Here's how the men did today in their first matches of the weekend.
Wissam Abderrahman: win 7-5 6-2 vs Baran Soyler of Georgia State
Noa Vukadin: loss 6-4 6-7 6-3 vs Michael Zheng of Columbia - this is actually an encouraging result despite the loss because Zheng was the national runner-up lat year ranked #2 in college and has pro potential.
Marko Mesarovic: loss 6-2 6-4 vs Cyrus Mahjoob of Georgia
Viktor Markov: loss 6-2 6-2 vs Atakan Karahan of South Carolina
Romain Gales: loss 6-4 6-1 vs Krish Arora of Georgia Tech
Maxwell Smith: win 3-6 7-6(4) 6-4 vs Filipe Costa of Georgia
Kaetan Mehta: loss 6-2 6-4 vs Gianluca Carlini of Georgia Tech
Stewart Aronson: win 6-3 6-0 vs Daniel Phillips of Arizona State
Matt Pitts: win 6-4 7-6(3) vs Rohan Sachdev of Georgia Tech
so the losses from Mesarovic, Markov and Gales don't look great but decent results elsewhere.
really whereas Gales, Mesarovic and Markov should be important contributors. Bad thing about Markov's loss is that SC player is also a freshman. Gales and Mesarovic lost to lower lineup players at GT and UGA to which is why they aren't good losses.