University of Kentucky men’s tennis junior-to-be Alex Musialek recently completed a successful week overseas, advancing to the quarterfinals of the singles main draw and winning the finals of the doubles main draw in the International Tennis Federation Spain F24 Futures event at Club Kiroleta.



Musialek, who qualified for the main draw after defeating Inigo Santos Alvarez De Mo 6-2, 6-1 and Ivan Arenas-Gualda 6-3, 6-4, both from Spain, in the singles qualifying rounds, rolled through the first and second rounds of the main draw. Musialek took out Emilio Rodriguez-Navarro of Spain 6-7 (2), 6-4, 6-4 in comeback fashion in the first round and then advanced to the quarterfinals by beating sixth-seeded and ATP World No. 568 Georgi Rumenov Payakov of Spain 7-6 (4), 6-4. In the quarterfinals, Musialek fell 6-3, 6-2 to third-seeded and ATP World No. 479 Fabrice Martin of France. Musialek and Martin were the only two Frenchmen left in the singles main draw.



Although the Wildcat player fell out of the singles main draw in the quarterfinals, he kept his hopes for a tournament title alive in doubles where he and partner Alexis Heugas advanced through tough competition to make the finals. The Frenchmen posted straight-sets wins over the Spanish tandems of Markel Lorono Bilbao and Inigo Santos-Fernandez 6-1, 6-3 in the first round and second-seeded Roberto Ortega-Olmedo and Rumenov Payakov 6-2, 6-2 in the quarterfinals. In the semifinals, Musialek and Heugas posted a 6-4, 6-3 win against Marko Danis and Jiri Krkoska to advance to the finals.