Sept. 20, 2003
Kentucky newcomer Tigran Martirosyan advanced to Sunday’s ranked bracket competition at UK’s Moore Invitational with a 7-6, 6-3 victory over Federico Barton of South Florida. Fellow newcomer Nathaniel Emge tallied another victory over a South Floridian, this one a 5-7, 6-4, 6-3 win over 53rd-ranked Paco Antelo.
Kentucky’s Jesse Witten, Evan Austin, Matt Allinder and Alex Hume each suffered defeats during Saturday’s competition. Tournament play resumes Sunday morning at 10 a.m. EDT.
AGATE:
Ranked Flight
#10 Catalin Gard (UM) def. #9 Jesse Witten (UK) - 6-1, 3-6, 6-4#27 Uli Kiendl (USF) def. #19 Paul Ciorascu (UM) - 6-3, 6-2Tigran Martirosyn (UK) def. Federico Barton (USF) - 7-6, 6-3Renato Silverio (USF) def. #98 Evan Austin (UK) - 7-5, 6-7, 7-5Nathaniel Emge (UK) def. #53 Paco Antelo (USF) - 5-7, 6-4, 6-3
‘A’ FlightJohnstone (Mor.) def. Juan Barrigan (USF) – 7-5, 7-6Federico Barton (USF) def. Matt Allinder (UK) – 6-2, 6-0John Kellert (EKU) def. Jonathan Howard (UL) – 6-4, 6-2Jeremy Clark (UL) def. Alex Hume (UK) – 7-5, 6-4Ivan Arceo (ISU) def. Ketan Saggar (Ind.) – 6-1, 6-1McLeod (Mor.) def. Tom Wospil (EKU) – 6-3, 7-6Daniel Arbib (Mor.) def. Alan Dowell (Ind.) – 6-2, 6-1
‘B’ FlightMatias Sigal (USF) def. Chase Armstrong (EKU) – 4-6, 6-1, 6-2Aaron Phillips (ISU) def. German Escallon (USF) – 6-3, 6-2Orieux (Mor.) def. Mark Kennedy (UL) – 6-4, 6-2Alejandro Hernandez (Mor.) def. Tomi Simola (Mor.) – 6-1, 4-6, 7-5Ian Smith (Mor.) def. Dustin Guthrie (Ind.) – 2-6, 7-6, 6-0Justin Linder (Ind.) def. Ryne Fulton (Ind.) – 6-3, 6-2Tomi Simola (Mor.) def. Dustin Guthrie (Ind.) – 6-0, 6-4