Day 1 of the Battle of the Bay Classic

Thursday marked the qualifying rounds of the 2009 Battle of the Bay Classic, hosted by the USF men’s tennis team, at the Cal Club in San Francisco. The four-day event features the top singles players and doubles teams from five Division I schools in the Bay Area - USF, California, Stanford, Saint Mary's and Santa Clara. Admission to the event free for the general public.

Six matches were played Thursday as part of qualifying for the main draws, which will begin Friday.

The day opened with USF’s Einar Hart posting a straight set 6-3, 6-3 victory over Saint Mary’s Sherif Hamdy in singles action. Also representing the Dons for the day, William Schumacher suffered a 6-3, 4-6, 10-2 loss at the hands of Grant Fleming from Santa Clara. In addition, Tommie Murphy from Cal earned a 3-6, 7-5, 14-12 win over Andreas Zannoni of SMC and Tom Pham from Santa Clara downed Sam Ecker from Stanford 6-3, 6-4.

In doubles action, Murphy teams with Nick Andrews from Cal to defeat the Gaels’ Hamdy and Steven Dawson-Roberts 8-3. In the final action of the afternoon, Pham and Buckley from Santa Clara defeated Stanford’s Ted Kelly and Ecker, 8-1.

Friday, the first serves of the day will start at 10 a.m. for singles play. Doubles are slated to begin at 2:30. Following doubles action, there will be an ATP exhibition featuring Paul Goldstein and Sam Warburg, both of whom are alumni of the Stanford men's tennis program.

The quarterfinals and semifinals for the singles bracket will take place Saturday at 10:30 and 12:30, respectively. Following singles action, the doubles semifinals will be played at 3 p.m.

Sunday will be Kids Day at the courts, with the finals of both the singles and doubles brackets taking center stage. Action is scheduled to start at 11 a.m. The Dons have worked in conjunction with Harper for Kids, a local non-profit organization, to produce Kids Day at the Cal Club.

The Cal Club is located at 1770 Scott Street in the heart of San Francisco (94115).

For more information, visit www.battleofthebayclassic.com.

2009 Battle of the Bay Classic Qualifying Results
Singles
Einar Hart (USF) def. Sherif Hamdy (SMC) 6-3, 6-3
Tommy Murphy (CAL) def. Andreas Zannoni (SMC) 3-6, 7-5, 14-12
Tom Pham (SCU) def. Sam Ecker (STAN) 6-3, 6-4
Grant Fleming (SCU) def. Will Schumacher (USF) 6-3, 4-6, 10-2

Doubles
Nick Andrews/Tommy Murphy (Cal) def. Sherif Hamdy/Steven Dawson-Roberts (SMC) 8-3
Tom Pham/Buckley (SCU) def. Ted Kelly/Sam Ecker (STAN) 8-1

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