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Bastian Trinker, ranked 294th in the world, lost in the first round of the main draw this morning to Filippo Leonardi. Their match began yesterday, but was suspended due to weather in the second set. Play resumed where it left off, and Leonardi won the second set 6-4. Trinker was up 5-2 in the third set before losing five straight, and ultimately lost by a score of 7-5.

Local high school player Chris Ephron and former UWF player and national champion Bruno Savi won both of their doubles matches today and will play in the semifinals tomorrow afternoon. They will be playing Patrick Daciek and Denis Nguyen, who defeated the number one doubles seed earlier this evening. Nguyen also won his singles match in a third set tiebreaker an hour before winning his doubles match. Nguyen played at the number one spot for Harvard for three years before graduating in May.

Wil Spencer, originally from Santa Rosa Beach, Florida, had another easy match today. He won his match yesterday by a score of 6-0 6-1 and today by a score of 6-2 6-2. Spencer is the fourth seed in the tournament and is ranked 482nd in the world. He will play Alex Rybakov tomorrow at 10 a.m. Rybakov reached the quarterfinals of the 2015 junior US Open. He also competed in the junior French Open.

There is still much more tennis to be played as the singles quarterfinals and doubles semifinals will begin tomorrow afternoon. The singles semifinals and doubles finals will begin on Saturday, and the singles finals will take place on Sunday. Here is a schedule of tomorrow’s matches:

Wil Spencer (4), United States, vs. Alex Rybakov, United States at 10 a.m.
Maximilano Estevez (6), Argentina, vs. Nick Chappell, United States at 11 a.m.
Evan King (3), United States, vs. Henrik Wiersholm, United States at 11 a.m.
Denis Nguyen, United States, vs. Denis Shapovalov, Canada at 11 a.m.
Patrick Daciek and Denis Nguyen, United States, vs. Bruno Savi, Brazil, and Chris Ephron, United States at 1 p.m.
Peter Nagy, Hungary, and Denis Shapovalov, Canada, vs. Nick Chappell and Dane Webb, United States, at 3 p.m.
Pensacola Futures Tennis Tournament
A USTA Pro Circuit Event
Monday, November 16, 2015
Roger Scott Tennis Center
Pensacola, Florida
Purse: $10,000
Surface: Clay-Outdoor

Thursday, November 19 – Results
Singles – First Round
Filippo Leonardi, Italy, def. Bastian Trinker (1), Austria, 2-6, 6-4, 7-5
Gianni Ross, United States, def. Michael Lippens, United States, 6-3, 7-6(5)
Nathan Pasha, United States, def. Damon Gooch, Russia, 3-6, 6-3, 6-3
Mitchell Stewart, United States, def. Alexios Halebian, 6-2, 4-6, 6-3
Nathan Ponwith, United States, def. Sebastian Sanchez, Colombia, 6-3, 6-2
Ravi Patel, Great Britain, def. Boris Nicola Bakalov, Bulgaria, 6-3, 7-6(8)

Singles – Second round
Denis Shapovalov, Canada, def. Filippo Leonardi, Italy, 6-1, 7-6 (5)
Denis Nguyen, United States, def. Gianni Ross, United States, 2-6, 6-4, 7-6(4)
Evan King (3), United States, def. Nathan Pasha, United States, 6-4, 3-6, 6-4
Henrik Wiersholm, United States, def. Andrew Carter, United States, 6-0, 6-0
Alex Rybakov, United States, def. Peter Nagy, Hungary, 6-3, 1-6, 6-3
Wil Spencer (4), United States, def. Mitchell Stewart, United States, 6-2, 6-2
Maximilano Estevez (6), Argentina, def. Nathan Ponwith, United States, 7-5, 6-3
Nick Chappell, United States, def. Ravi Patel, Great Britain, 7-5, 1-6, 7-5

Doubles – First round
Christopher Ephron, United States, and Bruno Savi, Brazil, def. Jack Vance and Jamie Vance, United States, 6-2, 6-2

Doubles – Second round
Patrick Daciek and Denis Nguyen, United States, def. Ben McLachlan, New Zealand, and Anderson Reed (1), United States, 6-3, 7-5
Christopher Ephron, United States, and Bruno Savi, Brazil, def. Joel Vincent Link, Germany, and Nathan Ponwith, United States, 6-1, 6-3
Peter Nagy, Hungary, and Denis Shapovalov, Canada, def. Boris Nicola Bakalov, Bulgaria, and Brian Battistone, United States, 5-7, 7-6(4), (12-10)
Nick Chappell and Dane Webb, United States, def. Evan King and Chad Rhoden, United States, 6-3, 6-1

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