Moore Wins Singles Draw at Gamecock Invitational

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Moore Wins Singles Draw at Gamecock Invitational

Sep 22, 2019 | Men's Tennis

NEW ORLEANS - Senior Ewan Moore defeated the highest ranked opponent of his career to win the Black singles draw, highlighting an impressive final day of action for the Tulane men's tennis team at the Gamecock Fall Invitational on Sunday.

Ranked No. 36 nationally, Moore needed three sets to defeat his third ranked opponent of the weekend, but outlasted No. 17 Adam Walton from the University of Tennessee to win the draw and improve his record to 4-0 on the weekend. The victory was his third over a top-20 player in his career and first since defeating then-No. 18 Gabriel Decamps of UCF last spring.

Ranked 61st in the ITA singles poll, senior Luis Erlenbusch also rattled off an upset - his second in as many days - when he defeated No. 51 Bojan Jankulovski of Miami (Fla.) in three sets, 5-7, 6-2, 6-3, to win the consolation final in the Garnet draw. Junior and 110th-ranked Hamish Stewart finished the weekend on a high note, cruising past Arizona State's Benjamin Hannestad, 6-1, 6-3.

In Destin, Fla., at the Tops'l Battle at the Beach, senior Tim Ruetzel accounted for Tulane's lone victory, closing out the weekend with a 2-1 singles record with a convincing 6-1, 6-2 victory over LSU's Joey Thomas.

Up next, the Green Wave travel to Athens, Ga., to compete in the 2019 Southern Intercollegiate Championships at the University of Georgia. The first of three straight days of competition begins Friday, September 27 at the Magill Tennis Complex.

Gamecock Fall Invitational
Singles competition
Day 1
G16 Dane Dunlap (MIAMI) def. #61 Luis Erlenbusch (Tulane) 6-3, 1-6, 7-6 (7-3)
B16 #36 Ewan Moore (Tulane) def. Caleb Chakravarthi (SMU) 6-2, 6-1
W16 #110 Hamish Stewart (Tulane) def. Yusuf Khamis (ETSU) 6-2, 6-2
GCQ #61 Luis Erlenbusch (Tulane) def. Simon Soendergaard (UNC) 6-3, 6-4
BQF #36 Ewan Moore (Tulane) def. #113 Francisco Bastias (MIAMI) 6-4, 6-2
WQF #46 Filip Malbasic (ARZ) def. #110 Hamish Stewart (Tulane) 6-3, 6-7 (6-8), 6-4
Day Two
GCS #61 Luis Erlenbusch (Tulane) def. #38 Jonas Ziverts (ARZ) 6-2, 7-6 (7-4)
BSF #39 Ewan Moore (Tulane) def. #63 Zdenek Derkas (FST) 6-0, 6-3
WC #122 Chi Chi Huang (TEXAS) def. #110 Hamish Stewart (Tulane) 6-2, 1-6, 6-3
Day Three
GCF #61 Luis Erlenbusch (Tulane) def. #51 Bojan Jankulovski (MIAMI) 5-7, 6-2, 6-3
BF #36 Ewan Moore (Tulane) def. #17 Adam Walton (TENN) 6-2, 2-6, 6-3
WC #110 Hamish Stewart (Tulane) def. Benjamin Hannestad (AZST) 6-1, 6-3
Doubles competition
Day Two
QF Nick Lagev/A. Requant-Bicardi (ARZ) def. Ewan Moore/Luis Erlenbusch (Tulane) 8-6
CSF Ewan Moore/Luis Erlenbusch (Tulane) def. Jeremy Gschwendtner/Edson Ortiz (BAMA) 8-5
Day Three
CF Siddhant Banthia/Connor Thomson (WF) def. Ewan Moore/Luis Erlenbusch (Tulane) 8-3

Tops'l Battle at the Beach
Singles competition
Day One
1 Juan Martin Jalif (FSU) def. Tim Ruetzel (Tulane) 6-4, 6-4
1 Akos Kotorman (Tulane) def. R.R. Singh Bhullar (FSU) 6-2, 1-6, 6-0
1 Enzo Le Seguillon (FSU) def. Henry Lovett (Tulane) 6-3, 6-2
1 Loris Pourroy (FSU) def. Benji Jacobson (Tulane) 6-2, 6-4
Day Two
2 Tim Ruetzel (Tulane) def. Jochen Bertsch (OKLA) 3-6, 6-4, 6-4
2 Mark Mandlik (OKLA) def. Akos Kotorman (Tulane) 6-1, 7-5
2 Matt Stewart (OKLA) def. Henry Lovett (Tulane) 4-6, 6-0, 6-1
2 Matt Rodriguez (OKLA) def. Benji Jacobson (Tulane) 6-0, 6-4
Day Three
3 Tim Ruetzel (Tulane) def. Joey Thomas (LSU) 6-1, 6-2
3 Nick Watson (LSU) def. Akos Kotorman (Tulane) 6-4, 6-2
3 Daniel Moreno (LSU) def. Henry Lovett (Tulane) 6-4, 6-3
3 Ruy Teixeira (LSU) def. Benji Jacobson (Tulane) 6-3, 6-1
Doubles competition
Day One
1 Max Stewart/Mark Mandlik (OKLA) def. Tim Ruetzel/Benji Jacobson (Tulane) 8-5
1 Matt Rodrigues/Jochen Bertsch (OKLA) def. Akos Kotorman/Henry Lovett (Tulane) 8-5
Day Two
2 Moreno/Thomas (LSU) def. Tim Ruetzel/Henry Lovett (Tulane) 8-5
2 Watson/Texeira (LSU) def. Akos Kotorman/Benji Jacobson (Tulane) 8-5
Day Three
3 Juan Martin Jalif/Loris Pourroy (FSU) def. Akos Kotorman/Tim Ruetzel (Tulane) 8-3
3 Enzo Le Seguillon/R.R. Singh Bhullar (FSU) def. Benji Jacobson/Henry Lovett (Tulane) 8-5