Doubles Upset Highlights Men's First Day At Tennis Qualifier - University of Nevada Las Vegas Athletics

LAS VEGAS (UNLVRebels.com) – UNLV's contingent won four of six total matches in singles and doubles during Wednesday's opening round of the 2026 Credit Union 1 Mountain West Fall Men's Tennis Championships being staged at the Darling Tennis Center.

The tourney runs through Sunday with all winners earning bids into the ITA Conference Masters, which is a feed-in event for the NCAA Singles and Doubles Championships next month.

Top-seeded Marko Maksimovic rolled past Kai Stolaruk of Air Force, 6-2, 6-0, to advance and was joined in the round of 16 by Yazid Lahjomri, who downed Grand Canyon's Calin Apostol, 6-4, 6-2.

In doubles play, third-seeded Lahjomri and partner Aubin Rouillon downed Kaveh Taheri and Ivan Savkin of UC Davis, 8-3. And, in the biggest upset of the day, the Rebel duo of Joel Gibson and Samuel Pohl stunned top-seeded Andreas Loizas and Victor Lima of GCU, 8-7, powered by an epic 12-10 tiebreaker.

Men's singles round of 16 and doubles quarterfinals are scheduled for Thursday.

2026 Credit Union 1 Mountain West Fall Men's Tennis Championships

SINGLES ROUND OF 32
(1) Marko Maksimovic (UNLV) def. Kai Stolaruk (AFA) 6-2, 6-0
Brice Patoux (GCU) def. Joel Gibson (UNLV) 6-4, 6-0
Yazid Lahjomri (UNLV) def. Calin Apostol (GCU) 6-4, 6-2
Nadual Cheam (UCD) def. Adra Karakas (UNLV) 6-4, 6-2

DOUBLES ROUND OF 16
(3) Yazid Lahjomri/Aubin Rouillon (UNLV) def. Kaveh Taheri/Ivan Savkin (UCD) 8-3
Joel Gibson/Samuel Pohl (UNLV) def. (1) Andreas Loizas/Victor Lima (GCU) 8-7 (12-10)

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Players Mentioned

Joel Gibson

Yazid Lahjomri

Marko Maksimovic

Samuel Pohl

Aubin Rouillon

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