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HONOLULU—The University of Hawai'i men's tennis team started play in the Rainbow Warrior Classic to open their 2017 season on Monday at the UH Tennis Complex.
 
Teams played two rounds of doubles each. In UH's first round, Felix Albert and Ruben Blattner knocked off Duke's Robert Levine and Catalin Mateas, 6-3. Hawai'i's Spencer Travalino and Fabian Woehrl also put up a valiant effort, but fell just short by a break to Ryan Dickerson and Vincent Lin, 7-5. In the second round, UH's duo of Marcel Chan and Eric Kenneth held off Duke's Levine and Mateas, 6-4.

The Rainbow Warriors competed in nine singles matches on the day. UH rookie Chris Cajigan was the lone Hawai'i player to come away with a win, defeating Duke's Andrew DeJoy, 6-4, 7-5. Cajigan also battled hard earlier in the day, falling to LSU's Julian Saborio by a break in both sets, 6-4, 6-4.
 
The Rainbow Warrior Classic continues on Tuesday morning with LSU taking on Duke at 9:00 am. Hawai'i will then face Ole Miss at 3:00 pm.
  
Rainbow Warrior Classic – Day 1 Results
UH Tennis Complex (Honolulu, O'ahu)
January 9, 2017
 
Doubles competition
Fabian Fallert/Grey Hamilton (Ole Miss) def. Jordan Daigle/Eric Samuellsson (LSU) 6-1
No. 57 Gustav Hansson/Tim Sandkaulen (Ole Miss) def. Justin Butsch/Agie Moreno (LSU) 6-1
Zvonimir Babic/Ricardo Jorge (Ole Miss) def. Gabor Csonka/Julian Saborio (LSU) 7-6 (5-0)
Gustav Hansson/Tim Sandkaulen (Ole Miss) def. Rafael Wagner/Eric Samuellsson (LSU) 7-5
Zvonimir Babic/Ricardo Jorge (Ole Miss) def. Justin Butsch/Agie Moreno (LSU) 7-5
Grey Hamilton/Fabian Fallert (Ole Miss) def. Gabor Csonka/Julian Saborio (LSU) 7-6 (6-0)
Spencer Furman/Nick Stachowiak (Duke) def. Igor Kolaric/Chris Cajigan (Hawaii) 6-0
TJ Pura/Jason Lapidus (Duke) def. Marcel Chan/Eric Kenneth (Hawaii) 6-2
Felix Albert/Ruben Blattner (Hawaii) def. Robert Levine/Catalin Mateas (Duke) 6-3
Ryan Dickerson/Vincent Lin (Duke) def. Spencer Travalino/Fabian Woehrl (Hawaii) 7-5
Spencer Furman/Nick Stachowiak (Duke) def. Fabian Woehrl/Spencer Travalino (Hawaii) 6-0
TJ Pura/Jason Lapidus (Duke) def. Felix Albert/Ruben Blattner (Hawaii) 6-2
Marcel Chan/Eric Kenneth (Hawaii) def. Robert Levine/Catalin Mateas (Duke) 6-4
Vincent Lin/Ryan Dickerson (Duke) def. Igor Kolaric/Chris Cajigan (Hawaii) 6-2

Singles competition
Justin Butsch (LSU) def. #14 Gustav Hansson (Ole Miss) 6-4, 6-1
No. 83 Tim Sandkaulen (Ole Miss) def. Jordan Daigle (LSU) 3-6, 7-6 (3-0), 6-4
Fabian Fallert (Ole Miss) def. Nikola Samardzic (LSU) 6-4, 6-2
Gabor Csonka (LSU) def. Ricardo Jorge (Ole Miss) 6-3, 6-0
Rafael Wagner (LSU) def. Grey Hamilton (Ole Miss) 6-3, 6-2
Zvonimir Babic (Ole Miss) def. Eric Samuellsson (LSU) 6-4, 3-6, 6-1
Julian Saborio (LSU) def. Robert Mounger (Ole Miss) 6-3, 6-3
Julian Saborio (LSU) def. Chris Cajigan (Hawaii) 6-4, 6-4
Spencer Furman (Duke) def. Ruben Blattner (Hawaii) 6-1, 6-1
Ryan Dickerson (Duke) def. Eric Kenneth (Hawaii) 6-0, 6-0
Robert Levine (Duke) def. Igor Kolaric (Hawaii) 6-2, 6-2
Vincent Lin (Duke) def. Spencer Travalino (Hawaii) 6-2, 6-3
Nick Stachowiak (Duke) def. Marcel Chan (Hawaii) 6-3, 6-3
TJ Pura (Duke) def. Fabian Woehrl (Hawaii) 6-4, 6-4
Catalin Mateas (Duke) def. Felix Albert (Hawaii) 6-3, 6-3
Chris Cajigan (Hawaii) def. Andrew DeJoy (Duke) 6-4, 7-5

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