SPOKANE, Wash. – Portland freshman Stefan Skobelev, as well as sophomore Nikola Keremedchiev and senior Nikolas Tvedt, each advanced in their respective singles draws following action Saturday at the Gonzaga Invitational hosted at the Stevens Center.

Skobelev defeated Alex Asenov of Idaho and Gus Krauel of host Gonzaga to reach the title match of the Red Singles Draw. He will face Yu-Shun Lai of Idaho on Sunday.

Keremedchiev knocked off Gonzaga's Tom Dunlap, while Tvedt came back for a three-set victory against Idaho's Matteo Masala in the White Draw quarterfinals. Tvedt will move on to face Leon Roider of Gonzaga in Sunday's title match.

No doubles matches were played on Saturday, but the Pilots were dominant in Friday doubles with the tandems of Oscar Brown and Skobelev as well as Tvedt and Luka Vukovic winning two matches each to reach the top-flight doubles championship.

"We struggled in the first flight today," Portland head coach Aaron Gross said. "We lost some close matches against good players, but I'm not totally disappointed because some of the things that I was worried would come back and bite us at some point did today. Coming home with several weeks to really bear down and work on some of those things is important. Sometimes when you end the fall on a high note, you're a little less likely to attack the things that really need to be attacked. Tvedt and Keremedchiev did a good job in the second flight this morning. Skobelev also had his best day as a Pilot, winning two matches and avenging a loss from earlier in the fall."

The tournament concludes on Sunday. Follow the results on the tournament home page, while live video coverage is available via GoZags.com.
 
Gonzaga Invitational
Spokane, Wash. (Stevens Center)
Nov. 3-5, 2023

Blue Singles
16 Oscar Brown (POR) def. Caden Kammerer (EWU) 6-4, 6-2
16 Luka Vukovic (POR) def. Mario Duron (UI) 6-2, 6-3
16 Maxim Groysman (POR) def. Baltazar Wiger-Nordas (MONT) 6-4, 4-6, 6-2
QF Brown (POR) def. Fernando Perez (MONT) 6-3, 7-6 (4)
QF Pablo Gomez Galvan (GON) def. Vukovic (POR) 6-7 (3), 6-1, 6-4
QF Francisco Gay (UI) def. Groysman (POR) 5-7, 6-2, 6-4
SF Matthew Hollingworth (GON) def. Brown (POR) 6-3, 4-6, 6-2

White Singles
16 Cade Fernando (POR) def. Alejandro Salvador (UI) 7-6 (2), 7-6 (2)
16 Nikola Keremedchiev (POR) def. Yu Han Hsieh (SEA) 6-1, 6-4
16 Nikolas Tvedt (POR) def. Drew Dillon (EWU) 6-4, 6-2
16 Sebastian Medica (UI) def. Fabian Gusic (POR) 6-4, 6-3
QF Leon Roider (GON) def. Fernando (POR) 6-3, 6-2
QF Keremedchiev (POR) def. Tom Dunlap (GON) 6-3, 6-2
QF Tvedt (POR) def. Matteo Masala (UI) 4-6, 7-5, 6-2
SF Keremedchiev (POR) vs. Tvedt (POR) DNP
F Tvedt (POR) vs. Roider (GON) Sunday
C Gusic (POR) def. Tyler Dalos (EWU) 6-1, 6-2

Red Singles
QF Stefan Skobelev (POR) def. Alex Asenov (UI) 6-2, 7-5
QF Tannor Binder (POR) def. Arshjot Bhatti (EWU) 6-4, 6-0
SF Skobelev (POR) def. Gus Krauel (GON) 6-2, 6-0
SF Yu-Shun Lai (UI) def. Binder (POR) 6-3, 6-4
F Skobelev (POR) vs. Lai (UI) Sunday

Blue Doubles
QF Brown/Skobelev (POR) def. Gay/Asenov (UI) 8-5
QF Tvedt/Vukovic (POR) def. Fernando Perez/Guillermo Martin (MON) 8-5
SF Brown/Skobelev (POR) def. Veslin Kiselkov/Jun Sasagawa (SEA) 8-1
SF Tvedt/Vukovic (POR) def. Julian Worn/Michael Frank (SEA) 8-7 (4)
F Brown/Skobelev (POR) vs. Tvedt/Vukovic (POR) DNP

White Doubles
QF Keremedchiev/Fernando (POR) def. Masala/Alejandro Salvador (UI) 8-5
QF Mario Duron/Sebastian Medica (UI) def. Gusic/Groysman (POR) 8-4
SF Hsieh/Filip Stipic (SEA) def. Keremedchiev/Fernando (POR) 8-6
C Gusic/Groysman (POR) def. Moritz Stoeger/Wiger-Nordas (MON) 8-5

Red Doubles
1 Dillon/Kammerer (EWU) def. Binder (POR)/Gus Krauel (GON) 8-6
2 Binder (POR)/Krauel (GON) def. Dario Ciobotaru/Adrian Daniel (MSU) 8-5
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