TULSA, Okla. – The Texas A&M men's tennis team had a successful opening day in the pre-qualifying rounds of the ITA All-American Championships at the Michael D. Case Tennis Center on the University of Tulsa campus on Saturday.
Senior Luke Casper took down Jakub Kroslak of Middle Tennessee, 6-3, 6-2 and is heading to the round of 64 to face Pierre Mouesca of Georgia Southern.
Junior Togan Tokac rallied to take down Gianluca Ballotta of UCLA, 6-7 (5), 6-1, 6-4. He is heading to the round of 64 against Romain Gales of Clemson.
Sophomore Tiago Pires came out victorious in two sets against Gabriel Castillo-Sanchez of the UT-Chattanooga. Pires advances to play against Dimitris Paliouras of Georgia Southern.
Graduate Matthis Ross went down against Mans Dahlberg of Virginia, 4-6, 6-2, 6-3. He will continue play in the consolation bracket.
The duo of sophomore Ritesh Patil/Ross fought a hard battle, but ultimately went down against Kristof Minarik/Alejandro Jacome of Wichita State, 6-7 (5), 6-2, 12-10. They will continue play in the consolation bracket.
Play will continue tomorrow with singles round of 64 and 32 as well as doubles round of 16 in the prequalifying round.
Senior Luke Casper took down Jakub Kroslak of Middle Tennessee, 6-3, 6-2 and is heading to the round of 64 to face Pierre Mouesca of Georgia Southern.
Junior Togan Tokac rallied to take down Gianluca Ballotta of UCLA, 6-7 (5), 6-1, 6-4. He is heading to the round of 64 against Romain Gales of Clemson.
Sophomore Tiago Pires came out victorious in two sets against Gabriel Castillo-Sanchez of the UT-Chattanooga. Pires advances to play against Dimitris Paliouras of Georgia Southern.
Graduate Matthis Ross went down against Mans Dahlberg of Virginia, 4-6, 6-2, 6-3. He will continue play in the consolation bracket.
The duo of sophomore Ritesh Patil/Ross fought a hard battle, but ultimately went down against Kristof Minarik/Alejandro Jacome of Wichita State, 6-7 (5), 6-2, 12-10. They will continue play in the consolation bracket.
Play will continue tomorrow with singles round of 64 and 32 as well as doubles round of 16 in the prequalifying round.