STOCKTON, Calif. - The Pacific men's tennis team finished day one of the Pacific Invitational on a high note as the pair of Tadiwa Chinamo and Nathan Hampton collected two wins on the day to advance in the doubles bracket.

Doubles started the day and the Tigers got right to work facing off against Bailey Gong and Patrik Pech of Fresno State and rolling over the Bulldogs, 8-0 to move on to the round of 16. The Pacific duo then dueled with the mixed combo of Dariush Jalali from UC Davis and Alexander Stater from Cal Poly, taking the set from the Aggie and Mustang, 8-2.

In singles action, Hampton was the first up and went up against Bot Matis from St. Mary's in the round of 64, but Hampton fell in straight sets, 6-2, 6-3.

The No. 1 seeded, Akram El Sallaly competed unattached from Pacific and moved straight to the round of 32 after being awarded a first-round bye. El Sallaly then battled the Hornet from Sacramento State, Christopher Clayton where he defeated Clayton, 6-3, 6-3.

Chinamo, the sixth seed, went head-to-head with Bernardo Moraes, another Hornet and dominated the match, 6-1, 6-2 , while thriteen-seed Bernardo Oliveira, also competing unattached from Pacific, had an amazing come from behind win over Kamran Khan from Santa Clara, 5-7, 6-4, 6-1.

"It was an awesome day of tennis today.  There were a lot of great matches and it looked like everyone got better today in one way or another," said head coach Ryan Redondo. "We just love competition and love seeing it at home and we look forward to the opportunities and challenges ahead for tomorrow."

Chinamo and Hampton move on in the main draw, which will begin at 8:30 a.m. at the Eve Zimmerman Tennis Center. Chinamo, El Sallaly and Oliveira advance in the singles main draw, while Hampton begins the first round of the consolation bracket following the doubles matches.

For results and draws, be sure to visit the Pacific men's tennis homepage.