Official Site of the Tigers · Sep 22, 2018
El Sallaly and Hjorth Advance in Doubles
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. – The University of the Pacific men's tennis team competed in two rounds on opening day of the Battle in the Bay Classic.
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Round 1
In doubles, Akram El Sallaly and freshman Philip Hjorth partnered up and defeated West Coast Conference opponent USF's Paul Giraurd and Phuc Huynh by a score of 8-7(2).
In singles, Hjorth defeated Ben Draper of Cal in two straight by scores of 7-5 and 6-4.
Ross Watson notched his first singles win after defeating Blaz Seric of Hawaii by scores of 7-6 in both sets.
Tadiwa Chinamo dropped his match to Cagayan Soke of Fresno State in three sets taking the first set 6-3 before falling in the next two by scores of 7-5 and 11-9.