BUKSIK WINS FLIGHT AT BRENTWOOD TOURNEY
9/22/2003 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
Sept. 22, 2003
BEAUMONT, Texas - The University of Texas-Arlington sophomore Niels Buksik (Stuttgart, Germany) outlasted Sebastian Aspollaga of Texas-Pan American 4-6, 6-4, 10-4 to win the Wimbledon flight at the 2003 Brentwood Intercollegiate Invitational here Saturday.
Freshman Josey Trimmier (San Antonio, Texas) dropped a 6-1, 7-5 decision to Gary Bianco of UTPA in the championship of the Australian Open flight. Kyle Mims (Dallas, Texas) took the conoslation title of the flight with a 6-2, 6-1 win over UTPA's Armando Martinez.
David Corrie (London, England) took third place in the U.S. Open flight with a 6-2, 3-6, 10-6 win over Lamar's Ignacio Melus. Ian Vasquez-Rowe (Santiago de Compostela, Spain) won the consolation draw of the flight with a 6-1, 7-5 win over Southeastern Louisiana's Olivier Nussbaum.
The UTA men return to action Sept. 26-29 when they compete at the Dr Pepper/Baylor Invitational.
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Here are UTA results from the 2003 Brentwood Intercollegiate Invitational.
U.S. Open Singles Flight Ignacio Melus, Lamar, def. Ian Vasquez-Rowe 6-0, 2-6, 14-12; David Corrie def. Olivier Nussbaum, Southeastern Louisiana, 7-6, 6-3. Quarterfinals - Joe Michael Olfindo, Texas-San Antonio def. Corrie 6-1, 6-3. Third place - Corrie def. Melus, 6-2, 3-6, 10-6. Consolation fight round - Vasquez-Rowe def. Tom Mangelschots, UTPA 6-1, 6-2. Consolation finals - Vasquez-Rowe def. Nussbaum 6-1, 7-5.
Wimbledon Singles Flight First round - Niels Buksik def. Matt Tate, SE Louisiana, 6-4, 3-6, 10-6. Semifinals - Buksik def. Nik Porter-UTPA 7-5, 6-4. Finals - Buksik def. Sebastian Aspillaga, UTPA 4-6, 6-4, 10-4.
French Open Singles Flight First round - Petri van Rensburg def. Rehman Esmail, UTPA 6-3, 6-1. Semifinals - Van Rensburg def. Paul Birkett, SLU 7-5, 6-2. Finals - Juan Pablo Alatorre, Lamar def. Van Rensburg 6-2, 6-2.
Australian Open Singles Flight First round - Christian Olivier, Lamar def. Kyle Mims, 7-5, 6-4; Josey Trimmier def. Armando Martinez, TPA 6-3, 6-0. Semifinals - Trimmier def. Edgar Garcia, SLU 6-2, 6-7, 10-7. Finals - Gary Bianco, UTPA def. Trimmier 6-1, 7-5. Consolation semifinals - Mims def. Ryan Trichel, SLU 6-1, 6-1. Consolation Finals - Mims def. Armando Martinez, UTPA 6-2, 6-1.
Master Doubles Flight David Corrie-Niels Buksik def. Naeem Kath-Olivier, Lamar 8-5. Semifinals - Corrie-Buksik def. Nussbaum-Tate, SE Louisiana, 9-7. Finals - Corrie-Buksik def. Jeremy Salvo-Esmail, UTPA 8-4.
Davis Cup Doubles Flight Van Rensburg-Trimmier def. Gary Bianco-Armando Martinez, UTPA, 9-7; Steil-Porter, UTPA def. Mims-Vansquez-Rowe, 8-5. Semifinals - Haris Huemovic-Paul Birkett, SE Louisiana def. Van Rensburg-Trimmier 8-5. Third place - Van Rensburg-Trimmier def. Mims-Vasquez-Rowe 8-3.
