TYLER, Texas - The UT Dallas men's tennis team had several close match-ups on the first day of the ITA South Central Regional on Thursday.

In singles competition, the Comets went 0-11 on the day, but four of the matches went to a third-set tiebreaker.

Ninth-seeded Antoni Pankowski lost in the first round to St. Mary's Diego Alvarez Canedo 6-3, 4-6, 10-7.

Matheus de Freitas Zanellato had two tough losses, falling to Christian Lopez from UT Permian Basin 7-5, 0-6, 16-14 in the opening round, then was on the wrong end of a 3-6, 6-1, 10-2 decision to Tomas Leguizamon Chaves from Midwestern State in the consolation draw.

After falling in the opening round, #13 Jose Perez Castillo lost to Western New Mexico's Benjamin Vriends 6-7 (3-7), 7-5, 10-5.

Mason Fair will continue singles play in the consolation second round against WNMU's Djamel-Dine Bey on Friday. Doubles competion will also begin on Friday.

Bracket

Thursday, October 22
Singles First Round
Diego Alvarez Canedo (StMU) def. #9 Antoni Pankowski (UTD) 6-3, 4-6, 10-7
Christian Lopez (UTPB) def. Matheus de Freitas Zanellato (UTD) 7-5, 0-6, 16-14
Pol Shifer (CU) def. Gautam Panguluri (UTD) 7-5, 6-1
Trevor Short (UTT) def. #13 Jose Perez Castillo (UTD) 6-3, 6-3
Alejandro Pardo Moro (UTT) def. Mason Fair (UTD) 6-2, 6-4
#7 Filip Vacula (MSU) def. Alexandre Sulpicy (UTD) 6-2, 6-0
 
Singles Consolation First Round
Enrique Silveira (UTPB) def. #9 Antoni Pankowski (UTD) 6-2, 6-0
Tomas Leguizamon Chaves (MSU) def. Matheus de Freitas Zanellato (UTD) 3-6, 6-1, 10-2
Florian Smalto (StMU) def. Gautam Panguluri (UTD) 7-6 (7-4), 6-2
Benjamin Vriends (WNMU) def. #13 Jose Perez Castillo (UTD) 6-7 (3-7), 7-5, 10-5
Djamel-Dine Bey (WNMU) def.  Alexandre Sulpicy (UTD) 6-4, 6-4
 
Friday, October 23
Singles Consolation Second Round
Mason Fair (UTD) vs. Djamel-Dine Bey (WNMU)
 
Doubles First Round
#6 Lukas Holub/Abubakari Yakubu Lea (CU) vs. Alexandre Sulpicy/Matheus de Freitas Zanellato (UTD)
Egor Rybakov/Juan Luis Aguirre (UTD) vs. Manuel Lassacher/Arthur Schmitkel (UTT)
#5 Pablo Segura/Amir Gaisin (LCU) vs. Mason Fair/Gautam Panguluri (UTD)
Hayden Loffler/Ayden Fraire (LCU) vs. #4 Jose Perez Castillo/Antoni Pankowski (UTD)