Oct. 3, 1999

LEXINGTON, Ky. – The University of Kentucky men?s tennis team concluded a successful weekend at the Second Annual Charles Fluitt Classic on Sunday with wins by two of its top players, Carlos Drada and Edo Bawano. Bawano, the 82nd ranked player in the nation, was one of four players to finish the tournament 4-1, fourth among those who played at least three matches. Drada, ranked No. 27 in the nation, closed the tournament in a three-way tie for eighth with a 3-1 record.

Gustav Pousette also had a big finale, winning after losing the first set 6-4 and trailing 3-1 in the second set. The UK sophomore battled back to win the second set 6-4 and took the match with a 6-3 third set victory.

“This was a great weekend for us,” UK coach Dennis Emery said. “We played high quality opponents and did well. Our three goals for this weekend were to improve our doubles play, get some wins against opponents ranked in the top 100 and simulate the intensity and style of play found in the dual season. From those aspects, this was a very successful weekend.”

The Cats did have some success in doubles going 5-4 while their top duo of Johan Hesoun and Pousette went 2-1.

Baylor?s Sean O?Connor (4-0), Chris McDonald of Mississippi State (3-0) and Hazuan Hizan (3-0) cruised through the competition as the only undefeated competitors among those who played three or more matches for the tournament.

CHARLES FLUITT INVITATIONAL

FINAL STANDINGS – Sunday, Oct. 3

 Sean O?Connor, Baylor                   4-0     1.000 Chris McDonald, Mississippi State       3-0     1.000 Hazuan Hizan, Louisville                3-0     1.000 Marco Baron, Mississippi State          2-0     1.000 Jerome Lebelicard, Mississippi State    2-0     1.000 Marek Blaskovic, Louisville             1-0     1.000  Edo Bawano, Kentucky                    4-1     .800 Mark Williams, Baylor                   4-1     .800 David Mullins, Fresno State             4-1     .800 Peter Luczak, Fresno State              4-1     .800  Carlos Drada, Kentucky                  3-1     .750 Peter Handoyo, Tennessee                3-1     .750 Johann Jooste, Baylor                   3-1     .750  David Ruiz, Mississippi State           2-1     .667 Rene Combette, Mississippi State        2-1     .667 Johan Hesoun, Kentucky                  2-1     .667 Alex Sivertsen, Louisville              2-1     .667 Charles Sevigny, Mississippi State      2-1     .667   David Hodge, Baylor                     3-2     .600 Csongor Bibza, Baylor                   3-2     .600  Mark Fitzpatrick, Tennessee             2-2     .500 Johan Grunditz, Kentucky                2-2     .500 Gustav Pousette, Kentucky               2-2     .500 Cody Conley, Louisville                 2-2     .500 Matieu Soto, Mississippi State          2-2     .500 Brent McCombe, Louisville               1-1     .500  Lahiru Jayasuriya, Morehead State       2-3     .400     Dalibor Mihajlovic, Kentucky            2-3     .400 Pawel Gajdzik, Baylor                   2-3     .400 Paul Podbury, Tennessee                 2-3     .400 Matt Turner, Tennessee                  2-3     .400  Elliot Datlow, Kentucky                 1-2     .333 Jeremy Bayon, Mississippi State         1-2     .333  Tvrtko Kujundzic, Louisville            1-3     .250 Edgar Santibanez, Baylor                1-3     .250 Olivier LeJeune, Fresno State           1-3     .250  Johannes Michalsky, Baylor              0-1     .000 Reven Stephens, Kentucky                0-2     .000 Paulo Carvalho, Louisville              0-3     .000 Adam Carey, Tennessee                   0-2     .000 Oliver Cantrell, Louisville             0-3     .000 Eduardo Richelle, Morehead State        0-4     .000 Claude Grady, Kentucky                  0-5     .000 Santiago Sahagun, Morehead State        0-5     .000 

Day Three Results – morning matches

Sunday, Oct. 3

Kentucky vs. Fresno State/Morehead State


Singles

No. 1 Peter Luczak, FSU, def. Johan Hesoun, UK 6-2, 7-6(6)
No. 2 Carlos Drada, UK, def. Olivier LeJeune, FSU (retired) 6-2, 3-0
No. 3 David Mullins, FSU def. Edo Bawano, UK 6-2, 6-3
No. 4 Lahiru Jayasuriya, MS def. Claude Grady, UK 1-6, 6-4, 6-4
No. 5 Dalibor Mihajlovic, UK def. Santiago Sahagun, MS 6-4, 6-3
No. 6 Eliott Datlow, UK, def. Eduardo Richelle, MS 7-6(5), 4-6, 6-2

Mississippi State vs. Baylor


Singles
No. 1 David Hodge, BU, def. Jeremy Bayon, MSU 7-6, 2-6, 6-3
No. 2 Jerome Lebelicard, MSU, def. Mark Williams, BU 6-7, 6-4, 7-6
No. 3 Mathieu Soto, MSU def. Pawel Gajdzik, BU 6-4, 7-5
No. 4 Charles Sevigny, MSU def. Csongor Bibza, BU 6-4, 2-6, 6-2
No. 5 Sean O?Connor, BU def. Rene Combette, MSU 6-3, 6-1
No. 6 Chris McDonald, MSU def. Edgar Santibanez, BU 6-2, 7-6(9)

Doubles
No. 1 Bayon/Soto, MSU def. Hodge/Williams, BU 6-5
No. 2 David Ruiz/Combette, MSU def. Gajdzik/O?Connor, BU 6-4
No. 3 Sevigny/Lebicard, MSU def. Bibza/Johann Jooste, BU 6-5

Tennessee vs. Louisville


Singles
No. 1 Matt Turner, UT def. Cody Conley, UL 6-3, 7-6
No. 2 Paul Podbury, UT def. Tvrtko Kujundzic, UL 6-4, 6-0

Doubles
No. 1 Carvalho/Conley, UL def. Turner/Fitzpatrick, UT 8-4

Day Three Results – afternoon match

Kentucky vs. Louisville


Singles
No. 1 Carlos Drada, UK def. Tvrtko Kujundzic, UL 2-6, 6-2, 6-1
No. 2 Gustav Pousette, UK def. Paulo Carvalho, UL 4-6, 6-4, 6-3
No. 3 Cody Conley, UL def. Johan Grunditz, UK 4-6, 7-5, 6-1
No. 4 Edo Bawano, UK, def. Oliver Cantrell, UL 6-2, 6-1
No. 5 Alex Sivertsen, UL def. Dalibor Mihajlovic, UK 5-7, 6-4, 6-3
No. 6 Hazuan Hizan, UL def. Claude Grady, UK 6-3, 6-3

Doubles
No. 1 Hesoun/Pousette, UK, def. Carvalho/Conley, UL 8-4
No. 2 Drada/Grunditz, UK, def. Kujundzic/Cantrell, UL 8-4
No. 3 Sivertsen/McCombe, UL, def. Mihajlovic/Grady, UK 8-5