St. Louis – The University of Missouri-St. Louis men's tennis team wrapped up play at the Dwight Davis College open on Sunday afternoon at the Dwight Davis Tennis Center in St. Louis.
Daniel Berdecio went 3-1 in the first flight. He dropped his first match to Yuanje Ma 2-6, 6-1, 11-9 in his first match but won his next three in the consolation bracket to win the Flight One final. He beat Brett Bannon 6-0, 6-2 in the consolation quarterfinals, then knocked of Alejo Chlpec 6-4, 6-3 and beat Lucas Klyachko in the final.
Bautista Rooney and
Joan Garros competed in the second flight. Rooney went 1-1 beating Ferhan Cheema 6-0, 6-2 but lost his quarterfinal match to Coleman Merce 6-7 (4-7), 1-6. Garros lost to Merce in his round of 16 match 3-6, 2-6 to drop into the consolation bracket. Garros knocked off Cheema 6-4, 6-1 in the quarterfinals and Stephen Barker in the semis by default before losing to Avi Patel in the final 3-6, 1-6.
Jose Yañez went 1-1 in the third flight as he beat Colton Hulme 7-6 (7-3), 2-6, 10-8 in his round of 16 match before falling to Riki Koshimizu 6-7 (9-11), 1-6 in his quarterfinal bout.
Henry Roberts and
Andrea Ricart competed in the fifth flight with Roberts going 1-1 while Ricart went 2-1 and won the fifth flight consolation final. Roberts beat David Javadov 6-7 (6-8), 7-6 (8-6), 10-8 before losing to Michel Delaloye by injury. Ricart lost his first match to Danny Radke 2-6, 3-6 to drop into the consolation bracket. He beat Edin Muminvoic 6-4, 6-0 in his semifinal bout and then won by retirement over Maxime Moreau.
Giacomo Valerga went 1-1 in flight six beating Kai Van-roon 7-6(7-5), injury before losing to Ignaccio Elizagoyen 3-6, 3-6 in the quarterfinals.
In doubles play, Ricart and Valerga lost to Antonio Ayerbe Steubel and Matheus Taule 8-1 in the "A" Flight, Berdecio and Roberts fell to Ruslan Anurev and Samuel Sanchez 8-5 in the "B" Flight and Yañez and Garros lost to Diego Alvarez and Jack Quilty 8-2 in the "C" Flight.
The Tritons return to the courts next Saturday (Oct. 17) through Monday (Oct. 19) at the ITA Midwest Regionals in Grand Rapids, Mich.
