Men's Tennis

Tennis Heads Into Clay Court Championships

September 23, 1998

BALTIMORE, Md. - UNLV has four entries in the main draw of the 1998 T. Rowe Price National Clay Court Championships being held at the Suburban Racquet Club.

On Wednesday, sophomore Nenad Zivkovic came back from a 5-0 deficit in the third set to defeat Danny Iniesta of Arkansas-Little Rock, 6-3, 5-7, 7-6 (7-3) to advance to Thursday's main draw.

Joining Zivkovic will be Rebel senior Asaf Tishler who previously earned a bid into singles play.

In doubles, Tishler and sophomore Danny Erez won twice to advance through qualifying. The duo defeated Pancho Rodriguez and Ariel Rivero of Alabama, 8-4, and then upset top-seeded Nenad Toroman and Joel McGregor of Tulsa 8-3.

Tishler and Erez will be joined by the 25th-ranked Rebel duo Zivkovic and Gregor Skorin. The tournament runs through Sept. 27.

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