Fairfield Prep's Carr Advances To Quarterfinals Of State Open Tennis

Fairfield Prep's Ryan Carr has reached the quarterfinals of the state Open tennis championship.

Carr will take on Andrew Waddington of Granby Memorial on Monday at 2 p.m. at Hamden High School in the round of eight after play was postponed on Sunday.

Should Carr win, he will stay on court to play his semifinal match, also scheduled for Monday. The finals are set for Tuesday.

The semifinalists in all four classes were eligible for the Open championship. However, not all entered the 16-player field for various reasons, meaning some quarterfinal losers were chosen to fill the spots.

Carr was one of those players, as he lost to No. 4 Tyler Ktatcky of Greenwich, 4-6, 6-1, 7-6 (0), in the quarterfinals of the Class LL tournament last week.

The Fairfield Prep player defeated Stonington's Colin Melford, 6-1, 6-1, in his first-round match in the Open tournament.

Trinity Catholic's Dante Terenzio, who won the Class S championship is the favorite. Carr and Terenzio are the only Fairfield County players to reach the final eight.