Canes Open With Seven Wins at FGCU Invite
FT. MYERS, FLA. – Today marked day one for the University of Miami Hurricanes men’s tennis team at the FGCU Invitational.
In the first round of singles, all four Canes secured a victory. Veteran Gabriel Flores defeated his opponent, Renato Lombardi of Barry University, 6-4, 6-3. Taking note, junior Henrique Tsukamoto also won his match against Franco Echenuque of Barry, 6-3, 6-4.
Sophomores William Albanese and Jack Murphy kept the trend going with wins in their matches. Albanese defeated Matt Wagner of Boston College, 6-2, 6-4. Murphy shut his opponent out in the first set with a solid win of 6-0, 6-4, against Boston’s Christian McKean.
This afternoon, second round play continued with Hurricane dominance with newcomer Bernard Tefel defeating Chris Perrigan of FGCU, 6-3, 6-1. Tsukamoto and Albanese got their second wins over Lucas Vaz of FGCU (6-0, 3-6, 6-0) and Eduardo Alfonzo of Barry (6-2, 6-0), respectively.
Flores put up a good fight in his second round, but came up short against Tianyu Bao of FGCU, 6-4, 6-3. Murphy also stumbled in his second match, falling 7-5, 6-4 to FGCU’s Lance Lvovsky.
In the doubles qualifier, the duo of Tsukamoto and Tefel had a close match against Parlic and Thomason of Arkansas; they came up just shy with a final score of 9-7.
Play continues tomorrow for the Hurricanes at 9 a.m.
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Singles First Round
Gabriel Flores (UM) def. Renato Lombardi (BU), 6-4, 6-3
Henrique Tsukamoto (UM) def. Franco Echenique (BU), 6-3, 6-0
William Albanese (UM) def. Matt Wagner (BC), 6-2, 6-4
Jack Murphy (UM) def. Christian McKean (BC), 6-0, 6-4
Singles Second Round
Bernard Tefel (UM) def. Chris Perrigan (FGCU), 6-3, 6-1
Henrique Tsukamoto (UM) def. Lucas Vaz (FGCU), 6-0, 3-6, 6-0
William Albanese (UM) def. Eduardo Alfonzo (BU), 6-2, 6-0
Tianyu Bao (FGCU) def. Gabriel Flores (UM), 6-4, 6-3
Lance Lvovsky (FGCU) def. Jack Murphy (UM), 7-5, 6-4
Doubles Qualifying
Parlic/Thomason (UA) def. Tsukamoto/Tefel (UM) 9-7
