TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – South Alabama men's tennis finished day two of ITA Southern Regionals with three wins.
Louis Delcour and Maxime St-Hilaire won their round of 32 matches and advanced to the round of 16 for singles qualifying matches but both lost their matches in the round of 16 for singles qualifying matches. Javier Montoya also dropped his match in the round of 32 and will not move on.
For doubles, Montoya and Martin Bugaj withdrew from their match due to injury and Sebastien Collard and Maxime St-Hilaire dropped their match and will not advance.
SINGLES R32Q RESULTS
Louis Delcour (USA) def. Karlo Kajin (Louisiana) 4-6, 6-2, 10-2
Maxime St-Hilaire (USA) def. vs Calin Postea (Louisiana) 5-7, 6-2, 10-5
Karim Al-Amin (UNO) def. Javier Montoya (USA) 6-1, 6-3
SINGLES R16Q RESULTS
Noah Martens (Troy) def. Louis Delcour (USA) 6-3, 1-6, 10-3
Benjamin Ambrosio (LSU) def. Maxime St-Hilaire (USA) 6-2, 7-6(7), 10-8
DOUBLES R64 MAIN DRAW RESULTS
Chen Dong / Ben Koch (LSU) def. Sébastien Collard/Maxime St-Hilaire (USA) 9-8 (3)
Carlos Gimenez Perez/ Nikola Puric (UAB) def. Javier Montoya/Martin Bugaj (USA) – withdrew due to injury
Louis Delcour/Jack Clements (USA) def. Alin Fatu/Vicente Arbelaez Prati (Jacksonville State) 9-8 (4)
Saturday schedule:
Round of 32 doubles main draw, round of 64 singles main draw, round of 32 singles main draw
Sebastien Collard gets a first-round bye and will play in the round of 32 main draw. Jack Clements will play in the round of 64 main draw.
The doubles duos of Delcour and Clements will play in the round of 32 on Friday.
Head coach Nick Brochu:
"The day started very well and we got three strong wins. We were battling well, we were playing well, but at one point we just could not capitalize on the big points. We dropped a few of the last matches. For singles, Max was in a position to win and he let that slip. Louis was also in control of his match and started cramping and almost defaulted. Very disappointing in singles. Javier also had an injury in his leg which kept them from competing in doubles. Those three singles losses are very frustrating.
Going into doubles, we won one and lost one. The one we lost, I'm still trying to figure out how we lost that. We had chances, we played well and we played aggressive, the problem is that every time there was a big or important point, we managed to make a mistake. Usually, Seb and Max are good on key points, but today it was just great playing until the most important point and that's where we screwed up. In the last doubles, Louis and Jack just barely got that win in a tiebreaker 87. We need to play better. Today we started great but finished not in a good fashion. Tomorrow is the main draw and we need to get ready, but definitely need to focus more on big points."
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