Men's Tennis Results from Cincinnati Collegiate Invitational

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Men's Tennis Results from Cincinnati Collegiate Invitational

September 28, 2005 | Men's Tennis

Sept. 28, 2005

CINCINNATI, Ohio - The University of Louisville men's tennis team wrapped up play at the Sunday at the Cincinnati Collegiate Invitational at the ATP Tennis Center. The invitational featured five teams which finished the 2005 season ranked in the top 75: No. 33 Louisville, No. 19 Wake Forest, No. 40 Brown, No. 58 Indiana and No. 72 Michigan State. Competition consisted of individually scored dual match singles and doubles lineups.

The Cardinals won six of 12 doubles matches in the invitational. The team of Jakob Gustafsson and Jeremy Clark went undefeated with wins over Brett Ross and Todd Paul of Wake Forest and Phil Charma and Dan Hanegby of Brown. Gustafsson also teamed with sophomore Pablo Camacho to defeat Indiana's Dmitry Ishtugnnov and Neil Kenner.

In singles action, Louisville won 11 matches. Freshman Robert Rotaru led the way with a 3-1 record with wins over Wake Forests' Charles Sartor, Brown's Mike Scherer and Indiana's Peter Antons. Sophomore Tony Teufel posted two wins over Brown's Basu Tatnam andMichigan State's John Allare.

"The hidden dual format of the Cincinnati Collegiate Invitational was very profitable in the sense that each player got to play a lot of matches," said U of L head coach Rex Ecarma. "It was a great experience for all of us to play at ATP professional tennis stadium in Cincinnati. I was happy with doubles play of Jakob Gustafsson and Jeremy Clark beat a nationally ranked Wake Forest team and a good one from Brown. I was also pleased with the singles play of Robert Rotaru who notched three wins in his first collegiate weekend.three singles wins. This was definitely a positive experience and something we can really build on."

U of L will continue fall tournament play Oct. 3-10 at the All-American Championships in Tulsa, Okla.

Doubles resultsVs. Wake ForestGustafsson/Clark (UL) def. Ross/Paul (WF) 8-6Adamiski/Parr (WF) def. Rotaru/Teufel (UL) 8-6Hamar/Bates (WF) def. Camacho/Naughton (UL) 8-4
Vs. BrownGustafsson/Clark (UL) def. Charm/Hanegby (Brown) 8-6Kohli/Thomas (Brown) def. Rotaru/Teufel (UL) 8-1Garland/Blumenkranz (Brown) def. Berrido/Naughton (UL) 8-6

Vs. IndianaIshtusanov/Kenner (IU) def. Clark/Naughton (UL) 8-3Teufel/Berrido (UL) def. McLouighlin/McCarthyCamacho/Gustafsson (UL) def. Bubinenceck/Antons (IU) 8-4

Vs. Michigan StateClark/Naughton (UL) def. Rinks/Monich (MSU) 9-8Berrido/Teufel (UL) def. Flowers/Brown (MSU) 8-4Rasmussen/Allare (MSU) def. Gustafsson/Rotaru (UL) 8-6

Singles resultsVs. Wake ForestTodd Paul (WF) def. Jakob Gustafsson (UL) 7-6, 6-2Andrew Hamar (WF) def. Jeremy Clark (UL) 6-3, 6-2Brett Ross (WF) def. Nicolas Houard (UL) 6-1, 6-2Marius Adamski (WF) def. Jhonny Berrido (UL) 7-5, 6-1Liron Strauss (WF) def. Stefan Naughton (UL) 6-3, 6-3Cory Parr (WF) def. Tony Teufel (UL) 6-0, 6-3Robert Rotaru (UL) def.  Charles Sartor (WF) 7-5, 3-6, 10-3Joe Bates (WF)  def. Pablo Camacho (UL) 7-6, 6-3Jon Staton (WF) def. Robert Rotaru 3-6, 6-3, 10-8
Vs. BrownDan Hanegby (Brown) def. Jakob Gustafsson (UL) 6-1, 6-4Eric Thomas (Brown) def. Jeremy Clark (UL) 6-4, 6-4Saurabh Kohli (Brown) def. Jhonny Berrido (UL) 7-5, 6-3Phil Charm (Brown) def. Nicolas Houard (UL) 6-1, 6-1Robert Rotaru (UL) def. Mike Scherer (Brown) 6-2, 6-4Sam Garland (Brown) def. Stefan Naughton (UL) 7-5, 6-3Tony Teufel (UL) def. Basu Ratnam (Brown) 7-6, 6-3

Vs. IndianaDmitry Ishtugnnov (IU) def. Jakob Gustafsson (UL) (6-1, 0-6, 10-7)Jeremy Clark (UL) def. Dara McLaughlin (IU) 6-4, 7-5Neil Kenner (IU) def. Jhonny Berrido (UL) 6-4, 6-3Mike McCarthy (IU) def. Nicolas Houard (UL) 6-4, 5-7, (11-9)David Bubenich (IU) def. Tony Teufel (UL) 6-0, 6-1Robert Rotaru (UL) def. Peter Antons (IU) 7-6, 6-2Pablo Camacho (UL) def. Mario Ganzabs 7-6, 6-2

Vs. Michigan StateNick Rinks (MSU) def. Jakob Gustafsson (UL) 6-3, 6-1Adam Monich (MSU) def. Jeremy Clark (UL) 3-6, 6-3, 10-8Jhonny Berrido (UL) def. Mike Flowers (MSU) 6-0, 6-3Nicolas Houard (UL) def. Mike Brown (MSU) 8-6Andy Forger (MSU) def. Robert Rotaru (UL) 8-6Tony Teufel (UL) def. John Allare (MSU) 8-5Stefan Naughton (UL) def. Scott Rasmussen (MSU) 9-7