April 23, 1998

OJAI, Calif. -- The California men's tennis team had a rough go of it during Thursday's opening day at the Pac-10 Tennis Championships, but there were two bright spots for the Golden Bears as Kian Raiszadeh and David Sutton both advanced to the Flight 2 quarterfinals.

Raiszadeh had perhaps the easier route as the senior from Davis, Calif., earned a bye in the first round then coasted past Oregon's David Becker 6-1, 6-2 in the second. Sutton, who had previously never won a match at the Pac-10 Tournament, had to rally from deficits in both of his matches to advance. Sutton, a senior from New York, N.Y., came back from a set down to defeat Christoph Poehler of USC 6-2, 0-6, 6-4 in the first round. He also fell behind in his match against Oregon's Mark Wolley, but had enough to gut out a 3-6, 7-5, 6-3 victory.

Senior Bobby Mahal and freshman Scott Kintz were the only other Bears to produce wins in the opening rounds.

Both Sutton and Raiszadeh will return to the courts tomorrow at 8 a.m. for their quarterfinal round matches.

Cal will have four team's in action on Friday as the doubles action get underway at 12 noon.

RESULTS - Pac-10 Championships
Ojai, Calif.

FLIGHT 1 SINGLES -- FIRST ROUND:                           
Bobby Mahal (Cal) def. Ed Carter (ASU) 7-5, 6-4            
Robert Kendrick (Wash.) def. Adrian Barnes 6-1, 2-6, 7-6   
Paul Goldstein (Stan.) def. Minh Le 6-0, 7-5              
Matt Breen (UCLA) def. Nathan Jackmon (Cal) 6-4, 6-4       

FLIGHT 2 SINGLES -- FIRST ROUND:
Scott Willinsky (USC) def. Eric Dmytruk (Cal) 6-2, 4-6, 6-3
Scott Kintz (Cal) def. Chuck Tille (Wash.) 2-6, 6-3, 6-2
David Sutton (Cal) def. Christoph Poehler (USC) 6-2, 0-6, 6-4
Kian Raiszadeh (Cal) - Bye

FLIGHT 1 SINGLES -- SECOND ROUND:                          
Bob Bryan (Stanford) def. Bobby Mahal (Cal) 6-3, 6-3       
David Sutton (Cal) def. Mark Wolley (Ore.) 3-6, 7-5, 6-3
Kian Raiszadeh (Cal) def. David Becker (Ore.) 6-1, 6-2

FLIGHT 2 SINGLES -- SECOND ROUND:
Geoff Abrams (Stan.) def. Scott Kintz (Cal) 6-3, 6-3