Oct. 11, 2009
SAN ANTONIO, Texas - The Texas A&M men's tennis team concluded tournament play at the UTSA Invitational held over the weekend at the UTSA Tennis Center.
Rain and inclement weather hampered much of the tournament with the cancellation of additional rounds in the singles and doubles draws.
Of the five Aggies who competed at the two-day tournament, juniors Patrick Dean (Dallas, Texas) each picked up victories against regional opponents. Karimi reached the quarterfinals of the singles blue draw with a 6-3, 6-4 first-round victory over Paulo Roessle of Tyler Junior College, while Alpar won his consolation singles match versus Roessle, 7-6 (6), 6-0.
Meanwhile, Dean teamed up with Alpar to claim an opening-round 8-4 victory in the doubles draw against Billy Bishop and Marco Lopez of Tyler JC who are coached by former Texas A&M men's tennis player and current TJC assistant coach Dash Connell (2004-05).
The Aggies will continue the fall tournament season with individual members of the team competing in Austin and Mansfield, Texas, on the USTA Futures circuit leading up to the Wilson/ITA South Central Region Championships to be held on Oct. 24-27 at the George P. Mitchell Tennis Center in College Station.
Klegou, Grigorov, Dadamo, Pollock Advance at Austin USTA Futures Tourney...Four current and former Texas A&M men's tennis players advanced past the first round of the singles qualifying draw at the 2009 10sPortal.com Classic held this weekend in Austin, Texas. Sophomore Conor Pollock (San Antonio, Texas) as the No. 10 seed. Junior Alexey Grigorov (Moscow, Russia) is also competing as an amateur alongside Dadamo and Klegou at the USTA Futures Pro Circuit tournament. Pollock defeated fellow American Eric Roberson, 6-1, 6-3, to reach the second round as did Klegou in three sets over Hans Hach Verdugo of Mexico, 6-3, 3-6, 6-4, Grigorov in straight sets against Kevin Gardner of the Netherlands Antilles, 6-1, 6-1, and Dadamo in three versus American Maksim Tikhomirov, 6-2, 3-6, 7-5.
UTSA INVITATIONAL
Oct. 9-10, 2009
UTSA Tennis Center
at San Antonio, Texas
SINGLES BLUE DRAW
Round of 16
Kayvon Karimi (Texas A&M) def. Paulo Roessle (Tyler JC), 6-3, 6-4.
Brett Powers (St. Edward's) def. Jack Seider (Texas A&M), 6-2, retired.
Ashwin Vijayaragavan (UTPA) def. Calon Alpar (Texas A&M), 7-6, 6-2.
Quarterfinals
Ashwin Vijayaragavan (UTPA) def. Kayvon Karimi (Texas A&M), 6-1, 1-6, 6-3.
Consolation
Calon Alpar (Texas A&M) def. Paulo Roessle (Tyler JC), 7-6 (6), 6-0.
SINGLES ORANGE DRAW
Round of 16
Beau Bernstein (UTPA) def. Patrick Dean (Texas A&M), 6-1, 6-1.
Mick Walter (St. Edward's) def. Beau Blackshear (Texas A&M), 6-0, 6-1.
Consolation
Shariq Khan (UTSA) def. Patrick Dean (Texas A&M), 6-3, 6-3.
Felipe Baptista (Laredo CC) def. Beau Blackshear (Texas A&M), 5-7, 6-1, 1-0 (5).
DOUBLES DRAW
Round of 16
Alpar-Dean (Texas A&M) def. Bishop-Lopez (Tyler JC), 8-4.
Raiti-Wiggins (St. Edward's) def. Karimi-Seider (Texas A&M), 8-4.
Rodier-Thompson (Tyler JC) def. Dornauf (UTPA)-Blackshear (Texas A&M), 8-4.