SAN ANTONIO, Texas – The University of Texas Permian Basin men's tennis team opened the season at the St. Mary's Invitational.  Today was singles only, Saturday Sept. 9 will be singles and doubles.

At Flight 2, sophomore Vitaliy Horovoy went 2-0.  He beat Kelly Giese (Lubbock Christian), an All-Lone Star Conference selection in 2022-23, 6-3, 3-6 and 10-1 in a tie breaker.  Horovoy followed that by beating Nicolas Llosa (St. Mary's – Texas), 6-1, 6-3.

Men's Singles

Flight 1 – Takumi Katsuda
Martins Abamu (Lubbock Christian) – L (6-4, 6-3)
Oskar Irdoja (St. Mary's - Texas) – L (6-3, 7-6)

Flight 2 – Vitaliy Horovoy
Kelly Giese (Lubbock Christian) – W (6-3, 3-6, 10-1 Tie Breaker)
Nicolas Llosa (St. Mary's - Texas) – W (6-1, 6-3)

Flight 3 – Grzegorz Rudnicki
Mattia Ghedin (Lubbock Christian) – W (6-4, 4-6, 10-6 Tie Breaker)
Alvaro Soler (St. Mary's - Texas) – L (6-3, 6-1)

Flight 4 – Jonas Krahofer
Herman Aguirre (Lubbock Christian) – L (3-6, 7-6, 10-7 Tie Breaker)
Jake Faryniarz (St. Mary's - Texas) – W (6-1, 3-6, 10-7 Tie Breaker)

Flight 5 – Lucas Nitzschke
Blas Ruiz (Lubbock Christian) – L (3-6, 7-6, 10-7 Tie Breaker)
Aaron Ben Anton (St. Mary's - Texas) – L (6-1, 6-2)

Flight 6 – Roberto Garcia-Arrabal
Pablo Segura (Lubbock Christian) – L (7-5, 2-6, 10-6 Tie Breaker)
Ryan Koth (St. Mary's - Texas) – L (6-4, 7-6)

Flight 7 - Carlo Lorente-Zarate
Carlos Gutierrez (Lubbock Christian) – L (6-1, 6-1)
Leonardo Fabbri (St. Mary's - Texas) – L (6-0, 6-1)

Flight 8 – Sebastian Garcia
Bernhard Hauer (St. Mary's - Texas) – L (6-0, 6-0)

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