ATHENS, Ga. – Florida’s two entries at the NCAA Division I Men’s Singles and Doubles Tennis Championships were ousted from the competition Thursday at the Dan Magill Tennis Complex on the campus of the University of Georgia.
Junior Alexandre Lacroix, the No. 8 seed in the 64 player singles competition, met Pepperdine’s Bassam Beidas in the second round, and Beidas escaped with a 4-6, 7-5, 7-5 victory. Lacroix finished the season with a 34-11 singles record, which ties for the seventh-most singles wins in a season in Florida men’s tennis history.
Later in the day, Oklahoma’s Andrei Daescu and Costin Paval met Lacroix and his senior partner Antoine Benneteau, and they ousted the Gators duo in straight sets, 6-3, 6-4. Lacroix and Benneteau finished the season 31-8, only the second doubles team in school history to win 30 matches in one season.
NCAA DIVISION I MEN’S TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS
SINGLES CHAMPIONSHIP / Dan Magill Tennis Complex / University of Georgia / Athens, Ga. / Thursday, May 27, 2010 / Second Round
Results
(1) Henrique Cunha (Duke) def. Gonzalo Escobar (Texas Tech), 6-3, 6-2; (9-16) Sanam Singh (Virginia) def. Ashley Watling (Tulsa), 6-2, 6-0; (6) Oleksandr Nedovyesov (Oklahoma State) def. Justin Kronauge (Ohio State), 6-4, 6-2; (9-16) Robert Farah (Southern California) def. Javier Garrapiz (Georgia), 7-5, 6-1.
(4) Guillermo Gomez (Georgia Tech) def. Saketh Myneni (Alabama), 7-6 (7-5), 6-4; (9-16) Bradley Klahn (Stanford) def. Boris Conkic (Tennessee), 4-6, 6-3, 6-4; Marcel Thiemann (Mississippi) def. Jarmere Jenkins (Virginia), 3-6, 7-6 (7-5), 6-3; (9-16) Eric Quigley (Kentucky) def. Dennis Nevolo (Illinois), 6-3, 6-2.
(9-16) Dimitar Kutrovsky (Texas) def. Clay Donato (North Carolina), 6-4; 6-4; Bassam Beidas (Pepperdine) def. (8) Alexandre Lacroix (Florida), 4-6, 7-5, 7-5; (9-16) Denes Lukacs (Baylor) def. Marek Michalicka (Wisconsin), 6-2, 6-3; Austen Childs (Louisville) def. Drew Courtney (Virginia), 6-4, 5-7, 7-6 (9-7).
(9-16) Michael Shabaz (Virginia) def. Haythem Abid (UCLA), 6-3, 6-4; (7) Chase Buchanan (Ohio State) def. Ryan Lipman (Vanderbilt), 6-3, 1-6, 6-4; (9-16) Tim Puetz (Auburn) def. Jeff Dadamo (Texas A&M), 6-4, 7-6 (7-5); Rhyne Williams (Tennessee) def. Marcelo Arevalo (Tulsa), 7-5, 6-1.
Friday’s Round of 16 pairings
(1) Henrique Cunha (Duke) vs. (9-16) Sanam Singh (Virginia), 10 a.m.; (6) Oleksandr Nedovyesov (Oklahoma State) vs. (9-16) Robert Farah (Southern California), 10 a.m.; (4) Guillermo Gomez (Georgia Tech) vs. (9-16) Bradley Klahn (Stanford), 11:30 a.m.; Marcel Thiemann (Mississippi) vs. (9-16) Eric Quigley (Kentucky), 10 a.m.
(9-16) Dimitar Kutrovsky (Texas) vs. Bassam Beidas (Pepperdine), 10 a.m.; (9-16) Denes Lukacs (Baylor) vs. Austen Childs (Louisville), 12:30 p.m.; (9-16) Michael Shabaz (Virginia) vs. (7) Chase Buchanan (Ohio State), 10 a.m.; (9-16) Tim Puetz (Auburn) vs. Rhyne Williams (Tennessee), 11:30 a.m.
DOUBLES CHAMPIONSHIP / Thursday, May 27, 2010 / First Round
Results
(1) Reid Carleton-Henrique Cunha (Duke) def. Moritz Baumann-Marek Michalicka (Wisconsin), 6-3, 7-5; Amit Inber-Nick Meister (UCLA) def. Alejandro Calligari-Simon Childs (Louisville), 6-4, 6-2; Drew Courtney-Michael Shabaz (Virginia) def. (5-8) Jeff Dadamo-Austin Krajicek (Texas A&M), 6-4, 6-4; Marek Czerwinski-Dennis Nevolo (Illinois) def. Christoph Thiemann-Marcel Thiemann (Mississippi), 6-3, 3-6, 7-5.
(4) Bradley Klahn-Ryan Thacher (Stanford) def. Boris Conkic-Rhyne Williams (Tennessee), 6-2, 6-2; Jason Jung-Evan King (Michigan) def. Raony Carvalho-Rafael Garcia (Texas Tech), 7-6 (8-6), 7-6 (7-2); Andrei Daescu-Costin Paval (Oklahoma) def. (5-8) Antoine Benneteau-Alexandre Lacroix (Florida), 6-3, 6-4; Pedro Campos-Diego Cubas (South Carolina) def. Jonathan Dahan-Pedro Zerbini (California), 7-6 (7-5), 6-4.
(3) Robert Farah-Steve Johnson (Southern California) def. Emanu Brighiu-Christopher Price (Texas Christian), 6-4, 6-2; Clay Donato-Stefan Hardy (North Carolina) def. Denes Lukacs-Roberto Maytin (Baylor), 6-3, 6-4; (5-8) Dimitar Kutrovsky-Josh Zavala (Texas) def. Bassam Beidas-Alex Liompart (Pepperdine), 4-6, 6-2, 6-2; Brad Cox-Eric Quigley (Kentucky) def. Philip Stephens-Ashley Watling (Tulsa), 6-1, 7-6 (7-2).
(2) John-Patrick Smith-Davey Sandgren (Tennessee) def. Keziel Juneau-Sebastien Vidal (William & Mary), 4-6, 7-5, 7-5; Aleksey Bessonov-Oleksandr Nedovyesov (Oklahoma State) def. George Coupland-Artem Ilyushin (Mississippi State), 6-7 (4-7), 7-5, 6-2; (5-8) Dino Marcan-Chase Buchanan (Ohio State) def. Tim Puetz-Alexander Stamchev (Auburn), 7-5, 6-3; Iain Atkinson-Steven Forman (Wake Forest) def. Remi Boutillier-Rikus de Villiers (Fresno State), 7-6 (7-4), 7-6 (7-2).
Friday’s Round of 16 pairings
(1) Reid Carleton-Henrique Cunha (Duke) vs. Amit Inber-Nick Meister (UCLA), 2 p.m.; Drew Courtney-Michael Shabaz (Virginia) vs. Marek Czerwinski-Dennis Nevolo (Illinois), 2 p.m.; (4) Bradley Klahn-Ryan Thacher (Stanford) vs. Jason Jung-Evan King (Michigan), 4 p.m.; Andrei Daescu-Costin Paval (Oklahoma) vs. Pedro Campos-Diego Cubas (South Carolina), 1 p.m.
Brad Cox-Eric Quigley (Kentucky) vs. (5-8) Dimitar Kutrovsky-Josh Zavala (Texas), 2 p.m.; Clay Donata-Stefan Hardy (North Carolina) vs. (3) Robert Farah-Steve Johnson (Southern California), 4:30 p.m.; Iain Atkinson-Steven Forman (Wake Forest) vs. (5-8) Chase Buchanan-Dino Marcan (Ohio State), 4:30 p.m.; Oleksandr Nedovyesov-Aleksey Bessonov (Oklahoma State) vs. (2) John-Patrick Smith-Davey Sandgren (Tennessee), 4 p.m.