Sooners Ready For Regional Main Draw

Oct. 21, 2010

NORMAN, Okla. – The 2010 USTA/Intercollegiate Tennis Association Men's Central Region Championships singles and doubles main draws begin Friday, Oct. 22, at the Headington Family Tennis Center and the Gregg Wadley Indoor Pavilion.

Qualifying action concluded Thursday and two Sooners, Ryan Proctor and Jacob Straus, advanced to the singles main draw.

Proctor, began the day with a win over Arkansas Pine-Bluff's Tito Bonadonna, 8-4. The Oklahoma sophomore battled Arkansas' Taj Harrison in the second round. Proctor was victorious over the Razorback, 6-4, 2-6, 10-8. In the qualifying finals Proctor defeated WIU's Patrick Hammers, 6-3, 5-7, 10-4.

Straus advanced after defeating Nebraska's Sebastian Florzyk, 7-6, 2-6, 11-9. In the qualifying finals Straus handily defeated Bradley's Ashton Kalhorn, 6-3, 6-2.

Click here to see the final results from Thursday's qualifying bracket.

Previewing the Sooners Matchups in the Main Draw (Friday, Oct. 22)

PDF | Main Draw Singles | Doubles

Singles
Ionut Beleleu vs. Bradley's Juan Cuadrado (9:30 a.m.)
Jacob Straus vs. Wichita State's Javier Estensorro (8 a.m.)
Lawrence Formentera vs. Tulsa's Ashley Watling (8 a.m.)
John Warden vs. Minnesota's Tobias Wernet (8 a.m.)
Ryan Proctor vs. Tulsa's Tristan Jackson (8 a.m.)
Tsvetan Mihov vs. Wichita States Matheus Pereira (9:30 a.m.)
Costin Paval vs. Southern Illinois' Falk De Beenhouwer (9:30 a.m.)

Doubles
Formentera/Warden vs. Marinescu/Mihai (WSU)
Proctor/Strauss vs. Cote/Hammers (WIU)
Mihov/Siributwong vs. Wernet/Bonin (Minn)

Previewing the Sooners
Competing for the Sooners are Beleleu, Paval, Peerakit Siribtuwong, Tsvetan Mihov, John Harry Warden. Beleleu, OU's highest ranked individual, and Paval, the Big 12 Freshman of the Year, are both coming off a strong showing at the Futures of Mansfield.

In addition to OU's Paval and Beleleu, the Sooners have plenty of top-talent competing in the event as Oklahoma newcomers Siributwong and Mihov will take to the OU courts for the first time of their Sooner careers. Both individuals rank among the top 10 National Freshman/Newcomers by the ITA, at No. 4 and No. 7, respectively.

Freshman John Warden is an Oklahoma native from Tulsa, Okla. Warden has performed well in his short amount of time on campus. Warden teamed with sophomore Lawrence Formentera to win the doubles crown at the Midland Invitation on Sept. 20.

Formentera (Colton, Calif.) begins his second season as a Sooner after competing at the No. 5 and 6 singles spot during the Sooners Elite Eight campaign in 2010. The sophomore also played No. 3 doubles for Oklahoma.

OU Head Coach John Roddick on hosting USTA/ITA Central Region Championships
“We're excited to host the biggest individual tournament in our region,” OU head coach John Roddick said. “It's a great opportunity to showcase our facilities. We are excited about hosting it. We want to start hosting more events and utilizing our facilities for events like this.”

Central Region Brings Top Talent
The event will feature some of the best players in the collegiate ranks, including nine ranked players in the ITA preseason singles poll and three ranked doubles tandems. The list of ranked singles players include: No. 33 Ionut Beleleu (OU), No. 34 Marcelo Arevalo (Tulsa), Ashley Watling (Tulsa), No. 41 Chris Nott (Arkansas), No. 48 Sebastian Gallego (Minnesota), No. 49 Calin Paar (Nebraska), No. 55 Costin Paval (OU), No. 61 Christopher Aumueller (Nebraska) and No. 71 Tobias Wernet (Minnesota). Ranked doubles teams include: OU's Paval and Beleleu (No. 18), Minnesota's Gallego and Phil Arndt (No. 28) and Arkansas' Nott and Matt Hogan (No. 37).

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