Four Bulldogs Finish Fall Tennis at ITA Championships

Four Mississippi State players completed their fall schedules at two ITA championships. Bryan Hernandez Cortes advanced to the quarterfinals of the Conference Masters Championships in Rome, Georgia.

The junior defeated Mihnea Petru Stanciu of Alabama A&M and Jakub Jedrzejczaak of Northern Arizona before losing to Aleksa Pisaric of Pepperdine, ranked No. 72 nationally.

In Tallahassee, Florida, Diego Duran and Luigi Valletta reached the Southern Sectional quarterfinals. They beat Georgia’s third-seeded Maxime Dubouch and Noah Johnston before falling to Auburn’s Freddy Blaydes and Tyler Bowers.

Raphael Vaksmann competed in the singles draw but retired from his first-round match because of an injury.

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