ATHENS, Ga. – Florida junior Alexandre Lacroix opened play in the NCAA Men’s Tennis Singles Championships by downing East Tennessee’s Charles Bottoni, 6-1, 6-1, Wednesday at the Dan Magill Tennis Complex on the campus of the University of Georgia.
Lacroix, the eighth-seeded player in the 64-player bracket, had little trouble with Bottoni, ranked 104 in the nation. Lacroix advances to a second-round match Thursday mornig at 10 against No. 32 Bassam Beidas of Pepperdine. Beidas advanced with a 7-6 (7-4), 6-3 victory over James Meredith of Boise State.
This is the second straight NCAA singles appearance for Lacroix, who fell in the opening round of the 2009 tournament.
Lacroix and senior Antoine Benneteau, one of four teams seeded 5-8, are competing in the NCAA Men’s Tennis Doubles Championship that begins Thursday. The Gators face the No. 18 Oklahoma team of Andrei Daescu and Costin Paval at 5 p.m.
NCAA DIVISION I MEN’S TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS
SINGLES CHAMPIONSHIP / Dan Magill Tennis Complex / University of Georgia / Athens, Ga. / First round / Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Seedings: (1) Henrique Cunha (Duke); (2) Steve Johnson (Southern California); (3) John-Patrick Smith (Tennesse); (4) Guillermo Gomez (Georgia Tech); (5) Austin Krajicek (Texas A&M); (6) Oleksandr Nedovyesov (Oklahoma State); (7) Chase Buchanan (Ohio State); (8) Alexandre Lacroix (Florida).
(9-16): Robert Farah (Southern California); Dimitar Kutrovsky (Texas); Michael Shabaz (Virginia); Eric Quigley (Kentucky); Bradley Klahn (Stanford); Sanam Singh (Virginia); Denes Lukacs (Baylor); Tim Puetz (Auburn).
Results
(1) Henrique Cunha (Duke) def. Pedro Zerbini (California), 6-3, 6-1; Gonzalo Escobar (Texas Tech) def. Tripper Carleton (Wake Forest), 6-2, 2-6, 7-5; (9-16) Sanam Singh (Virginia) def. Bruno Rosa (Rice), 6-1, 6-4; Ashley Watling (Tulsa) def. Jonathan Wong (Columbia), 6-3, 6-2.
(6) Oleksandr Nedovyesov (Oklahoma State) def. Diego Cubas, 6-2, 6-1; Justin Kronauge (Ohio State) def. Vahid Mirzadeh (Florida State), 0-6, 6-1, 7-5; (9-16) Robert Farah (Southern California) vs. Jordan Rux (Baylor), 6-3, 6-2; Javier Garrapiz (Georgia) def. Andrei Daescu (Oklahoma), 6-4, 6-3.
(4) Guillermo Gomez (Georgia Tech) def. Moritz Baumann (Wisconsin), 7-5, 4-6, 6-4; Saketh Myneni (Alabama) def. Ivan Salec (Radford), 6-3, 3-6, 6-3; (9-16) Bradley Klahn (Stanford) def. Artem Baradach (Southern Methodist), 6-3, 6-2; Boris Conkic (Tennessee) def. Yoann Re (Virginia Tech), 6-3, 1-6, 6-0.
Marcel Thiemann (Mississippi) def. (5) Austin Krajicek (Texas A&M), 6-1, 6-4; Jarmere Jenkins (Virginia) def. Matt Brooklyn (UCLA), 6-4, 7-6 (7-3); (9-16) Eric Quigley (Kentucky) def. Ed Corrie (Texas), 7-5, 6-4; Dennis Nevolo (Illinois) def. Jose Hernandez (North Carolina), 7-6 (7-6), 0-6, 6-4.
Clay Donato (North Carolina) def. Neal Skupski (Louisiana State), 7-6 (7-2), 6-3; (9-16) Dimitar Kutrovsky (Texas) def. Pedro Campos (South Carolina) 6-2, 7-6 (7-3); Bassam Beidas (Pepperdine) def. James Meredith (Boise State), 7-6 (7-4), 6-3; (8) Alexandre Lacroix (Florida) def. Charles Bottoni (East Tennessee State), 6-1, 6-1.
Marek Michalicka (Wisconsin) def. Raony Carvalho (Texas Tech), 6-2, 6-3; (9-16) Denes Lukacs (Baylor) def. John Peers (Middle Tennessee State), 6-7 (6-8), 7-6 (7-5), 6-4; Drew Courtney (Virginia) def. Alex Musialek (Kentucky), 6-1, 6-3; Austen Childs (Louisville) def. (3) John-Patrick Smith (Tennessee), 6-1, 6-1.
Haythem Abid (UCLA) def. Casey Watt (Notre Dame), 6-3, 7-6 (7-1); (9-16) Michael Shabaz (Virginia) def. Jason Jung (Michigan), 6-3, 6-2; Ryan Lipman (Vanderbilt) def. Thibaut Charron (Virginia Commonwealth), 4-6, 6-4, 3-0, retired, injury; (7) Chase Buchanan (Ohio State) def. Jean-Yves Aubone (Florida State), 6-4, 6-2.
Jeff Dadamo (Texas A&M) def. Steven Forman (Wake Forest), 6-4, 7-6 (7-5); (9-16) Tim Puetz (Auburn) def. Sven Vloedgraven (Binghamton), 6-3, 6-3; Marcelo Arevalo (Tulsa) def. Kiryi Harbatsiuk (Sacramento State) 7-6 (10-8), 6-2; Rhyne Williams (Tennessee) def. (2) Steve Johnson, 6-4, 6-3.
SECOND ROUND / Thursday, May 27, 2010 pairings
(1) Henrique Cunha (Duke) vs. Gonzalo Escobar (Texas Tech), 10 a.m.; (9-16) Sanam Singh (Virginia) vs. Ashley Watling (Tulsa), 10 a.m.; (6) Oleksandr Nedovyesov (Oklahoma State) vs. Justin Kronauge (Ohio State), 10 a.m.; (9-16) Robert Farah (Southern California) vs. Javier Garrapiz (Georgia), 11:30 a.m.
(4) Guillermo Gomez (Georgia Tech) vs. Saketh Myneni (Alabama), 1:30 p.m.; (9-16) Bradley Klahn (Stanford) vs. Boris Conkic (Tennessee), 12:30 p.m.; Marcel Thiemann (Mississippi) vs. Jarmere Jenkins (Virginia), 10 a.m.; (9-16) Eric Quigley (Kentucky) vs. Dennis Nevolo (Illinois), 10 a.m.
Clay Donato (North Carolina) vs. (9-16) Dimitar Kutrovsky (Texas), 10 a.m.; Bassam Beidas (Pepperdine) vs. (8) Alexandre Lacroix (Florida), 10 a.m.; Marek Michalicka (Wisconsin) vs. (9-16) Denes Lukacs (Baylor), 11 a.m.; Drew Courtney (Virginia) vs. Austen Childs (Louisville), 12:30 p.m.
Haythem Abid (UCLA) vs. (9-16) Michael Shabaz (Virginia), 10 a.m.; Ryan Lipman (Vanderbilt) vs. (7) Chase Buchanan (Ohio State), 10 a.m.; Jeff Dadamo (Texas A&M) vs. (9-16) Tim Puetz (Auburn), 11 a.m.; Marcelo Arevalo (Tulsa) vs. Rhyne Williams (Tennessee), 1 p.m.
DOUBLES CHAMPIONSHIP / Dan Magill Tennis Complex / University of Georgia / Athens, Ga. / First round / Thursday, May 27, 2010
Seedings: (1) Reid Carleton-Henrique Cunha (Duke); (2) John-Patrick Smith-Davey Sandgren (Tennessee); (3) Robert Farah-Steve Johnson (Southern California); (4) Bradley Klahn-Ryan Thacher (Stanford).
(5-8): Jeff Dadamo-Austin Krajick (Texas A&M); Dimitar Kutrovsky-Josh Zavala (Texas); Antoine Benneteau-Alexandre Lacroix (Florida); Chase Buchanan-Dino Marcan (Ohio State).
Matches
(1) Reid Carleton-Henrique Cunha (Duke) vs. Moritz Baumann-Marek Michalicka (Wisconsin), 4 p.m.; Alejandro Calligari-Simon Childs (Louisville) vs. Amit Inbar-Nick Meister (UCLA), 2:30 p.m.; (5-8) Jeff Dadamo-Austin Krajicek (Texas A&M) vs. Drew Courtney-Michael Shabaz (Virginia), 5:30 p.m.; Marek Czerwinski-Dennis Nevolo (Illinois) vs. Christoph Thiemann-Marcel Thiemann (Mississippi), 4:30 p.m.
(2) John-Patrick Smith-Davey Sandgren (Tennessee) vs. Keziel Juneau-Sebastien Vidal (William & Mary), 5:30 p.m.; Aleksey Bessonov-Oleksandr Nedovyesov (Oklahoma State) vs. George Coupland-Artem Ilyushin (Mississippi State), 4 p.m.; (5-8) Dino Marcan-Chase Buchanan (Ohio State) vs. Tim Puetz-Alexander Stamchev (Auburn), 5 p.m.; Remi Boutillier-Rikus de Villiers (Fresno State) vs. Iain Atkinson-Steven Forman (Wake Forest), 3 p.m.
(3) Robert Farah-Steve Johnson (Southern California) vs. Emanu Brighiu-Christopher Price (Texas Christian), 6 p.m.; Clay Donato-Stefan Hardy (North Carolina) vs. Denes Lukacs-Roberto Maytin (Baylor), 4 p.m.; (5-8) Dimitar Kutrovsky-Josh Zavala (Texas) vs. Bassam Beidas-Alex Liompart (Pepperdine), 3:30 p.m.; Brad Cox-Eric Quigley (Kentucky) vs. Philip Stephens-Ashley Watling (Tulsa), 3:30 p.m.
(4) Bradley Klahn-Ryan Thacher (Stanford) vs. Boris Conkic-Rhyne Williams (Tennessee), 6:30 p.m.; Jason Jung-Evan King (Michigan) vs. Raony Carvalho-Rafael Garcia (Texas Tech), 2:30 p.m.; (5-8) Antoine Benneteau-Alexandre Lacroix (Florida) vs. Andrei Daescu-Costin Paval (Oklahoma), 5 p.m.; Pedro Campos-Diego Cubas (South Carolina) vs. Jonathan Dahan-Pedro Zerbini (California), 2:30 p.m.