Air Force Men’s Tennis Completes Day One Of ITA Bedford Cup

USAF ACADEMY, Colo. - Air Force men's tennis completed day one hosting the 2021 ITA Bedford Cup In The Mountains on Thursday, at the Air Force Outdoor Intercollegiate Tennis Courts. The Falcons had a strong first day, picking up 17 victories, including a 3-0 sweep in contests against Army West Point.

Leading the way in singles was junior Jonathan Mascagni, who went 2-0 to advance to the Blue Draw Quarterfinals. In the Silver Draw, sophomore Brian Garcia and freshmen Luke Wolf and Kyle Garner advanced to the quarterfinals with a pair of wins each. Senior Robert Baylon and sophomore Nick Vroman advanced in the back draw of the Blue with wins.

In doubles play, the Falcons opened the first round by going 4-0. The duos of Robert Baylon/Jordan Azuma and Mascagni/Kersten advanced to the quarterfinals with wins in the round of 16.

Day two action tomorrow will feature the same lineup of 9 am doubles and 10 am singles, followed by 1 pm doubles and 2 pm singles.

Air Force Bedford Cup Day One Results

Doubles
Round of 32
#2 Baylon/Azuma, Bye
Kesterson/Garcia (AF) def. Fujita/Robbertse (ISU) 6-4
Mascgani/Kersten (AF) def. #5-8 Buxman/Coutinho (WSU) 6-4
Garner/Wolf (AF) def. Ninteman/Chavez (USU) 6-3
Waldman/Vroman (AF) def. Eden/Huttepain (Army) 6-2
Lin/Li (WSU) def. Wei (AF)/Ford (NMSU) 7-6 (4)

Round of 16
#2 Baylon/Azuma (AF) def. Clarke/Akkermans (NMSU) 6-4
#3 Sallay/Ros (DU) def. Waldman/Vroman (AF) 7-5
#4 Menard/Simecek (NMSU) def. Garner/Wolf (AF) 6-4
Mascagni/Kersten (AF) def. Monteiro/Espinoza (MSU) 6-2
#1 Davis/Summers (DU) def. Kesterson/Garcia (AF) 6-4

Doubles Back Draw
Round of 16
Gorshein/Jose (Army) def. Wei (AF)/Ford (NMSU) 7-5

Blue Draw
Round of 32
Tristan Sarap (WSU) def. #5-8 Robert Baylon (AF) 7-6, 6-4
Jordan Azuma (AF) def. Javier Ruiz (USU) 6-7, 6-3, 6-3
Jonathan Mascgani (AF) def. Corey Clarke (NMSU) 6-4, 6-7, 6-5
Justin Waldman (AF) def. Hiroki Fujita (ISU) 6-1, 7-6
Matej Panik (MSU) def. Nick Vroman (AF) 6-0, 7-5
Arjun Kersten (AF) def. Diego Huttepain (Army) 6-4, 6-4

Round of 16
James Davis (DU) def. Arjun Kersten (AF) 4-6, 6-3, 6-0
Peter Sallay (DU) def. Justin Waldman (AF) 7-5, 6-1
Jonathan Mascagni (AF) def. Daan Van Dijk (MSU) 5-7, 6-4, 6-3

Blue Back Draw
Round of 16
Nick Vroman (AF) def. Martin Simecek (NMSU) 5-7, 6-4, 1-0 (0)
Robert Baylon (AF) def. Jamieson Nathan (MSU)

Silver Draw
Round of 32
Brian Garcia (AF) def. Matteo Savio (WSU) 6-3, 6-4
Luke Wolf (AF) def. Nathan Jose (Army) 7-6, 1-6, 6-4
Kyle Garner (AF) def. Zachary Matuszak (ISU) 7-6, 1-6, 6-4
Daniel Wei (AF) Bye
Chai Chieh Lin (WSU) def. Will Kesterson (AF) 3-6, 6-4, 7-6

Round of 16
#1 Daniel Krulig (DU) def. Brian Garcia (AF) 6-2, 6-3
#3 Gijs Akkermans (NMSU) def. Luke Wolf (AF) 7-6 (4), 1-6, 6-4
Kyle Garner (AF) def. #4 Charlie Miller (DU) 6-0, 6-3
Daniel Wei (AF) def. Bo-Han Li (WSU) 6-3, 1-6, 7-6 (4)

Silver Back Draw
Round of 16
Gabriel Chavez (USU) def. William Kesterson (AF) 6-3, 3-6, 1-0 (9)

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