Bronco Weekend Recap

Friday, September 12

San Francisco, Calif.

All Day

Boise State

Battle of the Bay

Adam Duda returns a shot during the Dar Walters Classic in Boise.

9/14/2025 4:51:00 PM | Men's Tennis

By: Courtesy: Boise State Athletics

BOISE, Idaho – The Boise State men's tennis team opened the fall season with a busy schedule this weekend that saw the Broncos competing at three tournaments: the Dar Walters Classic in Boise, the Battle in the Bay Classic at San Francisco, and the Blue-Gray National Tennis Classic at Montgomery, Alabama.

In Boise at the annual Dar Walters Classic, four Broncos took part in the mini-dual format tournament. Mini-duals are when two players are paired up to compete as a team, playing one doubles and two singles matches against another two-person team.

The tandem of Adama Duda and Michael Seversen lost their opening match, then regrouped to win the Orange Draw consolation title, going 3-0 in their final three contests. Duda finished the tournament undefeated in singles at 4-0, while Seversen went 2-2. Carson Baker finished the weekend 3-1 in singles while his partner, Lukas Velik, went 2-2.

The Blue-Gray National Tennis Classic in Montgomery, Alabama, featured a mini-dual format, with four Broncos competing at the prestigious tournament. Senior Taiyo Kurata led the four-man contingent in Montgomery, going undefeated in singles play at 3-0.

The Battle in the Bay Classic had two Broncos competing in the prominent tournament at San Francisco. Filip Soderqvist recorded a pair of quality singles victories, rallying to beat Cal's Timofey Stepanov in three sets 2-6, 6-2, 6-2, followed by a win over TCU's 88th-ranked and No. 5 seed Roger Pascual Ferra 6-3, 6-7(3), 7-6(2). Avery Tallakson also recorded a pair of wins in San Francisco.

RESULTS

Dar Walters Classic at Boise, Idaho (Sept. 12-14)

Caden Hasler/TJ Wells (BYU) def. Carson Baker/Lukas Velik (BSU) 2-1

Doubles: Hasler/Wells (BYU) def. Baker/Velik (BSU) 7-6(1)
Singles 1: Baker (BSU) def. Wells (BYU) 6-4, 6-0
Singles 2: Hasler (BYU) def. Velik (BSU) 5-7, 7-5, 6-2

Valentino de Pellegrin/Luka Vujacic (ISU) def. Carson Baker/Lukas Velik (BSU) 2-1

Doubles: de Pellegrin/Vujacic (ISU) def. Baker/Velik (BSU) 6-1
Singles 1: Baker (BSU) def. de Pellegrin (ISU) 6-4, 6-4
Singles 2: Vujacic (ISU) def. Velik (BSU) 2-6, 7-5, 1-0(13-11)

Matt Upton/Eivind Tandberg (UM) def. Carson Baker/Lukas Velik (BSU) 2-1

Doubles: Upton/Tandberg (UM) def. Baker/Velik (BSU) 6-3
Singles 1: Upton (UM) def. Baker (UI) 7-6(3), 7-5
Singles 2: Velik (BSU) def. Tandberg (UM) 6-3, 6-4

Carson Baker/Lukas Velik (BSU) def. Xavier Calvelo/Emmanuel Alex (USU) 3-0

Doubles: Baker/Velik (BSU) def. Calvelo/Alex (USU) 7-6(5)
Singles 1: Baker (BSU) def. Calvelo (USU) 7-5, 6-1
Singles 2: Velik (BSU) def. Alex (USU) 7-5, 7-6(3)

Sep de Visser (ISU)/Xavier Martin Roca (UI)* def. Adam Duda/Michael Seversen (BSU) 2-1

Doubles: de Visser (ISU)/Roca (UI) def. Duda/Seversen (BSU) 6-4
Singles 1: Duda (BSU) def. Visser (ISU) 6-2, 6-4
Singles 2: Roca (UI) def. Seversen (BSU) 6-3, 2-6, 6-4

Adam Duda/Michael Seversen (BSU) def. William Zulch/Franco Quijano (WSU) 2-1

Doubles: Zulch/Quijano (WSU) def. Duda/Seversen (BSU) 7-5
Singles 1: Duda (BSU) def. Zulch (WSU) 2-0, ret.
Singles 2: Seversen (BSU) def. Quijano (WSU) 5-0, ret.

Adam Duda/Michael Seversen (BSU) vs. Rafael Maya/Hayden Ciguenza (ISU) 3-0

Doubles: Duda/Seversen (BSU) def. Maya/Ciguenza (ISU) 6-3
Singles 1: Duda (BSU) def. Maya (ISU) 6-1, 6-0
Singles 2: Seversen (BSU) def. Ciguenza (ISU) 7-5, 7-5

Adam Duda/Michael Seversen (BSU) def. Tyler Dalos/Sam Wensley (ISU) 2-1

Doubles: Duda/Seversen (BSU) def. Dalos/Wensley (ISU) 6-2
Singles 1: Duda (BSU) def. Wensley (ISU) 6-1, 6-4
Singles 2: Dalos (ISU) def. Seversen (BSU) 6-1, 6-3

Blue-Gray National Tennis Classic at Montgomery, Alabama (Sept. 12-14)

Petro Kuzmnok/Joshua Mandelbaum (Rice) def. Julius Seifert/Taiyo Kurata (BSU) 2-1

Doubles: Kuzmnok/Mandelbaum (Rice) def. Seifert/Kurata (BSU) 8-7(3)
Singles 1: Petro Kuzmnok (Rice) def. Julius Seifert (BSU) 6-3, 6-4
Singles 2: Taiyo Kurata (BSU) def. Joshua Mandelbaum (Rice) 6-3, 7-6(0)

Joey Phillips/Jake Kennedy (Auburn) def. Julius Seifert/Taiyo Kurata (BSU) 2-1

Phillips/Kennedy (AU) def. Seifert/ Kurata (BSU) 8-3
Joey Phillips (AU) def. Julius Seifert (BSU) 7-5, 6-3
Taiyo Kurata (BSU) def. Jake Kennedy (AU) 6-2, 6-1

Julius Seifert/Taiyo Kurata (BSU) def. Hady ElKordy/Andres Delgadillo (Tulane) 3-0

Siefert/Kurata (BSU) def. ElKordy/Delgadillo (Tulane) 8-1
Julius Seifert (BSU) def. Hady ElKordy (Tulane) 6-4, 6-7(10), 6-2
Taiyo Kurata (BSU) def. Andres Delgadillo (Tulane) 6-2, 6-2

Idriss Haddouch/Stewart Aronson (BSU) def. Richard Biagiotti/Elias Shokry (Georgia Tech) 3-0

Haddouch/ Aronson (BSU) def. Biagiotti/ Shokry (GT) 8-5
Idriss Haddouch (BSU) def. Richard Biagiotti (GT) 6-4, 6-1
Stewart Aronson (BSU) def. Elias Shokry (GT) 7-5, 6-0

Nick Heng/Freddy Blaydes (Auburn) [2] def. Idriss Haddouch/Stewart Aronson (BSU) 3-0

Heng/Blaydes (AU) def. Haddouch/ Aronson (BSU) 8-5
Nick Heng (AU) def. Idriss Haddouch (BSU) 6-0, 6-1
Freddy Blaydes (AU) def. Stewart Aronson (BSU) 3-0, ret.

Singles Only

Alberto Altur (N. Alabama) def. Idriss Haddouch (BSU) 7-6(5), 6-2
Idriss Haddouch (BSU) def. Izan Orgiles Garcia Retamero (N. Alabama) 6-4, 4-6, 6-4

Battle in the Bay Classic at San Francisco, California (Sept. 11-14)

Sebastian Gorzny (Texas) def. Avery Tallakson (BSU) 6-1, 6-3
Avery Tallakson (BSU) def. David Fix (Pepperdine) 6-3, 6-4
Derrick Chen (Georgia) def. Avery Tallakson (BSU) 6-4, 7-5
Avery Tallakson (BSU) def. Eriksson Watanabe (Santa Clara) 3-6, 6-3, 1-0(10-6)
Filip Soderqvist (BSU) def. Timofey Stepanov (Cal) 2-6, 6-2, 6-2
Kenta Miyoshi (Illinois) def. Filip Soderqvist (BSU) 6-1, 6-3
Filip Soderqvist (BSU) def. Roger Pascual Ferra (TCU) 6-3, 6-7(3), 7-6(2)
John Kim (Santa Clara) def. Filip Soderqvist (BSU) 6-3, 6-2
Bernardo Munk Mesa (Cal) def. Filip Soderqvist (BSU) 6-7(10), 6-3, 1-0(10-6)

Filip Soderqvist/Avery Tallakson (BSU) def. Aleksa Pisaric/David Fix (Pepperdine) 8-3
Timofey Stepanov/Tiago Silva (Cal) def. Filip Soderqvist/Avery Tallakson (BSU) 8-3