Oct. 3, 2009
TULSA, Okla. - Texas A&M men's tennis players Kayvon Karimi (Dallas, Texas) and John Lewis (Birmingham, Ala.) reached the round of 16 in the prequalifying singles draw at the 2009 D'Novo/ITA Men's All-American Championships hosted by the University of Tulsa Saturday afternoon at the Michael D. Case Tennis Center.
Karimi, a junior, was the only Aggie of the five participating in the prequalifying draw to not receive a first-round bye. He defeated Frideric Prandecki of North Carolina State in the opening round, 6-2, 7-6 (2), and later Chris Eriksson of Saint Louis in the round of 32 in straight sets, 6-2, 6-2, for a spot in tomorrow's round of 16.
Lewis, a sophomore transfer from Alabama already having a strong fall tournament season, also advanced to Sunday's action winning a third-set super tiebreaker versus No. 25-seeded Giovanni Vaglietti of San Diego State, 6-7 (2), 6-1, 1-0 (4).
Play continues through Oct. 11 with the qualifying and main draw of singles and doubles.
2009 D'NOVO/ITA MEN'S ALL-AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIPS
Oct. 3-11, 2009
Michael D. Case Tennis Center
at Tulsa, Okla.
PREQUALIFYING SINGLES
Round of 64
Kayvon Karimi (Texas A&M) def. Frideric Prandecki (North Carolina State), 6-2, 7-6 (2).
Round of 32
Kayvon Karimi (Texas AM) def. Chris Eriksson (Saint Louis), 6-2, 6-2.
John Lewis (Texas A&M) def. Giovanni Vaglietti (San Diego State), 6-7 (2), 6-1, 1-0 (4).
Chris Thiemann (Ole Miss) def. Marcus Lunt (Texas A&M), 6-3, 4-6, 1-0 (9).
Blake Boswell (Oklahoma) def. Alberto Bautista (Texas A&M), 6-3, 7-6 (3).
Jadon Phillips (New Mexico) def. Colin Hoover (Texas A&M), 6-4, 6-2.