Day Two Results at Men's ITA Tennis Championships
11/7/1999 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
Nov. 6, 1999
EAST LANSING, Mich. - The Michigan State men?s tennis team may not have had the best luck on day one at the ITA Region IV Men?s Championships held in Madison, Wisconsin, but day two brought better things. Francisco Trinidad (Mexico City, Mexico) won two more matches, advancing to the men?s singles quarterfinals on Sunday and raising his two day record to 4-0.
Michigan State sent five players into the four day tournament, yet only two remained after the first day of competition. Ken Kigongo (Bradenton, Fla.) went 2-0 on Friday and was victorious in his first match on Saturday before losing to Brad Erickson of Northwestern, 6-7 (5), 7-6 (3), 6-2. Kigongo and Trinidad also teamed in the doubles competition where they had received a No. 3 seed and a bye through the first round. The duo went 2-0 on Saturday advancing them to the quarterfinals where they will face the team of Currie/Borendame from Butler on Sunday.
The University of Wisconsin is the host for the Intercollegiate Tennis Association Region IV Men's Championships. No team scores are kept. This is the first time in the tournament's history that Wisconsin has hosted the event. The tournament is taking place at Nielsen Tennis Stadium. The tournament runs through Monday, Nov. 8. Singles champions and finalists and doubles champions of the regional will advance to the 2000 Rolex National Indoor Championships held February 3-6 in Dallas, Texas. The National Indoor Championships is the third leg of the ITA Grand Slam Tour series.
The ITA Midwest Regionals is the final competition for the Spartans this fall. They resume play January 15-17, when MSU hosts the Big Ten Championships at the Indoor Tennis Facility in East Lansing, Mich.
Singles Results 11/05/99 Harch Mankad (Minn.) def. Robert Topalo (MSU) 4-6, 6-2, 6-4 Jorge Duenas (Minn.) def. Ivica Primorac (MSU) 4-6, 7-6 (4), 6-4 Ken Kigongo (MSU) def. Robert Kurek (DePaul) 4-6, 6-1, 6-3 Ken Kigongo (MSU) def. Martin Michalowski (Minn.) 6-4, 6-4 Laith Al-Agba (Purdue) def. Goran Topalo (MSU) 7-5, 6-2 Francisco Trinidad (MSU) def. Christopher Van Der Gucht (Marq.) 3-6, 6-4, 6-1 Francisco Trinidad (MSU) def. Jason Pressel (Ball St.) 7-6, 6-0 11/06/99 Ken Kigongo (MSU) def. Matt Daly (Notre Dame) 6-2, 6-3 Brad Erickson (NW) def. Ken Kigongo (MSU) 6-7 (5), 7-6 (3), 6-2 Francisco Trinidad (MSU) def. Cary Franklin (Illinois) 6-4, 6-4 Francisco Trinidad (MSU) def. Thomas Haug (Minn.) 6-1, 6-3Doubles Results 11/05/99 Rakvica/Smiley (Ind.) def. Primorac/R.Topalo (MSU) 8-5 11/06/99 Kigongo/Trinidad (MSU) def. Al-Agba/Mayer (Purdue) 9-7 Kigongo/Trinidad (MSU) def. Cox/Nano (UofM) 8-6
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