Oct. 26, 2007

Berkeley, Calif. - Freshman Artem Gramma (Krivoj Roj, Ukraine) blazed through two opponents to advance to the quarterfinals of the Chandler Cup B Flight on Friday, Oct. 26.

Gramma dropped just four games on the day as he defeated UC San Diego's Blake Meister in the opening round of play, 6-0, 6-2. Just hours later, Gramma dropped Brad Bator of Washington, 6-1, 6-1. Artem will resume action on 10:30 a.m. in the quarterfinal round against Connor Olson of Sonoma State.

Sophomore Vegerd Veskimagi (Saku, Estonia) also advanced out of the first round of Flight B with a 6-3, 6-4 win over Johan Berhof of Loyola Marymount, 2-6, 6-1, 6-4. Veskimagi, however, fell in the round of 32 to Andrea Zannoni of Saint Mary's, 6-3, 6-4.

Gramma and fellow fresham David Gonzalez (Guayaquil, Ecuador) bested the third seeded team of Jonathan Dahan and Pierre Mouillon of tournament host California, 8-1.

Action resumes at the Chandler Cup on Saturday, Oct. 27.

Results:
Singles

Flight A - First Round
Kevin Kaiser (STAN) def. David Gonzalez (PAC), 6-2, 6-4

Flight B - First Round
Artem Gramma (4) (PAC) def. Blake Meister (UCSD), 6-0, 6-2
Vegerd Veskimagi (PAC) def. Johan Berhof (LMU), 2-6, 6-1, 6-4

Round of 16
Artem Gramma (4) (PAC) def. Brad Bator (WASH), 6-1, 6-1
Andrea Zannoni (SMC) def. Vegerd Veskimagi (PAC), 6-3, 6-4

Doubles

Flight A - Round of 16
Artem Gramma / David Gonzalez (PAC) def. Jonathan Dahan / Pierre Mouillon (3) (CAL), 8-1

Flight B - Round of 16
Alex Placek / Bijan Moiallemi (UCSD) def. Vegerd Veskimagi / Austin Kakar (PAC), 8-3