Rebels win, lose in tournament

Thursday, Oct. 28, 1999 | 9:58 a.m.

UNLV men's tennis player Gregor Skorin won in straight sets but Tyler Roberts lost his match during the opening day of the 1999 ITA Regional Championships at the Fertitta Tennis Complex Wednesday.

Skorin took care of his opponent, Derek DeLancey of Weber State, 6-0, 6-0 to advance to the second round. Roberts, meanwhile, fell 6-3, 6-2 to Malcom Swan of Idaho State. Roberts, however, did rebound to win his first consolation match over Utah State's Jevin West, 7-6, 6-4. Three other Rebels earned byes into today's second round of the tournament, which features 102 players from 17 teams throughout the region. Also, three UNLV doubles teams enjoyed byes in the second round.

* Top-ranked Andre Agassi of Las Vegas needed just 62 minutes to beat Mark Philippoussis 6-2, 6-4 and advance to the third round of the Eurocard Open in Stuttgart, Germany. Second-ranked Yevgeny Kafelnikov, however, was upset by Mariano Zabaleta, 6-3, 6-3.

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