Mens Tennis secures eight wins on day two of the Commodore Invitational

Nashville Texas Men’s Tennis Secured eight wins, including seven in singles and one in doubles, in 10 matches on the second day of the Commodore Invitational at the Currey Tennis Center on Saturday.

The wins put the Longhorns in position to play for the title in three draws, including the top draw in both singles and doubles. Junior Siem Woldeab will be involved in both after posting two more ranked singles wins, one of which was against a top-10 opponent. They downed No. 9 Tyler Stice of Auburn, 6-3, 6-1, to move on to the Flight A East final after also defeating No. 91 Nate Bonetto of Florida, 6-1, 6-2 in the quarterfinals. They will next face No. 37 Toby Samuel of South Carolina in the final.

Woldeab also combined with junior Eshan Talluri to reach the Doubles Green Draw East Finals with a 6-2 win over Marcus Ferreira and Joubert Klopper of Vanderbilt. They will square off against another pair of Commodores for the title in Nathan Cox and Michael Ross.

Talluri also had a successful day in singles with two wins to make it to the Flight C West Finals against Michael Deames of Vanderbilt. Talluri first defeated Gordon Whitwell of Ole Miss, 6-4, 6-4, in the quarterfinals before Downing Rohan Sachdev of Georgia Tech, 6-2, 6-4, in the semifinals.

Junior Evin McDonald also collected two Flight C East wins, first over Lucas Da Silva of Florida, 1-6, 6-1, 6-3, then versus the 1 seed Will Nolan of Auburn, 6-4, 6-2, to reach that flight’s final versus 2 seed Marcus Ferreira. McDonald and partner senior Nevin Arimilli fell to Andres Martin and Rohan Sachdev, 6-4, in doubles of the Red Draw East semifinal and close out play in a 3-4 match versus Siim Troost and Macsen Sisamof Vanderbilt.

Arimilli will also play in the singles Flight B North final against Siim Troost of Vanderbilt after dropping in his first match of the day to 2 seed No. 34 Axel Nefve of Florida, 6-2, 6-1, but rebounding his second contest with a win over Cox, 7-5, 6-7 (2), 1-0 (5).

Sunday will feature one round of doubles at 8 am CT, followed by one round of singles. Live scoring can be found at https://hookem.at/MTN-Stats and live video can be found at https://hookem.at/MTN-Watch.

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Results Saturday, Sept. 23

Doubles Green Draw East Semifinals
Siem Woldeab/Eshan Talluri (UT) def. Marcus Ferreira/Joubert Klopper (VU), 6-2

Doubles Red Draw East Semifinals

Andres Martin/Rohan Sachdev (GT) def. Nevin Arimilli/Evin McDonald (UT), 6-4

Singles Flight A East Quarterfinals

Well. 98 Siem Woldeab (UT) def. 4 seed No. 91 Nate Bonetto (UF), 6-1, 6-2

Singles Flight A East Semifinals

Well. 98 Siem Woldeab (UT) vs. 1 seed No. 9 Tyler Stice (AUB), 6-3, 6-1

Singles Flight B East Quarterfinals

2 seed No. 34 Axel Nefve (UF) def. Nevin Arimilli (UT), 6-2, 6-1

Singles Flight B North Semifinals
Nevin Arimilli (UT) def. Nathan Cox (VU), 7-5, 6-7 (2), 1-0 (5)

Singles Flight C East Quarterfinals

4 seeds Evin McDonald (UT) def. Lucas Da Silva (UF), 1-6, 6-1, 6-3

Singles Flight C East Semifinals

4 seeds Evin McDonald (UT) def. 1 seed Will Nolan (AUB), 6-4, 6-2

Singles Flight C West Quarterfinals
Eshan Talluri (UT) def. Gordon Whitwell (OM), 6-4, 6-4

Singles Flight C West Semifinals
Eshan Talluri (UT) def. Rohan Sachdev (GT), 6-2, 6-4

Schedule Sunday, Sept. 24

Doubles Green Draw East Finals
Siem Woldeab/Eshan Talluri (UT) vs. Nathan Cox/Michael Ross (VU), 8 a.m. CT

Doubles Red Draw 3-4 Match
Nevin Arimilli/Evin McDonald (UT) vs. Siim Troost/Macsen Sisam (VU), 8 am CT

Singles Flight A East Finals

Well. 98 Siem Woldeab (UT) vs. 2 seed No. 37 Toby Samuel (SC), TBD

Singles Flight B North Finals
Nevin Arimilli (UT) vs. Siim Troost (VU), TBD

Singles Flight C East Finals

4 seeds Evin McDonald (UT) vs. 2 seed Marcus Ferreira (VU), TBD

Singles Flight C West Finals
Eshan Talluri (UT) vs. Michael Deames (VU), TBD