Oct. 8, 2009
TULSA, Okla. - The Texas A&M men's tennis team had three players move past the opening-round of the main draw of singles and doubles at the 2009 D'Novo/ITA Men's All-American Championships held Thursday night at the Michael D. Case Tennis Center.
Junior newcomer Jeff Dadamo (Tampa, Fla.) extended his tournament win streak to four-straight matches with a 6-3, 6-3 victory over No. 35-ranked Yoann Re of Virginia Tech, 6-3, 6-3. It marked his third consecutive win over a preseason-ranked opponent. Dadamo will face off against either 13th-seeded and No. 14-ranked Michael Shabaz of Virginia or No. 44-ranked Robin Fahgen of SMU tomorrow morning in the round of 32 at 11 a.m.
Junior All-American Austin Krajicek (Brandon, Fla.) drew a long three-set match against ninth-ranked Sanam Singh in the first round, but came up short in the third-set tiebreaker, 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (3).
In doubles play, Krajicek combined with junior Alexey Grigorov (Moscow, Russia) for an 8-3 opening-round victory over No. 26-ranked Chase Buchanan and Justin Kronauge of NCAA runner-up Ohio State. The Aggie duo, ranked 19th nationally, will face fifth-seeded and eighth-ranked Bradley Klahn and Ryan Thacher of Stanford tomorrow in the round of 16 at 9:30 a.m.
2009 D'NOVO/ITA MEN'S ALL-AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIPS
Oct. 3-11, 2009
Michael D. Case Tennis Center
at Tulsa, Okla.
SINGLES MAIN DRAW
Round of 64
(9) Sanam Singh (Virginia) def. (30) Austin Krajicek (Texas A&M), 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (3).
Jeff Dadamo (Texas A&M) def. (35) Yoann Re (Virginia Tech), 6-3, 6-3.
DOUBLES MAIN DRAW
Round of 32
(19) Grigorov-Krajicek (Texas A&M) def. (26) Buchanan-Kronauge (Ohio State), 8-3.