Men's 55 Indoors Underway

Grant Upchurch hits a cross-court forehand Monday morning at the USTA Men's 55 Indoor National Championship at the Boise Racquet and Swim Club in Boise Idaho. Upchurch won the match 7-5, 6-2.

USTA Men's55 Indoor Championships, Boise,Idaho: Monday Results

Boise--The United States Tennis Association's Men's 55 National Indoor Championships got underway this morning at the Boise Racquet and Swim Club. Idahoans fared well on the first day of competition with veteran Joel Spect of Boise beating Dennis Hiilsmeier of San Antonio, Texas, 6-1, 6-1. Spect used a flurry of deep penetrating drives and a tough first serve to pull out the win.

In the first upset of the day Grant Upchurch of Meridian, Idaho beat Louis Grajeda of San Diego 7-5, 6-2. Upchurch had a first round upset last year in the National tournament. "I returned and served well," said Upchurch, but I'll have to cut down on the unforced errors in the second round."

Bill McGrath of Boise got off to a slow start, but then found his game and played Mark Sullivan of Eastern Washington tight in a 6-1, 6-4 loss. Joe Grimm even in a convincing loss, got a lot of balls over the net and looked sharp at times against tour veteran Thomas Monahan of San Diego in a 6-1, 6-0 defeat.

First Round Results:
Mark Massey d. Russell Jilot 6-2; 6-0
Mark Sullivan d. Bill McGrath 6-1; 6-4
Grant Upchurch d. Louis Grajeda 7-5; 6-2
Tom Rettenmaier d. Bruce Van Maanen 6-3; 7-5
Thomas Monahan d. Joe Grimm 6-1; 6-0
Joel Specht d. Dennis Hiilsmeier 6-1; 6-1
Robert Levine d. Cecil Martin (wd inj)
Tom Lonergan d. John Donelan 6-7; 7-5; 7-6
James Nelson d. Douglas Parks 6-1; 6-3
Brad Richison d. Brad Lowe 6-0; 6-0
Charles Cole d. Kevin Oneil6-3; 6-3
David Northey d. Philip RoholtWd (emerg)