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USTA Player's Choice Open
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Men’s Tennis Splits Squad for Two Weekend Tournaments
10/27/2016 8:15:00 PM | Men's Tennis
CHARLESTON, S.C. – The College of Charleston men's tennis team will split up its roster this weekend to take part in two events, with the majority of the team heading to Statesboro for the Georgia Southern Championships while two players will take part in the USTA Player's Choice Open in Birmingham, Ala.
Juan Estevarena and Vasily Kichigin will both enter the open qualifiers in the Player's Choice Open in hopes of making the main draw. The tournament will feature some premier players in the sport, with nearly 20 carrying ranks within the Top 1000 in the world. Opening draws have not yet been announced.
A bigger squad comprising Ryan Khan, Benedict Henning, Easton Thomas, Alec Angradi, Jake and Luke Kusmider will instead be in the Peach State. Henning was venerated as the No. 5 seed in the tournament, which includes Georgia Southern, SC State, North Florida, SCAD, Kennesaw State. Opening draws for that tournament are listed below.
CofC men's tennis hasn't traveled to Statesboro since 2013, the last year the Cougars were members of the SoCON. They played the Eagles in the spring season, narrowly winning 4-3. The Cougars swept the doubles point, while Brice Allanic, Charlie Ghriskey and Zach Lewis all got singles wins to give the College the win.
OPENING DRAWS (Georgia Southern Championships)
Luke Kusmider (CofC) vs. Santiago Suarez (GSo) – 10:30 a.m.
Jake Kusmider (CofC) vs. Adam Brown (GSo) – 10:30 a.m.
Ryan Khan (CofC) vs. Stanislav Baco (SCS) – 12:30 p.m.
Easton Thomas (CofC) vs. No. 3 Jakub Vitek (SCS) – 12:30 p.m.
Alec Angradi (CofC) vs. Winner of [Evan Pelavin (GSo)/Aleksander Stupar (SCS)] – 2:30 p.m.
No. 5 Benedikt Henning (CofC) vs. Winner of [Yulin Liu (SCAD)/Martin Figura (SCS)] – 2:30 p.m.
Juan Estevarena and Vasily Kichigin will both enter the open qualifiers in the Player's Choice Open in hopes of making the main draw. The tournament will feature some premier players in the sport, with nearly 20 carrying ranks within the Top 1000 in the world. Opening draws have not yet been announced.
A bigger squad comprising Ryan Khan, Benedict Henning, Easton Thomas, Alec Angradi, Jake and Luke Kusmider will instead be in the Peach State. Henning was venerated as the No. 5 seed in the tournament, which includes Georgia Southern, SC State, North Florida, SCAD, Kennesaw State. Opening draws for that tournament are listed below.
CofC men's tennis hasn't traveled to Statesboro since 2013, the last year the Cougars were members of the SoCON. They played the Eagles in the spring season, narrowly winning 4-3. The Cougars swept the doubles point, while Brice Allanic, Charlie Ghriskey and Zach Lewis all got singles wins to give the College the win.
OPENING DRAWS (Georgia Southern Championships)
Luke Kusmider (CofC) vs. Santiago Suarez (GSo) – 10:30 a.m.
Jake Kusmider (CofC) vs. Adam Brown (GSo) – 10:30 a.m.
Ryan Khan (CofC) vs. Stanislav Baco (SCS) – 12:30 p.m.
Easton Thomas (CofC) vs. No. 3 Jakub Vitek (SCS) – 12:30 p.m.
Alec Angradi (CofC) vs. Winner of [Evan Pelavin (GSo)/Aleksander Stupar (SCS)] – 2:30 p.m.
No. 5 Benedikt Henning (CofC) vs. Winner of [Yulin Liu (SCAD)/Martin Figura (SCS)] – 2:30 p.m.
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