ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Rafael Abdulsalam and Georgia Samaha knocked off the No. 1 seeded pairing of Oscar O’Hoisin and Benjamin Sigouin, winning 10-3 in a third-set tiebreaker to to advance to the quarterfinals of the USTA Pro Ciruit M15 Tournament hosted by The University of New Mexico and the City of Albuquerque, and being played at McKinnon Family Tennis Stadium.
Jan Pucalka and Alex Maggs, who knocked off the No. 2 seeds in the opening round, picked up a walkover win over Angel Diaz Jaili and Emile Hudd to advance to the semifinals. The doubles draw is wide open with only one of the top four seeds left.
In singles, UNM’s last men standing Arda Azkara and Ryomo Matsushita both fell in their main draw opening round matches. The main draw will have eight quarterfinal matches on Thursday.
Wednesday First Round Doubles (Lobo matches in BOLD)
Rafael Adbulsalam (VEN)/Georgio Samaha (USA) d. (1) Oscar O’Hoisin (IRE)/Benjamin Sigouin (CAN) 6-4, 5-7, 1-0 (10-3)
Thursday Quarterfinal Round Doubles (Lobo matches in BOLD)
Demetris Azoldis (GRE)/Franco Ribero (ARG) vs. Rafael Adbulsalam (VEN)/Georgio Samaha (USA)
(4) Yuta Kikuchi (JPN)/Issac Nortey (GHA) vs. Axel Garcian (FRA)/Cash Hanzlik (USA)
Kalman Boyd (USA)/Warren Wood (USA) vs. Haoyuan Huang (CHN)/Chukang Wang (CHN)
Jan Pucalka (CZE)/Alex Maggs (GBR) d. Angel Diaz Jalil (ECU)/Emile Hudd (GBR) Walkover
Wednesday First Round Main Draw (Lobo matches in BOLD)
Olle Wallin (SWE) d. (1) Emil Reinberg (USA) 6-2, 3-6, 6-4
Warren Wood (USA) d. Angel Diaz Jalil (ECU) 6-3, 6-3
Maxwell McKennon (USA) d. Benjamin Sigouin (CAN) 6-7 (6-8), 6-3, 6-3
(7) Cash Hanzlik d. Kalman Boyd (USA) 6-3, 6-2
(3) Osgar O’Hoisin (IRE) d. Constantinos Koshis 6-2, 6-1
Jakub Wojcik (USA) d. Emile Hudd (GBR) 6-3, 2-6, 6-3
Chukang Wang (CHN) d. Ryoma Matsushita (JPN) 6-1, 6-4
Christian Lakoseljac (CAN) d. (5) Haoyuan Huang (CHN) 6-7 (3-6), 6-1, 6-4
(8) Yuta Kikuchi (JPN) d. Evan Bynoe (USA) 6-1, 6-1
Rei Sakamoto (JPN) d. Arda Azkara (TUR) 4-6, 6-0, 7-6 (7-5)
Demetris Azoides (GRE) d. Chad Kissell (USA) 6-3, 1-6, 7-6 (7-2)
(4) Maciej Rajski (POL) d. Emmett Ward (USA) 6-2, 6-2
(6) Connor Farren (USA) d. Stefano Liokossis (CAN) 6-3, 6-1
Gabriel Evans (USA) d. Rafael Abdulsalam (VEN) 7-6 (7-4), 6-4
Ryan Dickerson (USA) d. Michael Shaba (USA) 6-2, 6-3
Jaycer Lyeons (USA) d. (2) Axel Garcian (FRA) 2-6, 6-3, 6-1
Thursday Quarterfinal Draw
Olle Wallin (SWE) vs. Warren Wood (USA)
Maxwell McKennon (USA) vs. (7) Cash Hanzlik
(3) Osgar O’Hoisin (IRE) vs. Jakub Wojcik (USA)
Chukang Wang (CHN) vs. Christian Lakoseljac (CAN)
Rei Sakamoto (JPN) vs. Demetris Azoides (GRE)
Demetris Azoides (GRE) vs. (4) Maciej Rajski (POL)
(6) Connor Farren (USA) vs. Gabriel Evans (USA)
Ryan Dickerson (USA) vs. Jaycer Lyeons (USA)