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Nov. 1, 2008

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AUSTIN, Texas -- Texas advanced three in singles and three doubles pairs to their respective main draw semifinals Saturday at the Texas Invitational at UT’s Penick-Allison Tennis Center.

Top-seeded junior Dimitar Kutrovsky opened with a 6-2, 6-4 win over Oregon’s Alex Cornelissen in the round of 16 before edging classmate Josh Zavala in the quarterfinals, 6-4, 3-6, 7-6.  Kutrovsky will meet UT-Pan American’s Ashwin Vijayaragavan in Sunday’s semifinals.  Zavala had defeated Lamar’s Maciej Bogusz in straight sets to reach the quarterfinals. 

Senior Miguel Reyes Varela dealt UT-Arlington’s Brieuc Hamon a 6-3, 6-0 defeat in the round of 16 before eliminating Denver’s David Simson in the quarterfinals, 4-6, 6-1, 6-2.  Reyes Varela will take on his teammate, sophomore Ed Corrie, in the semifinals.  Corrie defeated UT-Pan American’s Nirvick Mohinta, 6-1, 6-1, before knocking out Denver’s Yannick Weihs, 6-2, 6-4.  

Corrie and Reyes Varela will take on UT sophomore Kellen Damico and junior Jon Wiegand in Sunday’s doubles quarterfinals.  Kutrovsky and Zavala also earned a spot in Sunday’s doubles semifinals. 

Texas Invitational
Singles Round of 16
(1)Dimitar Kutrovsky (UT) def. Alex Cornelissen (Oregon) – 6-2, 6-4
Josh Zavala (UT) def. Maciej Bogusz (Lamar) – 6-4, 6-4
Miguel Reyes Varela (UT) def. Brieuc Hamon (UT-Arlington) – 6-3, 6-0
Ed Corrie (UT) def. Nirvick Mohinta (UT-Pan American) – 6-1, 6-1

Singles Quarterfinals
(1)Dimitar Kutrovsky (UT) def. Josh Zavala (UT) – 6-4, 3-6, 7-6
Miguel Reyes Varela (UT) def. David Simson (Denver) – 4-6, 6-1, 6-2
Ed Corrie (UT) def. Yannick Weihs (Denver) – 6-2, 6-4

Doubles Round of 16
Corrie/Reyes Varela (UT) def. Alex Pavlov/Jose Zunino (TAMUCC) – 8-4
Myrhed/Wibowo (Oregon) def. Kane-West/Schellenberg (UT) – 8-5
Kutrovsky/Zavala (UT) def. Bernstein/Dornauf (UT-Pan American) – 8-3

Doubles Quarterfinals
Kutrovsky/Zavala (UT) def. Myrhed/Wibowo (Oregon) – 8-4
Corrie/Reyes Varela (UT) def. Langford/Pace (TAMU-CC) – 8-1
Damico/Wiegand (UT) def. Colin Hoover/Marcus Lunt (TAMU) – 8-5