Men's Tennis

Oct. 24, 2002

Results

Senior Elliott Datlow won a pair of matches Thursday in the qualifying tournament of the 2002 Omni Hotels Region III Indoor Championships at the Hilary J. Boone Tennis Center in Lexington, Ky. He will join five of his teammates in the main draw which begins Friday. Freshman Alex Hume lost his first round match to Tennessee Tech’s Will Chappell, 6-2, 6-3.

In his first match against Murray State’s Adam Maskill, Datlow fell behind when he lost the first set 6-3. He battled back and took the second set in a tiebreaker, 7-4. Datlow dominated the third set, dropping just one game for the 6-1 victory. His second match pitted him against Tennessee Tech’s Luis Aguerrevere. Datlow was able to break serve and take the first set 6-4. He struggled in the second set, falling 6-1. He bounced back in the third, getting the win 6-2. He will face Miami’s Eric Hechtman in Friday’s main draw.

Datlow joins five other Wildcats in the main draw. Sophomore Jesse Witten is the No. 1 seed in the tournament. Junior Karim Benmansour (7th) and sophomore Evan Austin (14th) are also seeded in the bracket. Juniors Matt Emery and Rahim Esmail round out the draw for UK. In doubles, Kentucky will be represented by the teams of Benmansour and Austin, the 5th seed, Emery and Hume, and Esmail and Witten.

The winning doubles team, singles player and the singles finalist qualify for the Omni Hotels National Indoor Championships being held November 7-10 in Dallas, Texas.

Teams competing include Alabama, Alabama-Birmingham, Auburn, Birmingham Southern, Central Florida, Eastern Kentucky, Florida, Florida A&M, Georgia, Georgia Southern, Georgia State, Jacksonville, Kentucky, LSU, Memphis, Miami, Middle Tennessee, Mississippi, Mississippi State, Morehead State, Murray State, South Florida, Tennessee, Tennessee-Chattanooga, Tennessee Tech, Troy State, Tulane, Vanderbilt and Western Kentucky.

Complete Day 1 Results.

Thursday’s Results

Singles Qualifying – First Round

Elliott Datlow def. 5 Adam Maskill (MUR) – 3-6, 7-6(4), 6-1
Will Chappell (TT) def. Alex Hume – 6-2, 6-3
Second Round

Elliott Datlow def. Luis Aguerrevere (TT) – 6-4, 1-6, 6-2

Friday’s Kentucky Matches

Singles Main Draw – First Round (times are approximate)

Matt Emery vs. Lee Taylor Walker (MEM) – 9:30 am – LTC
Elliott Datlow vs. Eric Hectman (MIA) – 12:30 pm – UK

Second Round

1 Jesse Witten vs. Jason Hazley (LSU)/Michael Staniak (MTSU) – 2 pm – UK
7 Karim Benmansour vs. Masimba Muskwe (MUR)/Jordan Dolberg (UF) – 12:30 pm – LTC
14 Evan Austin vs. Jerome LeBelicard (MSU)/Kirk Jackson (MTSU) – 3:30 pm – LTC
Rahim Esmail vs. Trey Johnson (UF)/Benn Stapp (MEM) – 5 pm – LTC

UK=Boone Indoor Tennis Center
LTC=Lexington Tennis Club

Directions to LTC: South on Tates Creek. First right after New Circle Road (Kirklevington Dr.). Kirklevington will dead end into the LTC at the corner of Redding Rd.

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