Trio Of Hogs Advance To Play Monday In Athens

Tournament Central

ATHENS, Ga. – A trio of Razorbacks advanced to play in the final day of the 2018 Southern Intercollegiate Championships Sunday. Action is set to begin at 10 a.m. Monday.

Enrique Paya will face off against Daniel Groom from UNC-Wilmington in the Division II singles bracket, while Oscar Mesquida Adam Sanjurjo will play in the semifinals of the Division I doubles bracket.

Paya had two straight-set victories in the quarter and semifinals Sunday afternoon. Defeating Nico Grewe (UNC Greensboro) 6-1, 6-4 and Riku Kubota 6-4, 6-2.

Mesquida and Sanjurjo cruised to two wins in the round of 16 and the quarterfinals, defeating Mika Kosonen/Sergio Valinotti (GA Gwinnett) 8-7, 7-5 and Augustin Savarino/Austin Hussey (UNC Wilmington) 8-7(6), respectively.

Sunday’s Results 

Division I Singles Quarterfinals
Robert Loeb (UGA) def. Oscar Mesquida (Arkansas) 6-2, 6-2
Alex Reco (Arkansas) def. Vivien Versier 6-0, 5-7, 6-3

Division I Singles Semifinals
Gabriel Decamps (UCF) def. Alex Reco (Arkansas) 6-2, 6-1

Division I Doubles Round of 16  
Oscar Mesquida/Adam Sanjurjo (Arkansas) def. Mika Kosonen/Sergio Valinotti (GA Gwinnett) 8-7, 7-5
Jan Zielinksi/Robert Loeb (UGA) def. Josh Howard/Alex Reco (Arkansas) 8-5

Division I Doubles Quarterfinals  
Oscar Mesquida/Adam Sanjurjo(Arkansas) def. Augustin Savarino/Austin Hussey (UNC Wilmington) 8-7(6)

Division II Singles Quarterfinals
Enrique Paya (Arkansas) def. Nico Grewe (UNC Greensboro) 6-1, 6-4

Division II Singles Semifinals
Enrique Paya (Arkansas) def. Riku Kubota 6-4, 6-2

Saturday’s Results

Division I Doubles Round of 32 
Oscar Mesquida/Adam Sanjurjo (Arkansas) def. Linus Bergevi/Tim Gennes (Stetson) 8-2
Alvaro Regalado/Zach Whaanga (Columbus State) def. Jose Alonso/Pedro Alonso (Arkansas) 8-5
Josh Howard/Alex Reco (Arkansas) def. Giovanni Araujo/Michael Copeland (UNC Wilmington) 8-7 (4)

Division I Singles Round of 16 
Oscar Mesquida (Arkansas) def. Rafael Tosetto (Tennessee Tech) 6-3, 6-7(8), 6-2
Alex Reco (Arkansas) def. Rafael Coutinho (GA Gwinnett) 6-1, 6-1

Division I Singles Consolation 
Jose Alonso (Arkansas) def. Arnold Kokulewski (Columbus St.) 6-2, 1-0 retired
Michael Copeland (UNC Wilmington) def. Josh Howard (Arkansas) retired
Adam Sanjurjo (Arkansas) def. Juan Pablo Grassi Mazzuchi (UCF) 7-6, 6-2
Dan Martin (Dartmouth) def. Pedro Alonso (Arkansas) 4-6, 7-5, 10-4

Division II Singles Round of 16
Enrique Paya (Arkansas) def. Harvey Maughan (Kennesaw State) 6-1, 6-2

Division II Doubles Round of 32
Josh Bortnick/Enrique Paya (Arkansas) def. Ventura Durall/Sebastian Harris (Gardner Webb) 8-5

Division II Doubles Round of 16 
Gonzalo Garcia/Riku Kubota (Tennessee Tech) def. Josh Bortnick/Enrique Paya (Arkansas) 8-4

Division III Singles Consolation
Josh Bortnick (Arkansas) def. Ivan Morin-Kougoucheff (FAU) 6-2, 1-6, 1-0 (6)

Friday’s Results

Division I Singles Round of 64
Adam Sanjurjo def. Carlos Gomez (Barry) 6-4, 6-1
Mikhail Sokolovsky (UCF) def. Pedro Alonso 7-6, 6-2
Josh Howard def. Alvaro Regalado (Columbus St.) 6-4, 1-6, 6-2
Alex Reco def. Manoel Alencar (UCF) 7-5, 4-6, 6-0
Jose Alonso def. Ignasi Forcano (Barry) 6-4, 6-3
Enrique Paya def. Stathis Tsirandis (Mercer) 6-1, 7-5
Julien Pereira (Point) def. Josh Bortnick 6-1, 6-3

Division I Singles Round of 32
Maximilliam Scholl (Gardner Webb) def. Adam Sanjurjo 6-4, 6-2
Vivien Versier (Barry) def. Josh Howard (Arkansas) 6-4, 6-3
Oscar Mesquida def. Juan Lugo (ETSU) 6-3, 6-3
Alan Rubio (UCF) def. Jose Alonso (Arkansas) 6-2, 4-6, 6-1

Division II Singles Round of 64
Oscar Mesquida def. Evan Fragistas (Virginia Tech) 6-3, 6-4

Division II Singles Round of 32
Enrique Paya def. Britton Johnson (Georgia) 6-2, 7-5

Division III Singles Round of 16
Julien Pereira (Point) def. Josh Bortnick 6-1, 6-3

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