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Men's Tennis

MENS TENNIS OPENS FALL SEASON IN MILWAUKEE AND CHAPEL HILL

Location: Chapel Hill, NC / Milwaukee, WI
 
The Short Story: VCU Men's Tennis competed in their first fall tournaments this weekend. Matisse Bobichon, German Samofalov, Oscar Pinto Sansano and Romain Gales competed at the UNC Tom Chewning Invitational while Hamza El Amine and Mathis Bondaz went up north to the Milwaukee Tennis Classic
 
OPENING SERVE
  • This weekend marked the first competition as members of the Rams for El Amine, Bondaz, Samofalov, and Pinto Sansano
  • El Amine made it to the quarterfinals in Milwaukee
  • The Rams got off to an excellent start in Chapel Hill, going undefeated on day one and ending with a total of 12 wins on the weekend. 
  • Pinto Sansano went undefeated in singles at UNC.
  • VCU finished the weekend with an overall record of 15-9. 
RESULTS
UNC Tom Chewning Invitational
Day One
Matisse Bobichon vs. Joseph Wayand (NCST) 6-4, 6-4
German Samofalov vs. Martin Borisiouk (NCST) 7-6, 7-6
Oscar Pinto Sansano vs. Harry Thursfield (Wake Forest) 6-1, 6-2
Romain Gales vs. Faris Khan (Duke) 6-7, 6-3, 6-2
 
Pinto/Samofalov vs. Allen/Laymon (FU) 6-2
Gales/Bobichon vs. Wayand/Borisiouk (NCST) 6-1
Gales/Bobichon vs. Westing/Cahill (FU) 6-4
Pinto/Samofalov vs. Pow/Nathan (Wake Forest) 7-5
 
Day Two
Gales/Bobichon vs. Artigas/Cristellotti (NCST) 6-2
Pinton/Samofalov vs. Khan/Heller (Duke) 6-2
 
Oscar Pinto vs. Alexander Visser (Duke) 6-2, 6-3
Matisse Bobichon vs. Pedro Rodenas (Duke) 7-5, 6-2
Romain Gales vs. Luca Pow (Wake Forest) 6-2, 2-6, 6-3
 
Day Three
Romain Gales vs, Cole Burnam (Furman), 6-0, 6-3
Oscar Pinto vs. Luca Pow (Wake Forest), 7-5, 6-0
Matisse Bobichon vs. Martin Borisiouk (NCST), 2-6, 6-3, 6-4
 
Milwaukee Tennis Classic
Day One
Bondaz/El Amine vs. Liam Krall/Jerry Barton (SMU) 3-6
 
Bondaz vs. Pawit Sornlaksup (Toledo) 5-7, 3-6
El Amine vs. Maks Silagy (SMU) 6-3, 6-0
El Amine vs. Benjamin George (Western Michigan)  6-4, 6-4
 
Day Two
El Amine vs. Sebastien Collard (MSU) 3-6, 3-6
Bondaz vs. Anton Arzhankin (Western Michigan) 4-6, 6-3, 10-6
Bondaz vs. Vignesh Gogineni (Yale) 5-7, 3-6
 
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Players Mentioned

Matisse Bobichon

Matisse Bobichon

6' 2"
Senior
Romain Gales

Romain Gales

6' 0"
Sophomore
Mathis Bondaz

Mathis Bondaz

5' 6"
Junior
Oscar Pinto Sansano

Oscar Pinto Sansano

5' 8"
Junior
German Samofalov

German Samofalov

6' 2"
Junior
Hamza El Amine

Hamza El Amine

6' 4"
Freshman

Players Mentioned

Matisse Bobichon

Matisse Bobichon

6' 2"
Senior
Romain Gales

Romain Gales

6' 0"
Sophomore
Mathis Bondaz

Mathis Bondaz

5' 6"
Junior
Oscar Pinto Sansano

Oscar Pinto Sansano

5' 8"
Junior
German Samofalov

German Samofalov

6' 2"
Junior
Hamza El Amine

Hamza El Amine

6' 4"
Freshman