Lucassen Closes In On ITA Main Draw
October 05, 2010 | Men's Tennis
Oct. 5, 2010
ITA/D'Novo All-American Tournament Central
TULSA, OKLA. -- The USC men's tennis team's Peter Lucassen made another strong move toward a place in the upcoming ITA/D'Novo All-American Championships main draw with another win in qualifying rounds in Tulsa, Okla., today. The senior snagged a three-set win in today's second round of action to take a spot in tomorrow's third round for a chance to advance to the main draw.
No. 90-ranked Lucassen opened up the qualifying tournament with a smooth 6-3, 6-3 win in the first round yesterday, beating Penn State's Eddie Bourchier -- seeded 24-32 in qualifying -- to take a step into today's second round. There, Lucassen went up against Oklahoma State's Rifat Biktyakov. Lucassen reigned supreme in a three-setter, taking down Biktyakov 6-4, 4-6, 6-3 to advance.
Lucassen will face 12-seeded Ivan Salec of Radford tomorrow (Oct. 6) in the third round for the right to move into the main draw this week.
ITA/D'Novo All-American Championships (Tulsa, Okla.)
QUALIFYING SINGLES
#90 Peter Lucassen
First Round - Oct. 4
def. [24-32] Eddie Bourchier (PSU) -- 6-3, 6-3
Second Round - Oct. 5
def. Rifat Biktyakov (OkSt) -- 6-4, 4-6, 6-3
Third Round - Oct. 6
vs. [12] Ivan Salec (Rad) -- 12 p.m. ET
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