The Oregon men’s tennis team began play in its first event of the season at the 2004 Icy Hot/ITA Men’s All-American Championships in Chattanooga, Tenn., over the weekend.
Junior Markus Schiller had the most impressive showing for the Ducks after winning his first two matches in the singles portion last Friday. However, Schiller bowed out in the 64-team third round, losing 6-3 and 6-1 to Tennessee’s Kiril Tcherveniachki on Sunday.
In the first round, Schiller defeated Middle Tennessee State’s Marc Boiron in straight sets, 6-1 and 6-0. In the second round, Schiller breezed past Purdue’s Filip Koziell, 6-3, 6-2.
In doubles play, Bieri and Wilson defeated Nebraska’s James Clow and Joel Reckeway, 8-4, to advance to the round of 32. The Oregon duo was then taken out by New Mexico State’s Benjamin Archer-Clowes and Danilo Zivanovic, 9-7.
“We competed well for the first tournament of the season,” Oregon assistant coach Ross Duncan said. “Markus had a strong showing and despite the two losses, both Chad and Thomas played extremely well.”
Oregon’s top returning seniors, Sven Swinnen and Manuel Kost, begin action next week in the singles main draw of the tournament.

Alex Tam is a freelance reporter for the Emerald