HOUSTON -- The UTSA men's tennis team picked up all four points in singles to post a 4-1 win over UAB on Friday morning, the first day of the Conference USA Showcase, hosted by Rice University at the George R. Brown Tennis Center.
UTSA (12-7) picked up the neutral-site win over UAB (8-10) on the first day of the C-USA Showcase, which will include a trio of Roadrunners matches vs. league foes. UTSA will return to action with the second day of the C-USA Showcase, taking on Southern Miss on Saturday at 2 p.m.
Kai Breitbach (Kaarst, Germany), Javier Rodriguez (Trujillo, Peru), Juri Reckow (Hamburg, Germany) and Alan Sanson (Santiago, Chile) picked up singles wins to spur the win. Breitbach improved to 6-10 with the win, with Rodriguez owning a team-leading 14-4 record. Reckow sports a 12-5 mark and Sanson a 9-5 record in singles.
UAB took the doubles point behind wins from Michal Lusovsky and Roman Postolka over Joao Ceolin (Palotina, Brazil) and Reckow, 6-3. Tom el Safadi and Giovani Pasini topped Beirtbach and Sanson with the Rodriguez and Patrick Poestinger (Ennsdorf, Austria) going as unfinished.
Singles competition
1. Kai Breitbach (UTSAM) def. Roman Postolka (UAB) 6-4, 6-3
2. Javier Rodriguez (UTSAM) def. Michal Lusovsky (UAB) 6-2, 6-2
3. Jasper van Kleef (UAB) vs. Joao Ceolin (UTSAM) 6-7 (3-7), 3-4, unfinished
4. Juri Reckow (UTSAM) def. Nikolai Manchev (UAB) 6-2, 6-1
5. Alan Sanson (UTSAM) def. Giovani Pasini (UAB) 6-4, 6-1
6. Tom el Safadi (UAB) vs. Javier Gonzalez (UTSAM) 7-6 (8-6), 0-3, unfinished
Doubles competition
1. Michal Lusovsky/Roman Postolka (UAB) def. Joao Ceolin/Juri Reckow (UTSAM) 6-3
2. Tom el Safadi/Giovani Pasini (UAB) def. Kai Breitbach/Alan Sanson (UTSAM) 6-4
3. Patrick Poestinger/Javier Rodriguez (UTSAM) vs. Nikolai Manchev/Jasper van Kleef (UAB) no result
Order of finish: Doubles (1,2); Singles (2,4,5,1)
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