BERKELEY, Calif. (UNLVRebels.com) -- The UNLV men's tennis team opened its season on Friday by competing in the Battle in the Bay Qualifier at the Hellman Tennis Complex on the campus of the University of California.
 
UNLV's contingent of six players split its first round of singles action and then two won again later in the day to advance to the quarterfinals. Sixth-seeded Maxim Verboven downed homestanding John Kim of Cal, 7-5, 6-7, 6-1; while Anton Ornberg advanced by sweeping San Francisco's Luka Kalenic, 6-1, 6-2.
 
In doubles play, Verboven and Milos Dabic won 8-1 and Aaron Bailey teamed with Dusan Rsovac for an 8-4 victory to advance in the main draw.
 
Thirty players from Cal, UC Davis, UNLV, Saint Mary's, San Diego State, San Francisco, UC Santa Cruz and Stanford are seeking to advance in singles and doubles from the qualifier.
 
On Sunday, two singles players and one doubles team will qualify for the Battle in the Bay, which will run Sept. 23-25 at the California Tennis Club in San Francisco.
 
Men's Tennis Results
BATTLE IN THE BAY QUALIFYING
Sept. 16-18, 2022, at Berkeley, CA
(Hellman Tennis Center)
 
Singles competition
ROUND OF 32
Dusan Rsovac (UNLV) def. Sam Hall (UCSC) 6-4, 6-2
(5) Johannes Seeman (SDSU) def. Jackson Atherton (UNLV) 6-1, 6-0
Anton Ornberg (UNLV) def. Bora Sengul (SDSU) 7-6(4), 6-3
(6) Maxim Verboven (UNLV) def. Ryan Lam (UCSC) 6-2, 6-0
Alex Chang (CAL) def. Milos Dabic (UNLV) 6-1, 6-3
(7) Neel Rajesh (STAN) def. Aaron Bailey (UNLV) 6-1, 6-2
 
ROUND OF 16
(8) James Watt (SMC) def. Dusan Rsovac (UNLV) 6-1, 6-3
(6) Maxim Verboven (UNLV) def. John Kim (CAL) 7-5, 6-7(3), 6-1
Anton Ornberg (UNLV) def. Luka Kalenic (USF) 6-4, 6-3
 
CONSOLATION
Jackson Atherton (UNLV) def. Nikola Kuraica (USF) 6-2, 6-4
Aaron Bailey (UNLV) def. Mikey Wright (CAL) by default
Milos Dabic (UNLV) def. Andrew Tjoa (UCSC) 6-0, 6-2
 
Double Competition
ROUND OF 16
(4) Verboven/Dabic (UNLV) def. Kuraica/Kalenic (USF) 8-1
(3) Sengul/Sato (SDSU) def. Atherton/Ornberg (UNLV) 8-4
Bailey/Rsovac (UNLV) def. Mardirossian/Tjoa (UCSC) 8-4