
Kuzmenok and No Highlight Final Day of Action
9/14/2025 8:47:00 PM | Men's Tennis
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Petro Kuzmenok closed out an undefeated weekend, and freshman Noey Do ground out a three-set win to highlight action for the Rice men's tennis team on Sunday.
Kuzmenok won his third consecutive singles match at the Blue Gray National Tennis Classic with a straight-set win in the Blue division final, but Rice fell to North Alabama 2-1. In the Gray division consolation round, Gabriel Porras picked up a three-set win to end the weekend 2-1, but Rice fell to Tulane, 2-1.
Do shook off a second-set loss to win in three sets and finish third in the Purple flight at the Waco Fall Kickoff Classic.
Blue Gray National Tennis Classic
North Alabama 2, Rice 1
Petro Kuzmenok/Joshua Mandelbaum def. Lachlan Brain/Satoru Nakajima (North Alabama) 8-6
Petro Kuzmenok def. Lachlan Brain (North Alabama) 6-1, 6-0
Satoru Nakajima (North Alabama) def. Joshua Mandelbaum 6-3, 6-4
Tulane 2, Rice 1
Alec Gaudin/Daniel Phillips (Tulane) def. Rafael Botran/Gabriel Porras 8-3
Daniel Phillips (Tulane) def. Rafael Botran 5-7, 7-6, 6-2
Gabriel Porras def. Alec Gaudin (Tulane) 4-6, 7-6, 7-5
Waco Fall Kickoff Classic
Singles competition
Noey Do def. Timeo Bretin (UTSA) 7-5, 3-6, 6-4
Finbar McGarvey (Texas Arlington) def. Yair Sarouk 6-3, retired
Yazid Lahjomri (Texas Arlington) def. Kabeer Kapasi 6-2, 7-6
Dennis Dutine (Abilene Christian) def. Tommy Czaplinski 2-6, 7-6, 6-1
Doubles competition
Ben Chetewy Ungar/Oskar Grzegorzewski (UTSA) def. Kabeer Kapasi/Yair Sarouk 8-6
Timeo Bretin/Enzo TafareloVargas (UTSA) def. Noey Do/Santiago Navarro 8-7
Kuzmenok won his third consecutive singles match at the Blue Gray National Tennis Classic with a straight-set win in the Blue division final, but Rice fell to North Alabama 2-1. In the Gray division consolation round, Gabriel Porras picked up a three-set win to end the weekend 2-1, but Rice fell to Tulane, 2-1.
Do shook off a second-set loss to win in three sets and finish third in the Purple flight at the Waco Fall Kickoff Classic.
Blue Gray National Tennis Classic
North Alabama 2, Rice 1
Petro Kuzmenok/Joshua Mandelbaum def. Lachlan Brain/Satoru Nakajima (North Alabama) 8-6
Petro Kuzmenok def. Lachlan Brain (North Alabama) 6-1, 6-0
Satoru Nakajima (North Alabama) def. Joshua Mandelbaum 6-3, 6-4
Tulane 2, Rice 1
Alec Gaudin/Daniel Phillips (Tulane) def. Rafael Botran/Gabriel Porras 8-3
Daniel Phillips (Tulane) def. Rafael Botran 5-7, 7-6, 6-2
Gabriel Porras def. Alec Gaudin (Tulane) 4-6, 7-6, 7-5
Waco Fall Kickoff Classic
Singles competition
Noey Do def. Timeo Bretin (UTSA) 7-5, 3-6, 6-4
Finbar McGarvey (Texas Arlington) def. Yair Sarouk 6-3, retired
Yazid Lahjomri (Texas Arlington) def. Kabeer Kapasi 6-2, 7-6
Dennis Dutine (Abilene Christian) def. Tommy Czaplinski 2-6, 7-6, 6-1
Doubles competition
Ben Chetewy Ungar/Oskar Grzegorzewski (UTSA) def. Kabeer Kapasi/Yair Sarouk 8-6
Timeo Bretin/Enzo TafareloVargas (UTSA) def. Noey Do/Santiago Navarro 8-7
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