Oct. 21, 2011
COLLEGE STATION, Texas - Four of Baylor's six singles entrants and one doubles tandem advanced to Saturday action in the USTA/ITA Texas Regional at College Station, Texas on Friday.
The event is one of 12 regionals held around the country in the month of October with the singles and doubles champion from each site qualifying for the 2011 USTA/ITA National Intercollegiate Indoor Championships. The national tournament is slated for Nov. 3-6, at the indoor facilities at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, located in Flushing, New York.
Junior Roberto Maytin and freshmen Mate Zsiga, Lars Behlen and Marko Krickovic all posted straight-set victories on Friday. Maytin, the tournament's No. 3 seed, downed UT's Alex Hilliard, 6-4, 6-2, while the fourth-seeded Zsiga defeated another Longhorn, Chris Camillone, 6-2, 6-1. Behlen, a No. 9 seed, swept past UTA's David Subirats, 6-0, 6-2 and Krickovic downed UTA's Jason Lateo, 6-4, 6-2. Zsiga raised his season record to 8-1 while Behlen moves to 7-2 and Maytin is 6-2. Kike Grangeiro, playing his first collegiate match of the season after suffering an eye injury last summer, lost to Texas Tech's Raphael Pfister in three sets, 6-0, 4-6, 6-2, while Robert Verzaal lost to TCU's Orlando Superlando, 6-1, 6-3.
In doubles, the second-seeded duo of Maytin and Zsiga emerged as winners in their first-ever competition together. They downed Texas A&M's Niall Angus and John Lewis, 8-4. Rice's Harry Fowler and Michael Nuesslein defeated Behlen/Grangeiro, 8-5, while Texas' Soren Hess-Olesen and Alex Hilliard moved past Krickovic and Verzaal, 8-4.
Action continues on Saturday with all four Baylor singles players' matches beginning at 8:30 a.m.
Singles
Round of 64
(3) Roberto Maytin (BU) def. Alex Hilliard (UT) 6-4, 6-2
(4) Mate Zsiga (BU) def. Chris Camillone (UT) 6-2, 6-1
(9) Lars Behlen (BU) def. David Subirats (UTA) 6-0, 6-2
Marko Krickovic (BU) def. Jason Lateo (UTA) 6-4, 6-2
(9) Orlando Superlando (TCU) def. Robert Verzaal (BU) 6-1, 6-3
Raphael Pfister (TT) def. (5) Kike Grangeiro (BU) 6-0, 4-6, 6-2
Saturday - Round of 32 matchups
8:30 a.m.
(3) Maytin vs. Daniel Sanchez (TCU)
(4) Zsiga vs. Nathan Robinson (TAMU-CC)
(9) Behlen vs. Isamu Tachibana (Rice)
Krickovic vs. (9) Soren Hess-Olesen (UT)
Doubles
Round of 32
(2) Maytin/Zsiga def. Niall Angus/John Lewis (TAMU) 8-4
Harry Fowler/Michael Nuesslein (Rice) def. (5) Behlen/Grangeiro 8-5
Soren Hess-Olesen/Alex Hilliard (UT) def. Krickovic/Verzaal 8-4
Saturday Doubles - Round of 16
3:30 p.m. (2) Maytin/Zsiga vs. Mindaugas Celedinas/Soren Goritzka (UTA)
Tournament Central
