RESULTS

PORTLAND, Ore. — Playing on their head coach's home court, the Portland State men's tennis team wore the spotlight well on the first day of the West Hills Open as four players advanced to the round of 16 Friday at the West Hills Racquet & Fitness Club.
 
Nathan Boniel, Tommy Edwards, Otto Holtari and Avery West all advanced to the round of 16, while Gabe Souza and Majeed Bukhari each won their first match of the day before losing in the round of 32.
 
Boniel, the top seed in the singles draw, advanced with relative ease, as he only dropped three games while beating Edward Murphy 6-2, 6-1.
 
Edwards, the third seed in the singles draw, went deeper in his first set against Gunnar Harlan but still won in straight sets, 7-5, 6-2, to join Boniel in the round of 16 in the top half of the draw.
 
West also won in straight sets in the bottom half of the draw, as he dropped only three games while beating Rox Rogers 6-0, 6-3 to advance to the round of 16.
 
Holtari dropped his first set against Jack Ninteman, 6-3, but then came back to win the next two sets and take the match 3-6, 6-3, 6-4.
 
Boniel, Edwards and West will all return to the court at 8 a.m. Friday, while Holtari starts his round of 16 match at 9:30 a.m. Boniel faces Keith Meagher, while Edwards, West and Holtari square off against Sahal Bukary, Matt Biggi of George Fox and Chris Lilley of George Fox, respectively.
 
Souza and Bukhari won their first-round singles matches Friday, but lost in the second round to fall out of the draw. The pair won their first-round doubles match together, however, as they overcame a first-set loss to beat Keaten Baker and Luke Lemaitre 4-6, 6-4, 10-6.
 
Souza and Bukhari will play their teammates in the next round, as they square off against Edwards and West, the fourth-seeded team in the doubles draw, at 6 p.m. Saturday. Boniel and Sam Roberts, the third-seeded team in the draw, will also play a quarterfinal match against Rogers and Jonah Wafula at 6 p.m.