Three days after a disappointing loss to eventual champion No. 1 Illinois in the semifinals of the NCAA Team Championships, three members of the No. 4 Stanford men’s tennis team still have something to play for at the University of Georgia.

The NCAA Singles Championships began yesterday and the NCAA Doubles Championships get underway today.

Senior All-American David Martin and freshman KC Corkery won their opening round matches yesterday in the 64-player tournament.

No. 8 Martin, playing in his last collegiate tournament, got off to a slow start before rallying to win against 56th-ranked David Loewenthal of Wake Forest 2-6, 6-3, 6-4. Last year, Martin advanced

all the semifinals of the tournament before losing to eventual winner Mattias Boeker of Georgia.

Martin will next face 42nd-ranked Oliver Maiberger in today’s second round.

In a matchup between two of only six freshmen in the draw, Corkery posted a solid 6-3, 6-4 win over Virginia’s Doug Stewart.

The victory improved Corkery’s stellar season record to 30-4. His 21-1 record in dual matches ranks as the seventh best in Stanford tennis history in terms of win percentage. Corkery has now won 22 straight singles matches since losing to Cal’s Robert Kowalcyzk on Feb. 1.

Corkery has a tougher assignment in the second round as he takes on No. 9 Jesse Witten, last year’s finalist.

Martin will pull double duty today as he and senior All-American Scott Lipsky will play their first-round doubles match after Martin’s singles match. The pair is the No. 4 seed in this year’s 32-team draw and will take on New Mexico’s Brent Salazar and Ryan Stotland in the opening round.

Martin and Lipsky have performed well at NCAAs in the past, losing in the semifinals as sophomores and reaching the finals last year as juniors.

“For us to break through and win NCAAs this year, it will take

consistency,” Lipsky said. “We can’t afford to be complacent. If we play as well as we’re capable, we definitely have a chance of winning it.”