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Three Players Advance to ITA All-American Qualifying
10/3/2010 10:04:00 PM | Men's Tennis
TULSA, Okla. – Duke freshmen Chris Mengel and Fred Saba each won two singles prequalifying matches on Sunday to advance to the qualifying rounds while senior Jared Pinsky was chosen as an alternate into qualifying.
Mengel had a pair of straight set wins to move forward in the tournament. He cruised past North Carolina's Cameron Ahari in the third round of prequalifying 6-1, 6-2. Then to advance he downed Andrew Butz of Florida 7-5, 6-1. Mengel has started his career with an 8-2 singles record.
Saba also looked impressive in two victories. He faced Joe Hattrup of Southern Methodist and won 6-4, 6-1. In his next match, he defeated Jim Brouleau of New Mexico State 7-6 (2), 6-3 to advance and improve to 6-4 overall in singles play.
Pinsky came within one win of automatically moving on but was selected as an alternate for the qualifying stage. He claimed a three-set victory, 5-7, 6-2, 6-2, over Erik Hannah of George Washington to start the day but was eliminated in the afternoon with a 6-3, 2-6, 6-4 loss to Arthur Surreaux of New Mexico State. Pinsky is now 6-4 on the season in singles.
The three singles players who will move on are joined by one doubles team in the qualifying stages of the tournament. Saba will compete in both singles and doubles as he teams up with junior David Holland in doubles on Monday. Players must win three matches in singles to qualify for the main draw while doubles teams will also have to win three times to advance.
Mengel had a pair of straight set wins to move forward in the tournament. He cruised past North Carolina's Cameron Ahari in the third round of prequalifying 6-1, 6-2. Then to advance he downed Andrew Butz of Florida 7-5, 6-1. Mengel has started his career with an 8-2 singles record.
Saba also looked impressive in two victories. He faced Joe Hattrup of Southern Methodist and won 6-4, 6-1. In his next match, he defeated Jim Brouleau of New Mexico State 7-6 (2), 6-3 to advance and improve to 6-4 overall in singles play.
Pinsky came within one win of automatically moving on but was selected as an alternate for the qualifying stage. He claimed a three-set victory, 5-7, 6-2, 6-2, over Erik Hannah of George Washington to start the day but was eliminated in the afternoon with a 6-3, 2-6, 6-4 loss to Arthur Surreaux of New Mexico State. Pinsky is now 6-4 on the season in singles.
The three singles players who will move on are joined by one doubles team in the qualifying stages of the tournament. Saba will compete in both singles and doubles as he teams up with junior David Holland in doubles on Monday. Players must win three matches in singles to qualify for the main draw while doubles teams will also have to win three times to advance.
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