University of Tennessee Athletics
Smith Advances at ITA All-American Championships
October 01, 2007 | Men's Tennis
Tennessee freshman tennis player J.P. Smith defeated the nation's 70th-ranked singles player Monday to advance to the second round of the Polo Ralph Lauren ITA All-American Championships played in Tulsa, Okla.
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Smith, ranked 108th, defeated Jean-Yves Aubone of Florida State in a third-set tiebreaker to advance to the second round. The UT freshman from Townsville, Australia won the first set and after dropping the second rebounded in the third to force a tiebreaker and eventually outlasted the Seminole to win 6-2, 4-6, 7-6(1).
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The Vol netter faces Ed Corrie of Texas in the second round of qualifying Tuesday. Smith needs to win two more matches to join teammate Chris Racz in the 64-man main draw.
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Davey Sandgren lost his first round match to Drexel's Omar Laalej 6-4, 6-4.
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Sandgren and Smith begin qualifying for doubles Tuesday with a match against Reid Carleton and Kiril Dimitrov of Duke.
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ITA All-American Championships - Mon., Oct. 1
Singles - Qualifying - Third Round
No. 108 J.P. Smith (UT) def. No. 70 Jean-Yves Aubone (FSU) 6-2, 4-6, 7-6(1)
Omar Laalej (Drexel) def. No. 69 Davey Sandgren (UT) 6-4, 6-4
