Sajous and Smith Win on Day One at Hurricane Invitational

Friday, September 15

Coral Gables, Fla.

All Day

Florida Atlantic

Hurricane Invitational

9/16/2006 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis

Sept. 16, 2006

Final Stats

Coral Gables, FL - Olivier Sajous and Corey Smith captured their singles matches at the 2006 Hurricane Fall Invitational, hosted by the University of Miami.

The Owls dropped the doubles matches only to come back strong in singles play picking up Sajous `s victory at no. 1 and Smith's victory at no. 4. The remaining three matches were halted due to lightening and will resume at 9 a.m., Saturday.

Sajous continues to play well coming off last week's victory over a ranked player with a solid performance against North Florida's Eduardo Pereira who notched several wins over ranked opponents a year ago.

9/15/2006 at Coral Gables, Fla.

Singles competition 9/15 Olivier Sajous (Florida Atlantic) def. Eduardo Pereira (North Florida) 6-0, 6-3
9/15 Matias Sigal (North Florida) def. Karol Szmurlo (Florida Atlantic) 3-6, 6-3, 6-4
9/15 J.P. Bounassar (Florida Atlantic) def. Elad Gabay (North Florida) 7-5, 6-4

9/15 Corey Smith (Florida Atlantic) def. Ben Smith (North Florida) 7-5, 6-2
9/15 Glen Marshall (North Florida) def. Daniel Vardag (Florida Atlantic) 6-3, 6-7, 7-6
9/15 Yuiti Lopes (North Florida) def. Mauricio Paiz (Florida Atlantic) 6-4, 6-3

Doubles competition 9/15 Matias Sigal/Yuiti Lopes (North Florida) def. Olivier Sajous/Leonardo Gomes (Florida Atlantic) 8-3
9/15 Ben Smith/Matias Sigal (North Florida) def. Eddie Majcher/Daniel Vardag (Florida Atlantic) 8-4
9/15 Eduardo Pereira/Elad Gabay (North Florida) def. Karol Szmurlo/Lawrence Harradine (Florida Atlantic) 8-4
Tournament notes
Matches marked "unfinished", were started but postponed to Saturday morning due to lightning. Play will resume Saturday at 9 a.m.