Michigan
Battle in the Bay Classic
Siimar and Fenty Complete Play at Battle in the Bay Invitational
9/23/2018 6:47:00 PM | Men's Tennis
Site: San Francisco, Calif.
Event: Battle in the Bay Invite
Result: No Team Scoring
Next U-M Event: Mon-Sun., Oct. 1-7 -- ITA All-American (Tulsa, Oklahoma), TBA
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. -- University of Michigan men's tennis sophomore Mattias Siimar and freshman Andrew Fenty competed in the Battle in the Bay Invitational this past weekend (Friday-Sunday, Sept. 21-23).
After dropping his first match of the tournament in the main draw to Joseph Guillin of UC-Santa Barbara, Fenty went on to win four consecutive matches in the consolation draw to advance to the finals. Taking on Tanner Smith of Southern California, Fenty won the first set, 7-5, before dropping the second set 2-6 and the match tiebreak by a score of 7-10.
Fenty and sophomore Mattias Siimar earned three consecutive wins in doubles play while advancing to the semifinals of the main draw, before falling, 8-6, to the duo of Colin Markes and Harrison Scott of Texas.
Michigan will send Siimar to the ITA All-American hosted at the University of Tulsa from Monday, Oct. 1 through Sunday, Oct. 7.
Singles Main Draw
Mattias Siimar
Round of 64Â (Sept. 21)Â -- l. Emil Reinberg (Georgia) 7-6 (3), 6-3
Consolation Round of 32 (Sept. 22) - l. Tanner Smith (USC) 6-3, 6-2
Andrew Fenty
Round of 64Â (Sept. 21)Â -- l. Joseph Guillin (UCSB) 6-2, 6-4
Consolation Round of 32Â (Sept. 22) -- d. Alex Geller (Stanford) default
Consolation Round of 16 (Sept. 22) -- d. Phuc Huynh (San Francisco) 6-2, 6-4
Consolation Quarterfinal -- d. Jackson Cobb (Texas Tech) 6-1, 6-2
Consolation Semifinal -- d. Josh Ortlip (Cal Poly San Luis Obispo) 6-1, 6-0
Consolation Championship -- l. Tanner Smith (US) 5-7, 6-3, 1-0 (7)
Doubles Main Draw
Andrew Fenty/Mattias Siimar
Round of 32 -- d. Alex Diaz/Emil Reinberg (Georgia) 8-4
Round of 16 -- d. Gui Osorio/Nico Borter (San Diego) 8-7 (4)
Quarterfinals - d. Timothy Sah/William Genesen (Stanford) 8-3
Semifinals -- l. Colin Markes/Harrison Scott (Texas) 8-6
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