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Wathen/Hancock Bulldog Classic
Wathen/Hancock Bulldog Classic Semifinals Set
10/12/2002 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
Oct. 12, 2002
FRESNO, Calif. - Three Fresno State players -- Hector Almada, Stefan Suta and Marc Schaerer -- have reached the semifinals of the 10th annual Wathen/Hancock Bulldog Classic, being played this weekend at Fresno State.
Almada, the tournament's top-seeded player, breezed past Vincent Kubler of Pacific in his round of 16 match 6-1, 6-2. In his quarterfinal match, the junior had a bit of a struggle but advanced by defeating No. 6-seed Nicolas Beuque of San Diego 7-6 (3), 6-4.
Almada will take on 13th-seeded Amar Sigurdsson of Pacific in the semifinals on Sunday at 9 a.m.
The other semifinal will be an all-Bulldog affair, with Schaerer battling Suta, the defending champion in singles and doubles. The unseeded Schaerer opened his day by fighting past No. 3-seed Robbie Blair of San Diego 6-3, 3-6, 6-4. He then advanced to the semis with a 6-3, 6-0 win over Jaakko Asuja of Loyola Marymount.
Suta, who is attempting to become just the second player in Bulldog Classic history to repeat as champion, won his round of 16 match 2-6, 6-3, 6-4 over Pierrick Ysern of San Diego. In the quarterfinals, Suta took down seventh-seeded Michael Duong of Pacific 6-2, 6-1.
The doubles semifinals have been set. The top-seeded team of Blair and Jason Pongsrikul will take on Santa Clara's Mike Bruggemann and Erich Chen in one semi while Fresno State's Almada and Suta, the No. 3 seeds, will play Paul Dilloway and Gregg Lee of UC Davis. The doubles semifinals is at 2:30 p.m. with the finals at 3:45 p.m.
Sunday's Schedule
9 a.m.: Singles semifinals
Noon: Singles finals
2:30 p.m.: Doubles semifinals
3:45 p.m.: Doubles finals
All matches are at the Spalding G. Wathen Tennis Center
