SAN DIEGO, Calif. – Members of both the Pepperdine men's and women's tennis programs advanced in the main draw at the ITA National Fall Championships on Thursday, as play opened at the Barnes Tennis Center.
Andrew Rogers (Brentwood, Tenn.) earned a three-set, comeback win over Franco Capalbo of Utah to punch his ticket to tomorrow's round of 16 match against top seed Clement Chidekh of Washington.
Lisa Zaar (Stockholm, Sweden) and
Victoria Flores (Fort Dodge, Iowa) continued their impressive fall as a doubles pair with an opening-round, three-set win over Somer Dalla-Bona and Sarka Richterova from Colorado State to advance to tomorrow's round of 16.
RESULTS (Men)
SINGLES
Main Draw
Round of 32
Andrew Rogers def. Capalbo (Utah) 4-6, 6-3, 6-1
#31 Martin (Georgia Tech) def.
Pietro Fellin 7-6 (5), 6-7 (5), 6-3
RESULTS (Women)
SINGLES
Main Draw
Round of 32
Reasco (Georgia) def. #53
Lisa Zaar 7-6 (7), 6-4
DOUBLES
Main Draw
Round of 32
Victoria Flores/Lisa Zaar def. Dalla-Bona/Richterova (Colorado State) 7-5, 3-6, 10-0
The Waves will be back in action tomorrow with both the consolation and main draws. Rogers will begin at 9:00 a.m. while Fellin starts his consolation match at 10:45 a.m. Zaar's consolation match begins at 12:30 p.m., while the doubles start time has yet to be determined. Visit the
ITA National Fall Championship headquarters for times, draws, video and stats.
