Men's Tennis Opens Doubles Play Tuesday

Oct. 6, 2008

Tulsa, Okla. – The University of Miami men’s tennis team opens doubles play at the D’Novo/ITA Men’s All-American Championships in Tulsa, Okla. on Tuesday.

Freshman Ignacio Taboada and sophomore Keith Crowley will face Eoin Heavey and Kallim Stewart of Cal at 1:30 p.m., while the Miami tandem of senior David Rosenfeld and junior David Simon open doubles competition versus Stanford’s 12^th-seeded Bradley Kahn and Richard Wire at 3:30 p.m.

After dropping their qualifying round singles matches on Monday, three Hurricanes continue in consolation play on Tuesday. After falling to TCU’s Kriegler Brink, 7-6 (10), 6-1, Rosenfeld (1-3) will face host Tulsa’s Rusty Turbin at 10:30 a.m.

Old Dominion’s Aleksandr Seleznev knocked Miami sophomore Carl Sundberg (0-1) into the consolation bracket with a 6-3, 7-5 decision. Sundberg will square off versus Nebraska’s Colin Paar at 12:30 p.m.

Also set for consolation play on Tuesday at 12:30 p.m. is Simon, who fell to Texas’ top-seeded Olivier Sajous, 6-1, 6-3. The 99^th-ranked Simon (2-2) will take to the court versus Michigan’s Mike Sroczynski.

While they will continue in doubles play together on Tuesday, Crowley (5-2) and Taboada (4-3) saw their All-American singles competition come to a close. Crowley had his five-match win streak snapped with a 6-3, 6-3 loss to Mississippi’s 11^th-seeded Bram Ten Berge, while Taboada fell to Tobias Wernet of Minnesota, 7-6 (2), 7-5.

All-American Championships Qualifying

First Round

(1) Olivier Sajous (Texas) def. David Simon (UM), 6-1, 6-3

Tobias Wernet (Minnesota) def. Ignacio Taboada (UM), 7-6 (2), 7-5

Kriegler Brink (TCU) def. David Rosenfeld (UM), 7-6 (10), 6-1

(11) Bram ten Berge (Ole Miss) def. Keith Crowley (UM), 6-3, 6-3

Aleksandr Seleznev (Old Dominion) def. Carl Sundberg (UM), 6-3, 7-5