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Men's Tennis
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Saturday, October 8
Boise, Idaho
10 a.m.
University of Utah
at
Dar Walters Fall Classic
Utah Men's Tennis Moving on at Walters Classic
10/8/2016 8:29 PM | Men's Tennis
Santiago Sierra advances to a pair of semifinals
BOISE, Idaho - Utah Men's Tennis kept moving forward at the Dar Walters Fall Classic as Santiago Sierra and Azat Hankuliyev each reached their respective semifinals and the Ute duo of Sierra and Dan Little also advanced to the round of four.
Sierra beat Felipe Fonseca of Idaho, 6-4, 6-2 to get the day underway in the "A" singles bracket. He then topped Jake Sullivan of BYU and will advance to play No. 3 seed Nathan Boniel of Portland State in the semifinals at 8:30 a.m.
In the consolation bracket of the "A" singles matchups, Hankuliyev came away with a victory over Stefan Cooper of Weber State before knocking off Ethan Lopez of Portland State, 6-3, 6-3. He is now slated to play Kellen Bates of Montana State in the consolation semifinal at 8:30 a.m.
In doubles action, Sierra and Little started with a win over Locas Coutinho and Estebam Santibanez of Idaho, 7-5. The Utes then earned a quarterfinal victory over Alex Canellopoulos and Yannic Schimdl of Montana by the same margin. Utah's No. 3-seeded pair now face Alex Flink and Rok Sitar of Montana State at 1 p.m. tomorrow.
Little lost his singles matchup to Sam Serrano of Utah State, 6-3, 7-5.
Sierra beat Felipe Fonseca of Idaho, 6-4, 6-2 to get the day underway in the "A" singles bracket. He then topped Jake Sullivan of BYU and will advance to play No. 3 seed Nathan Boniel of Portland State in the semifinals at 8:30 a.m.
In the consolation bracket of the "A" singles matchups, Hankuliyev came away with a victory over Stefan Cooper of Weber State before knocking off Ethan Lopez of Portland State, 6-3, 6-3. He is now slated to play Kellen Bates of Montana State in the consolation semifinal at 8:30 a.m.
In doubles action, Sierra and Little started with a win over Locas Coutinho and Estebam Santibanez of Idaho, 7-5. The Utes then earned a quarterfinal victory over Alex Canellopoulos and Yannic Schimdl of Montana by the same margin. Utah's No. 3-seeded pair now face Alex Flink and Rok Sitar of Montana State at 1 p.m. tomorrow.
Little lost his singles matchup to Sam Serrano of Utah State, 6-3, 7-5.
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