TUCSON, Ariz. – Men’s tennis picked up a trio of consolation wins today at the Wildcat Invite, closing out day two of the season-opening tournament.
Freshmen Paul Janson and Denis Maijorov kicked things off in doubles play, defeating Northern Arizona’s Kai Mills and Ivan Perisic 6-4. It was just the first win of the day for Janson and Maijorov, who each took their singles matches as well.
Facing off against Gus Krauel of Gonzaga, Janson claimed a two-set victory (6-4, 6-2), while Maijorov took down Matias Rojas of New Mexico State in a hard-fought match (6-7 (2-0), 6-2, 10-5). Adding to Marc Kleber’s defeat over Northern Arizona’s Semen Aginskiy on Friday, all three of the Aztec freshmen who made the trip have found success in their collegiate debut.
Following a strong doubles performance on Friday by Kleber and Liam Spiers, who defeated New Mexico State’s Tobias Wallin and Itay Feigin 6-4, the duo fell short against Arizona’s Alexander Rozin and Filip Gustaffson (6-2).
As SDSU’s tournament stay in Tucson comes to an end tomorrow, the Aztecs will look ahead to the Mountain West Automatic Qualifiers on October 2.