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Ouellette Advances To Round of 16 At ITA All-American Championships
Thursday, October 5, 2006 | Men's Tennis
University of Florida men's tennis junior Greg Ouellette (Ormond Beach, Fla.) posted two victories to advance to the Round of 16 in the main singles draw at the Polo Ralph Lauren All-American Tennis Championships in Tulsa.
Ouellette (No. 26) won both his matches in straight sets to set up a meeting with Virginia's sixth-ranked Somdev Devvarman on Friday. Ouellette began the event by defeating Wake Forest's Todd Paul (No. 14), 6-2, 6-4 before moving on to take out Ohio State's Devin Mullings (No. 56), 6-2, 6-3.
Florida junior Nestor Briceno (Pembroke Pines, Fla.) also competed, but was defeated in his opening match by No. 60 Chris Klingemann (Ohio State), 6-4, 6-2. Briceno had a good showing in the consolation draw where he defeated Alabama's 35th-ranked Joseph Jung (6-2, 6-1). Briceno advanced in the draw to play No. 78 Eidy Igarashi (Old Dominion).
The Polo Ralph Lauren All-American Tennis Championships offer the first national singles and doubles titles of the 2006-07 collegiate tennis season, and are followed by the ITA National Intercollegiate Indoor Championships in November and the third event is the season-ending NCAA Championships in May.
2006 Polo Ralph Lauren All-American Tennis Championships
Main Draw Singles Round of 64
No. 26 Greg Ouellette (UF) def. No. 14 Todd Paul (Wake Forest), 6-2, 6-4
No. 60 Chris Klingemann (Ohio State) def. No. 45 Nestor Briceno (UF), 6-4, 6-2
Main Draw Singles Round of 32
No. 26 Greg Ouellette (UF) def. No. 56 Devin Mullings (Ohio State), 6-2, 6-3
Main Draw Singles Consolation Round
No. 45 Nestor Briceno (UF) vs. No. 35 Joseph Jung (Alabama) 6-2, 6-1
