College Tennis News - Texas sends six to round of 32 at ITA Texas Regional Championships

COLLEGE STATION, Texas – Texas qualified six student-athletes for the singles round of 32 Saturday evening on day one of the ITA Texas Regional Championships at Texas A&M’s Mitchell Tennis Center.

Twelfth-seeded junior Jean Andersen opened the event with a 6-1, 6-2 win over TCU’s Santiago Centeno. Andersen will meet Texas A&M-Corpus Christi’s Laurent Montoisy in Sunday’s round of 32. Sophomore Daniel Whitehead posted a 6-0, 7-5 win over Texas A&M’s Calon Alpar to set up a Sunday meeting against UTSA’s Martin Ayala in the round of 32.

Sophomore Vasko Mladenov tallied a 4-6, 6-1, 6-0 win over UTSA’s Pedro Zanotelli and will take on Rice’s Michael Nusslein on Sunday. Freshman Sudanwa Sitaram notched a 7-6 (8), 6-1 win over Texas Tech’s David Pace and will meet Baylor’s Roberto Maytin in the round of 32.

UT sophomore Ben Chen posted a 6-3, 6-3 win over UT-Arlington’s David Subirats and will meet Texas A&M’s Jeff Dadamo in the round of 32. Texas senior Ed Corrie, the tournament’s second seed, knocked off UT-Arlington’s Jason Lateko by a 6-1, 6-3 count. He will take on Rice’s Peter Frank in the round of 32.

ITA Texas Regional Championships

Singles Round of 128

Christopher Price (TCU) def. Alex Hilliard (UT) – 6-4, 6-1

John Lewis (TAMU) def. Chris Camillone (UT) – 6-3, 2-6, 6-3

Singles Round of 64

Philipp Seifert (Rice) def. David Holiner (UT) – 6-4, 6-4

(12) Jean Andersen (UT) def. Santiago Centeno (TCU) – 6-1, 6-2

Daniel Whitehead (UT) def. Calon Alpar (TAMU) – 6-0, 7-5

Vasko Mladenov (UT) def. Pedro Zanotelli (UTSA) – 4-6, 6-1, 6-0

Christian Saravia (Rice) def. (6) Kellen Damico (UT) – 6-3, 2-6, 7-5

Sudanwa Sitaram (UT) def. David Pace (Texas Tech) – 7-6 (8), 6-1

Ben Chen (UT) def. David Subirats(UT-Arlington) – 6-3, 6-3

(2) Ed Corrie (UT) def. Jason Lateko (UT-Arlington) – 6-1, 6-3

Singles Consolation

Alex Hilliard (UT) def. Tobias Flood (SMU) – 6-2, 2-1, ret.

Chris Camillone (UT) def. Kudakwashe Nyatoti (PVAMU) – 6-0, 6-1

Doubles Round of 64

Hilliard/Sitaram (UT) def. Yannick Junger/Pedro Zanotelli (UTSA) – 9-8

Doubles Round of 32

Damico/Holiner (UT) def. Fowler/Podlewski (Rice) – 9-8

Chen/Mladenov (UT) def. Karim Fotso/Kudakwashe Nyatoti (PVAM) – 8-0