Posted: 30 Jan 2021 03:07 PM PST

LAS VEGAS - Singles wins by both Louis Menard and freshman Petr Stavrovskij handed the NM State men's tennis team a brief 2-1 lead, but Weber State answered by capturing triumphs in three consecutive one-on-one bouts to walk away with a 4-2 win Saturday afternoon at the Fertitta Tennis Complex.

DOUBLES
• For the second-straight day, the Aggie tandem of Menard and Jordy Visser made a positive impact in tandem action. That flight three pairing took down the Wildcats' duo of Kris Van Wyk and Brendan Barr 6-3 to give NM State a brief lead in doubles play.
• Weber State answered right back, though, when Sebastian Buxman and Arthur Serafim emerged as 6-2 winners over Martin Simecek and Stavrovskij in top flight play.
• The Wlidcats opened up a 1-0 lead courtesy of a 6-4 win by Bo-Han Li and Michiel Van Schoor in flight two.

SINGLES
• Menard managed to knot things up at 1-1 by giving up just three games to Serafim on line two. With a strong game plan, Menard scored a 6-1, 6-2 win over Serafim.
• Earning his first collegiate singles victory, Stavrovskij made all the right moves down the stretch to take down Barr 6-4, 6-4 on line six.
• Staked to a 2-1 lead, the Aggies would not find themselves ahead for long. Corey Clarke was on the wrong end of a 6-2, 6-3 result against Li in flight number four.
• With the match tied at 2-2, Weber State took the lead for good when Van Wyk out-dueled Nicolas Buitrago 6-1, 7-5 in flight one.
• The Wildcats solidified the win with Buxman's 7-5, 6-2 triumph against Simecek on the third line.

COMING UP NEXT
• In their final match of the weekend, the Aggies are set to face off against a second consecutive Big Sky Conference foe when they match up against Montana at the Fertitta Tennis Complex. First serve is set for 3:00 p.m. Saturday afternoon.

WEBER STATE 4, NM STATE 2
Jan. 30, 2021, at Las Vegas, NV
(Fertitta Tennis Complex)

Singles competition
1. Kris Van Wyk (WSU) def. Nicolas Buitrago (NMSU) 6-1, 7-5
2. Louis Menard (NMSU) def. Arthur Serafim (WSU) 6-1, 6-2
3. Sebastian Buxman (WSU) def. Martin Simecek (NMSU) 7-5, 6-2
4. Bo-Han Li (WSU) def. Corey Clarke (NMSU) 6-2, 6-3
5. Michiel Van Schoor (WSU) vs. Gijs Akkermans (NMSU) 7-5, 4-4, uf
6. Petr Stavrovskij (NMSU) def. Brendan Barr (WSU) 6-4, 6-4

Doubles competition
1. Sebastian Buxman/Arthur Serafim (WSU) def. Martin Simecek/Petr Stavrovskij (NMSU) 6-2
2. Bo-Hai Li/Michiel Van Schoor (WSU) def. Nicolas Buitrago/Corey Clarke (NMSU) 6-4
3. Jordy Visser/Louis Menard (NMSU) def. Kris Van Wky/Brendan Barr (WSU) 6-3

Order of finish: Doubles (3,1,2); Singles (2,6,4,1,3)

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Tennys Sandgren cleared for Australian Open charter flight after positive test - ESPN

Posted: 14 Jan 2021 12:00 AM PST

Jan 14, 2021

Associated Press

Tennys Sandgren forced an early clarification of the COVID-19 rules as the first of 15 charter flights began flying Down Under to deliver players for the Australian Open.

The two-time Australian Open quarterfinalist was given a special clearance to board one of the flights from Los Angeles to Melbourne despite testing positive for COVID-19 in November and again on Monday.

The first of about 1,200 players, coaches, entourage and officials were set to land Thursday in Australia.

Under tournament protocols agreed with Australian government authorities, all players had to to return a negative test before boarding their flights to Australia and would be subjected to further testing on arrival and daily during a 14-day period of quarantine.

The No. 50-ranked Sandgren received an exemption after Australian health officials assessed his case history.

The American player posted on social media to say he wasn't contagious and was allowed to join a delayed flight.

"My two tests were less than 8 weeks apart. I was sick in November, totally healthy now," Sandgren tweeted. "There's not a single documented case where I would be contagious at this point. Totally recovered!"

The Australian newspaper published an online story headlined "US tennis ace sparks Aus Open virus worry."

Tennis Australia moved to clarify the situation in a statement Thursday that outlined players who've previously tested positive to COVID-19 were "required to provide additional and highly detailed medical information as proof they are a recovered case and no longer infectious or a risk to the community."

Tennis Australia added: "In the case of Tennys Sandgren, who has self-disclosed that he previously tested positive in late November, his medical file had to be reviewed by Victorian [state government] health authorities. Upon completion of that review he was cleared to fly."

The Australian Open has already been delayed three weeks because restrictions in place for the COVID-19 pandemic, and is set to open on Feb. 8.

On Wednesday, nearly 12,000 kilometers (7,500 miles) from Melbourne, the qualifying tournament was completed for the tournament, with 16 men and 16 women set to join the singles main draw.

Due to the Australian restrictions, the men's and women's qualifying tournaments -- in Doha, Qatar and in Dubai -- were held outside of Australia for the first time.

The women qualifiers include two-time Australian Open and Roland Garros doubles champion Timea Babos of Hungary and British player Francesca Jones, who has a rare genetic condition.

Jones has ectrodactyly ectodermal dysplasia, which means she was born with three fingers and a thumb on each hand, three toes on her right foot and four toes on her left.

On the men's side, the qualifiers include 17-year-old ATP newcomer of the year, Carlos Alcaraz of Spain.

Six women and six men will also travel to Australia as lucky losers and undergo mandatory quarantine like the rest of the international players, hoping to get a place in the main draw as cover for injuries or withdrawals. There are 104 direct entries based on rankings for the men's and women's singles main draw, plus wild-card entries and the qualifiers.

The 15 flights will be at no more than 25% capacity, and will arrive over a 36-hour period ending early Saturday.

Once a negative result has been returned, players can train within a strictly supervised environment for five-hours per day, and players and their teams will be tested every day during quarantine.

The Australian Open draw will be held on Feb. 4, four days ahead of the start of the main tournament, which ends Feb. 21 with the men's singles final.

Novak Djokovic is the defending men's champion and Sofia Kenin is the women's defending champion.

Djokovic, Rafael Nadal and Serena Williams will be among a group of players involved in an exhibition event in Adelaide, South Australia state, on Jan. 29. All other tournaments will be in Melbourne, including the 12-team ATP Cup starting Feb. 1 and two WTA events in the week leading into the Australian Open.

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Posted: 07 Jan 2021 12:00 AM PST

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