MISSOULA — Taking part in his first aggressive tennis in over a yr since recovering from harm, Montana junior netter Guillermo Martin paced the Griz with a team-high 3-1 singles report to complete second in his group on the Utah Invitational in Salt Lake Metropolis over the weekend.
Taking part in matches each indoor and out in a mini-dual format on the Eccles Tennis Middle, Martin completed with the very best outcomes out of Montana’s high 4 gamers on the first of two tournaments hosted by the Utah this fall.
A number of the area’s high groups have been represented in Salt Lake, with the highest 4 gamers from Utah, Utah State, Idaho State, Weber State every competing.
Martin joined fellow junior Moritz Stoeger within the Grizzly lineup together with sophomores Gustav Theilgaard and Fernando Perez.
Martin rebounded from a day one loss to Idaho State’s Wikus Robbertse to earn wins over Utah’s Michael Blando and Utah State’s Javier Ruiz Medina within the black draw earlier than ending his week with a 4-6, 6-2, 6-4 win over Weber State’s Matteo Savio.
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Martin and Stoeger picked up a doubles win over Weber State’s Buxman/Savio pair 6-2 on Sunday to cap the weekend.
Perez, a switch from North Alabama, additionally picked up his first win as a Grizzly, beating Weber State’s Tristan Sarap 6-1, 6-4, on Sunday morning as nicely.
“We bought off to a tough begin however we bought higher day-after-day. By day three it seemed like we have been able to tackle anybody,” mentioned head coach Jason Brown.
“I attempt to not put an excessive amount of inventory into these early fall match outcomes, however this will likely be a extremely good prep for regionals in two weeks.”