Rice University
Baylor Invitational
Owls Advance at HEB Baylor Invitational
9/25/2009 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
Sept. 25, 2009
Rice University's Isamu Tachibana and Oscar Podlewski both came back from losing their first sets to win and advance to the third round of the Singles A draw at the HEB Baylor Invitational on Friday.
Tachibana defeated TCU's Emanuel Brighlu 6-7(4), 6-4, 6-3 during sound-round play. Podlewski advanced with a 3-6, 6-3, 7-5 win over UNLV's Luca Barlocchi.
The Owls had two other players advance to the quarterfinals of the Singles B draw.
Andy Wang beat UTSA's Shariq Kahn 6-1, 6-2 before knocking off Air Force's Lance Wilhelm 6-1, 7-5 On the other side of the bracket, Christian Saravia also posted straight set wins, beating Abilene Christian's Eldad Campbell 6-4, 7-6 and Air Force's Austin Francis 6-1, 6-2.
Rice had four players advance to the second round of Singles A action. Bruno Rosa defeated Tulsa's Ashley Watling 6-7, 6-3, 6-1 before having to retire for injury in the third round. Also in the second round, Michel Nusslein dropped a 6-4, 6-4 decision to Oklahoma State's Anton Bobytskyi.
Nusslein teamed up with Saravia to advance in Doubles A play, beating Texas-Arlington's Mindavgas Celedinas and Dimitry Minkin 8-4.
The Owls had two doubles teams reach the quarterfinals of the Doubles B draw. Sam Garforth and Dennis Polyakov defeated Wichita State's David Cavalcanti and Sven Kasper 9-8(4) in the round of 16. After a first-round bye Jonathon Chang and Podlewski combined for a 9-8(4) win over Tulsa's Alastair Barnes and Patrick Collins.
Singles and doubles action resumes Saturday morning.
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