COLUMBIA, S.C. – South Carolina men’s tennis opened competition at the ITA Carolina Regional with multiple players advancing to the singles and doubles quarterfinals over the first three days of action.

In singles, ninth-seeded Charlie Robertson earned with three consecutive victories to reach the quarterfinals. Robertson opened with a 6-2, 6-2 win over Moritz Muenster of Charlotte before sweeping Jakub Solarski of the College of Charleston, 6-0, 6-0. He continued his run with another sweep in a 6-4, 6-4 victory over Duke’s Saahith Jayaraman to advance.

Charlie Swaine also advanced to the quarterfinals after earning three straight wins. Swaine began with a 7-6 (5), 6-1 upset of seventh-seeded Toby Kodat of NC State, then defeated Jip Mens of UNC Asheville, 6-2, 7-5. He followed with a comeback victory over Clemson’s Tiago Pires, recovering from a first-set loss to win 1-6, 6-2, 6-2.

Max Stenzer added two singles victories, opening with a 6-2, 6-1 win over Clemson’s Noah Lopez Cherubino before rallying past ninth-seeded Jules Leroux of NC State, 4-6, 6-4, 6-3. Stenzer’s run ended in the round of 16 against ninth-seeded Yannick Alexandrescou of Duke, retiring while trailing 3-6, 1-3.

Antonin Witz also earned an opening-round victory, defeating Duke’s Dylan Long in three sets, 6-3, 4-6, 6-2, before falling to ninth-seeded Ian Mayew of North Carolina, 6-2, 6-2. Other Gamecocks earned opening-round wins, with Atakan Karahan defeating Charlotte’s Cole Thurgur, 7-5, 6-0, and William Moxon topping NC A&T’s Jindrich Brill, 6-1, 7-6 (4). Cole Henceroth advanced through the qualifying draw with a 7-6 (5), 6-1 win over UNCW’s Alejandro Pena before falling to Kai Villagomez of Davidson, 6-3, 6-4.

In doubles, ninth-seeded Gabe Avram and Robertson advanced with two victories. The pair opened with an 8-5 win over North Carolina’s Lachlan Gaskell and Nicholas Mangiapane before defeating top-seeded Clemson duo Romain Gales and Bruno Kuzuhara, 8-4.

Fifth-seeded Sean Daryabeigi and Paul Barbier Gazeu also advanced past the round of 16, edging South Carolina State’s Alan Aiukhanov and Julius Augunas, 8-7 (6). Meanwhile, ninth-seeded Stenzer and Swaine won their opening match by retirement before falling to North Carolina’s Niels Ratiu and Chris Xu, 8-4.

Karahan and Henceroth fell 8-7 (5) to second-seeded NC State duo William Manning and Jules Leroux while Moxon and Witz dropped an 8-4 decision to ninth-seeded North Carolina pairing Ian Mayew and Kase Schinnerer to round out the doubles performances.

Robertson and Swaine will face each other in the singles quarterfinals tomorrow at 11:00 a.m. Robertson is also slated to make a quarterfinals appearance in doubles alongside Avram, facing a sixth seeded duo tomorrow at 1:30 p.m. Daryabeigi and Barbier Gazeu also compete in tomorrow’s doubles quarterfinals, taking on a fourth seeded pair at 1:30 p.m.

Results

Singles

QR64 – Cole Henceroth (SC) def. Alejandro Pena (UNCW) 7-6 (5), 6-1

QR32 – Kai Villagomez (DC) def. Cole Henceroth (SC) 6-3, 6-4

R64 – [9] Charlie Robertson (SC) def. Moritz Muenster (UNCC) 6-2, 6-2

R64 – Charlie Swaine (SC) def. [7] Toby Kodat (NCSU) 7-6 (5), 6-1

R64 – Atakan Karahan (SC) def. Cole Thurgur (UNCC) 7-5, 6-0

R64 – William Moxon (SC) def. Jindrich Brill (NC A&T) 6-1, 7-6 (4)

R64 – Max Stenzer (SC) def. Noah Lopez Cherubino (CLEM) 6-2, 6-1

R64 – Antonin Witz (SC) def. Dylan Long (DUKE) 6-3, 4-6, 6-2

R64 – [9] Yannick Alexandrescou (DUKE) def. Gabe Avram (SC) 6-2, 6-0

R64 – Henrik Bladelius (CLEM) def. [3] Sean Daryabeigi (SC) 7-5, 7-6 (2)

R64 – Sec Sebastian (UNC) def. [2] Paul Barbier Gazeu (SC) 6-3, 6 (4) – 7, 6-3

R32 – [9] Charlie Robertson (SC) def. Jakub Solarski (CofC) 6-0, 6-0

R32 – Charlie Swaine (SC) def. Jip Mens (UNCA) 6-2, 7-5

R32 – Chris Xu (UNC) def. Atakan Karahan (SC) 3-6, 6-3, 6-2

R32 – [9] Niels Ratiu (UNC) def. William Moxon (SC) 5-7, 6-4, 6-0

R32 – Max Stenzer (SC) def. [9] Jules Leroux (NCSU) 4-6, 6-4, 6-3

R32 – [9] Ian Mayew (UNC) def. Antonin Witz (SC) 6-2, 6-2

R16 – [9] Charlie Robertson (SC) def. Saahith Jayaraman (DUKE) 6-4, 6-4

R16 – Charlie Swaine def. Tiago Pires (CLEM) 1-6, 6-2, 6-2

R16 – [9] Yannick Alexandrescou (DUKE) def. Max Stenzer (SC) 6-3, 3-1 (retired)

Doubles

R32 – [9] Gabe Avram/Charlie Robertson (SC) def. Lachlan Gaskell/Nicholas Mangiapane (UNC) 8-5

R32 – [9] Max Stenzer/Charlie Swaine (SC) def. Nikola Parichkov/Charles Pilet (ELON) 3-1, retired

R16 – [9] Gabe Avram/Charlie Robertson (SC) def. [1] Romain Gales/Bruno Kuzuhara (CLEM) 8-4

R16 – Niels Ratiu/Chris Xu (UNC) def. Max Stenzer/Charlie Swaine (SC) 8-4

R16 – [5] Sean Daryabeigi/Paul Barbier Gazeu (SC) def. Alan Aiukhanov/Julius Augunas (SCSU) 8-7 (6)

R16 – [9] Ian Mayew/Kase Schinnerer (UNC) def. William Moxon/Antonin Witz (SC) 8-4

R16 – [2] William Manning/Jules Leroux (NCSU) def. Atakan Karahan/Cole Henceroth (SC) 8-7 (5)