SEATTLE – The Portland State men's tennis team completed its fall schedule on Sunday as the Vikings tallied seven total wins at the Husky Invitational over the three day tournament.
Competing against Washington, UC Davis, and Eastern Washington, the Vikings finished with four singles victories and three doubles as the team battled through injuries and sickness all weekend.
Matteo Fortini led the Vikings on the weekend, defeating Eastern Washington's Manuel Balce in straight sets 6-3, 6-1 in the final day of the tournament. Fortini was also a part of two doubles victories as he teamed with
Ryan Nakajima to defeat a duo from UC Davis 8-5, and a duo from Washington 8-5.
Nikola Dimitrijevic opened the tournament up with a win on day one, coming from behind to defeat Brett Brinkman from UC Davis 4-6, 6-4, 6-4. On day two,
Sahal Bukary picked up his first win of the season, defeating Wout Doumen of Eastern Washington 6-4 and 7-6, winning the tiebreaker 7-4.
Also earning a victory on the final day was
Otto Holtari who earned a 6-4, 6-0 win over Doumen. Holtari also teamed up with
Majeed Bukhari in doubles, winning 8-2 over a duo from Eastern Washington.
Portland State will take a long break before opening the spring season on January 11 as they travel for a dual meet at Oregon.
TOURNAMENT RESULTS:
DAY ONE:
SINGLES:
Ivan Thamma (UC Davis) def.
Matteo Fortini (Portland State) 4-6, 0-2, retired
Brandon Wong (Washington) def.
Sahal Bukary (Portland State) 4-6, 6-1, 6-0
Ewen Lumsden (Washington) def.
Tommy Edwards (Portland State) 6-3, 6-1
Kailuhia Lam (Washington) def.
Ryan Nakajima (Portland State) 7-6, 6-0
Jeremy Mueller (Eastern Washington) def.
Majeed Bukhari (Portland State) 6-1, 6-7 (4-7), 6-0
Nikola Dimitrijevic (Portland State) def. Brett Brinkman (UC Davis) 4-6, 6-4, 6-4
Stevie Gould (Washington) def.
Otto Holtari (Portland State) 6-4, 6-0
Jack Pulliam (Washington) def.
Sam Roberts (Portland State) 6-1, 4-6, 6-4
DOUBLES:
Jack Davis/Ewen Lumsden (UW) def.
Tommy Edwards/
Sam Roberts (PSU) 8-7 (7-5)
Matteo Fortini/Ryan Nakajima (PSU) def. Andrei Volgin/Arjith Jayaraman (UCD) 8-5
Stevie Gould/Brandon Wong (UW) def.
Sahal Bukary/
Nikola Dimitrijevic (PSU) 8-4
Kailuhia Lam/Jack Pulliam (UW) def.
Majeed Bukhari/
Otto Holtari (PSU) 8-5
DAY TWO:
SINGLES:
Sahal Bukary (Portland State) def. Wout Doumen (Eastern Washington) 6-4, 7-6 (7-4)
Mikayel Khachatryan (Eastern Washington) def.
Otto Holtari (Portland State) 6-4, 7-5
Jack Davis (Washington) def.
Matteo Fortini (Portland State) 7-6 (7-3), 6-4
Stevie Gould (Washington) def.
Nikola Dimitrijevic (Portland State) 6-2, 6-1
Kailuhia Lam (Washington) def.
Majeed Bukhari (Portland State) 2-6, 6-4, 6-2
Erik Grimes (Eastern Washington) def.
Ryan Nakajima (Portland State) 6-3, 6-3
DOUBLES:
Manuel Balce/Mikayel Khachatryan (EWU) def.
Tommy Edwards/
Nikola Dimitrijevic (PSU) 8-2
sat Thibault Cancel/Adam Torocsik (UW) def.
Matteo Fortini/
Ryan Nakajima (PSU) 8-2
Stevie Gould/Brandon Wong (UW) def.
Majeed Bukhari/
Otto Holtari (PSU) 8-6
Matteo Fortini/Ryan Nakajima (PSU) def. Kailuhia Lam/Jack Pulliam (UW) 8-5
Martin Bats/Erik Grimes (EWU) def.
Sahal Bukary/
Nikola Dimitrijevic (PSU) 8-6
Alexis Alvarez/Kailuhia Lam (UW) def.
Majeed Bukhari/
Otto Holtari (PSU) 8-4
DAY THREE:
SINGLES:
Matteo Fortini (Portland State) def. Manuel Balce (Eastern Washington) 6-3, 6-1
Stevie Gould (Washington) def.
Tommy Edwards (Portland State) 7-5, 4-6, 7-5
Brandon Wong (Washington) def.
Ryan Nakajima (Portland State) 6-0, 6-2
Alexis Alvarez (Washington) def.
Sahal Bukary (Portland State) 6-1, 6-3
Andrei Volgin (UC Davis) def.
Nikola Dimitrijevic (Portland State) 6-2, 6-1
Otto Holtari (Portland State) def. Wout Doumen (Eastern Washington) 6-4, 6-0
DOUBLES:
Majeed Bukhari/Otto Holtari (PSU) def. Wout Doumen/Jeremy Mueller (EWU) 8-2
Jack Davis/Ewen Lumsden (UW) def.
Matteo Fortini/
Ryan Nakajima (PSU) 8-2
Manuel Balce/Mikayel Khachatryan (EWU) def.
Sahal Bukary/
Nikola Dimitrijevic (PSU) 8-3