Florida Gators
All-American Prequalifying
Gators Move On At ITA All-America Championship
Saturday, October 4, 2003 | Men's Tennis
Two University of Florida men's tennis doubles teams as well as a pair of newcomers to the squad kept things rolling on Saturday in the prequalifying rounds of the 2003 ITA All-America Championship in Chattanooga, TN.
Early in the day, junior Vlad Obradovic defeated BYU's Alonso Medina, 6-2, 6-1 to move into the singles round of 32, which will be played tomorrow. Obradovic then teamed with Trey Johnson in the doubles as the duo posted a pair of wins. In their opening match, the UF tandem defeated Brenton Contini and Dennis Mertens of Ohio State, 8-4, before moving on to take out Luiz Carvalho and Jose-Carlos Pinto of Mississippi State, 8-3. Johnson and Obradovic will play Arizona's Tom Lloyd and Paul Warkentin tomorrow at 1 p.m. ET in the round of 32
Freshman Martin Stiegwardt's day went the same way as Obradovic's as started off with a win in the singles over San Diego's Nic Beuque (7-5, 6-1). He and Chris Brandi received a bye into the doubles round of 64 where they met Jose Luis Lechuga and Nima Roshan of BYU and claimed an 8-6 victory. Brandi and Stiegwardt will play Oklahoma State's Felipe Diaz and Boris Kuharic tomorrow at 12:30 ET in the round of 32
2003 ITA All-America Championships
Saturday, October 04, 2003
Doubles –Prequalifying – Round of 128
Trey Johnson/Vlad Obradovic (Florida) d. Brenton Contini/ Dennis Mertens (Ohio State), 8-4
Evgheni Corduneau/Amanjot Singh (UL Lafayette) d. Ryan Sherry/Stefan Tell (Florida), 8-6
Doubles Prequalifying – Round of 64
Chris Brandi/Martin Stiegwardt (Florida) d. Jose Luis Lechuga/Nima Roshan (BYU), 8-6
Trey Johnson/Vlad Obradovic (Florida) d. Luiz Carvalho/ Jose-Carlos Pinto (Mississippi State), 8-3
Singles – Prequalifying – Round of 64
Bastian Faisst (Arkansas Little-Rock) d. Chris Brandi (Florida), 6-3; 6-3
Martin Stiegwardt (Florida) d. Nic Beuque (San Diego), 7-5; 6-1
Vlad Obradovic (Florida) d. Alonso Medina (BYU), 6-2; 6-1
