ELON, N.C. – UNCG's Amhet Sarioglu and Zach Reece each earned straight-set singles wins in the first day of action at the Elon Fall Invitational on Friday.
Sarioglu topped Liberty's Glam Lemmi, 6-4 and 6-3, in an opening round match in Flight A2. Reece, who won a flight at the UTC Baras Classic in Chattanooga last weekend, handled Winston-Salem State's Nicholas John by identical 6-1 scores. Reece also earned a win in doubles action alongside Jimmy Rouche.
Play resumes Saturday at 8 a.m. with doubles matches.
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Singles Flight A1
Davy Sum (Campbell) def. Chanon Varapongsittikul (UNCG) 6-7, 6-1, 6-2
Singles Flight A2
Ahmet Sarioglu (UNCG) def. GIam Lemmi (Liberty) 6-4, 6-3
Singles Flight B2
Zach Reece (UNCG) def. Nicholas John (Winston-Salem State) 6-1, 6-1
Singles Flight C
Leo Christofides (Coastal Carolina) def. Jimmy Rouche (UNCG) 6-1, 6-1
Doubles Flight A2
Turner/Silverman (Elon) def. Varapongsittikul/Sarioglu (UNCG) 8-5
Doubles Flight C
Reece/Rouche (UNCG) def. Meyer/Arboleda (Elon) 8-4
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