The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
Venus wins collegiate debut and advances to quarters at Baylor Invitational
09.30.2005 | Men's Tennis
WACO, Texas -- UT freshman Michael Venus (Orlando, Fla.) scored a victory in his first collegiate tennis match to reach the quarterfinals of the Baylor Invitational Friday at the Baylor Tennis Center.
Venus opened his Longhorns career with a 6-4, 6-3 victory over Texas A&M's John Nallon after receiving a first-round bye by way of his No. 2 seed. He advances to Saturday's quarterfinals, where he will meet Baylor's Matt Brown.
Longhorns junior Hubert Chodkiewicz (Corpus Christi, Texas) scored an opening-round win but suffered a straight-set defeat in the round of 16. After defeating Santa Clara's Kevin McQuaid by a 6-3, 6-3 count, Chodkiewicz fell to Texas-Arlington's Sandy Farquharson, 7-5, 6-2. He will take on Jonas Hoglund of Texas-San Antonio in Saturday's consolation round.
Chodkiewicz and Venus teamed up for an 8-6 doubles victory over Texas-San Antonio's Robin Fernandes and Andre Moreira. The Longhorns tandem will face TCU's Jordan Freitas and Radu Barbu on Saturday.
Baylor Invitational - Waco, Texas
Singles Main Draw
Round of 32
Hubert Chodkiewicz (UT) def. Kevin McQuaid (Santa Clara) - 6-3, 6-3
Round of 16
(2) Michael Venus (UT) def. John Nallon (TA&M) - 6-4, 6-3
(4) Sandy Farquharson (Texas-Arlington) def. Hubert Chodkiewicz (UT) - 7-5, 6-2
Doubles Main Draw
Chodkiewicz/Venus (UT) def. Barbu/Freitas (TCU) - 8-6
