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Men's Tennis

Three Doubles Teams and Four Singles Advance at Men's Tennis ITA Regionals

STOCKTON, Calif. – On the second day of the ITA Regional Championships on Friday, Santa Clara men's tennis advanced three doubles teams and four singles players to the next round of the main draw.  Tiago Boschmans, Luca Bluett and John Kim were victorious in both disciplines while Alexander Watanabe Eriksson won his doubles match and advanced in a walkover in singles.

HOW IT HAPPENED: 

  • The doubles tandem of Valentin Faure/Luca Lemaitre, Watanabe Eriksson/Boschmans and Kim/Bluett each won their opening round of 32 matches. 
  • Mahir Khurana and Lukas Maskow teamed up to defeat Portland State's Ignacio R Marquinez and Aarjun Pandit 8-5 in the round of 64 before falling 8-0 in the next round to Oregon's Matthew Burton and Sam Olszakowski.  
  • In the singles round of 64, Boschmans took down Thibaud Maxant of Saint Mary's in three sets.  Bluett and Kim won their matches in straight sets over Portland State's Luca Prino and Saint Mary's Paulo Etchecoin.  Watanabe Eriksson moved on as Cal's Alexander Aney withdrew before the start of play.  

RESULTS:

ITA Regional Championships
10/17/2025 at Stockton, Calif. (Eve Zimmerman Tennis Center)

Singles competition

R64       Alex Chang (Stanford) def. Valentin Faure (Santa Clara) 6-4, 7-6 (7-4)
R64       Tiago Boschmans (Santa Clara) def. Thibaud Maxant (Saint Mary's) 6-3, 3-6, 7-5
R64       Tiago Silva (Cal) def. Luca Lemaitre (Santa Clara) 7-6 (10-8), 6-4
R64       Bernardo Munk Mesa (Cal) def. Lukas Maskow (Santa Clara) 2-6, 6-4, 6-2
R64       Alexander W Eriksson (Santa Clara) def. Alexander Aney (Cal), walkover
R64       Luca Bluett (Santa Clara) def. Luca Prino (Portland State) 6-1, 6-4
R64       John Kim (Santa Clara) def. Paulo Etchecoin (Saint Mary's) 6-0, 6-1

Doubles competition
R32       Valentin Faure/Luca Lemaitre (Santa Clara) def. Lucas Kimelman/Tannor Binder (Portland) 8-3
R32       Alexander W Eriksson/Tiago Boschmans (Santa Clara) def. Martin Duris/Miles Whitehead (Sacramento State) 8-4
R32       John Kim/Luca Bluett (Santa Clara) def. Declan Galligan/Dan Hughes (Oregon) 8-3
R64       Mahir Khurana/Lukas Maskow (Santa Clara) def. Ignacio R Marquinez/Aarjun Pandit (Portland State) 8-5
R32       Matthew Burton/Sam Olszakowski (Oregon) def. Mahir Khurana/Lukas Maskow (Santa Clara) 8-0

NEXT UP:

  • Action continues on Saturday at the ITA Regional Championships starting with doubles at 8:30 a.m. PT.   

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Players Mentioned

Luca Bluett

Luca Bluett

5' 11"
Sophomore
Tiago Boschmans

Tiago Boschmans

6' 0"
Junior
Valentin Faure

Valentin Faure

6' 1"
Redshirt Sophomore
Mahir Khurana

Mahir Khurana

5' 8"
Redshirt Freshman
John Kim

John Kim

5' 9"
Senior
Luca Lemaitre

Luca Lemaitre

5' 11"
Junior
Lukas Maskow

Lukas Maskow

6' 0"
Junior
Alexander Watanabe Eriksson

Alexander Watanabe Eriksson

5' 11"
Senior

Players Mentioned

Luca Bluett

Luca Bluett

5' 11"
Sophomore
Tiago Boschmans

Tiago Boschmans

6' 0"
Junior
Valentin Faure

Valentin Faure

6' 1"
Redshirt Sophomore
Mahir Khurana

Mahir Khurana

5' 8"
Redshirt Freshman
John Kim

John Kim

5' 9"
Senior
Luca Lemaitre

Luca Lemaitre

5' 11"
Junior
Lukas Maskow

Lukas Maskow

6' 0"
Junior
Alexander Watanabe Eriksson

Alexander Watanabe Eriksson

5' 11"
Senior