THE FLATS – On the first day of competition at the GT Fall Invite, the Georgia Tech men’s tennis team finished with seven wins in doubles and singles play.
All three of Tech’s doubles teams were victorious today. Martin McDaniel and Elias Shokry dominated Middle Tennessee State’s Kamrowski/Matsuoka with an 8-2 win. After an 8-7 [7] victory, Andres Martin and Rohan Sachdev emerged as the victors in their close match with Yale’s Dean/Reilly. Robert Bauer and Keshav Chopra were also forced to play a tiebreaker set but managed to defeat Miami’s Serra/Armistead 8-7 [8].
Martin, McDaniel, Bauer and Angel Guerrero Melgar earned wins in singles play. In a three-set match versus Georgia’s Teodor Giusca, Martin was victorious with a 6-3 win in the first set and a 6-2 win in the third. McDaniel dropped the first set against Yale’s Theo Dean, but rallied back with 7-5 and 6-2 wins in the final two sets.
Two Jackets claimed two-set victories over their singles opponents. Bauer defeated Yale’s Renaud Lefevre 6-2, 7-6 [4]. Guerrero Melgar concluded a quick match with 6-2, 6-1 wins over Gordon Whitwell from Ole Miss.
Tech will continue competition on Saturday, Nov. 5, starting off with doubles play at 10 a.m. at Ken Byers Tennis Complex.
GT FALL INVITE – DAY 1 RESULTS
Doubles:
Court 1 – McDaniel/Shokry (GT) vs. Kamrowski/Matsuoka (MTSU); 8-2
Court 2 – Martin/Sachdev (GT) vs. Dean Reilly (Yale); 8-7 [7]
Court 3 – Bauer/Chopra (GT) vs. Serra/Armistead (Miami); 8-7 [8]
Singles:
Court 1 – Andres Martin (GT) vs. Teodor Giusca (UGA); 6-3, 4-6, 6-2
Court 2 – Elias Shokry (GT) vs. Britton Johnston (UGA); 7-5, 7-5
Court 3 – Marcus McDaniel (GT) vs. Theo Dean (Yale); 4-6, 7-5, 6-2
Court 4 – Robert Bauer (GT) vs. Renaud Lefevre (Yale); 6-2, 7-6 [4]
Court 5 – Nikola Slavic (Ole Miss) vs. Keshav Chopra (GT); 6-4, 3-6, 6-4
Court 6 – Angel Guerrero (GT) vs. Gordon Whitwell (Ole Miss); 6-2, 6-1
Competitive Drive Initiative
In a unified endeavor, Georgia Tech, the Georgia Tech Foundation, Georgia Tech athletics and the Alexander-Tharpe Fund have come together to accelerate funding for student-athlete scholarships with the launch of the Competitive Drive Initiative. The initiative kicks off with the Accelerate GT Match Program, where any new gift to the A-T Fund’s Athletic Scholarship Fund made through Dec. 31 will be matched dollar-for-dollar by the Georgia Tech Foundation, up to $2.5 million. Should Accelerate GT reach its $2.5 million fundraising goal, the matching gift would result in a $5 million impact for Georgia Tech athletics. To learn more and to contribute online, visit atfund.org/accelerate.
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