Location: Winston-Salem, N.C.
 
The Short Story: VCU men's tennis competed in the Wake Forest Invitational highlighted by graduate student Charles Bertimon winning the A2 singles bracket.
 
Opening Serve

• No. 1 ranked C. Bertimon won the A2 singles in straight sets
• Senior Max Bertimon and Freshman Etienne Marty met C. Bertimon and freshman Sam Baumgartner in the finals of the A doubles west bracket
• Marty made the finals of the B singles draw
• Sophomore Gray Voelzke reached the finals of the D singles bracket
• The Rams won 20 singles matches and six doubles matches

 
The Results
 
Open Singles
 
A2 Singles - East
 
Charles Bertimon [1]
 
E-R16: C. Bertimon def. Evzen Holis (Tennessee Tech) 6-4, 6-3
E-QF: C. Bertimon def. Bekhzod Rasamatov (UNCW) 7-5, 6-2
E-SF: C. Bertimon def. Lucas Oliver (Stetson University) 7-5, 7-5
E-F: C. Bertimon def. Holden Koons [4] (JMU) 7-6, 6-3
 
Sam Baumgartner
 
E-R16: Baumgartner def. Ivan Dreycopp (UNC Charlotte) 6-0, 6-4
E-QF: Juan Lopez De Azcona [2] (Wake Forest) def. Baumgartner 6-3, 6-3
 
A2 Singles - North
 
Sam Baumgartner 
 
N-SF: Baumgartner def. Adam Duan (Wake Forest) 1-6, 6-4, 6-3
 
A1 Singles - East
 
Max Bertimon [4]
 
E-R16: M. Bertimon def. Vasil Ivanov (NC A&T) 6-0, 6-4
E-QF: M. Bertimon def. Reece Falck (UNCW) 6-2, 4-6, 6-4
E-SF: M. Bertimon def. Bozo Barun [1] (Wake Forest) 4-6, 6-2, 6-1




Joaquim Almeida
 
E-R16: Almeida def. Juan Jose Rodriguez Garceran (Stetson University) 6-0, 6-0
E-QF: Luciano Tacchi [3] (Wake Forest) def. Almeida 6-1 (Almeida RET. [inj])
 
Matisse Bobichon [2]
 
E-R16: Bobichon def. Coy Simon (UNC Charlotte) 6-1, 6-2
E-QF: Bobichon def. Mika Berghaus (Tennessee Tech) 6-3, 6-4
E-SF: Bobichon def. Luciano Tacchi [3] (Wake Forest) 6-2, 6-4
 
B Singles - East
 
Etienne Marty
E-R16: Marty def. Sven Thiergard (Stetson University) 6-3, 6-2
E-QF: Marty def. Aditya Narayanan (UNC Charlotte) (Wo, Ill.)
E-SF: Marty def. Sebastian Miano (Richmond) 6-3, 3-6, 7-6
E-F:  Eder Blanco (NC A&T) def. Marty 3-6, 6-2, 7-5
 
D Singles
 
Gray Voelzke
 
E-R16: Voelzke def. Mario Pena (JMU) 6-0, 6-7, 6-2
E-QF: Voelzke def. Teddy Razafindratsima (Bluefield State) 7-5, 6-4
E-SF: Voelzke def. Luca Lovrich (Davidson) 6-0 (Ret. Inj)
E-F: Sebastian Carpio (Davidson) def. Voelzke 7-5, 4-6, 6-4
 
Saturday Extra Matches
 
Etienne Marty def. Laurent Julia Calac (Georgia Southern) 6-3, 6-0
 
Sunday Extra Matches
 
R128: Luciano Tacchi (Wake Forest) def. Max Bertimon 7-6, 6-2
 
Doubles
 
B Doubles - East
 
Joaquim Almeida/ Gray Voelzke 
 
E-QF: Julian Lozano/ Edson Sanchez (JMU ) def. Almeida/ Voelzke 6-3
 
Joaquim Almeida/ Gray Voelzke 
 
B Doubles - West
 
W-SF: Almeida/ Voelzke def. Esteban Lopez/ Ian Pedersen (NC A&T) (Wo Inj)
W-F: Almeida/ Voelzke def. Alexandre Hillhouse/ Sami Ozzor (Stetson University) 6-3
 
A Doubles - East
 
Max Bertimon/ Etienne Marty [4]
 
E-R16: Vasco Prata/ Coy Simon (UNC Charlotte) def. Bertimon/ Marty 6-1
 
Sam Baumgartner/ Charles Bertimon [2]
 
E-R16: Uddayvir Singh/ Alejandro Solares (Davidson) def. Baumgartner/ Bertimon 7-6
 
A Doubles - West
 
Max Bertimon/ Etienne Marty [4]
 
W-QF: Bertimon/ Marty def. Trey Richard Mallory/ Alex Degabriele (UNCW) 6-4
W-SF: Bertimon/ Marty def. Vasil Ivanov/ Ethan Baly (NC A&T) 6-0
 
Sam Baumgartner/ Charles Bertimon [2]
 
W-QF: Baumgarnter/ Bertimon def. Tymofy Khrystyuk/ Andrew Black (UNC Greensboro) 6-0
W-SF: Baumgartner/ Bertimon def. Lucas Oliver/ Juan Jose Rodriguez Garceran (Stetson) 6-4
 
Sunday A Draw Extra Doubles
 
R32: Pol Del Castillo/ Judson Blair (Georgia Southern) def. Baumgartner/ C. Bertimon 7-5
 
R32: Bekzhod Rasamatov/ Reece Falck (UNCW)  def. M. Bertimon/ Etienne Marty 6-2