MALIBU, Calif.– San Diego State men’s tennis’ Blake Anderson earned two wins in the opening day of the ITA Southwest Regional Championships on Thursday. The sophomore transfer out of Baylor made his way through the two qualifying singles rounds and into Friday’s main draw.
Thursday’s singles competition kicked off bright and early with the qualifying round of 64. Anderson first faced Loyola Marymount’s William Lokier and cruised to a 6-3, 6-3 win.
In the round of 32, the Aztec earned another straight-set victory, taking down UC San Diego’s Samuel He 6-4, 6-2.
Piotr Siekanowicz, William Kleege, Brock Anderson and Finn Willman also competed in the opening round, but came up short in their respective matches. Siekanowicz fell 6-4, 6-2 to Yashwin Krishnakumar out of UC Irvine, Kleege was tripped up 6-3, 6-2 by Arizona’s Sander Juuhl Sivertsen, Brock Anderson was bested 6-2, 6-2 by Cal Poly’s John Cross and Willman was downed 6-3, 6-2 by Nicholas Lilov out of UC San Diego.
The Aztecs will return to action on Friday, beginning at 9 a.m. with the main draw singles round of 64.
Day One Results
Singles Qualifying Round of 64
Blake Anderson (SDSU) def. William Lokier (LMU) 6-3, 6-3
Yashwin Krishnakumar (UCI) def. Piotr Siekanowicz (SDSU) 6-4, 6-2
Sander Juuhl Sivertsen (Arizona) def. William Kleege (SDSU) 6-3, 6-2
John Cross (Cal Poly) def. Brock Anderson (SDSU) 6-2, 6-2
Nicholas Lilov (UCSD) def. Finn Willman (SDSU) 6-3, 6-2
Singles Qualifying Round of 32
Blake Anderson (SDSU) def. Samuel He (UCSD) 6-4, 6-2