Star Tribune reporter Rachel Blount recently featured Gustavus Adolphus College graduate Eric Butorac and his rise through the professional tennis ranks. Click here to read the story.
Butorac and his doubles partner, Jamie Murray, advanced to the third round at Wimbledon before falling in four sets to the ninth seeded team of Lukas Dlouhy and Pavel Vizner of the Czech Republic.
Butorac and Murray defeated Oscar Hernandez and Potito Starace in first round action 6-3, 6-3, and 6-3.
The duo then took out the seventh seeded team of Jonathan Erlich and Andy Ram 3-6, 6-4, 6-3, and 6-4 in second round action.
For more information about Butorac and Murray you can read their blog at bootyandstretch.com.
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