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Dias Wins First Qualifying Match at ITA All-American Men's Tennis Championships
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Freshman Francisco Dias defeated Purdue's Diego Acosta, 6-3, 6-2, Monday in the first qualifying round of the ITA All-American Men's Tennis Championships.
 
Freshman Francisco Dias defeated Purdue's Diego Acosta, 6-3, 6-2, Monday in the first qualifying round of the ITA All-American Men's Tennis Championships.
  

Oct. 3, 2011

TULSA, Okla. – George Washington freshman Francisco Dias posted a 6-3, 6-2 victory over Purdue's Diego Acosta in the qualifying round of the ITA/D’Novo All-American Men’s Tennis Championships Monday. The tournament, held at Case Tennis Center at the University of Tulsa, wrapped up pre-qualifying action Sunday.

“Francisco’s serve is such a weapon,” said head coach Greg Munoz. “He overcame a bit of nerves in the beginning and overpowered Acosta to the end.”

Dias advances to the next round of singles play and will face Georgia's Hernus Pieters, the 107th-ranked singles player in the ITA, Tuesday at 11 a.m. Dias and senior Ugur Atalay also will compete in doubles action at 4 p.m., Tuesday.

In other singles action, sophomore Ulrik Thomsen dropped a tough 6-0, 6-2 match to Texas Tech’s Vitor Manzini. Thomsen went up 2-1 in the second set, but ultimately fell to Manzini.  Thomsen will have a chance to earn a bid to the Indoor National Championships with a win in the consolation round Tuesday.

Thomsen and Alexander van Gils team up tomorrow for two doubles matches, and must win both in order to advance to Wednesday’s round.

Fans can follow action via live video and stats on the Tournament Central page. 


 

 

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