Fresno State Athletics
Siwy and de Villiers Advance in Singles at ITA Regional
10/18/2008 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
Oct. 18, 2008
FRESNO Calif. - The Bulldog men's tennis team was back in action Saturday at the 2008 ITA Northern Cal Championships at the Hellman Tennis Complex on the campus of Cal.
Senior Rudolf Siwy and sophomore Rikus de Villiers were featured in the Round of 32 of the main draw in the singles tournament, while Flavio Mollinedo and Taylor Leiby along with Mirko Zapletal and de Villiers competed in the doubles tournament.
"It was a good day of competition, we won all the matches we played," said head coach Jay Udwadia. "Rudy and Rikus are playing well in singles, and it is exciting to see them getting deeper in the draw."
Siwy faced off against Joel Kinkaid of Portland to begin the Round of 32. Siwy cruised to an easy straight-set victory 6-3, 7-5, to advance to Sunday's Round of 16.
After winning the Bulldog Classic singles championship, his first event as a Bulldog, de Villiers continued strong play with a victory over Achim Christner of St. Mary's, 4-6, 6-4, 6-3, to join Siwy in the Round of 16.
"Rikus fought hard to pull out the three set victory," Udwadia said. "I'm looking forward to see our team back on the court tomorrow."
In doubles action Mollinedo and Leiby began the day with a match against Campbell/Davis of Gonzaga. The Bulldog duo advanced to the Round of 32 with an 8-5 win. Mollinedo/Leiby continued play in the round of 32 with an 8-5 win over Hart/Erickson of Portland State to advance to Sunday's Round of 16.
Zapletal and de Villiers received a first-round bye and began play in the Round of 32. The `Dogs were matched up with Kurdadze/Schleining of Portalnd, and dominated the match 8-3.
Zapletal was also featured in the singles consolation bracket and picked up the win over Torin Ching of USF, 6-3, 6-1 to continue through the competition.
The `Dogs will be back on the court Sunday with Siwy and de Villiers competing in the round of 16 of singles. Mollinedo/Leiby and de Villiers/Zapletal will be in action during the round of 16 of the doubles tournament. Zapletal will also compete in the round of 32 of the consolation singles bracket.
For complete draws and results visit Cal's tournament home page: http://calbears.cstv.com/sports/m-tennis/08itaregional.html
ITA Northern Cal Championship
Berkeley, Calif.
Oct. 17-21
Singles - Main Draw Round of 128
Taylor Leiby (Fresno State) def. Kyle Erickson (Portland State) 6-2, 7-5
Lucas Tirelli (St. Mary's) def. Siddharth Alapati (Fresno State) 3-6, 6-2, 6-1
Flavio Mollinedo (Fresno State) def. Sherif Hamdy (St. Mary's) 7-6(3), 6-3
Remi Boutillier (Fresno State) def. Gerald Ellison (St. Mary's) 6-4, 6-3
Kenzo Hirakawa-Wong (Santa Clara) def. Tejesvi Veerepalli (17) (Fresno State) 5-5 (ret.)
Singles - Main Draw Round of 64
Rikus de Villiers (9) (Fresno State) def. Chris Aria (UC Davis) 6-0, 6-1
Artem Gramma (Pacific) def. No. 85 Mirko Zapletal (7) (Fresno State) 6-2, 6-3
No. 48 Rudolf Siwy (2) (Fresno State) def. Jeff Zeller (Stanford) 6-4, 6-1
Kalim Stewart (4) (Cal)def. Taylor Leiby (Fresno State) 6-1, 6-2
Pedro Zerbini (9) (Cal) def. Flavio Mollinedo (Fresno State) 6-4, 6-3
Thai Tu (17) (Cal) def. Remi Boutillier (Fresno State) 7-6(5), 6-7(5), 6-4
Singles - Main Draw Round of 32
Rikus de Villiers (9) (Fresno State) vs. Achim Christner (17) (St. Mary's) 4-6, 6-4, 6-3
No. 48 Rudolf Siwy (2) (Fresno State) vs. Joel Kinkaid (17) (Portland) 6-3, 7-5
Singles - Consolation Round of 32
No. 85 Mirko Zapletal (7) (Fresno State) def. Torin Ching (USF) 6-3, 6-1
Doubles - Main Draw Round of 64
Leiby/Mollinedo def. Campbell/Davis (Gonzaga) 8-5
Doubles - Main Draw Round of 32
de Villiers/Zapletal def. Kurdadze/Schleining (Portland) 8-3
Leiby/Mollinedo def. Hart/Erickson (Portland State) 8-5
"Join the State - Fresno State!"- The Fresno State women's tennis team is competing in the ITA Northwest Regional in Palo Alto, Calif. Oct 17-20, while the men's tennis team is competing in the ITA Northern Cal Regional in Berkeley, Calif. Oct 17-21. For updates and results visit GoBulldogs.com.
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