Sooners Complete Day One of Invitational

Oct. 14, 2011

Oklahoma Invitational
Dates	Friday, Oct. 14 - Sunday, Oct. 16
Location	Norman, Okla. \| Headington Family Tennis Center
Internet	Singles Bracket \| Doubles Bracket

NORMAN, Okla. – The University of Oklahoma men's tennis program opened play at the inaugural OU Invitational Friday, Oct. 14, at the Headington Family Tennis Center, earning four victories in singles.

Three Sooners – Tsvetan Mihov, Dane Webb, Guilermo Alcorta – advanced to third round action after earning wins on day one of play. Mihov and Webb each earned straight set victories over Arkansas' Nikolas Zogaj and Nebraska's Tom Blackwell, respectively.

Sophomore Guillermo Alcorta earned a win over Bedlam rival Eric West, 6-4, 3-6, 7-5 in the second round. Junior Lawrence Formentera won his first round matchup against OSU's Brandon Champagne, 6-1, 6-0, but dropped his next set to Nebraska's Benedikt Lindheim.

Most of the Sooners had a bye to begin doubles action. The one exception was John Warden and Ryan Proctor who fell to OSU's Bondarenko and Bitkyakov, 8-3.

Action continues tomorrow with singles action set to being at 9 a.m. The tournament is free to the public.

Singles Results
Tsvetan Mihov (OU) def. Nikolas Zogaj (Ark.), 7-6, 7-5
Chris Haworth (OSU) def. Ryan Proctor (OU), 6-1, 6-0
Dane Webb (OU) def. Tom Blackwell (Neb.), 6-4, 6-4
Lawrence Formentera (OU) def. Brandon Champagne (OSU), 6-1, 6-0
Benedikt Lindheim (Neb.) def. Lawrence Formentera (OU), 6-3, 4-6, 6-2
Guillermo Alcorta (OU) def. Eric West (OSU), 6-4, 3-6, 7-5

Singles Consolation Results
Eric Sock (Neb.) def. Ryan Proctor (OU), 6-1, 6-0

Doubles Results
Bondarenko/Bitkyakov (OSU) def. Warden/Proctor (OU), 8-3