SAN ANTONIO, Texas - The UT Dallas men's tennis team opened the ITA Southwest Regional with seven total victories on Thursday.

In the singles A draw, the Comets went 5-3 in the first round, while the doubles teams were 2-1 on the opening day.

Snehin Yerragudi, seeded #9, defeated Matthew De Luna from St. Thomas (Texas) 6-0, 6-1 and Nathan Qi topped Travis Rafferty of Southwestern (Texas) 7-6 (7-4), 6-1.

The Comets' other #9 seed, Andres Gonzalez, won over Jared Burton from SU 6-0, 6-2. Aryan Sharma had a 6-2, 6-4 victory against UST's Jamie O'Shea and Nick Boquet defeated Austin's AJ Wueste 6-2, 6-0.

All five first round winners will play in the second round at 8 a.m. Friday, while the Benjamin Dubois, Giritharan D and Jed De Luna move on to the consolation bracket, beginning at 9:30 a.m.

In doubles, Boquet and Duboist defeated Jared Burton and Sebastian Herrera from Southwestern 8-6. Yerragudi and Qi were 8-5 winners against Sam Black and Max Karseno of East Texas Baptist. Both tandems will play in the A doubles second round at 4 p.m. Friday.

De Luna and Sharma will open the B draw in doubles at 5 p.m. Friday.

Thursday, September 28
Draw A Singles First Round
#9 Snehin Yerragudi (UTD) def. Matthew De Luna (UST) 6-0, 6-1
#5 Jared Perry (TU) def. Benjamin Dubois (UTD) 6-3, 6-3
#9 Justus Petersilie (HSU) def. Giritharan D (UTD) 6-1, 6-1
Nathan Qi (UTD) def. Travis Rafferty (SU) 7-6 (7-4), 6-1
#9 Andres Gonzalez (UTD) def. Jared Burton (SU) 6-0, 6-2
Aryan Sharma (UTD) def. Jamie O'Shea (UST) 6-2, 6-4
Ethan Flores (TU) def. Jed De Luna (UTD) 6-3, 6-4
Nick Boquet (UTD) def. AJ Wueste (AC) 6-2, 6-0
 
Draw A Doubles First Round
Nick Boquet/Benjamin Dubois (UTD) def. Jared Burton/Sebastian Herrera (SU) 8-6
Snehin Yerragudi/Nathan Qi (UTD) def. Sam Black/Max Karseno (ETBU) 8-5
Fowler/Payne Smith (HSU) def. #5 Giritharan D/Andres Gonzalez (UTD) 8-7 (7-5)
 
Friday, September 29
Draw A Singles Second Round
8 a.m.
#9 Snehin Yerragurdi (UTD) vs. Dalton Locke (TU)
Nathan Qi (UTD) vs. #5 Robert Change (TU)
#9 Andres Gonzalez (UTD) vs. Ivan Nikolovski (TU)
Aryan Sharma (UTD) vs. #3 Connor Whittington (TU)
Nick Boquet (UTD) vs. #2 Oscar Roy (SU)
 
Draw A Singles Consolation First Round
9:30 a.m.
Benjamin Dubois (UTD) vs. Drew Gonzales (UMHB)
Giritharan D (UTD) vs. Aashish Dhanani (TU)
Jed De Luna (UTD) vs. Max Karseno (ETBU)
 
Draw A Doubles Second Round
4 p.m.
Nick Boquet/Benjamin Dubois (UTD) vs. #5 Rafael Candelas Ruiz/Ethan Ruppanner (TU)
Snehin Yerragudi/Nathan Qi (UTD) vs. #3 Bernardo Clemente/Parth Patel (SU)
 
Draw B Doubles First Round
5 p.m.
#3 Jed De Luna/Aryan Sharma (UTD) vs. Moritz Hartmann/Carson Crow (ETBU)