Men's Tennis

Jan. 16, 2003

Recap

SEC Indoor Championships
Day 1


Qualifying Round


Alex Hume
def. Chris McDonald (Florida) – 7-5, 6-1


Tim Morgan
def. Michael Hailey (Miss. St.) – 6-3, 7-5


Elliott Datlow
def. Nasir Sherazi (South Carolina) – 6-4, 1-6, 6-3


Singles Main Draw


First Round

#4 Jesse Witten
(1) – Bye

#73 Karim Benmansour
def. William Boyles (Alabama) – 6-1, 6-4

Michael Ray Pallares (Alabama) def. Alex Hume – 6-2, 6-1

#91 Rahim Esmail
def. Will Glenn (Georgia) – 4-6, 6-4, 6-3


Matt Emery
def. Brad Friedman (Florida) – 6-2, 6-1

Lewis Smith (Vanderbilt) def. Tim Morgan – 7-5, 6-2

#100 Evan Austin
def. Troy Hahn (Florida) – 6-4, 4-6, 6-3

Romain Ambert (Miss. St.) (2) def. Elliott Datlow – 6-2, 6-0

Day 2


Singles Main Draw


Round of 16

#4 Jesse Witten (1) vs. Zach Dailey (Vanderbilt)
#73 Karim Benmansour vs. #57 Aleksey Bubis (Arkansas)
#91 Rahim Esmail vs. #68 Olivier Levant (Florida)
Matt Emery vs. #14 Chad Harris (Vanderbilt) (5)
#100 Evan Austin vs. #25 Bo Hodge (Georgia) (8)


Doubles Main Draw


Round of 32

Benmansour/Emery vs. #13 Matt Behman/Troy Hahn (Florida) (1)
Austin/Morgan vs. Janne Holmia/Trey Johnson (Florida)
Datlow/Hume vs. #43 Nicolas Boeker/Bo Hodge (Georgia)
#41 Esmail/Witten vs. Peter Richman/Paul White (LSU)

Numbers before a players name indicate their position in the Omni Hotels Collegiate Tennis Rankings. Numbers in parenthesis following a player is their seed in the tournament.

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