men's Tennis

By: Ray Fink

FORT WORTH – Abilene Christian won a pair of doubles consolation matches and had a respectable showing against Power-5 singles opponents at the ITA Texas Regional on Saturday.

Dario Kmet and Cesar Barranquero defeated Prairie View's Eduardo Nunez del Prado/ and Hatem Arroyo, 8-6. Ethan Scribner and Merse Deli also recorded a win over PVAMU, beating Jaydn Brown and Abdulraheem Isa, 8-1.

In main draw singles, Kmet took four games off of top-seeded Pierre-Yves Bailly of Texas, falling 6-3, 6-1.

Barranquero lost to Justin Braverman of Texas in consolation singles, 6-4, 6-3.

Saturday Schedule
Main Draw Singles
Pierre-Yves Bailly, Texas, def. Dario Kmet, 6-3, 6-1
Consolation Singles
Justin Braverman, Texas, def. Cesar Barranquero, 6-4, 6-3

Doubles Consolation
Dario Kmet/Cesar Barranquero def. Eduardo Nunez del Prado/Diego Hatem Arroyo, Prairie View, 8-6
Ethan Scribner/Merse Deli def. Jaydn Brown/Abdulraheem Isa, Prairie View, 8-1

Friday Results
Singles
Dario Kmet def. Iannis Fernandes, Texas A&M-CC, 6-0, 4-6, 6-2
JC Roddick, Texas A&M, def. Daniel Morozov, 6-0, 1-1, inj. ret.
Jack Pinnington, TCU, def. Cesar Barranquero, 6-2, 6-3
Doubles
Avery Zavala/Etienne Marty, Texas A&M-CC, def. Daniel Morozov/Jose Maria Rastrojo, 8-6
Ethan Muza/Justin Braverman, Baylor, def. Dario Kmet/Cesar Barranquero, 8-7 (7-5)
Benjamin McDonald/Mihaly Deli def. Eduardo Morais/Arthus de la Bassetiere, Rice, 8-6
Second Round
Lui Maxted/Duncan Chan, TCU, def. Benjamin McDonald/Mihaly Deli, 8-3
Pierre-Yves Bailly/Siem Woldeab, Texas, def. Ethan Scribner/Merse Deli, 8-2

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