Petrovic, Hoeijmans Battle in Sunday’s AAC Fall Championship Finals

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NEW ORLEANS – Tulane's Luka Petrovic and Luc Hoeijmans will be part of two finals on Sunday at the American Athletic Conference Fall Championships in Houston.

Both will be in the 9 a.m. doubles final against Vasco Prata and Matian Iturbe of Charlotte, who entered the bracket as the top seed in a contest that will be carried on ESPN+.

Petrovic and Hoeijmans, the No. 3 seeds, got through to the match with a thrilling 4-6, 7-6 (4), (13-11) win over second-seeded Arthus de la Bassetiere and Kabeer Kapasi of Rice in Saturday's semifinal.

Hoeijmans will also be in the singles backdraw championship at 12:30 p.m. against de la Bassetiere after beating Emir Sendogan of Rice 6-3, 7-6 (4) on Saturday.

Petrovic dropped a heartbreaker to Alex Okonkwo of Tulsa in the singles semifinal round as the latter prevailed 1-6, 7-6 (4), 6-3.

The American Individual Championships are being conducted for the first time in 2024 as the conference determines men's and women's champions in singles and doubles. The singles and doubles champions will represent the American Athletic Conference at the ITA Conference Masters Championships November 7-10 in Rome, Georgia.

The most up-do-date information on The American Individual Tennis Championships, including links to live streams and scoring, has been available all weekend on the conference's Championship Central.

Tulane was also in singles action in Birmingham on Saturday, with those results below. The doubles team of Asaf Friedler and Charlie Burdell picked up a 6-1 doubles victory.

Singles
Juan Accossatto (South Alabama) def. Asaf Friedler (Tulane), 7-6 (5), ret. (injury) – Blue Singles
Maxim Kalinin (Tulane) walkover vs. Saheb Sodhi (Southern Miss) – Red Singles
Hoan Mouret (UAB) def. Charlie Burdell (Tulane), 6-3, 6-3 – Red Singles
Sam Baldwin (Kennesaw State) def. Steven Rice (Tulane) 6-4, 4-6, (11-9) – Bulldog Singles
Zach Murphy (Jacksonville State) def. Vincent Vohl (Tulane), 6-2, 6-1 – Bulldog Singles

Doubles
Hugon Salmeron/Mikolaj Lis (Kennesaw State) def. Vohl/Kalinin (Tulane), 6-2 – Blue Doubles
Izan Orgiles/Birtan Duran (North Alabama) def. Vohl/Kalinin (Tulane), 6-2 – Blue Doubles
Friedler/Burdell (Tulane) def. Olle Noltrop/Niklas Jensen (Southern Miss), 6-1 – Bulldog Doubles
Sabi Roi/Nik von Hellens (Belmont) def. Friedler/Burdell (Tulane), 6-4 – Bulldog Doubles

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Petrovic, Hoeijmans Battle in Sunday’s AAC Fall Championship Finals

Players Mentioned

Charlie Burdell

Asaf Friedler

Luc Hoeijmans

Maxim Kalinin

Luka Petrovic

Steven Rice

Vincent Vohl

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