
Owls Pick up Three Singles Wins on Day One of ITA Regional
10/25/2019 9:06:00 PM | Men's Tennis
2019 ITA Texas Men's Regional Championship
The Lede: Campbell Salmon won a pair of tiebreakers to highlight three wins in singles by Rice on the chilly opening day of action at the Texas ITA Men's Regional Championship in Waco, Texas on Friday.
The Details: Campbell and Kei Breitbach battled evenly through 12 games in both sets, but the sophomore from Melbourne, Australia captured the first tiebreaker 7-5 and the second 7-2 to move on to the Round of 64. Wes Barnett and Mohamed Abdel-Aziz also picked up opening wins while Jacob Eskeland, Karol Paluch and fourth-seeded Sumit Sarkar all advanced with first round byes.
Results
Singles competition
128 Wes Barnett def. Jordi Redelijk (SMU) 7-6(4), 6-2
128 Pierce Rollins (Texas AM) def. Adam Oscislawski 5-1, retired
128 Campbell Salmon def. Kei Breitbach (UTSA) 7-6(5), 7-6(2)
128 Mohamed Abdel-Aziz def. Kevin Ugarteche (Prairie View AM) 6-1, 6-3
128 Christopher Frantzen (Baylor) def. Eric Rutledge 6-3, 7-5
128 Savan Chhabra (Abilene Christian) def. Conrad Russell 5-7, 6-4, 10-8
Doubles competition
64 Juri Reckow/Sebastian Rodriguez (UTSA) def. Conrad Russell/Campbell Salmon 8-4
64 Ricardo Alban/Eduard Simo (Texas Arlington) def. Adam Oscislawski/AJ Valenty 8-7(5)
64 Ethan Leon/Roberto Rosales (SMU) def. Wes Barnett/Karol Paluch 8-2
Up Next:
Singles
64 Karol Paluch vs. Constantin Frantzen (Baylor)
64 Jacob Eskeland vs. Jacob Bullard (Texas)
64 Sumit Sarkar vs. Eduardo Roldan (TCU)
64 Wes Barnett vs. Guido Marson (Texas AM)
64 Campbell Salmon vs. Barnaby Smith (Texas AM)
64 Mohamed Abdel-Aziz vs. Carles Tamarit (SMU)
Doubles
64 Eric Rutledge/Sumit Sarkaer vs. Carlos Paton Canal/Joshua Sundaram (Lamar)
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