Men’s Tennis Hosts Elon Invitational This Weekend

ELON, N.C. – The Elon University men's tennis team returns to action this Friday when it hosts the Elon Invitational at the Jimmy Powell Tennis Center.

TOURNAMENT INFORMATION

The Invitational is set to begin on Friday at 9:30 a.m. with two rounds of doubles followed by one round of singles. Two rounds of singles are scheduled for Saturday, with play to begin at 9 a.m. Sunday's play is scheduled to start at 9 a.m. and will include the final round of doubles and the Main and Back Draw singles finals.
Live stats and video will not be available for the tournament.
Other teams participating include Charlotte, Furman, Hampton, James Madison, Liberty, Longwood, Norfolk State, North Carolina A&T, North Carolina Central, Queens, Radford, UNC Asheville and UNCG.
A full list of the draws is available here.

LAST TIME OUT

The Phoenix began its fall season on Sept. 16-18 at the Duke James Bonk Invitational in Cary, N.C.
Freshmen Veljko Krstic and Oskar Antinheimo both earned their first career singles victories on the Invitational's opening day. Krstic defeated VCU's Romain Gales in straight sets and Antinheimo rallied to beat Jackson Armstead of Miami in a third set.
Daniel Martin notched his first singles victory of the season on the final day with a 6-4, 6-1 win over ETSU's Dimitri Badra.
Oskar Antinheimo and Ben Zipay picked up a pair of doubles wins to pace the Phoenix at the Invitational.
The tandem of Veljko Krstic and Luke Quieroz earned their first doubles victory of the fall, upending Adam Nagoudi and Juan Lombisano of ETSU 6-3.
On the final day, Daniel Martin and Nicholas Campbell teamed up and outlasted Duke's Faris Khan and Jake Krug 7-6 (10) to secure their first doubles win of the fall season.

ABOUT THE PHOENIX

Elon is coming off a strong spring in which it went 15-9 and finished as the runner-up at the CAA Championship.
Among the returnees is Nicholas Campbell, the Most Outstanding Player at the CAA Tournament and an All-CAA second-team singles selection.
Others include senior Nicholas Condos; juniors Daniel Martin (All-CAA second team in singles and doubles), Luke Queiroz and Ben Zipay; and sophomore Esteban Penagos.
The Phoenix welcomes three freshmen in Oskar Antinheimo, Veljko Krstic and Jake Pettingell. Antinheimo, from Helsinki, earned a UTR rating of 12 and has been ranked as high as No. 483 in the ITF Junior Rankings in singles play. A native of Belgrade, Serbia, Krstic has been ranked as high as No. 175 in the ITF Junior Rankings in both singles and doubles. Pettingell, from Sarasota, Fla., achieved a top USTA ranking of No. 22 in the state of Florida.
Elon is led by Michael Leonard, who is beginning his 19th season at the helm.

UP NEXT

The Phoenix continues its fall season on Oct. 8-9 at the UNCG Invitational in Greensboro, N.C.

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Players Mentioned

Nicholas Campbell: 5' 9"; Senior; Creighton

Nicholas Condos: 6' 2"; Senior

Daniel Martin: 6' 3"; Junior

Luke Queiroz: 6' 2"; Junior

Ben Zipay: 6' 0"; Junior

Oskar Antinheimo: 6' 1"; Freshman

Jake Pettingell: 6' 3"; Freshman

Veljko Krstic: 6' 2"; Freshman

Players Mentioned

Nicholas Campbell
: 5' 9"; Senior; Creighton

Nicholas Condos
: 6' 2"; Senior

Daniel Martin
: 6' 3"; Junior

Luke Queiroz
: 6' 2"; Junior

Ben Zipay
: 6' 0"; Junior

Oskar Antinheimo
: 6' 1"; Freshman

Jake Pettingell
: 6' 3"; Freshman

Veljko Krstic
: 6' 2"; Freshman