Sept. 26, 2003

PEACHTREE CITY, Ga.

Four members of the TCU men's tennis team wrapped up a successful first day of competition in Peachtree City, Ga., Friday at the adidas Invitational. Rafael Abreu, 63rd-rated Fabrizio Sestini and Jacopo Tezza all moved on to the round of 16 in the singles draw, while the doubles tandems of Abreu/Sestini and Tezza/Daniel Scholten cruised into Saturday's quarterfinals. Scholten also snagged a victory in the round of 64 in the singles before falling in his next match. Complete results are listed below. Fans can follow the tournament action by logging on to www.TennisInformation.com. The tournament ID for the event is 5133454.

Singles - Round of 64
Daniel Scholten (TCU) def. Johnny Berrido (Louisville) 4-6, 6-4, 6-1
Jacopo Tezza (TCU), bye
Rafael Abreu (TCU), bye
#63 Fabrizio Sestini (TCU), bye

Singles - Round of 32
Jacopo Tezza (TCU) def. Alex Kasarov (Wisconsin) 7-6, 6-4
Rafael Abreu (TCU) def. Nick Hegarty (Arizona State) 6-3, 4-6, 7-5
Matt Scott (Notre Dame) def. Daniel Scholten (TCU) 6-3, 6-1

Doubles - Round of 16
Daniel Scholten/Jacopo Tezza (TCU) def. Rawl Martin/John Thornton (Tennessee) Def (ns)
Rafael Abreu/Fabrizio Sestini (TCU) def. Jeremy Clark/Matt Mayer (Louisville) 8-4

SATURDAY'S SCHEDULE

Singles - Round of 16
Jacopo Tezza (TCU) vs. Octavian Nicodim (Louisville), 8:30 a.m. CDT
Rafael Abreu (TCU) vs. Christopher Brown (Duke), 9 a.m. CDT
#63 Fabrizio Sestini (TCU) vs. Matt Scott (Notre Dame), 9 a.m. CDT

Doubles - Quarterfinals
Daniel Scholten/Jacopo Tezza (TCU) vs. Peter Rodrigues/Jonathan Stokke (Duke), time TBD
Rafael Abreu/Fabrizio Sestini (TCU) vs. Christopher Brown/Ryan Heinberg (Duke), time TBD