ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Alex Maggs and Jan Pucalka won 6-2, 6-0 over the No. 2 seed to advance to the quarters of the USTA Pro Circuit M15 Tournament, hosted by The University of New Mexico and the City of Albuquerque. The duo will face Angel Diaz Jalil and Emile Hudd in the quarterfinals.
They got there with a 6-2, 6-0 win over Chad Kissell and Emil Rinberg in what is shaping up as an open half of the bracket as the No. 3 seeds also lost.
In singles, Georgio Samaha missed qualifying for the main draw with a 7-6 (9-7), 7-6 (7-5) loss to the top-seed Christian Liokossis. UNM still has one player left in the main draw, Ryomo Matsushita, who plays Wednesday.
Tuesday Qualifying Singles (Lobo matches in BOLD – Winners advance to main draw)
(1) Christian Lakoseljac (CAN) d. Georgia Samaha (USA) 7-6 (8-6), 7-6 (7-5)
(9) Michael Shabaz (USA) d. Marino Jakic (CRO) 4-6, 6-4, 1-0 (10-7)
(14) Stefano Liokossis (CAN) d. (3) Nico Mostardi (USA) 3-6. 6-4, 1-0 (10-8)
Maxwell McKennon (USA) d. (16) Aleksa Krivokapic (MNE) 6-2, 6-2
(5) Chad Kessel (USA) d. (13) Christian Lerby (NED) 6-4, 6-4
(6) Emile Hudd (GBR) d. (12) Orin Vasser (USA) 6-3, 6-4
(10) Ryan Dickerson (USA) d. (7) Franco Ribero (ARG) 7-5, 7-6 (9-7)
(8) Chukang Wang (CHN) d. (15) Antonio Matteo Iaquinto (DOM) 6-3. 6-0
Tuesday First Round Doubles (Lobo matches in BOLD)
(1) Osgar O’Hoisin (IRE)/Benjamin Sigouin (CAN) vs. Rafael Adbulsalam (VEN)/Georgio Samaha (USA)
Demetris Azoldis (GRE)/Franco Ribero (ARG) d. Ryan Dickerson (USA)/Olie Wallin (SWE) 5-7, 6-3, 1-0 (10-7)
(4) Yuta Kikuchi (JPN)/Issac Nortey (GHA) d. Maciej Rajski (POL)/Jakub Wojick (USA) 6-3, 6-3
Axel Garcian (FRA)/Cash Hanzlik (USA) d. Nicola Cigna (ITA)/Leonardo Vega (USA) 6-4, 6-2
Kalman Boyd (USA)/Warren Wood (USA) vs. Arda Azkara (TUR)/Ryoma Matsushita (JPN) 7-5, 6-1
Haoyuan Huang (CHN)/Chukang Wang (CHN) d. (3) Sathi Reddy Chirala (IND)/Keenan Mayo (USA) 7-6 (7-5), 6-2
Angel Diaz Jalil (ECU)/Emile Hudd (GBR) d. Constantinos Koshis (CYP)/Maxwell McKinnon (USA) 6-2, 6-4
Alexander Maggs (GBR)/Jan Pucalka (CZE) d. (2) Chad Kissell (USA)/Emil Reinberg (USA) 6-2, 6-0
Wednesday First Round Main Draw (Lobo matches in BOLD)
(1) Emil Reinberg (USA) vs. Olle Wallin (SWE)
Warren Wood (USA) d. Angel Diaz Jalil (ECU) 6-3, 6-3
Maxwell McKennon (USA) vs. Benjamin Sigouin (CAN)
Kalman Boyd (USA) vs. (7) Cash Hanzlik
(3) Osgar O’Hoisin (IRE) d. Constantinos Koshis 6-2, 6-1
Emile Hudd (GBR) vs. Jakub Wojcik (USA)
Chukand Wang (CHN) vs. Ryoma Matsushita (JPN)
(5) Haoyuan Huang (CHN) vs. Christian Lakoseljac (CAN)
(8) Yuta Kikuchi (JPN) d. Evan Bynoe (USA) 6-1, 6-1
Rei Sakamoto d. Arda Azkara (TUR) 4-6, 6-0, 7-6 (7-5)
Demetris Azoides (GRE) d. Chad Kissell (USA)
Emmett Ward (USA) vs. (4) Maciej Rajski (POL)
(6) Connor Farren (USA) vs. Stefano Liokossis (CAN)
Gabriel Evans (USA) d. Rafael Abdulsalam (VEN) 7-6 (7-4), 6-4
Michael Shaba (USA) vs. Ryan Dickerson (USA)
Jaycer Lyeons (USA) vs. (2) Axel Garcian (FRA)