The University of Alabama at Birmingham Athletics
Men's Tennis Wins Opening Match at C-USA Championship
4/18/2002 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
April 18, 2002
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - The Sixth-seeded UAB men's tennis team defeated eleventh-seeded Marquette 4-0 in the first round of the 2002 Conference USA Men's Tennis Championship at the Bass-Rudd Tennis Center Thursday.
The 67th-ranked Blazers (14-8, 5-0 C-USA) took the all-important doubles point to take the early 1-0 lead. UAB's 28th-ranked tandem of Tobi Klein and Alex Jung knocked off Marquette's Raj Gill and Justin Holsen, 8-1 at the No. 1 slot. At the No. 3 position, UAB's Ivan Andreev and Sanzaruz Zaman teamed up to defeat Mark Thomas and Kent Davies, 8-6.
In singles action, Jung topped Holsen 6-3, 6-1 at No. 3, Zaman defeated Thomas 6-0, 6-2 at No. 4 and Dubrava beat Davies 6-1, 6-4 at the five-spot for the Blazers' 4-0 win.
In other first-round action, ninth-seeded Southern Miss upended No. 8 Charlotte 4-3.
UAB will play No. 2 seed South Florida Friday at the Bass-Rudd Tennis Center in an 8 a.m. tilt. Marquette will face No. 8 seed Charlotte in the consolation draw Friday Seneca Park.
(6) UAB 4 (11) Marquette 0
Singles
1. Andre van der Merwe (UAB) vs. Raj Gill (MU) 6-3, 3-4, DNF
2. Tobi Klein (UAB) vs. Troy Delmege (MU) 6-3, 3-2, DNF
3. Alex Jung (UAB) d. Justin Holsen (MU) 6-3, 6-1
4. Sanzaruz Zaman (UAB) d. Mark Thomas (MU) 6-0, 6-2
5. George Dubrava (UAB) d. Kent Davies (MU) 6-1, 6-4
6. Ivan Andreev (UAB) vs. Joe Bates (MU) 6-3,6-6, DNF
Doubles
1. #28 Klein/Jung (UAB) d. Gill/Holsen (MU) 8-1
2. Dubrava/Van Der Merwe (UAB) vs. Delmege/Bates (MU) 6-4, DNF
3. Andreev/Zaman (UAB) d. Thomas/Davies (MU) 8-6
