Oct. 16, 2015
MALIBU, Calif. - San Diego State men's tennis continued its success in the second day of the 2015 USTA/ITA Southwest Regional Championships, with juniors Hendrik Jebens and Milen Ianakiev advancing to the singles main draw's Round of 16 and Marko Goles-Babic and Ianakiev beating a nationally-ranked doubles team to move on to the doubles quarterfinals after victories on Friday at Pepperdine. Complete results and updated draws can be found at: http://gowav.es/1LPcBKR.
In singles action, Jebens and Ianakiev propelled themselves to the Round of 16 with two-set wins. Jebens secured the victory with a 6-2, 6-1 win over Pepperdine's Stefan Menichella. The Stuttgart, Germany native faces Logan Staggs from UCLA on Saturday at 10:15 a.m. in the Round of 16. Ianakiev snagged a 6-3, 6-4 win over 122-ranked Ben Donovan of Cal Poly, and will contend with USC's Robbie Bellamy in the Round of 16, also at 10:15 a.m. on Saturday.
In his Round of 32 match, Freddy Gelbrich was narrowly defeated by Grand Canyon's Felix Schueller, 7-6 (5), 5-7, 4-6.
Both of the Aztecs' representatives in the doubles Round of 32 advanced to the Round of 16, with Goles-Babic and Ianakiev topping Harry Busby and Jason Jaruvang of Arizona, 8-6. Nationally ranked 31st, Gelbrich and Jebens defeated UCLA's Logan Staggs and Ryoto Tachi, 8-4.
Goles-Babic and Ianakiev followed up their victory with a thrilling 8-7 (8) win over No. 47-ranked Jack Jaede and Max de Vroome of USC. Gelbrich and Jebens lost to Pepperdine's Pedro Iamachkine and Lautaro Pane, 8-3.
Southwest Regional action continues on Saturday at 9 a.m. with two rounds of singles, one round of doubles and consolation matches.