CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Illinois men's tennis fought hard on Friday on the first day of the Commodore Invite, winning each of their singles matches. 

Graduate student Nic Meister beat Vanderbilt's Jeremie Casabon, 7-6, 6-3, 7-4 while sophomore Mathis Debru also took on a Commodore, Connor Robb-Wilcox, beating him 6-3, 6-2, 6-2.

Freshman Kenta Miyoshi was victorious in his singles match against Vanderbilt's Paul Wang, finishing with a 6-3, 6-2 outcome

Debru and Miyoshi paired up to go against Georgia Tech's Andres Martin and Rohan Sachdev, but lost 8-4. With the uneven amount of Illini, graduate student Nic Meister paired up with South Carolina's Lucas da Silva. The pair narrowly dropped the match, 8-6, to Florida's Will Grant and Axel Nefve. 

Up next

The Fighting Illini will continue tomorrow at 9 a.m. with two rounds of singles play. 

Results

Nic Meister (ILL) def. Jeremie Casabon (VU), 7-6, 6-3, 7-4

Mathis Debru (ILL) def. Connor Robb-Wilcox (VU ), 6-3, 6-2, 6-2

Kenta Miyoshi (ILL) def. Paul Wang (VU), 6-3, 6-2

Andres Martin, Rohan Sachdev (GT) def. Mathis Debru, Kenta Miyoshi (ILL)

Will Grant, Alex Nefve (FL) def. Nic Meister (ILL), Lucas de Silva (USC)