Rice University
Texas Fall Invitational
Men's Tennis Recap - Texas Fall Invitational Day 1
11/1/2008 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
Nov. 1, 2008
AUSTIN - The Rice men's tennis team notched a trio of victories Friday at the Texas Fall Invitational at UT's Penick-Allison Tennis Center.
Freshmen Isamu Tachibana and Christian Saravia picked up straight set triumphs before falling to the top two seeds of the tournament from Texas. No. 5 seed Sam Garforth-Bles was upset in three sets by Denver's Yannick Weihs.
Saravia and Tachibana teamed for an impressive 8-0 doubles win over UTSA's Daniel Moreiras and Spenser Tiller.
A complete list of results is below.
Singles - Round of 64
Tachibana (Rice) def. Langford (TAMU-CC) 6-4, 6-2
Saravia (Rice) def. Janjic (Lamar) 6-3, 6-2
Singles - Round of 32
Weihs (Denver) def. No. 5 Garforth-Bles (Rice) 5-7, 6-4, 6-1
No. 1 Kutrovsky (Texas) def. Saravia (Rice) 1-6, 6-4, 6-1
No. 2 Corrie (Texas) def. Tachibana (Rice) 6-3, 6-1
Doubles - Round of 32
Saravia-Tachibana (Rice) def. Tiller-Moreiras (UTSA) 8-0
Doubles - Round of 16
Damico-Wiegland (Texas) def. Saravia-Tachibana (Rice) Withdraw
