Bicknell & Szymkowiak Reach Bermuda Final
Top seed Blaise Bicknell and sixth seed Kacper Szymkowiak advanced to the singles final of the ITF M15 Pembroke tournament at the WER Joell Tennis Stadium following quarter-final and semi-final victories on Saturday [October 31].
Jamaica’s Bicknell defeated fifth-seeded American Noah Schachter in straight sets before overcoming Canadian fourth seed Alvin Nicholas Tudorica 6-1, 6-1 in the semi-finals.
Poland’s Szymkowiak defeated second-seeded American Keshav Chopra 6-2, 6-0 in the quarter-finals, then secured his place in the final with a 6-1, 6-3 victory over seventh-seeded American Jacob Brumm.
Tudorica had advanced when France’s eighth seed Paul Colin retired with the Canadian leading 7-5, 4-2. Brumm reached the semi-finals by defeating third-seeded American Matt Kuhar 6-2, 7-6.
In the doubles quarter-finals, Bermuda’s Trey Mallory and Jamaica’s John Chin lost to third-seeded Americans Nathan Cox and Jeffrey Fradkin.
Mallory and Chin recovered from losing the opening set to take the second, before Cox and Fradkin won the deciding match tiebreak to complete a 7-5, 3-6, 10-3 victory.
Top seeds Chopra and Kuhar defeated Henry Bilicic and Alexander Wriedt 6-4, 6-3, while Barbadians Kaipo Marshall and Stephen Slocombe beat Guatemala’s Juan Sebastian Dominguez Collado and Curaçao’s Aydan Gomez Osorio 7-6, 6-4.
Second seeds Noah Schachter and Gray Voelzke completed the doubles semi-final line-up with a 6-7, 6-4, 10-7 victory over Mitchell Dobek and Drew Van Orderlain.
Bicknell and Szymkowiak are scheduled to contest the singles final on Sunday [November 1].
