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Men's Tennis Hosts USTA M15s at McKinnon

by Frank Mercogliano

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Qualifying rounds for the USTA Pro Circuit M15 will take place Monday and Tuesday at McKinnon Family Tennis Stadium as UNM and the City of Albuquerque host the event which will feature five Lobos in the qualifying rounds.  The tournament features 32 players in the two round qualifying draws.  The eight survivors will move into the main draw with 24 other players.  There will also be a doubles bracket that will not hit the courts until Wednesday.

Five Lobos; Alex Maggs, Daniil Kakhniuk, Georgio Samaha, Aram Noroozian and Nikolay Sysoev will all compete in the qualifying rounds.  action starts at 10 am on all six courts at the McKinnon Family Tennis Stadium and will continue with matches following afterwards throughout the day.

Monday Qualifying Schedule (Lobo matches in BOLD)

Court 1:
10 am: Alexander Maggs (GBR) vs. (12) Oren Vasser (USA)
Followed by: (7) Franco Ribero (ARG) vs. Daniil Kakhniuk (BLR)
Followed by: Georgio Samaha (USA) vs. (11) Arman Zamani (USA)

Court 2:
10 am: (1) Christian Lakoseljac (CAN) vs. Codrin Miller (USA)
Followed by: (5) Chad Kissel (USA) vs. Lazar Markovic (USA)
Followed by: Aram Noroozian (CAN) vs. (9) Michael Shabaz (USA)

Court 3:
10 am : (3) Nico Mostardi (USA) vs. Kyle Overmyer (USA)
Followed by: YanMing Zhou (HKG) vs. (13) CHristian Lerby (NED)
Followed by: (2) Nikolay Sysoev (RUS) vs. Marino Jakic (CRO)

Court 4:
10 am: Abasi Abukusumo (USA) vs. (14) Stefano Liokossis (CAN)
Followed by: (6) Emile Hudd (GBR) vs. Varun Jayaram (USA)
Followed by: (Leonardo Vega (USA) vs. (15) Antonio Matteo Iaquinto (DOM)

Court 5:
10 am: (4) Keenan Mayo (USA) vs. Maxwell McKennon (USA)
Followed by: Nicola Cigna (ITA) vs. (10) Ryan Dickerson (USA)

Court 6: 
10 am: Chetan Desai (IND) vs. (16) Aleksa Krivokapic (MNE)
Followed by (8)Chukang Wang (Chi) vs. Jacob Olar (USA)