Oct. 30, 2010

Event: Big Ten Indoor Championships
Site: East Lansing, Mich. • MSU Tennis Facility
Dates: Friday, Oct. 29-Monday, Nov. 1

EAST LANSING, Mich. -- On the first day of singles competition at the Big Ten Indoor Championships hosted by Michigan State, sophomore Spencer Wolf and second-seeded Joshua Graves each advanced to the Flight A round of 16 with two wins.

Graves downed Indiana's Dimitrije Tasic, 6-3, 6-3, in the opener and was impressive in his second-round win, marching on to the round of 16 by defeating Iowa's Will Vasos in swift 6-1, 6-0 fashion. Wolf followed a first-round win over Iowa's Jonas Dierckx by posting a 7-5, 6-4 victory against Penn State's Bryan Welnetz.

Northwestern's sixth-seeded Sidarth Balaji was upset in his opening match in the singles draw by Minnesota sophomore Brendan Ruddock.

Meanwhile, junior Tobias Reitz fell to the Nittany Lions' Jason Lee, 6-4, 6-1 in the first round and was dropped in consolation play in a supertiebreaker (5-7, 6-1, 10-2) by Iowa's Garrett Dunn. In other first-round action, Raleigh Smith was defeated by Michigan State's Denis Bergatov, 6-3, 6-1.

Singles championship bracket and consolation brackets continue Sunday in East Lansing. Continue to check NUsports.com for updated results throughout the event.

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