Oregon tennis standouts Oded Teig and Sven Swinnen couldn’t get past their opponents this weekend in the pre-qualifying singles rounds of the 2002 Icy Hot/ITA Men’s All-American Championships in Chattanooga, Tenn.
The Ducks still have 63rd-ranked sophomore Manuel Kost and the Teig/Swinnen doubles team awaiting their draws.
Baylor’s Benedikt Dorsch knocked out Teig in the first round in straight sets (6-1, 6-2). Dorsch has since won all of his matches in straight sets as he looks forward to the pre-qualifying finals.
Swinnen won his first match 6-2, 6-4 against Scott Green of Ohio State on Friday. On Saturday, Swinnen drew another Buckeye, Paul Warkentin, and handled him 6-3, 4-6, 6-4. Texas’ Pete Stroer dashed Swinnen’s singles hopes
by beating him 6-2, 6-2 early Sunday morning.
Both Teig and Swinnen are still awaiting their draw for the doubles portion of the Icy Hot and will begin qualifying-round play tomorrow. They are vying for one of the eight main-draw spots still available.
Kost will begin his first play of the tournament Tuesday in the singles qualifying round. His draw will be determined later today.
The Oregon women’s tennis team will begin its 2002-03 season Tuesday with singles and doubles matches in the Riviera/ITA All-American Championships at UCLA. Daria Panova, ranked 44th in the nation, and No. 37 doubles team Courtney Nagle and Davina Mendiburu are in the same boat as Kost, Teig and Swinnen as they await their pairings for the qualifying-singles round.
The women’s tournament is headlined by No.1-ranked Vilamarie Castellvi of Tennessee, Southern California’s fourth-ranked Jewel Peterson, No. 6 Sara Walker of UCLA and Stanford’s 7th-ranked Erin Burdette on the singles side. In doubles play, Vanderbilt’s Aleke Tsoubanos and Sara Riske are ranked first in the nation and considered the favorites to win the Riviera. The No. 2 team of Peterson and Tiffany Brymer from USC will also be heavy favorites.
Stanford has won the most Riviera singles and doubles championships, with eight victories.
Ryan Heath is a freelance writer
for the Emerald.