MERION STATION, Pa. / DAVIDSON, N.C. – The Saint Joseph's men's tennis team opened its home invitational tournament on Friday, while two Hawks competed at the Atlantic 10 Conference Masters event at Davidson.
 
Three Hawk duos got their weekends underway in the doubles flights of the SJU Invitational, falling to pairs from St. John's, Temple, and Villanova.
 
In the Black singles flight, Stefan Brajovic was a straight-sets winner over EJ Roedl of Villanova to advance to the quarterfinals.  Meanwhile, in the White singles flight, Hector Fullone advanced to the semifinals via a walkover and will play for a spot in the final on Saturday.
 
At the Conference Masters tournament, Oscar Baumgartner and Ernesto Ruy fell in their singles tilts after dropping their doubles match in a tiebreaker.
 
Play at the SJU Invitational continues on Saturday.
 
RESULTS
 
SAINT JOSEPH'S INVITATIONAL
 
Singles
Stefan Brajovic (SJU) def. EJ Roedl (Villanova), 6-3, 6-1
Adam Bain (Penn) def. Santiago Valle (SJU), 6-3, 6-7 (2), 10-1 (STB)
Semen Aginskiy (St. John's) def. Sehaj Singh Pawar (SJU), 3-6, 7-5, 10-6 (STB)
Ethan Carr (Villanova) def. Jakob Gaudreau Barnes (SJU), 7-6 (6), 6-2
Evan Ancu (Villanova) def. Omar Aboseada (SJU), 6-1, 6-2
 
Doubles
Doruk Calikoglu / Julian Forer (Temple) def. Pawar / Valle (SJU), 6-1
Evan Ancu / Cameron Kruep (Villanova) def. Brajovic / Gaudreau Barnes (SJU), 6-2
Adam Kresina / Taichi Wakamatsu (St. John's) def. Aboseada / Hector Fullone (SJU), 6-2
 
ATLANTIC 10 CONFERENCE MASTERS
 
Singles
Nicholas Carneiro (Davidson) def. Ernesto Ruy (SJU), 7-6 (1), 6-2
Paxton Pritchard (Richmond) def. Oscar Baumgartner (SJU), 6-3, 6-1
Aril Kayra Tuna (Duquesne) def. Ruy (SJU), 4-1, retired
Yu-Shun Lai (Duquesne) def. Baumgartner (SJU), 3-2, retired
 
Doubles
Davide Procacci / Kai Villagomez (Davidson) def. Baumgartner / Ruy (SJU), 9-8 (2)