Men's Tennis Has Strong Showing At Samford Fall Invite At Pelham Racquet Club

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Samford Fall Invite at Pelham Racquet Club

11.7.17 | Men's Tennis

PELHAM, Ala. – The Samford men's tennis team had a strong showing at the Samford Fall Invite at Pelham Racquet Club, held this weekend.

Eduardo Lourido won the top singles flight, posting a record of 4-0. Justin Ghavami and Aleksandar Petrovic reached the finals of the top doubles flight, before falling in the championship match.

Below is a list of results involving Samford players. Samford will wrap up the fall season by competing in the Country Club of Birmingham Collegiate Invitational, Nov. 10-12.

DOUBLES
El Safadi/Goering (UAB) def. Faundez/Lourido (SAM)
Faundez/Lourido (SAM) def. Arent/Khurana (Mercer) 7-6
Faundez/Lourido (SAM) def. Fourie/Pasini (UAB) 6-3

Paiste/Manchev (UAB ) def. Rebol/Moreira (SAM) 7-6
Rebol/Moreira (SAM) def. Aggarwal/Hart (EKU)
Rebol/Moreira (SAM) def. Castaldo/Piunti (EKU)

Ghavami/Petrovic (SAM) def. Calvis/Tchaikovsky (Alabama State)
Ghavami/Petrovic (SAM) def. Wharton/Mark (Mercer)
Lugo/Este (ETSU) def. Petrovic/Ghavami (SAM)

SINGLES
Faundez (SAM) def. Fourie (UAB ) 6-0 6-2
Faundez (SAM) def. Aggarwal (EKU) 4-6 6-3 6-4
Lugo (ETSU) def. Faundez (SAM) default (Jake had to withdraw because of injury)

Lourido (SAM) def. Khurana (Mercer)
Lourido (SAM) def. Fontcuberta (ETSU) 6-3 6-2
Lourido (SAM) def. Ghavami (ETSU) 6-3 7-5
Lourido (SAM) def. Lugo (ETSU) 6-4 6-3

Ghavami (SAM) def. Luckman (Alabama State) 6-1 6-1
Ghavami (SAM) def. Pasini (UAB)
Lourido (SAM) def. Ghavami (SAM) 6-3 7-5

Vargas (UAB ) def. Moreira (SAM)
Andre (Alabama State) def. Moreira (SAM)
Moreira (SAM) def. Wharton (Mercer)
El Safadi (UAB) def. Moreira (SAM)

Petrovic (SAM) def. Castaldo (EKU)
Paiste (UAB) def. Petrovic (SAM)
Petrovic (SAM) def. Vargas (UAB)
Goering (UAB) def. Petrovic (SAM)

Heinz (SAM) def. El Safadi (UAB)
Gonzalez (ETSU) def. Heinz (SAM)
Goering (UAB) def. Heinz (SAM)
Vargas (UAB) def. Heinz (SAM)

Rebol (SAM) def Hart (EKU)
Rebol (SAM) def. Goering (UAB)
Gonzalez (ETSU) def. Rebol (SAM)
Paiste (UAB) def. Rebol (SAM)