Men’s Tennis Set to Kick Off Fall Season

TUCSON, Ariz. – Arizona Men’s Tennis is ready to start its fall slate this weekend on the Battle within the Bay and the annual Wildcat Invite.

Wildcats Zoran Ludoski and Alexander Rozin will journey to San Francisco, Calif., for the distinguished Battle within the Bay, hosted on the California Tennis Club. The duo will compete in each singles and doubles, teaming up within the doubles draw. They will open play on Thursday morning at 9:00 a.m. MST in doubles in opposition to Stian Klaassen and Adrien Berrut (USD), earlier than starting singles motion. Rozin is scheduled for a ten:45 a.m. MST match in opposition to Niels Villard (ASU), adopted by Ludoski at 1:30 p.m. MST in opposition to Avery Tallakson (Boise State).

Ludoski, ranked No. 63 nationally, posted a 13-14 singles file and an 8-8 doubles mark final season. Rozin, at present ranked No. 89 within the nation, led the Wildcats in singles wins with a 31-6 file, whereas additionally ending 9-7 in doubles play.

The Battle within the Bay is among the premier tournaments of the autumn season, with the champion incomes a wildcard into both the $100k Tiburon Men’s ATP Challenger or the $80k Fairfield Men’s ATP Challenger. Streaming and dwell stats shall be introduced later this week.

Back in Tucson, Arizona will welcome UNLV, NAU, NMSU, UNM and SDSU to the LaNelle Robson Tennis Center for the Wildcat Invite. Representing the Wildcats shall be Cole Stelse and Oskar Jansson, competing in each singles and doubles.

Stelse enters the autumn coming off a 13-2 singles file and a 7-5 doubles mark in 2023-24. Jansson posted an 8-3 singles file final season, together with a 6-4 doubles file.

The Wildcat Invite will run Friday, Sept. 13, via Sunday, Sept. 15. Matches start at 8:30 a.m. MST on Friday, and admission is free for all followers. Matches shall be streamed by way of PlaySight and dwell stats shall be obtainable on StatBroadcast.