Oct. 20, 2002
Columbia, S.C. — The University of South Carolina men’s tennis team wrapped up play at the 2002 USC Fall Invitational on Sunday. Rob Cassidy and Nasir Sherazi teamed to earn a first place finish in the A-B doubles bracket.
Cassidy and Sherazi went 4-0 over the weekend to claim the championship. The Gamecock duo clinched the title with an 8-5 victory over Carl Hesser and Sean Voorhies of Lander.
In singles play three Gamecocks advanced into semifinal or final rounds. Ben Atkinson advanced to the A2 bracket’s semifinal round before falling to Valter Paiva of Hampton 6-1, 1-6, 6-3. Jason McAlhaney also advanced to semifinal play before being defeated. Take Morita of Rice defeated McAlhaney 6-2, 6-0. McAlhaney competed in the B2 bracket. Rob Cassidy advanced to the B1 consolation finals before falling to Jason Pieters of Georgia Tech 6-1, 6-0.
Below are semifinal and final results in text format. Please visit www.uscsports.com and click on the link off the men’s tennis page to view complete brackets.
All match results
A-1 Singles — Semifinals
Roger Anderson[1] d. Matias Ormaza 3-6; 7-6(6); 7-6(2)
Diego Iglesias d. Evan Austin[4] 2-6; 6-4; 6-3
A-1 Singles — Finals
Roger Anderson[1] d. Diego Iglesias 6-1; 6-4
A-1 Singles Consolations — Consolation Semifinals
Carl Hesser d. Patrick Suhrbier 6-2; 6-1
Wade Orr[5] d. Ruben Zrihen[7] 7-6(4); 6-3
A-1 Singles Consolations — Consolation Finals
Carl Hesser d. Wade Orr[5] 6-2; 6-7(2); 1-0(5)
A-2 Singles — Semifinals
Valter Paiva d. Ben Atkinson[4] 6-1; 1-6; 6-3
Chris Gonyer d. Santiago Falla 2-6; 6-4; 6-0
A-2 Singles — Finals
Chris Gonyer d. Valter Paiva 6-4; 6-4
A-2 Singles Consolations — Consolation Semifinals
Brandon Smith d. Jonas Askeland Def (ns)
Lavaughn Munroe d. Rodrigo Villarroel 6-3; 6-1
B-1 Singles — Semifinals
Gary Kilduff d. Zia Hai 7-6; 6-0
Alex Hume d. Liran Kling[2] 6-4; 6-1
B-1 Singles — Finals
Alex Hume d. Gary Kilduff 6-4; 6-1
B-1 Singles Consolations — Consolation Semifinals
Jason Pieters[1] d. Jean Phillipe Cloutier 6-0; 6-0
Rob Cassidy d. Neil Murray 6-1; 7-5
B-1 Singles Consolations — Consolation Finals
Jason Pieters[1] d. Rob Cassidy 6-1; 6-0
B-2 Singles — Semifinals
Take Morita d. Jason McAlhaney 6-2; 6-0
Rawl Martin d. Jonathan Clark 3-6; 6-1; 6-0
B-2 Singles — Finals
Rawl Martin d. Take Morita 6-1; 6-2
B-2 Singles Consolations — Consolation Semifinals
Sean Voorhies d. Ahok Ramachandra 6-3; 7-5
Francisco Diaz d. Tim Offermann 7-6(3); 6-1
B-2 Singles Consolations — Consolation Finals
Francisco Diaz d. Sean Voorhies 6-2; 6-4
B-3 Singles — Semifinals
Nick Meythaler d. Charles-Henri Trottet 6-1; 6-3
Marko Rajecac d. Frederico Ochoa 7-5; 6-0
B-3 Singles — Finals
Nick Meythaler d. Marko Rajecac 6-3; 6-3
B-3 Singles Consolations — Consolation Semifinals
Jon Davis d. Reid Stubbs 4-6; 6-1; 1-0
Rusty Walker d. Brian Dowis 6-1; 6-1
B-3 Singles Consolations — Consolation Finals
Jon Davis d. Rusty Walker 6-4; 7-6
A-1 Doubles — Semifinals
Anderson R – Pieters J [1] d. Henderson M – Orr W [3] 8-3
Atkinson B – Niculescu A [2] d. Gonyer C – Stewart D [4] 8-3
A-1 Doubles — Finals
Anderson R – Pieters J [1] d. Atkinson B – Niculescu A [2] 8-4
A-2 Doubles — Semifinals
Davis J – Murray R d. Cezar R – Kilduff G 8-1
Bolin D – Santoso M [3] d. Kling L – Omid E [2] 8-4
A-2 Doubles — Finals
Davis J – Murray R d. Bolin D – Santoso M [3] 8-6
B-1 Doubles — Semifinals
Esmail R – Shaw W d. Hai Z – Intriago R 8-4
Diaz F – Serrano M d. Andrev I – Zrihen R Wd (inj)
B-1 Doubles — Finals
Esmail R – Shaw W d. Diaz F – Serrano M 8-6
B-2 Doubles — Semifinals
Elouazzani A – Rezac L d. Bowman S – Ramachandra A 8-5
Zanette G – Kwiecien M d. Khoong A – Thomas J Wd (inj)
B-2 Doubles — Finals
Zanette G – Kwiecien M d. Elouazzani A – Rezac L 8-5
A-B Doubles — Semifinals
Cassidy R – Sherazi N d. Mahefu P – Wadawu N Wd (inj)
Hesser C – Voorhies S d. Munroe L – Murray K 8-3
A-B Doubles — Finals
Cassidy R – Sherazi N d. Hesser C – Voorhies S 8-5
