TYLER, Texas – No. 4-seed Bruno Sanchez reached the quarterfinals of the 2026 ITA South Central Regional Championship, and Martin Pagés forced the No. 1 seed into a third-set tiebreak in the Round of 16 on Friday.

Sanchez faced his teammate and No. 12-seed Jose Portillo in the third round on Friday morning and had to survive a marathon first-set tiebreak but prevailed 7-6 (12), 6-4. Sanchez meets No. 5-seed Marco Seccia of Lubbock Christian in the quarterfinals on Saturday.

Pages won his first two matches in straight sets and drew top-seeded Samuel Antwi of UT Tyler in the round of 16. Pages pushed Antwi to the brink, but the No. 1-seed outlasted Pages in a third-set tiebreak to win the match, 6-2, 4-6, 7-6 (5).

Sanchez and Filip Vacula are the third-seeded pairing in doubles and advanced to the semifinals with an 8-5 pro-set victory over the No. 5-seeded duo of Pablo Segura and Amir Gaisin of Lubbock Christian. The Midwestern State pairing faces sixth-seeded Lukas Holub and Abubkari Yakubu Lea in the semifinals on Saturday.

Jack Franklin and Rynard van der Laan were eliminated in the quarterfinals by the fourth-seeded duo of Jose Castillo and Antoni Pankowski of UT Dallas, 8-3.