Clemson Participating in Georgia Tech Men’s Tennis Fall Invitational

Oct. 5, 2009

ATLANTA, GA – Clemson’s Gera Boryachinskiy and Carlos Alvarez will play for the doubles title in the A draw at the Georgia Tech Men’s Tennis Fall Invitational Monday.

Boryachinskiy and Alvarez, seeded fourth in the tournament defeated Doug Keeny and Juan Spir of Georgia Tech in the quarterfinal round 8-5. Boryachinskiy and Alvarez later upset the top seed in the tournament Borja Malo and Christian Vitulli of Georgia 8-3.

Boryachinsky and Alvarez will play for the title Monday. The pair from Clemson will face Migual Muguruza and Ryan Smith of Georgia Tech.

In singles action on Sunday, Georgia Tech’s Matteo Fago, the number two seed in the tournament, defeated Gera Boryachinskiy 6-2, 6-1 in the quarterfinal round of the A-Singles draw.

Georgia Tech Men’s Tennis Fall Invitational, Atlanta, GA

Singles-A Draw (32 Players)

Round of 32 Edward Jones (Tennessee) d. Carlos Alvarez (CU) 6-3, 6-2 Consolation Draw Carlos Alvarez (Clemson) d. Borja Malo (Georgia) 6-3, 6-3

Round of 32 Rok Bizjak (Clemson) d. Seventh-Seeded Miguel Muguruza (GT) 6-4, 6-7 (5) 6-2 Round of 16 Michael Pereira (UNC-Wilmington) d. Rok Bizjak (Clemson) 6-4, 7-6

Round of 32 Gera Boryachinskiy (Clemson) d. Michael Wardell (Auburn) 6-7 (5) 6-2, 6-1 Round of 16 Gera Boryachinskiy (Clemson) d. Ryan Smith (Georgia Tech) 7-6 (4) 1-0 Ret. Inj. Round of 8 Matteo Fago (Georgia Tech) d. Gera Boryachinskiy (Clemson) 6-2, 6-1

Singles-B Draw (32 Players)

Henry Mangin (Georgia State) d. Moritz Dettinger (Clemson) 6-4, 7-5 Consolation-B Draw Round of 32 Consolation Moritz Dettinger (Clemson) d. Jose Carlos Tolentino (Armstrong Atlantic) 6-0, 2-6, 7-6 Round of 16 Consolation Moritz Dettinger (Clemson) d. Mario Hernandez (Lipscomb) 6-4, 6-0 Round of 8 Consolation Moritz Dettinger (Clemson) d. Dauw Kruger (South Alabama) WD

Doubles-A Draw (16 Teams)

#4Carlos Alvarez-Gera Boryachinskiy (CU) d. Will Beck and Zach Pine (Va. Tech) 8-4 #4Carlos Alvarez-Gera Boryachinskiy (CU) d. Doug Kenny and Juan Spir (Ga. Tech) 8-5 #4Carlos Alvarez-Gera Boryachinskiy (CU)d. #1Borja Malo and Christian Vitulli (GA) 8-3

Doubles-B Draw (16 Teams)

Andrei Chvetsov and Jordan Walters (Furman) d. Rok Bizjak-Moritz Dettinger (CU) 8-5