University of Tennessee Athletics
Tennis Vols Begin Play At Vanderbilt Invitational
September 14, 2007 | Men's Tennis
The Tennessee men???s tennis team had three different players capture singles wins Friday on the first day of play at the Vanderbilt Invitational.
???This is a great tournament for these guys,??? head coach Sam Winterbotham said. ???We???ve been working extremely hard on our conditioning and today was a good test for these guys. They are tired right now but that is to be expected after they had to fight through four tough matches. I don???t think we played our best tennis today but I know the guys are eager for tomorrow to finish the tournament strong.???
William Lang, playing in his first tournament as a Volunteer, defeated Sergio Velez of ETSU 1-6, 7-5 (10-8) to capture his first collegiate win. Fellow freshman Jeremy Tweedt also played in first match as a Vol but the Paris, France native lost both of his singles matches.
Chris Racz, ranked 84th in the seasons first singles rankings, defeated Sebastian Serrano of ETSU for his first win of the season. Racz is coming off a fantastic summer in which the Philadelphia native won the ITA National Summer Championship.
Matt Brewer, who redshirted last year after transferring from Memphis, won his first match at UT with a 6-2, 6-1 win over Oscar Posada of ETSU.
Davey Sandgren, who is the highest ranked Vol at No. 69, lost both of his singles matches to start the season.
The final day of competition is scheduled for Saturday.
| Vanderbilt Invitational ??? Sept. 14, 2007 | |
| Singles | |
| No. 84 Chris Racz (UT) def. Sebastian Serrano (ETSU) | 6-3, 3-6 (10-5) |
| Simon Childs (UL) def. No. 84 Chris Racz (UT) | 7-5, 6-7 (10-7) |
| Bryant Salcedo (VU) def. No. 84 Chris Racz (UT) | 6-4, 6-4 |
| Matt Brewer (UT) def. Oscar Posada (ETSU) | 6-2, 6-1 |
| Vijay Paul (VU) def. Matt Brewer (UT) | 5-7, 6-2 (11-9) |
| William Lang (UT) def. Sergio Velez (ETSU) | 1-6, 7-5 (10-8) |
| Adam Baker (VU) def. William Lang (UT) | 7-5, 5-7 (13-11) |
| No. 29 Ryan Preston (VU) def. No. 69 Davey Sandgren (UT) | 6-4, 6-4 |
| Enrique Olivares (ETSU) def. No. 69 Davey Sandgren (UT) | 6-1, 6-3 |
| Predrag Burmazovic (ETSU) def. Jeremy Tweedt (UT) | 7-5, 7-5 |
| Evan Dufaux (VU) def. Jeremy Tweedt (UT) | 6-4, 6-2 |
| Doubles | |
| Baker/Dufaux (VU) def. Racz/Brewer (UT) | 8-2 |
| Olivarez/Serrano (ETSU) def. Racz/Brewer (UT) | 9-8 |
| Posada/Ahlgren (ETSU) def. Sandgren/Lang (UT) | 8-4 |
| Preston/Salcedo (VU) def. Sandgren/Lang (UT) | 8-2 |
