Jacopo Tezza Advances to Round of 64 at ITA All-American
Sophomore to Face Fredrik Aarum of Ole Miss Tomorrow.
Jacopo Tezza won both of his matches Friday.

Jacopo Tezza won both of his matches Friday.

Oct. 3, 2003

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn.

TCU sophomore Jacopo Tezza landed in the round of 64 Friday at the Icy Hot/ITA All-American Championships' pre-qualifying tournament at the Champions Club in Chattanooga, Tenn. Tezza defeated a pair of contenders from Tennessee Tech and UC-Santa Barbara in straight sets to advance. Horned Frogs Rafael Abreu and Robert Gallman both fell in their opening round matches. Ole Miss' Fredrik Aarum represents the next challenge for Tezza tomorrow at 8 a.m. CDT. Frogs' doubles teams of Gallman/Tezza and Abreu/Fabrizio Sestini will begin play tomorrow as well at 10 a.m. CDT.

SINGLES - ROUND OF 256
Jacopo Tezza (TCU) def. Dominik Hecht (Tennessee Tech) 6-2, 6-1
Kristijan Mitrovski (UAB) def. Robert Gallman (TCU) 6-0, 7-5
Stefan Tell (Florida) def. Rafael Abreu (TCU) 6-4, 6-4

SINGLES - ROUND OF 128
Jacopo Tezza (TCU) def. Mike Placek (UC-Santa Barbara) 6-4, 6-2

SATURDAY'S SCHEDULE

Singles - Round of 64
Jacopo Tezza (TCU) vs. Fredrik Aarum (Ole Miss), 8 a.m. CDT

Doubles - Round of 128
Robert Gallman/Jacopo Tezza (TCU) vs. Evan Austin/Tigran Martirosyan (Kentucky), 10 a.m. CDT
Rafael Abreu/Fabrizio Sestini (TCU) vs. Ben Cappuccitti/Chris Cozad (Illinois State), 10 a.m. CDT

 

 


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