MALIBU, Calif. – The Waves had an excellent day in the first round of the Division I Men’s Open Singles at the ITA Regionals Wednesday, advancing three our of four of their men's singles players.Freshman Alejandro Moreno (Queretaro, Mexico / John F. Kennedy HS) defeated Stephen Stege (UCI) 6-4, 6-4; freshman Stuart Keplar (Dallas, Texas / J.J. Pearce HS) defeated Nils Schive (San Diego) 6-2, 2-6, 6-3 and sophomore Mahmoud Kamel (Paris, France /(Lycee Francais du Caire) defeated Alex Sundling (UCI)
7-5,7-6. Junior Troy Aiken (West Hills, Calif. / El Camino Real HS) was defeated by Darryn Young (Cal Poly) 6-2, 6-3.Pepperdine is hosting the event at the Ralph-Straus Tennis Center.
On Thursday, Moreno will play Craig Faulk (Hawaii) at 10:30 a.m. Keplar is scheduled to meet Jeremy Drean (UCLA) at 10:30 a.m. and Kamel faces No. 9 seed Matt Brooklyn (ASU) at 1:30 p.m.
Three Waves had byes on Wednesday and are scheduled to play their first match Thursday. No. 1 seed Andre Begemann (Blomberg, Germany / Santa Fe College) plays Jacek Twarowski (LMU) at 10:30 a.m., junior Omar Altmann (Cairo, Egypt / Deutsche Evangelische) meets Dean Jackson (San Diego) and No. 4 seed Bassam Beidas plays Joe Cartledge (UC Riverside) at
12 p.m.
