10/25/2000 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
Oct. 25, 2000
LAS VEGAS - Four UNLV men's tennis players, all of whom received first-round byes, advanced through the second round of the 2000 ITA Regional Championships, which got underway Wednesday at the Fertitta Tennis Complex.
Tenth-seeded Nenad Zivkovic downed Ludo Barthe of New Mexico State 6-3, 6-1 to advance to Thursday's third round in singles. Danny Erez, seeded 11th, whitewashed Christopher Faulman of Idaho 6-0, 6-0. Also advancing were Gregor Skorin, a 6-3, 6-2 winner over Brad Lum-Tucker of Idaho, and Leslie Eisinga, a 6-2, 6-0 winner over Philip Ivanov of Weber State. UNLV's other two entrants lost and will move into consolation play.
All three of UNLV's doubles teams are still alive after Wednesday's first round. Second-seeded Zivkovic and Skorin received a bye, as did the duo of Eisinga and Erez. The Rebel team of Robbie Parlade and Marco Blagojevic, however, won its first-round match, 8-5, over Jason Swanson and Chris Tokar of Montana State.
The tournament, which consists of more than 90 players from 16 western schools, runs through Sunday.
UNLV RESULTS FROM THE ITA REGIONAL TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPSOct. 25, 2000
SINGLES--FIRST ROUND
Marco Blagojevic (UNLV) def. Peter Smart (MONTANA) 6-1 6-0Jeff Olson (BYU) def. Robbi Parlade (UNLV) 6-3, 7-6
SECOND ROUNDNenad Zivkovic (UNLV) def. Ludo Barthe (NMSU) 6-3, 6-1Danny Erez (UNLV) def. Christopher Faulman (IDAHO) 6-0, 6-0Gregor Skorin (UNLV) def. Brad Lum-Tucker (IDAHO) 6-3, 6-2Leslie Eisinga (UNLV) def. Philip Ivanov (WSU) 6-2, 6-0Gert Vilms (BYU) def. Blagojevic (UNLV) 6-3, 6-4
DOUBLES--
Parlade/Blagojevic (UNLV) def. Jason Swanson/Chris Tokar (MSU) 8-5
