Dimitrov, Price And Wietoska Advance In ITA Mideast Regionals

Saturday, October 18

Durham, N.C.

All Day

Duke University

Day Three

Duke Prepares For Final Three Home Matches

Dimitrov, Price And Wietoska Advance In ITA Mideast Regionals

10/18/2008 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis

By: Duke Sports Information

DURHAM, N.C. ? Duke's Kiril Dimitrov won two singles matches and the doubles team of Christopher Price and Torsten Wietoska won their lone match to advance in the main draw of the 2008 Wilson/ITA Mideast Regional.

Dimitrov, the No. 103 player in the country and No. 14 seed in the tournament, advanced to the round of 16 with a pair of wins. He started the day with a 6-1, 6-1 victory over David Hopkins of Wake Forest. He then downed Evgeny Slesarev of Gardner Webb 6-3, 7-6 (3) to improve to 9-3 on the season and advance. He will face the No. 1 seed Dominic Inglot of Virginia in the next round.

”I am happy with the way Kiril is playing and competing,” said head coach Ramsey Smith. “He did a good job of taking care of business today and has a great challenge against the defending champion tomorrow.”

In doubles Price and Wietoska had one match on Saturday. The duo faced Florida State's Drew Bailey and Maciek Sykut and came away with an 8-6 win for their third win of the tournament. Price and Wietoska move on to the quarterfinals where they will take on the No. 3 seed Inglot and Michael Shabaz of Virginia.

“Torsten and Chris are getting more comfortable with each other and playing better together with each match they play,” said Smith.

A total of six Duke players competed in singles on Saturday with five of the six earning victories in the round of 64. Sophomore Reid Carleton, who is No. 39 in the preseason singles rankings and the No. 5 seed in the tournament, cruised to a 6-2, 6-2 win over Dmitry Vlaskin of Coastal Carolina in his first match of the tournament. Carleton then suffered a 6-4, 6-3 loss to Taylor Fogleman of North Carolina in the next round. Dylan Arnould won 6-1, 6-3 over Ilja Orre of William & Mary but lost 7-5, 6-1 against Nicolas Vinel of Virginia Commonwealth in the round of 32. Jared Pinsky won his fourth match of the tournament with a 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 victory over Rob Bijzak of Clemson. Pinsky later fell to No. 75 Houston Barrick of Virginia 7-6 (4), 6-2. Freshman David Holland stretched his win streak to four straight to begin his college career with a 5-7, 6-4, 6-4 win over the No. 21 seed Roy Sichel of Winthrop. However, Holland then took on the No. 2 seed and 24th-ranked player in the country, Wake Forest's Cory Parr, and lost 6-0, 6-0.

The only Blue Devil to suffer a defeat in the morning was sophomore Alain Michel. After winning three matches in the qualifying and main draw rounds, Michel fell short against the No. 16 seed and 115th-ranked singles player Damon Gooch of Elon 7-5, 6-0.

Sunday's matches will take place at the Cone-Kenfield Tennis Center in Chapel Hill, N.C. Dimitrov is scheduled to play at 9 a.m. as the round of 16 for singles will be played to begin the day.

2008 Wilson/ITA Mideast Regional
Final Results - Day Two

Singles
Round of 64
#103 Kiril Dimitrov (Duke University) def. David Hopkins (Wake Forest) 6-1, 6-1
Dylan Arnould (Duke University) def. Ilja Orre (William & Mary) 6-1, 6-3
#39 Reid Carleton (Duke University) def. Dmitry Vlaskin (Coastal Carolina) 6-2, 6-2
#115 Damon Gooch (Elon) def. Alain Michel (Duke University) 7-5, 6-0
Jared Pinsky (Duke University) def. Rob Bijzak (Clemson University) 6-3, 3-6, 6-3
David Holland (Duke University) def. Roy Sichel (Winthrop) 5-7, 6-4, 6-4

Round of 32
#103 Kiril Dimitrov (Duke University) def. Evgeny Slesarev (Gardner Webb) 6-3, 7-6 (7-3)
Nicolas Vinel (Virginia Commonwealth) def. Dylan Arnould (Duke University) 7-5, 6-1
Taylor Fogleman (North Carolina) def. #39 Reid Carleton (Duke University) 6-4, 6-3
#75 Houston Barrick (University of Virginia) def. Jared Pinsky (Duke University) 7-6 (7-4), 6-2
#24 Cory Parr (Wake Forest) def. David Holland (Duke University) 6-0, 6-0