Washington bowed out of the annual Pac-10 Tennis Championship early this year with no players from the men’s and women’s teams able to advance past the semifinals.

“It was a little bit up and down and I thought we would be a little bit more solid with our play,” coach Matt Anger said.

The highlights of the tournament came from strong finishes at the end of the first day of the tournament held in Ojai, Calif. On Thursday, junior David Chu and freshman Tobi Obenaus each claimed two singles victories to reach the quarterfinals of the invitational draw.

Chu outlasted his opponent in his first match of the day, winning against Arizona State’s Murilo Souza in a three-setter, 7-6, 5-7, 6-3, and took a second win against USC’s Jack Levis, 6-4, 6-4.

In his first appearance at the Pac-10 Championship, Obenaus also had a strong showing. He won his first match of the day by upsetting USC’s Jason McNaughton. Although it was in straight sets, 6-2, 7-6, the second set was an exciting match as Obenaus took it to a tiebreak and came out victorious 13-11. He later defeated Oregon’s Romeo Mortera in yet another straight-set match ending in a tiebreak, 6-1, 7-6 (6).

On another grim note, Oregon player, Francisco Gallardo, took out Washington’s top hope for the tournament, Patrik Fischer, 6-0, 1-6, 8-6, in the first round of the main draw.

Other main draw hopefuls, freshman Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan, sophomore Derek Drabble and senior Andy Kuharszky were also ousted on the first day. Kuharszky was the lone Husky to advance into the second round of the main draw, but he then fell to Mathieu Dehaine of UCLA 6-2, 3-6, 6-3.

The next day, though Obenaus was eliminated from the invitational draw quarterfinals by UCLA’s Josh Miller 6-4, 6-3, he and doubles partner, freshman Martin Kildahl, proved that they are a force to be reckoned with. They defeated Oregon and Stanford pairs to reach the semifinals in the invitational doubles draw.

Chu also won a match in the second day of competition against USC’s Abdullah Magdas. The match ended in the third set when Magdas was disqualified for conduct violations.

Nonetheless, Chu still took a set from the top seed of the draw in the second round after winning the tiebreak 7-1.

“His three wins before that, getting to the semifinals in the invitational draw was probably the standout performance,” Anger said about Chu’s play.

Unfortunately, he couldn’t keep that momentum rolling, as he lost to ASU’s Wes Miller — the fourth seed — 6-3, 6-1 in the semis.

The Husky women suffered a disappointing end to the tournament appearance: They lasted just one day in Ojai.

In the main draw, freshmen Venise Chan and Kelsey Anonsen won their first doubles match convincingly over a UCLA pair 8-4. However, Chan and Anonsen lost even quicker in their second match over the No. 2 seed from USC, 8-2.

The same fate awaited Washington’s top pair in the invitational draw, as senior Allison Rainey and Aleksandra Krsljanin paired together to win their first match against USC, but then lost in the quarterfinals to a Cal pair 8-6.

This is the final competition for the Huskies before they see if the team’s performance was adequate enough for an NCAA tournament selection that will be announced today on ESPNEWS.