TENNIS
Aggies to compete at ITA All-American: Eight members of the Texas A&M men's tennis team will compete at the 2009 D'Novo/ITA Men's All-American Championships hosted by Tulsa beginning Saturday at the Michael D. Case Tennis Center.
A&M junior All-American Austin Krajicek, ranked No. 30 nationally, will compete in the main singles draw which starts Oct. 8. He and junior Alexey Grigorov also will compete part in the main draw of doubles.
A&M junior transfer Jeff Dadamo and Grigorov will compete in the qualifying singles draw beginning Monday, while five other Aggies are scheduled to participate in prequalifying singles, including senior Marcus Lunt, junior Kayvon Karimi, sophomore Colin Hoover, sophomore John Lewis and freshman Alberto Bautista. Dadamo and Lunt are also entered in the qualifying doubles draw.
"We were able to watch and analyze our players last weekend at the Baylor Intercollegiate Invitational," A&M head coach Steve Denton said. "We saw some areas we needed to address with each individual player and made some tactical adjustments in preparation for this week's ITA All-American. We also spent a lot of time working on our doubles and finding the right combinations. Overall, coach [Bob] McKinley and I are pleased with the progress our returning players and newcomers have shown thus far in the fall."
Krajicek and Alexis Klegou will also play in the Swanston ATP Tour Challenger set for Oct. 4-12 at the Sutter Lawn Tennis Club in Sacramento, Calif. Krajicek and Klegou are both competing as amateurs at the USTA Pro Circuit event.