WILLIAMSBURG, Va. – William & Mary men's tennis went a perfect 9-0 in the first round of the top singles flight in the Universal Tennis College Circuits event at the Mackesy Tennis Center on Friday evening.
 
Graduate students Bill Duo and Konstantinos Raptis; juniors Alexander Karman and Sean Joseph; sophomore Albert Hansen; and freshmen Oliver Hague and Nikita Bortnichek all won in straight sets in the 32-player first round to open the event. Duo, Hague and Karman all remained undefeated on the young season in singles action at 4-0, while Raptis picked up his team-leading sixth singles win of the fall.
 
Graduate students Alexandre Leblanc and Satchel Benn both needed three sets, but rallied for singles wins over Wake Forest foes in Martin Mazev (1-6, 6-3, 6-1) and Vikas Deo (3-6, 7-5, 7-5), respectively.
 
The second round of the top singles flight begins at 9 a.m. on Saturday at the Mackesy Tennis Center with the quarterfinals to follow. Doubles action and consolation singles play will happen on Saturday as well.
 
W&M Results from the UTR Tournament
Flight A First Round (32)
Satchel Benn (W&M) def. Vikas Deo (Wake Forest) – 3-6, 7-5, 7-5
Oliver Hague (W&M) def. Matthew Faraci – 6-2, 6-1
Bill Duo (W&M) def. Cyrus Zia – 6-0, 6-1
Sean Joseph (W&M) def. Zac Castagna – 6-3, 6-2
Konstantinos Raptis (W&M) def. Gray Voelzke (VCU) – 6-4, 6-1
Alexander Karman (W&M) def. Shaw Akula – 6-1, 6-2
Alexandre Leblanc (W&M) def. Martin Mazev (Wake Forest) – 1-6, 6-3, 6-1
Nikita Bortnichek (W&M) def. Noah Hahn (Wake Forest) – 6-0, 6-1
Albert Hansen (W&M) def. Ernst Gouws (Liberty) – 6-1, 6-1
 
W&M Schedule for Saturday
Flight A Second Round (16)
Satchel Benn (W&M) vs. Matija Samardzic (Liberty) – 9 AM
Oliver Hague (W&M) vs. Bill Duo (W&M) – 9 AM
Konstantinos Raptis (W&M) vs. Sean Joseph (W&M) – 9 AM
Alexandre Leblanc (W&M) vs. Alexander Karman (W&M) – 9 AM
Nikita Bortnichek (W&M) vs. Daniel Kliebhan (Richmond) –  9 AM
Albert Hansen (W&M) vs. Emmett Potter (Wake Forest) – 9 AM