MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. - The Drake men's tennis team registered a 9-4
combined singles/doubles ledger, including an 8-1 mark in singles, on the
opening day of the Gopher Invitational hosted by the University of Minnesota on
Friday (Nov. 2).
Senior Anis Ghorbel (Sfax, Tunisia) led the
charge in singles besting 87th-rated Rok Bonin of Minnesota, 6-4, 6-4.
Drake also garnered
singles triumphs from seniors James McKie (Edinburgh Scotland) and Jean Erasmus (Windhoek, Namibia), junior Robin Goodman (Cambridge, England), sophomores Ben Mullis (Leicestershire, England), Alen Salibasic (Tuzla, Bosnia & Herzegovina) and Grant Tesmer (Lincoln, Neb.) and
freshman Ben Lott (Newcastle,
England).
In doubles, the duo of
Erasmus and Goodman claimed the Bulldogs lone triumph besting Max Krammer and
Jens Vorkefeld of Denver, 8-5.
Drake continues
tournament play battling players from DePaul and Nebraska on Saturday (Nov. 3).
GOPHER INVITATIONAL
NOV. 2, 2012 • MINNEAPOLIS, MINN.
SINGLES:
No. 87 Anis Ghorbel (DU)
def. No. 87 Rok Bonin (MINN), 6-4, 6-4
James McKie (DU) def. Jens
Vorkefeld (DEN), 6-2, 6-4
Robin Goodman (DU) def.
Mathieu Froment (MINN), 6-1, 6-1
Alen Salibasic (DU)
def. Alex Clinkenbeard (DEN), 4-1, retired
Jean Erasmus (DU) def.
Max Krammer (DEN), 6-4, 6-1
Ben Mullis (DU) def. Juan
Pablo Ramirez (MINN), 6-3, 6-0
Ben Lott (DU) def. Ruben
Weber (MINN), 7-5, 5-7, 10-6
Grant Tesmer (DU) def.
Eric Frueh (MINN), 7-6 (5), 1-6, 10-7
Preben Bjorne (DEN)
def. Ryan Drake (DU), 6-1, 6-7 (4), 10-7
DOUBLES:
Bonin/Froment (MINN)
def. No. 59 Ghorbel/McKie (DU), 8-6
Erasmus/Goodman (DU)
def. Krammer/Vorkefeld (DEN), 8-5
Frueh/Ramirez (MINN)
def. Lott/Salibasic (DU), 9-7
Bjorne/Clinkenbeard
(DEN) def. Drake/Tesmer (DU), 8-2
