Salazar Advances to Final Round in Pre-Qualifying Draw
TULSA-Okla.- The 2015 Saint Francis Health System ITA Men’s All-American Championships will begin the qualifying draw Monday Oct. 5 through Wednesday Oct. 7. The University of Arkansas men’s tennis team started play Saturday and will continue throughout the week.
Mike Redlicki will begin singles play in the qualifying draw starting Monday Oct. 5. Jose Salazar won three singles matches leading him into Round 32 and will play Julius Tverijonas from George Washington. William Albanese won two singles matches leading him into Round 64. Albanese lost to Maksim Kan from Wake Forest (6-4, 6-4)
Consolation Pre-Qualifying Results:
Round 512 Saturday:
• Santiago Munoz defeated Vuk Vuckovic (Eastern Washington) 6-0, 6-4
Round 256 Saturday:
• Jose Salazar defeated Eduardo Bringold (Eastern Washington) (6-0, 6-0)
• Lars de Boer (William & Mary) defeated Austin Robles (2-6, 6-2, 7-5)
• William Albanese defeated Andres Alban (NJIT) (7-6, 4-6, 7-5)
• Johan den Toom defeated Nolan Paige (Stanford) (6-3, 2-6, 6-4)
• Juan “Tito” Moreiras defeated Santiago Munoz (UTSA) 6-4, 7-6
• Trey Daniel (TCU) defeated Jacob Herndon (6-2, 6-2)
• David Herrerias defeated Gonzalo Morell Raschiatore (Middle Tennessee) (6-3, 7-5)
• Maksim Kan (Wake Forest) defeated Juan Marino (6-4, 7-5)
Round 128 Saturday:
• William Albanese defeated Nico Mertens (UCI) 4-6, 6-4, 6-1
• Cristobal Rivera (Loyola Marymount) defeated Johan den Toom 6-3, 6-4
• Keivon Tabrizi (Wake Forest) defeated David Herrerias 6-3, 6-3
• Jose Salazar defeated Daffra Sanon (Clemson) 6-2, 7-5
Round 64 Sunday:
• Maksim Kan (Wake Forest) defeated William Albanese 6-4, 6-4
• Jose Salazar defeated Cole Fiegel (Georgia Tech) 6-4, 6-4
Event Schedule:
Pre-qualifying: Saturday, Oct. 3 – Monday, Oct. 5
Qualifying: Monday, Oct. 5 – Wednesday, Oct. 7
Main Draw: Thursday, Oct. 8 – Monday, Oct. 12
The ITA men’s All-American Championships run through Sunday, October 11, at the Michael D. Case Tennis Center in Tulsa. Updated draws and main draw daily recaps can be found at the ITA Championship Central page at www.itatennis.com.
Singles quarterfinalists, doubles finalists and consolation champions will receive an automatic entry into the USTA/ITA National Indoor Intercollegiate Championships on Nov. 12-15, head at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows, New York.
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