Hyrkkönen Notches Another Singles Win at Rice Invite

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Hyrkkönen Notches Another Singles Win at Rice Invite

October 01, 2017 | Men's Tennis

Pyry Hyrkkönen won his last two singles matches at the Rice Invitational.

HOUSTON, Texas/Tulsa, Okla. – Pyry Hyrkkönen added another straight-sets victory to clinch a winning singles record during Sunday's action at the Rice Invitational.

Hyrkkönen dismissed Incarnate Word's Joey Vatanadilok by a 6-2, 6-3 margin for his second consecutive win. He dropped a combined 10 games over those two matches.

Matheus Leite turned in his most dominant singles performance of the fall season and routed Sebastian Mortier of Incarnate Word by a 6-1, 6-1 score line.

At the Saint Francis ITA All-American Championships in Tulsa, Tommy Mylnikov rebounded for his first fall victory in prequalifying consolation action courtesy of a 6-0, 7-6 (4) decision over Oral Roberts' Eddy Leardini.

"A good bounce back win for Tommy," Texas Tech head coach Brett Masi said. "Hopefully, that will provide some good momentum going into tomorrow for the start of qualifying."

Connor Curry, Artem Kapshuk and Alex Sendegeya takes the court for singles qualifying whereas Curry and Kapshuk along with Mylnikov and Sendegeya play in doubles qualifying on Monday.

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2017 Saint Francis ITA All-American Championships Results – Sunday, October 1
Prequalifying – Consolation
Tommy Mylnikov (Texas Tech) defeats Eddy Leardini (Oral Roberts): 6-0, 7-6 (4)

2017 Rice Invitational Results – Sunday, October 1
Singles – Blue Draw – Consolation
Matheus Leite (Texas Tech) defeats Sebastian Mortier (Incarnate Word): 6-1, 6-1

Singles – Gray Draw – Consolation
Pyry Hyrkkönen (Texas Tech) defeats Joey Vatanadilok (Incarnate Word): 6-2, 6-3
Mack Galvin (Air Force) defeats Jackson Cobb (Texas Tech): 6-1, 6-7 (6), 6-3

Singles – Owl Draw – Consolation
Caleb Dyer (Incarnate Word) defeats Justin Bloss (Texas Tech): 6-2, 6-4

Doubles – Consolation
Isaac Perez/Patrick Sklenka (Air Force) defeats Hyrkkönen/Leite (Texas Tech): 7-6 (5)

2017 Saint Francis ITA All-American Championships Schedule – Monday, October 2
Singles – Qualifying – Round 1
No. 98 Connor Curry (Texas Tech) vs. Chema Carranza (Wisconsin)
Artem Kapshuk (Texas Tech) vs. Grey Hamilton (Ole Miss)
Alex Sendegeya (Texas Tech) vs. No. 89 Antonio Cembellin (Indiana)

Doubles – Qualifying – Round 1
Curry/Kapshuk (Texas Tech) vs. Dan Little/David Micevski (Utah)
Mylnikov/Sendegeya (Texas Tech) vs. Mathieu Garcia/Mike Pervolarakis (Portland)