Aug. 3, 1999
Two-time Grand Slam champion and former world doubles No. 1 JonathanStark fell, 7-6, 7-6, to 226th-ranked Gabriel Trifu on Monday night at theFifthThird Bank Tennis Championships.
Stark, the winner of the 1994 French Open doubles and 1996 Wimbledonmixed doubles titles, never lost his serve during the match, but dropped twoheart-breaking tie-breakers to the up-and-coming Frenchman.
Trifu, who bombed serve after serve, was returning to the tournamentscene after withdrawing from his last event with an injury.
“I was happy with the way I played tonight, especially since I had topull out of my last tournament,” Trifu said. “I guess you’re always happywitha win.”
On the women’s side, Petra Rampre was a 7-5, 6-1 winner over JingQuianYi in the evening’s other feature match.
Also on Monday, the last two members of the UK contingent wereeliminated, as both Carlos Drada and Carolina Mayorga were ousted inqualifyingaction. Drada fell, 4-6, 7-5, 6-1, to former Georgia Tech All-American RobertGivone in a final qualification match, but not before besting 1997 Wimbledonjunior champion Wesley Whitehouse, 7-6, 6-1, in round two. Mayorga fell, 6-2,6-1, to Amanda Grahame, on Grahame’s way to a qualification final.
Both the men and women will battle in main draw matches on Tuesday,withformer UK All-American Cedric Kauffmann battling Harel Levy in the evening’s 7p.m. feature match.
Afternoon action kicks off at 2 p.m. at the Boone Tennis Center. Admission is $8 per session, with tickets available at the gate.
Fifth Third Bank Tennis Championships
Hilary J. Boone Tennis Center
Men’s Round Two Qualifying
Carlos Drada d. Wesley Whitehouse 7-6 (3), 6-1Robert Givone d. Jaymon Crabb 0-6, 7-6 (7), 6-0
Men’s Round Three Qualifying
Paul Kilderry d. TJ Middleton 6-3, 7-5aRobert Givone d. Carlos Drada 4-6, 7-5, 6-1Louis Vosloo d. Thomas Blake 6-1, 6-2Doug Flach d. James Blake 1-6, 6-1, 6-2
Men’s Main Draw First Round
Todd Scheck d. Peter Carpenter 6-1, 6-1Michael Russell d. Arvind Parmar 6-4, 6-3Gabriel Trifu d. Jonathan Stark 7-6, 7-6
Women’s Round One Qualifying
Linda Wild d. Jennifer Hopkins 6-1, 6-2 Katie Schlukebir d. Ding Ding 6-7 (4) 7-5, 7-5Maiko Inoue d. Jennifer Langer 6-4, 4-6, 6-0Amanda Grahame d. Carolina Mayorga 6-2, 6-1Jing Quian Yi d. Madoka Kuki 6-4, 6-4
Women’s Round Two Qualifying
Eun-Ha Kim d. Julie Scott 7-5, 7-6 (6)Amanda Grahame d. Katie Schlukebir 6-1, 6-2Nannie DeVilliers d. Bryanne Stewart 6-3, 6-2Holly Parkinson d. Kylie Hunt 6-1, 6-7 (5), 6-3Linda Wild d. Maiko Inoue 6-3, 7-5Petra Rampre d. Jing Quian Yi 7-5, 6-1Shiho Hisamatsu d. Nikola Hubnerova 2-6, 7-5, 1-0 ret.
