Men's Tennis Dominant at Texas-Arlington Tournament
October 17, 1999 | Men's Tennis
Oct. 17, 1999
ARLINGTON, Texas - The Texas Tech men's tennis team was nearly perfect in its weekend tournament at the University of Texas-Arlington as they managed to win a total of 20 matches in singles play.
Jevgenij Cariov, Patricio Espinosa, Clay Estes and Marino Baghdati all swept their three singles matches in the 12 school tournament which featured athletes from Texas Christian, Arkansas, Texas-Arlington, Abilene Christian, Baylor, Rice, Oklahoma Christian, Texas-San Antonio, Lamar, Ouachita Baptist, Centannary and Tyler Junior College.
In doubles matches the men had similar success, winning four of their six matches. Jevgenij Cariov and Jeremy Earl won both of their matches in the flight "one" doubles portion of the tournament. The final round of play scheduled for Sunday was cancelled due to inclement weather.
In other men's tennis news, Borut Martincevic, the men's top singles player, lost in the first round of the main draw at the Intercollegiate Tennis Association All-American Championships on Friday. Martincevic lost to the nation's No. 9 ranked player, Tom Hand of Louisiana State, in straight sets, 6-2, 6-2. Martincevic had received an automatic entry into the main draw of the tournament.
UTA Invitational Results Friday, October 15 Flight 1 Jevgenij Cariov def. Magnus Kulenberg (UA) 4-6, 7-6, 6-1 Patricio Espinosa def. Danle Maganoni (OCU) 4-6, 6-4, 3-2(ret.) Flight 2 Particio Espinosa def. Aleksy Bubis (UA) 6-1, 6-0 Jevgenij Cariov def Jan Vymanal (OCU) 6-1, 7-6, 6-4 Flight 3 Clay Estes def. Chris Campbell (UA) 6-3, 6-1 Clay Estes def. Andej Kebole (OCB) 6-4, 6-1 Flight 4 Tiago Azervado (UA) def. Jeremy Earl 3-6, 6-2, 6-2 Luciano Battaglini (OCU) def. Jeremy Earl 6-4, 6-1 Flight 5 Marino Baghdati def. John Deaton (UA)4-6, 6-4, 6-2 Marino Baghdati def. Matt Dimaggio (OCU) 6-0, 6-1 Flight 6 Eduardo Pacheco (UA) def. Ryan Davies 7-5, 6-9 Ryan Shupe def. Lando Hamlett (OCU) 6-0, 6-1 Doubles Flight Cariov/Earl def. Edgar/Azevedo (Baylor/Rice) 8-3 Flight 2 Shupe/Estes def. Reyes/Hargrove (B/R) 9-7 Flight 3 Kowahlik/Aldhan (B/R) def Baghdati/Davies 8-6Saturday, October 16 Flight 1 Jeremy Earl def. Kirkland (ACU) 7-5, 6-4 Clay Estes def. Dane Vejman (OBU) 6-1, 6-1 Flight 2 Jevgenij Cariov def. Raul Bermudez (OBU) 6-2, 6-3 Flight 3 Marino Baghdati def. Seidel (ACU) 7-6, 6-4 Particio Espinosa def. Martin Linkhorst (OBU) 7-5, 6-2 Flight 4 Clay Estes def Petty (ACU) 6-0, 6-3 Marino Baghdati def. Johan Eriksonn (OBU) 5-7 , 6-4, 7-6 Flight 5 Jevgenij Cariov def. Tawell(ACU) 6-0, 6-1 Jeremy Earl def. Johan Ohlsson (OBU) 6-2, 6-4 Flight 6 Ryan Davies def. O'Connor (ACU) 6-1, 6-1 Ryan Davies def. Andrew Morgan (OCB) 7-6, 7-5 Doubles Flight 1 Cariov/Earl def. Singh/Dounav (TJC) 8-5 Flight 2 Carrillo/Baghdati (TJC) def. Estes/Espinosa 8-4 Flight 3 Baghdati/Davies def. Cole /Krouzett (TJC) 8-5