DAVIS, Calif. -Â Nevada Men's Tennis picked up two wins on its first day of the Golden Gate Invitational, defeating New Mexico State and Portland by matching 4-0 scores.
Nevada (7-2) will go for an unbeaten weekend as it wraps the trip with a 10 a.m. first serve against Hawai'i.
Against the Aggies in the morning, the Wolf Pack quickly took the doubles points as
Max Contet and
Axel Huysmans made quick work of their opponents, 6-1, at No. 3, with
Greg Valente and
Rémy Trégourès taking a 6-4 win at No. 2.
The bottom half of the lineup came up with key wins in both matches, beginning with the morning dual. Against the Aggies, Valente took a 6-3, 6-3 win at No. 5, while at No. 6
Nicolas Recoura recorded a straight-sets win of his own, 6-4, 6-4 over Patrick Lohmann.
Axel Huysmans' 6-1, 6-3 win at No. 3 was the final singles win and the victory point.
In the afternoon, singles wins at Nos. 5 and 6 again carried the Pack. This time, against Portland, it was Contet with the 6-0, 6-4 win at No. 5 and
Sebastiano Cressi with a 6-0, 7-6 (5) victory at No. 6 that spurred Nevada's 4-0 win.
Doubles went the distance, with Nevada getting the point thanks to repeat wins from Valente and Trégourès at No. 2 and Contet and Huysmans at No. 3.
Nevada 4, New Mexico State 0
Doubles
No. 1 -
Rayen Hermassi/
Nicolas Recoura (NEV) vs. Roko Stipitec/Tobias Wallin (NMSU) 5-5, unfinished
No. 2 -
Greg Valente/
Rémy Trégourès (NEV) def. Holland Snell/Lance Urlaub (NMSU) 6-4
No. 3 -
Max Contet/
Axel Huysmans (NEV) def. Laurendi Fischer/Patrick Lohmann (NMSU) 6-1
Singles
No. 1 - Hermassi (NEV) vs. Snell (NMSU) unfinished
No. 2 - Trégourès (NEV) vs. Wallin (NMSU) unfinished
No. 3 - Huysmans (NEV) def. Stipitec (NMSU) 6-1, 6-3
No. 4 -
Ibrahim Snoussi (NEV) vs. Matias Rojas (NMSU) 6-2, unfinished
No. 5 - Valente (NEV) def. Urlaub (NMSU) 6-3, 6-3
No. 6 - Recoura (NEV) def. Lohmann (NMSU) 6-4, 6-4
Nevada 4, Portland 0
Doubles
No. 1 - Nikola Keremedchiev/Cade Fernando (UP) def.
Nicolas Recoura/
Rayen Hermassi (NEV) 6-4
No. 2 -
Greg Valente/
Rémy Trégourès (NEV) def. Lucas Kimelman/Stefan Skobelev (NMSU) 6-4
No. 3 -
Max Contet/
Axel Huysmans (NEV) def. Tom Garcia/Noel Eli (NMSU) 6-2
Singles
No. 1 - Hermassi (NEV) vs. Keremedchiev (UP) 7-6, 1-2 unfinished
No. 2 - Huysmans (NEV) def. Tom Garcia (UP) 6-2, 6-2
No. 3 - Trégourès (NEV) vs. Cade Fernando (UP) 6-7 (3), 3-3 unfinished
No. 4 - Valente (NEV) vs. Tannor Binder (UP) 6-2, 5-2 unfinished
No. 5 - Contet (NEV) def. Gian Manhas (UP) 6-0, 6-4
No. 6 -
Sebastiano Cressi (NEV) def. Noel (UP) 6-0, 7-6 (5)