AUBURN, Ala. – No. 68 Petar Jovanovic and Benito Sanchez Martinez are moving on to the quarterfinals of the ITA Southern Regional Championships on Monday.
The Mississippi State sophomores secured their spots for the final day of the tournament with a pair of straight-set singles wins against LSU teammates on Sunday. Jovanovic prevailed over Julien Penzlin 6-3, 6-3 while Sanchez Martinez made a loser out of Stefan Latonovic 6-4, 6-4.
Jovanovic will battle Ivan Marrero Curbelo of Jacksonville State in the quarterfinals while Sanchez Martinez meets Alabama’s 47th-ranked Filip Planinsek. Both matches are set for 10 a.m. starts on Monday. If both Bulldogs win, they would square off against one another in the semifinals at 2 p.m.
Radomir Tomic took No. 78 Enzo Aguiard of Alabama to three sets during Sunday’s Round of 16 but came up short in his upset bid. Tomic lost the first set 6-3 but fought back to win a second-set tiebreaker 7-6(5). Aguiard advanced to the quarterfinals with a 6-3 win in the third set.
Marshall Landry also entered the win column on Sunday, claiming victory in his pick-up match against Gordon Whitwell of Ole Miss. Landry lost the first set 6-4 but evened things up with a 6-3 in the second. The freshman then outlasted Whitwell 10-8 in a super tiebreaker in the third set.
The Bulldogs’ bid to also move on to the doubles quarterfinals was quelled on Sunday afternoon. South Alabama’s Joaquim Almedia and Braden Hanning edged Roberto Ferrer Guimaraes and Dusan Milanovic 8-6 while Planinsek and Crimson Tide partner Andrii Zimokh prevailed 8-3 over Jovanovic and Sanchez Martinez.
ITA Southern Regional Championship
Yarbrough Tennis Center | Auburn Ala.
Oct. 15, 2023
Singles Main Draw Round of 16
No. 68 Petar Jovanovic (MSU) def. Julien Penzlin (LSU) 6-3, 6-3
Benito Sanchez Martinez (MSU) def. Stefan Latinovic (LSU) 6-4, 6-4
No. 78 Enzo Aguiard (Alabama) def. Radomir Tomic (MSU) 6-3, 6-7(5), 6-3
Singles Pick-Up Match
Marshall Landry (MSU) def. Gordon Whitwell (Ole Miss) 4-6, 6-3, 1-0[8]
Doubles Main Draw Round of 16
Joaquim Almeida/Braden Hannig (South Alabama) def. Roberto Ferrer Guimaraes/Dusan Milanovic (MSU) 8-6
Filip Planinsek/Andrii Zimnokh (Alabama) def. Petar Jovanovic/Benito…
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