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After seeing four of the top seeds in singles, including two of the top three eliminated on the first day of the inaugural event 2014, form held true in 2015 as all seeded entries in both singles and doubles advanced in first day of action at the Texas Tamale Company Houston Cup at the George R. Brown Tennis Center on the campus of Rice University in Houston on Wednesday.

Seven singles matches and the complete first round of doubles were completed on Tuesday.  Third seeded Deiton Baughman of the United States was the highest seeded singles player in action and he downed Adam Gustavsson, Sweden, 6-3, 6-2.  He was joined in advancing by fourth seed Thales Turini, Brazil, who downed Daniel Garza of Mexico in straight sets, 6-3, 6-0 and sixth seed Wil Spencer, United States who needed three sets to move past Manuel Sanchez of Mexico, 6-3, 2-6, 6-3.

Wild card entry Nathaniel Lammons of the United States also advanced, downing Kaichi Uchida of Japan, 6-1, 6-2.

In doubles action, all four seeds advanced to the quarterfinals, three of them in straight sets.

Top seeds Deiton Baughman of the United States and Hans Hach of Mexico dropped Mateo Andres Ruiz Naranjo and Pedro Pablo Ruiz Naranjo of Columbia 6-2, 6-2.  Second seeds Tigre Hank of Mexico and  Manuel Sanchez of Mexico breezed by  Michael Antoine Gad of the United States and Ian O’Jon of the United States 6-1, 6-2.  Fourth seeds Vitali Reshetnikov of Russia  and Mikhail Vaks of Russia bested Eric Quigley of the United States and  Chad Rhoden of the United States, 6-3, 6-3.

Third seeds Patrick Davidson of the United States and Matt Reid of Australia shook off a first set loss to Joel Vincent Link of Germany and  Aron Pierce of the United States to advance,  4-6, 6-4 (10-5).

Play resumes on Wednesday with singles play up first. Opening matches begin at 10 a.m.

Texas Tamale Company Houston Cup presented by Louis Roederer  Champagne
A USTA Pro Circuit Event
Tuesday, October 13, 2015
George R. Brown Tennis Center
Houston, Texas
Purse: $15,000
Surface: Hard-Outdoor

Tuessday October 13 – RESULTS

Singles – First round

Alexander Ritschard , Switzerland  Def. Collin Altamirano, United States  6-1, 6-1

Wil Spencer , United States [6],   Def. Manuel Sanchez, Mexico , 6-3 ,3-6, 6-3

Nathaniel Lammons , United States  Def.  Kaichi Uchida, Japan, 6-1, 6-2

Darius Florin Bragusi , Romania, Def. Kevin Bettendroffer, France, 6-4, 6-2

Thales Turini , Brazil [4] Def. Daniel Garza, Mexico , 6-3, 6-0

Deiton Baughman, United States [3], Def.  Adam Gustavsson, Sweden, 6-3 6-2

Alex Rybakov , United States  Def. Ryan Shane United States, 4-6 6-4 6-3

Doubles – First round

Peter Nagy, Hungary and  Aurelien Tave, France Def.  Alexios Halebian United States and  Jared Hiltzik United States 3-6, 7-5 [10-7]

Patrick Davidson, United States and Matt Reid, Australia [3] Joel Vincent Link , Germany and  Aron Pierce, United States  4-6, 6-4 (10-5)

Vitali Reshetnikov, Russia  and Mikhail Vaks Russia   [4]  Def. Eric Quigley United States and  Chad Rhoden, United States, 6-3, 6-3

Tigre Hank, Mexico  and  Manuel Sanchez, Mexico [2]  Def.  Michael Antoine Gad, United States and Ian O’Jon, United States 6-1, 6-2

Pedro Scocuglia , Brazil and Thales Turini , Brazil Def. Patrick Daciek , United States and  Anderson Reed , United States  6-1, 6-4

Adam Gustavsson , Sweden and  David Warren, United States, Def. Daniel Garza Mexico and Angel Peredo, Mexico  6-3, 6-4

Philip Wilbert Major , Bahamas and  Jody Turnquest , Bahamas  Def. Jonathan Chang, United States and  Michael Riechmann, United States—Walkover

Deiton Baughman, United States and Hans Hach, Mexico [1] Def.  Mateo Andres Ruiz Naranjo, Columbia and Pedro Pablo Ruiz Naranjo, Columbia 6-2, 6-2.

Wednesday’s October 14 – SCHEDULE

Court 1- starting at 10 a.m.

Hans Hach vs. Matt Reid [2], Followed By

Patrick Daciek vs. Jared Hiltzik [8], Followed By

Jonathan Chang vs. Alexios Halebian Followed By

Adam Gustavsson, And David Warren vs. Tigre Hank And Manuel Sanchez, [2]

Court 3- Starting At 10 A.M.

Tigre Hank [7], vs. Rishab Agarwal, Followed By

Tyler Hochwalt vs. Pedro Scocuglia, Followed By

Deiton Baughman  And Hans Hach [1], vs. Peter Nagy And Aurelien Tave

Court 5- Starting At 10 A.M.

Jakob Sude vs. Peter Nagy, Followed By

Eric Quigley [1] vs. Henrik Wiersholm Followed By

Patrick Davidson And Matt Reid [3] vs. Philip Wilbert Major And Jody Turnquest

Court 13- Starting At 10 A.M.

Nick Chappell vs. Lucas Gomez, Followed By

Robert Levine vs. Michael Mmoh [5]  Followed By

Pedro Scocuglia And Thales Turini vs. Vitali Reshetnikov And Mikhail Vaks [4]

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