Canes Post Dominant Performance in Miami Spring InviteCanes Post Dominant Performance in Miami Spring Invite

Canes Post Dominant Performance in Miami Spring Invite

Men's Tennis

The University of Miami men's tennis team went 7-2 overall at the Miami Spring Invite over the weekend.

CORAL GABLES, Fla. – The University of Miami men’s tennis team hosted its first and only home tournament of the spring schedule this weekend, welcoming three top-15 teams to the Neil Schiff Tennis Center.

The Hurricanes played host to No. 3 Texas, No. 8 Georgia and No. 11 Central Florida in the 3-day Miami Spring Invite in Coral Gables, Fla. There were eight ranked singles players in attendance, including Miami’s No. 121 Dan Martin, and a pair of ranked doubles teams.

As a team, Miami went 7-2 overall on the weekend, with a 4-2 mark in singles action and a perfect 3-0 record in doubles play.

Martin tallied two victories over top-100 players, highlighted by a three-set win against No. 16 Trey Hilderbrand of Central Florida [6-7 (5-7), 6-2, 7-5]. All three of Martin’s singles matches were three-set affairs as he also beat No. 73 Cleeve Harper (Texas) 4-6, 7-6 (7-5), 7-5. Martin’s only loss of the weekend was to Georgia’s Hamish Stewart [6-2, 6-7 (3-7), 4-6], who is the No. 32 player in the nation.

Fourth-year junior Oren Vasser also posted a 2-1 mark in singles action, recording a pair of wins on Friday and Saturday, before dropping Sunday’s match against Texas’ Evin McDonald (7-5, 7-5). Vasser’s win on Friday was a decisive 6-3, 6-3 victory over Britton Johnson of Georgia. On Saturday, Vasser found himself in a hole after falling 6-2 in the first set, but he rallied to win the next two sets 6-1, 6-4 to take the match victory.

In doubles action, Martin and Vasser were dominant on the court, besting doubles teams from Central Florida (6-3), Georgia (6-3) and Texas (6-2).

Miami hosts its first dual match of the season on Jan. 17 when it takes on Troy at 9 a.m., followed by a dual match against Binghamton at 3 p.m.