Maksymchuk Reaches Final At Bedford Cup - University of Nevada Las Vegas Athletics

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (UNLVRebels.com) – Illia Maksymchuk reached the main draw singles final before falling to host Arjun Karsten, 7-6, 6-0, to close out the squad's stay at this weekend's ITA Bedford Cup in the Mountains, which is hosted annually at the Air Force Academy.

Competing in the singles and doubles individual events at the USAF Outdoor Courts, four Rebels faced competitors from 11 other schools in the mountain region.

Maksymchuk, a sophomore from Ukraine, finished with a 3-1 mark in singles at the tourney.

2024 ITA BEDFORD CUP IN THE MOUNTAINS
At Air Force Outdoor Intercollegiate Tennis Courts
Sept. 27-29

TEAMS COMPETING
Air Force
Boise State
BYU
Denver
Idaho
Montana
Montana State
New Mexico State
Northern Arizona
UNLV
Utah State
Weber State

DOUBLES (Sept. 27)
Sarap/Zulch (WSU) def. Torres/Maksymchuk/Hernandez (UNLV) 7-6 (6)
Wolf/Tingleaf (AFA) def. Rsovac/Navarro (UNLV) 6-2
Rsovac/Navarro (UNLV) def. Edmonston/Duong (BYU) 6-3

SINGLES (Sept. 27)
Illia Maksymchuk (UNLV) def. AJ Moore (AFA) 7-6 (6) 6-4
Maksymchuk (UNLV) def. Itay Feigin (NMSU) 6-1, 6-2

Liam Day (WSU) def. Dusan Rsovac (UNLV) 6-3, 7-5
Rsovac (UNLV) def. Jack Brown (AFA) 7-5, 6-3

Thomas Navarro (UNLV) def. Harrison Janes (MSU) 6-0, 6-1
TJ Wells (BYU) def. Navarro (UNLV) 6-4, 6-4

Relja Eskic (DU) def. Roberto Hernandez (UNLV) 5-7, 6-4, 6-1
Dmitri Goubin (USU) def. Hernandez (UNLV) 6-2, 6-4

DOUBLES (Sept. 28)
Navarro/Rsovac (UNLV) def. Zhang/Rodenas (MSU) 6-3
Navarro/Rsovac (UNLV) def. Nobel Rigby (USU) 6-0

SINGLES (Sept. 28)
Illia Maksymchuk (UNLV) def. Jakub Prachar (NAU) 7-6 (0), 6-3
Lance Urlaub (NMSU) def. Dusan Rsovac (UNLV) 6-3, 7-5
Thomas Navarro (UNLV) def. Kyle Garner (AFA) 6-4, 6-2
Navarro (UNLV) def. De Col (IDAHO) 6-4, 6-3
Eric Wang (IDAHO) def. Roberto Hernandez (UNLV) 6-0, 6-4
Rikuto Yamaguchi (DU) def. Hernandez (UNLV) 6-2, 6-4

DOUBLES (Sept. 29)
Kurato/Jaen (BSU) def. Rsovac/Navarro (UNLV) 6-3

SINGLES (Sept. 29)
FINAL:
Arjun Karsten (AFA) def. Illia Maksymchuk (UNLV) 7-6 (3), 6-0

Sebastian Medica (IDAHO) def. Dusan Rsovac (UNLV) 6-4, 6-3
Dylan Jaen (BSU) def. Thomas Navarro (UNLV) 7-5, 6-2
Harrison Janes (MSU) Roberto Hernandez (UNLV) 6-1, 6-2

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Players Mentioned

Roberto Hernandez

Illia Maksymchuk

Thomas Navarro

Dusan Rsovac

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