HONOLULU – Four University of Hawai'i men's tennis players advanced after the first two rounds of the USTA Wildcard Event Friday at Ke'ehi Lagoon Park. Seniors Jeremy Tweedt and Daniel Llarenas and sophomore Dmytro Kovalyov and freshman David Schuster all advanced to Saturday's quarterfinals.

 

The Rainbow Warriors make up of half of the quarterfinal field as teammates Schuster and Llarenas will face each other in one matchup. Matches begin at 9 a.m. and move back to the Central O'ahu Regional Park after the first two rounds were held at Ke'ehi Lagoon due to wet weather.

 

The winner of this event will earn an automatic berth into the main draw of the Honolulu Challenger, running January 23-30 also at Central Oahu Regional Park. The event includes several players ranked in the top 100 on the ATP tour. Last year's winner was Michael Russell. UH senior Dennis Lajola has already earned a wildcard spot by winning the Honolulu Masters Open the past fall.

 

 

Jonathan Brooklyn def. JC Pauly, 6-0, 6-2,

Jeremy Tweedt def. Theodore Trippett, Default

Robin Kiyabu def. Jared Spiker, Default

David Schuster def. Sari Alotaibi, 6-7(0) ,6-3, 6-0,

 

John P. Fruttero (1) def. Jonathan Brooklyn, 6-3, 6-4,

Jeremy Tweedt, def. Diego Miranda, 3-6, 6-2, 6-1

Dmytro Kovalyov def. Jared Spiker, 6-0, 6-0,

Daniel Llarenas def. Danilo Casanova, 6-1, 3-6, 7-6 (3),   

David Schuster def. John Larsson, 6-3, Retired
 

(1)  John P. Fruttero vs. Jeremy Tweedt

Sebastian Bader vs. Dmytro Kovalyov

Daniel Llarenas vs. David Schuster

(2) Wilhelm Irwe vs. Rong Ma