USTA/ITA Central Region Day Two Headquarters

Oct. 22, 2010

NORMAN, Okla. – Weather forced main draw competition inside the Gregg Wadley Tennis Pavilion at the 2010 USTA/ITA Central Region Championships Friday, Oct. 22.

Despite poor weather conditions, play continued on the six indoor courts, where the main draw singles first round lasted roughly nine hours. Following singles play, the main draw doubles first and second rounds were played.

Weather permitting, play will begin tomorrow at 9 a.m., with the second round of the singles main draw. Followed by the singles consolation draw at 10:30 a.m. Main draw singles third round action will begin at noon.

PDF | Main Draw Singles | Doubles

How the Sooners faired in the Main Draw (Friday, Oct. 22)
Singles Main Draw First Round Results (10/22)
Ionut Beleleu (OU) def. Juan Cuadrado (Bradley), 6-1, 6-2
Jacob Strauss (OU) def. Javier Estensorro (WSU), 6-3, 6-2
Peerakit Siributwong (OU) def. Paluch (Creighton), 7-5, 6-1
Ashley Watling (TU) def. Lawrence Formentera (OU), 6-0, 7-5
Tobias Wernet (Minn) def. John Warden (OU), 2-6, 6-3, 7-6(4)
Tristan Jackson (TU) def. Ryan Proctor (OU), 6-3, 6-3
Matheus Pereira (WSU) def. Tsvetan Mihov (OU), 6-3, 6-2
Costin Paval (OU) def. Falk DeDebeenhouwer (SIU), 6-2, 6-4

Doubles Main Draw Results (10/22)
FIRST ROUND
Warden/Formentera (OU) def. Marinescu/Mihai (WSU), 8-6
Strauss/Proctor (OU) def. Cote/Hammers (WIU), 8-6
Wernet/Bonin (Minn) def. Siributwong/Mihov (OU), 8-6
SECOND ROUND
Warden/Formentera (OU) def. Martinoski/West (OSU), 8-3
Aumueller/Lindheim (NU) def. Strauss/Proctor (OU), 8-4

Sooners day two matchups (Saturday, Oct. 23)
MAIN DRAW SINGLES
Beleleu vs. Kidera (SLU)
Strauss vs. Paar (NU)
Siributwong vs. West (OSU)
Paval vs. Bonin (Minn)

MAIN DRAW DOUBLES
Warden/Formentera vs. Gallego/Arndt (Minn)

SINGLES CONSOLATION
Lawrence Formentera vs. Cote (WIU)
Ryan Proctor vs. Aumueller (NU)
Tsvetan Mihov vs. Hadash (DU)
John Warden vs. Diercks (IU)

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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