Oct. 2, 1999
LEXINGTON, Ky. – In the marque match-up of Saturday evening at the Charles Fluitt Collegiate Classic, UK senior Johan “Boom-Boom” Hesoun used his vicious serve to beat Jeremy Bayon, ranked 65th nationally, in straight sets, 6-1, 7-6(5). In a grueling match that lasted nearly three hours, Hesoun stayed on the offensive for pretty much the whole match as his overpowering forehand shots had the Mississippi State player scrambling all over the court. Hesoun is now one of only nine players who remain undefeated after two days of action at the tournament.
“This was a great way for (Johan) Hesoun to start out the fall season,” said UK coach Dennis Emery. “It was a great win and it shows that he should be considered a top player in this conference.”
Also winning in straight sets for the Cats was Gustav Pousette who knocked off Mathieu Soto and Edo Bawano who beat Charles Sevigny. Pousette and Hesoun were double winners on the night as the tandem ousted David Ruiz and Rene Combette, 8-4, in doubles action.
In earlier action, UK?s Carlos Drada, No. 27 in the nation, fell 6-7(6), 6-4, 6-1, in a tough three set loss to the nation?s eighth ranked player, Peter Handoyo of Tennessee. Drada beat Handoyo earlier this season. Against Tennessee, Bawano beat Mark Fitzpatrick while Johan Grunditz ousted Matt Turner. Both victories came in straight sets.
The Second Annual Charles Fluitt Invitational concludes tomorrow with a full slate of tennis action featuring 11 of the nation?s top 100 ranked players. Tomorrow?s schedule is as follows:
Sunday, Oct. 3
10 a.m. – Kentucky vs. Fresno State (Downing)
Mississippi State vs. Baylor (Boone)
Tennessee vs. Louisville (Downing Lower)
4:30 p.m. – Kentucky vs. Louisville (Boone)
Saturday, Oct. 2
Day Two Results morning matches
Baylor/Kentucky vs. Fresno State/Morehead State/Kentucky
Singles
No. 1 Johann Jooste, BU def. Olivier LeJeune, FSU 4-6, 6-4, 6-3
No. 2 David Mullins, FSU def. David Hodge, BU 6-4, 6-1
No. 3 Peter Luczak, FSU def. Pawel Gajdzik, BU 6-1, 6-4
No. 4 Mark Williams, BU def. Lahiru Jayasuriya, MS 6-2, 6-1
No. 5 Csongor Bibza, BU def. Santiago Sahagun, MS 6-1, 6-0
No. 6 Sean O?Connor, BU def. Eduardo Richelle, MS 6-2, 6-2
No. 7 Edgar Santibanez, BU def. Claude Grady, UK 6-4, 6-1
Doubles
No. 1 Gajdzik/Hodge, BU def. LeJeune/Luczak, FSU 8-6
No. 2 Jooste/O?Connor, BU def. Mullins/Jayasuriya, FSU/MS 8-2
No. 3 Williams/Bibza, BU def. Sahagun/Richelle, MS 8-2
N0. 4 Santibanez/Mihajlovic, BU/UK def. Grady/Datlow, UK 8-4
Kentucky vs. Tennessee
Singles
No. 1 Paul Podbury, UT def. Gustav Pousette, UK 6-4, 6-3
No. 2 Peter Handoyo, UT def. Carlos Drada, UK 6-7(6), 6-4, 6-1
No. 3 Edo Bawano, UK, def. Mark Fitzpatrick, UT 6-4, 6-3
No. 4 Johan Grunditz, UK, def. Matt Turner, UT 6-2. 6-3
Day Two Results afternoon matches
Tennessee vs. Fresno State/Morehead State
Singles
No. 1 Peter Luczak, FSU def. Peter Handoyo, UT(retired) 7-5, 4-6, 4-4
No. 2 David Mullins, FSU def. Paul Podbury, UT 6-3, 0-6, 6-4
No. 3 Mark Fitzpatrick, UT def. Lahiru Jayasuriya, MS 6-0, 6-3
No. 4 Matt Turner, UT def. Santiago Sahagun, MS 6-1, 6-1
Baylor/Kentucky vs. Louisville
Singles
No. 1 Johann Jooste, BU def. Tvrtko Kujundzic, UL 6-4, 6-3
No. 2 David Hodge, BU def. Paulo Carvalho, UL 6-1, 6-4
No. 3 Mark Williams, BU def. Oliver Cantrell, UL 6-2, 6-1
No. 4 Pawel Gajdzik, BU def. Cody Conley, UL 6-2, 7-5
No. 5 Sean O?Connor, BU def. Alex Sivertsen, UL 6-3, 6-3
No. 6 Csongor Bibza, BU def. Brent McCombe, UL 6-2, 6-3
No. 7 Hazuan Hizan, UL def. Edgar Santibanez, BU 6-3, 6-3
No. 8 Marek Blaskovic, UL def. Elliot Datlow, UK 6-4, 6-2
Doubles
No. 1 Jooste/Hodge, BU, def. Carvalho/Conley, UL 8-5
No. 2 Gajdzik/Williams, BU, def. Kujundzic/Cantrell, UL 8-4
No. 3 Bibza/O?Connor, BU, def. Sivertsen/McCombe, UL 8-2
No. 4 Hizan/Schutzman, UL def. Santibanez/Datlow, BU/UK 8-4
Day Two Results evening match
Kentucky vs. Mississippi State
Singles
No. 1 Johan Hesoun, UK def. Jeremy Bayon, MSU 6-1, 7-6(5)
No. 2 David Ruiz, MSU def. Johan Grunditz, UK 6-3, 7-6(5)
No. 3 Gustav Pousette, UK def. Mathieu Soto, MSU 7-5, 6-2
No. 4 Jerome Lebelicard, MSU def. Reven Stephens, UK(retired) 4-2
No. 5 Edo Bawano, UK def. Charles Sevigny, MSU 6-4, 6-4
No. 6 Rene Combette, MSU def. Dalibor Mihajlovic, UK 7-6(5), 7-5
Singles
No. 1 Bayon/Soto, MSU, def. Drada/Stephens, UK 9-8(4)
No. 2 Hesoun/Pousette, UK, def. Ruiz/Combette, MSU 8-4
No. 3 Lebelicard/Sevigny, MSU, def. Bawano/Grunditz, UK 8-6
CHARLES FLUITT INVITATIONAL
DAY TWO STANDINGS
Saturday, Oct. 2
Mark Williams, Baylor 4-0 1.000 Sean O?Connor, Baylor 3-0 1.000 Marco Baron, Mississippi State 2-0 1.000 Hazuan Hizan, Louisville 2-0 1.000 Chris McDonald, Mississippi State 2-0 1.000 Rene Combette, Mississippi State 2-0 1.000 Johan Hesoun, Kentucky 2-0 1.000 Marek Blaskovic, Louisville 1-0 1.000 Jerome Lebelicard, Mississippi State 1-0 1.000 Peter Handoyo, Tennessee 3-1 .750 Johann Jooste, Baylor 3-1 .750 David Mullins, Fresno State 3-1 .750 Csongor Bibza, Baylor 3-1 .750 Peter Luczak, Fresno State 3-1 .750 David Ruiz, Mississippi State 2-1 .667 Johan Grunditz, Kentucky 2-1 .667 Edo Bawano, Kentucky 2-1 .667 Mark Fitzpatrick, Tennessee 2-2 .500 David Hodge, Baylor 2-2 .500 Pawel Gajdzik, Baylor 2-2 .500 Cody Conley, Louisville 1-1 .500 Alex Sivertsen, Louisville 1-1 .500 Charles Sevigny, Mississippi State 1-1 .500 Jeremy Bayon, Mississippi State 1-1 .500 Brent McCombe, Louisville 1-1 .500 Tvrtko Kujundzic, Louisville 1-1 .500 Carlos Drada, Kentucky 1-1 .500 Edgar Santibanez, Baylor 1-2 .333 Dalibor Mihajlovic, Kentucky 1-2 .333 Matieu Soto, Mississippi State 1-2 .333 Olivier LeJeune, Fresno State 1-2 .333 Lahiru Jayasuriya, Morehead State 1-3 .250 Paul Podbury, Tennessee 1-3 .250 Matt Turner, Tennessee 1-3 .250 Johannes Michalsky, Baylor 0-1 .000 Reven Stephens, Kentucky 0-2 .000 Paulo Carvalho, Louisville 0-2 .000 Oliver Cantrell, Louisville 0-2 .000 Elliot Datlow, Kentucky 0-2 .000 Gustav Pousette, Kentucky 1-2 .333 Adam Carey, Tennessee 0-2 .000 Eduardo Richelle, Morehead State 0-3 .000 Claude Grady, Kentucky 0-3 .000 Santiago Sahagun, Morehead State 0-4 .000
