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Almasi, Lopes shine in Santa Barbara
10/9/2023 4:35:00 PM | Men's Tennis
Lopes win singles and doubles flights with 18 combined wins
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – The Grand Canyon men's tennis had a successful weekend at the UC Santa Barbara Fall Classic winning a pair of flights across singles and doubles.
In the first full team competition the Lopes saw great production from sophomore Alfred Almasi with a singles flight and doubles flight wins with teammate Paolo Rosati. Graduate Gerhard Sullwald and sophomore Paolo Rosati won singles flight consolation brackets and senior Wyatt Anderson finished runner-up in the third singles flight.
Sullwald and junior Jonathan Da Silva started for the Lopes in the top singles flight facing opponents from UCLA, UC Irvine, UC Santa Barbara and Pepperdine. Sullwald rebounded from a first-round loss to win three straight matches to win the consolation bracket. The Warmbad, South Africa native defeated Pepperdine's Tyler Davis 3-6, 6-4, 6-4 and UCI's Lawee Sherif 6-3, 2-6, 6-4. In the consolation final, Sullwald defeated UCSB's Conrad Brown 6-7, 6-4, 10-6.
It was more of the same for the Lopes in the second singles flight with Almasi winning the main bracket while his doubles partner Rosati won the consolation bracket. Almasi had three straight set wins over UCI's Matthew Sah, Cal Poly's Aaron Eliscu and Loyola Marymount's Max Wuefling to advance to the championship match. In the final the GCU sophomore defeated UCSB' Pierre Boullenger 2-6, 6-1, 6-0 for his first fall title as a Lope.
In the same flight, Rosati rebounded from a first-round loss winning the consolation bracket with three straight wins. In the final Rosati defeated Westmont's Logan Thompson 6-2, 6-2.
Meanwhile in the third singles flight Anderson made a run to the championship match to finish runner-up. Anderson defeated Wian Rootman from Cal Poly in three sets and Westmont's Vasyl Yazadzhiev 6-4, 6-3 to advance to the final. In the championship match Anderson came up short losing to San Diego State's Liam Spiers 5-7, 6-4, 6-2.
The success for the Lopes carried over to singles as two GCU pairs finished in the top-three of the second doubles flight. Rosati and Almasi won a pair of 8-6 matches over opponents from Cal Poly and San Diego State to advance to the final where they defeated Pepperdine's pair by default to capture the title. Meanwhile Anderson and Da Silva finished in third with an 8-6 win over Saleh and Spiers from SDSU.
The Lopes will be back in action at the M15 ITF Tournament from Oct. 16-22 in Las Vegas.
In the first full team competition the Lopes saw great production from sophomore Alfred Almasi with a singles flight and doubles flight wins with teammate Paolo Rosati. Graduate Gerhard Sullwald and sophomore Paolo Rosati won singles flight consolation brackets and senior Wyatt Anderson finished runner-up in the third singles flight.
Sullwald and junior Jonathan Da Silva started for the Lopes in the top singles flight facing opponents from UCLA, UC Irvine, UC Santa Barbara and Pepperdine. Sullwald rebounded from a first-round loss to win three straight matches to win the consolation bracket. The Warmbad, South Africa native defeated Pepperdine's Tyler Davis 3-6, 6-4, 6-4 and UCI's Lawee Sherif 6-3, 2-6, 6-4. In the consolation final, Sullwald defeated UCSB's Conrad Brown 6-7, 6-4, 10-6.
It was more of the same for the Lopes in the second singles flight with Almasi winning the main bracket while his doubles partner Rosati won the consolation bracket. Almasi had three straight set wins over UCI's Matthew Sah, Cal Poly's Aaron Eliscu and Loyola Marymount's Max Wuefling to advance to the championship match. In the final the GCU sophomore defeated UCSB' Pierre Boullenger 2-6, 6-1, 6-0 for his first fall title as a Lope.
In the same flight, Rosati rebounded from a first-round loss winning the consolation bracket with three straight wins. In the final Rosati defeated Westmont's Logan Thompson 6-2, 6-2.
Meanwhile in the third singles flight Anderson made a run to the championship match to finish runner-up. Anderson defeated Wian Rootman from Cal Poly in three sets and Westmont's Vasyl Yazadzhiev 6-4, 6-3 to advance to the final. In the championship match Anderson came up short losing to San Diego State's Liam Spiers 5-7, 6-4, 6-2.
The success for the Lopes carried over to singles as two GCU pairs finished in the top-three of the second doubles flight. Rosati and Almasi won a pair of 8-6 matches over opponents from Cal Poly and San Diego State to advance to the final where they defeated Pepperdine's pair by default to capture the title. Meanwhile Anderson and Da Silva finished in third with an 8-6 win over Saleh and Spiers from SDSU.
The Lopes will be back in action at the M15 ITF Tournament from Oct. 16-22 in Las Vegas.
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