Oct. 15, 2010
EVANSTON, Ill. - Members of the Purdue men's tennis team completed their first day at the Wildcat Fall Invitational on Friday, taking on opponents from DePaul, Iowa, Marquette, Northwestern, Western Michigan and Wisconsin.
Jan-Frans Engelbrecht (Cape Town, South Africa) faced a tough opponent from Western Michigan in Pablo Olivarez. The Purdue junior battled but fell to Olivarez, 6-1, 7-6 (2). Engelbrecht takes on Robin Ravel from Marquette in the first round of the back draw on Saturday.
The first round of the main draw also saw Matt Manasse (Bradenton, Fla.) against Wisconsin's Alexander Teppert. Teppert prevailed 6-3, 6-0 over the Boilermaker junior, who moves on to play Jeroen Gartworst of Iowa in his next match. Billy Heuer (Munster, Ind.) was defeated by Logon Collins from Marquette 6-2, 6-1.
Sophomore Heuer sees Kazuya Komada (Western Michigan) in the first round of the consolation draw.
The Boilermakers rallied in doubles.
Heuer and Engelbrecht met Marquette's Otavlo Perim and Thibault Troude and held it close, but were relegated to the consolation draw 8-6 by the Golden Eagles. The Old Gold and Black team then faced teammate Manasse's first-round foes, Alexander Teppert and Alex Robles and eliminated them in a close match 9-7. Heuer and Engelbrecht see Mamlat and Schwerin from Marquette in the semifinal of the back draw next.
Manasse paired with Mitch Beckert of Iowa and walked all over Teppert and Robles (Wisconsin) 8-3. The mix-match team then played Heuer and Engelbrecht's previous opponent's, Marquette's Otavlo Perim and Thibault Troude, and were removed from the main draw 8-5. Manasse and Beckert face Hartman and Chanturia of DePaul for a chance at third place.
The event entails two singles draws (A & B) of 16 players each along with a doubles draw of the same number.
All matches are being played indoors.
For complete results and recaps please visit purduesports.com.
Wildcat Invitational - Agate
Oct. 15
Evanston, Ill. - Combe Indoor Tennis Center
Singles - Flight A - Round of 16
Logon Collins (MU) def. Billy Heuer (Purdue) 6-2, 6-1
Singles - Flight B - Round of 16
Pablo Olivarez (WMU) def. J. F. Englebrecht (Purdue) 6-1, 7-6 (2)
Alexander Teppert (WIS) def. Matt Manasse (Purdue) 6-3, 6-0
Doubles - Main Draw - Round of 16
Matt Manasse (Purdue)/Mitch Beckert (Iowa) def. Alexander Teppert/Alex Robles (WIS) 8-3
Otavlo Perim/Thibault Troude (MU) def. Billy Heuer/J. F. Englebrecht (Purdue) 8-6
Doubles - Main Draw - Quarterfinals
Otavlo Perim/Thibault Troude (MU) def. Matt Manasse (Purdue)/Mitch Beckert (Iowa) 8-5
Doubles - Consolation Draw - Quarterfinals
Billy Heuer/J. F. Englebrecht (Purdue) def. Alexander Teppert/Alex Robles (WIS) 9-7
Schedule - Oct. 16
Singles - Flight A - Consolation Quarterfinals
Kazuya Komada (WMU) vs. Billy Heuer (Purdue) 9:30 a.m.
Singles - Flight B - Consolation Quarterfinals
J. F. Englebrecht (Purdue) vs. Robin Ravel (MU) 12 p.m.
Jeroen Gartworst (IA) vs. Matt Manasse (Purdue) 8 a.m.
Doubles - Consolation - Quarterfinals
Hartman/Chanturia (DEP) vs. Matt Manasse (Purdue)/Mitch Beckert (Iowa) at 6 p.m.
Billy Heuer/J. F. Englebrecht (Purdue) Mamlat/Schwerin (MU) 6 p.m.