SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. – Portland men's tennis senior Mathieu Garcia opened his fall season with a straight sets win against San Francisco's Ryan Marker in the first round of the Battle in the Bay Classic hosted at the California Club. Garcia advances and will face nationally-ranked Walker Duncan of Georgia in the Round of 16 on Saturday at 10:30 a.m.
Garcia cruised to a 6-2, 6-3 victory versus Marker on Friday afternoon. In the morning he teamed up with Pepperdine's Maxwell Mendelsohn in the doubles draw, but the duo fell to Hawaii teammates by an 8-5 margin.