THE RUNDOWN
DALLAS - In the first round of main draw action, Baylor men's tennis sophomore Max Tchoutakian (No. 774) upset world No. 126 Gastao Elias in straight sets at the RBC Tennis Championships of Dallas Tuesday.

The first-semester player from Marseille, France now moves into the round of 16 at the T Bar M Racquet Club with a 6-4, 6-3 victory over the Portuguese native Elias.

After each player held serve over the match's first eight games, Tchoutakian fought off a break point at 4-4 to go up 5-4. He then broke Elias to win the first set and went on to dominate the second set.

Tchoutakian won his fourth match in the last four days at the $100,000 event on the ATP Challenger Tour.

NOTABLES

? Tchoutakian has now recorded three upsets at the event, beating world No. 126 Elias, No. 666 Julian Lenz and No. 468 Bruno Sant'Anna.
? Tuesday's match lasted only one hour and three minutes.

TOP QUOTE #1
"It is exciting to see the level that Max is playing at. He was really hitting the ball well and being aggressive. He did a great job with his court position and just played two really good sets of tennis. Max's focus and competitive level was very constant for the entire match and that was the difference. I am really proud of him." - head coach Matt Knoll on Tuesday's match

WHAT'S NEXT
Tchoutakian will now take on Argentina's Marco Trungelliti in the second round of the main draw Wednesday. Trungelliti is ranked No. 236 in the world and beat No. 302 Nicolas Meister 6-3, 7-5 in first round action. That match is slated to be the second of the day on court one with the first match beginning at 10:30 a.m. CT. Baylor returns to dual-match play on Feb. 6 as it visits Tulsa.