SAN FRANCISCO — The 10th annual Battle In The Bay Classic Tournament got off to a dominant start as the San Francisco Dons made its presence felt on Friday at the California Tennis Club.
In the women's doubles, the Dons duo
Rita Colyer and
Shanna Dos Santos defeated Sacramento State's Jenna Dorian and Maria Gonzalez, 8-6. The Dons pair Colyer and Santos will play a mixed team of the University of Pacific's Anneroos Nederstigit and USC's Danielle Willson in the semifinal round at 9:30 a.m. on Saturday September, 22.
Emily Maxfield,
Hanna Borjeson,
Mya Bui and
Rita Colyer dominated in singles taking down their opponents and moving on to the quarterfinal rounds. Maxfield defeated Fresno State's Alessia Dario in straight sets, 6-3; 6-0. Borjeson took on three tough sets against Santa Clara's Elvena Gevargiz beating her 6-0, 6-7(4), 6-3. Bui faced Jenna Dorian from Sacramento State University and escaped with a 6-4, 5-7, 6-3 victory. Maxfield, Borjeson and Colyer will compete against USC opponents as Maxfield will face Constance Branstine, Borjeson will take on Ana Neffa and Colyer will compete with Danielle Willson. Bui will battle against Fresno State's Jennifer Timotin as all three Dons will play their singles at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday.
San Francisco continued its success not just from the women's performance but also from the men's side.
Romeo Midtgaard Jivraj took down No. 1 Wake Forest's Alan Gadjiev in three sets, 4-6, 6-3, 1-0 (6) in the first round of singles, but fell in 32s to California's Bjorn Hoffmann, 6-3; 6-4.
Paul Giraud defeated Texas Tech's Tommy Mylnikov 4-6. 6-4, 1-0 (7) then later fell in 32s to Mantas Bugiliskis from Fresno State, 7-5, 6-0.
In consultation draw,
Nitzan Ricklis will play UC Santa Barbara's Tanner Smith on Saturday at 1 p.m,
Phuc Huynh will face the winner of the University of Michigan Andrew Fenty and Stanford's Axel Geller in 16s round at 2 p.m.
All fans are welcome to attend the tournament at the California Tennis Club, but for those not in attendance follow all the day's action with a court side
video livestream and the
live scoring link.
Day 1 Results
Men's Open Doubles (Round of 16)
Hawaii Andre Ilagan/Blaz Seric def.
Nitzan Ricklis/
Romeo Midtgaard Jivraj, 8-3
Pacific Akram El Sallaly/Philip Hjorth def.
Paul Giraud/
Phuc Huynh, 8-7 (2)
Men's Open Singles (Round of 64s)
San Diego Gui Osorio def.
Nitzan Ricklis, 6-3, 6-4
Paul Giraud def. Texas TechTommy Mylnikov, 4-6, 6-4, 1-0(7)
Phuc Huynh def. Texas Colin Markes, 6-0, 6-2
Romeo Midtgaard Jivraj def. Wake Forest Alan Gadjiev, 4-6, 6-3, 1-0(6)
Men's Open Singles (Rounds of 32s)
California Bjorn Hoffmann def.
Romeo Midtgaard Jivraj, 6-3, 6-4
Fresno State Mantas Bugailiskis def.
Paul Giraud, 7-5, 6-0
Women's Open Doubles (Quarterfinal Round)
Santa Clara Elvena Gevargiz/Katya Tabachnik def.
Emily Maxfield/
Mya Bui, 8-5
Rita Colyer/
Shanna Dos Santos def. Sacramento State Jenna Dorian/Maria Gonzalez, 8-6
Women's Open Singles (Round of 16)
Emily Maxfield def. FSU Alessia Dario, 6-3;6-0
Hanna Borjeson def. Santa Clara Elvena Gevargiz, 6-0, 6-7(4), 6-3
Mya Bui def. Sacramento Jenna Dorian, 6-4, 5-7, 6-3.
Rita Colyer def. Sacramento Maria Gonzalez, 6-4, 3-6, 6-4
