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Navy Invitational
Men's Tennis Power Through First Day at Navy Invitational
10/9/2009 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
Oct. 9, 2009
ANNAPOLIS, MD - George Washington University junior men's tennis player Chris Kushma battled in his No. 1 singles match in the first day of the Navy Invitational, an eight-flight singles and four-flight doubles tournament, on Friday, defeating his Georgetown opponent in three sets.
Kushma, after a line up change due to illness on the team, held onto his unbeaten fall record when he beat Georgetown's Anthony Tan 5-7,6-3, 7-6(7).
Ugur Atalay and Richard Blumenfeld both collected first day wins over their Georgetown opponents in straight sets. Yan Levinski won his first set 6-3 and battled back, after dropping the second set 1-6, to take the third set 6-2.
In doubles action, freshmen duo Ken Mkrtchian and Garrett Lockhart won at the No. 4 doubles flight 8-5.
The Colonials are back in action Saturday against Navy, in day two of the Navy Invitational.
Singles
#1 Chris Kushma def. Anthony Tan 5-7, 6-3, 7-6(7)
#2 Ugur Atalay def. Michael Clarke 6-4, 7-5
#3 Arya Vayghan lost Bryan Miller 6-2, 3-6, 6-2
#4 Yan Levinski def. David Tillem 6-3, 1-6, 6-2
#5 Richard Blumenfeld def. Andrew Bruhn 6-3, 6-4
#6 Ken Mkrtchian lost Charlie Caris 6-4, 7-6(2)
#7 Erik Hannah DNP
#8 Garrett Lockhart lost Will Lowell 6-2, 6-2
Doubles
#1 Atalay/Kushma lost Miller/Bruhn 9-7
#2 Levinski/Blumenfeld lost Tan/Clarke 8-6
#3 DNP
#4 Lockhart/Mkrtchian def. Lowell/Walsh 8-5
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