LAS VEGAS, Nev. — UC Davis will continue a busy fall slate by playing in the Mountain West Fall Championships presented by Palm Casino Resort this Wednesday-Sunday, Oct. 20-25. Five Aggies - Cyrus Ahmad, Nadaul Cheam, Perry DiGiulio, Ivan Savkin and Kaveh Taheri - will participate in singles play at the Darling Tennis Center with all but DiGiulio also playing doubles.
Savkin, who is seeded seventh after reaching the Round of 16 at his most recent at the ITA Northwest Regional, will open his tournament against Grand Canyon's Charlie Pade on Wednesday. Other Aggies in Round of 32 singles action include Ahmad taking on fifth-seeded Victor Lima of Grand Canyon, Taheri against Hawaii's Simon Knezevi, DiGiulio facing New Mexico's David Schwarc and Cheam playing UNLV's Arda Karakas.
Both UC Davis doubles teams open with Round of 16 matches on Wednesday with Savkin and Taheri squaring off against third-seeded Yazid Lahjomri and Aubin Rouillon of UNLV, while Ahmad and Cheam take on Nevada's NiRecoura and R? Tregoures.
Winners from all Rounds of 32 singles matches and all Round of 16 doubles matches on Wednesday will move on to Round of 16 singles and quarterfinals doubles action on Thursday.
The singles and doubles tournament champions from the event will represent the Mountain West at the ITA Conference Masters Championships Nov. 5-8 in Rome, Georgia.
