<body><div><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=3YG1oq_0wDp9GpZ00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=3YG1oq_0wDp9GpZ00" width="1600" height="1067" ><figcaption>Georgia senior Miguel Perez Peña celebrates with his coach during the 56th annual Southern Intercollegiate Championships at the Dan Magill Tennis Complex in Athens, Georgia on Sept. 13, 2024. (Photo/Laney Martin; @LaneyMartinPhotography)</figcaption></figure>The Georgia men’s tennis team continued its dominant start to the 2024 season, recording 15 singles wins and three doubles wins in the first two days of ITA Regionals at Dan Magill Tennis Complex.In doubles play, the Bulldogs posted a clean sweep as all three pairings won their round of 32 matches. No. 2 ranked Freddy Blaydes and Niels Ratiu posted a team-high seventh doubles win of the year as they defeated Stetson University’s Blanco Fernandez/Keuhne 8-6 on day two. The sophomores face Georgia Tech’s Brancatelli/Biagiotti in the round of 16.No. 33 Thomas Paulsell and Ryan Colby recorded their sixth win together as they took down Florida Atlantic’s Pignaton/Bernard 8-6. The duo will face off against Georgia Tech’s Bonetto/Carlini in their round of 16 matchup.Miguel Perez Peña and Oscar Pinto Sansano easily took care of Kennesaw State’s Weingarten/Salmeron 8-3. The Spanish duo takes on Mercer’s Padio/Gandonou in the round of 16.In singles, four Bulldogs won their first two matches of the tournament and advanced to the round of 16 main draw. No. 14 ranked Paulsell advanced to the round of 16, after defeating University of Central Florida’s Adriano Dzhenev 6-2, 6-0 and Florida State’s Azariah Rusher 7-5, 6-2. Paulsell’s victory against Rusher marked his eighth of the year — a team high in singles.No. 28 Colby took down South Florida’s Hugo Car 6-4, 3-6, 7-6(4) and Florida’s Magnus Johnson 6-2, 6-1 to earn a spot in the main draw round of 16. Colby faces off against Stetson University’s Fernandez on day three.No. 64 Perez Peña defeated Miami’s Mehdi Sadaoui 6(9)-7, 6-1, 6-4 and University of Central Florida’s Mehdi Benchakroun 7-5, 6-4. Perez Peña takes on Florida's Kevin Endegren in his round of 16 matchup.No. 86 Pinto Sansano took down Florida Atlantic’s Jiri Jenicek 6-4, 7-5 and Mercer’s Nemanja Stefanovic 6-4, 6-2. Pinto Sansano will take on Florida’s Tanapatt Nirundorn in his respective round of 16 matchup.Blaydes, Ratiu and Felipe Costa each recorded wins in the main draw round of 64, but, were all promptly defeated in the round of 32.Blaydes won his first match against Georgia State’s Baran Soyler 6-3, 6-4 before being taken down in the round of 32 to University of Central Florida’s No. 87 Yassine Dlimi 6-1, 4-6, 6-1.Ratiu defeated University of Central Florida’s Emilio Sanchez 6-2, 6-2, but was defeated by Gianluca Carlini of Georgia Tech 6-3, 7-6(3).Costa soundly defeated Florida Atlantic’s Mark Havlicek 6-1, 6-3 prior to falling to No. 87 Yassine Dlimi from the University of Central Florida 6-1, 4-6, 6-1.Sophomore Parker Mariencheck recorded his first singles win of the year as he won his first-round qualifying match against Florida Atlantic’s Luca Pignaton 6-3, 6-4. Mariencheck also won a close match in the second qualifying round to secure his spot in the singles round of 64 against Kennesaw State’s Mikolaj Lis 7-6(4), 4-6, 6-4. Unfortunately, the sophomore’s main draw run stopped there as he was defeated by University of Central Florida’s Nicolas Oliveira 6-4, 6-2.The 11-time SEC champs are proving their program’s dominance as they continue to thrive in regional play. The Bulldogs continue strong starts to their tournaments as they move towards the round of 16 in both singles and doubles play.</div></body>

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The Georgia men’s tennis team continued its dominant start to the 2024 season, recording 15 singles wins and three doubles wins in the first two days of ITA Regionals at Dan Magill Tennis Complex. In doubles play, the Bulldogs posted a clean sweep as all three pairings won their...