Oct. 25, 2013
Kissimmee, Fla. – Freshman Carlos Benito won his first-round match in the main draw of singles Thursday at the USTA Clay Court Invitational, defeating South Alabama’s Manuel Beida in straight sets.
The Madrid, Spain freshman, following the 7-6, 7-5 victory, will meet fourth-seeded Florent Diep of Florida in Friday’s round of 32.
Meanwhile, Cole Fiegel and Nathan Rakitt dropped into the consolation bracket of singles with first-round losses, and also were defeated in the first round of doubles. Fiegel lost to Florida State’s Cristian Gonaalez-Mendez 4-6, 6-2, 6-3, and Rakitt fell 6-4, 7-6 to Tulsa’s Carlos Bautista.
Rakitt and Fiegel, a top-8 seed in the doubles draw, lost 8-6 to Notre Dame’s Kenny Sabacinski and Nico Montoya.
Fiegel continues singles play Friday with a match against USTA junior Catalin Mateas, while Rakitt takes on Pepperdine’s Kento Tanka-Tamaki.
USTA CLAY COURT INVITATIONALDisney's Wide World of Sports, Kissimmee, Fla.
Men’s Round of 64 Singles Kumar (USTA) def. Albo (FSU) 6-3, 6-1 Nemscek (UNF) def. Kirby (TULSA) 6-3, 6-4 Fickey (UT) def. Brej (UF) 6-0, 6-1 Davis (FSU) def. Solonin (PEP) 6-2, 6-1 Monaghan (ND) def. Baughman (USTA) 6-3, 6-2 Norton (UT) def. Cotrone (FSU) w/d Gauer (FSU) def. Espindola (UCF) 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (6) DeVroome (USC) def. Gordon (Tulsa) 6-1, 6-2 Gladstone (UCF) def. Vaezzadeh (USA) 1-6, 6-1, 6-3 Lock (FSU) def. Tanka-Tamaki (PEP) 6-4, 6-2 Sangroniz (UCF) def. Sofaer (PEP) 6-1, 6-4 Fawcett (USTA) def. Schnurrenberger (ND) 2-6, 6-4, 6-4 Rinaldi (FSU) def. Seeling (USTA) 6-3, 7-6 (2) Bellamy (USC) def. Bazarnak (ILL) 6-3, 6-7 (8), 7-5 Diep (UF) def. Gomes (UNF) 6-3, 6-3 Benito (GT) def. Belda (USA) 7-6 (7), 7-5 Gonzalez Mendez (FSU) def. Fiegel (GT) 4-6, 6-2, 6-3 Alford (UF) def. Mateas (USTA) 6-1, 7-5 Leitner (USA) def. Flores (UCF) 7-5, 6-3 Montoya (ND) def. Haffey (FSU) 6-4, 1-6, 6-4 Page (ILL) def. Jacobs (USA) 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 Piro (UF) def. Aulina (UCF) 7-5, 6-0 Boyd (USA) def. Crystal (USC) 7-5, 6-3 Goldin (FSU) def. Hromic (UCF) 7-6 (2), 3-6, 6-3 Sabacinski (ND) def. Chaplin (UT) 6-3, 6-1 Stewart (UTSA) def. Zuern (UNF) 6-4, 6-3 Redlicki (UTSA) def. Johnson (USC) 7-5, 6-1 Bautista (TULSA) def. Rakitt (GT) 6-4, 7-6 (6) Gracia (FSU) def. McCloskey (TULSA) 6-2, 6-2 Grant (USC) def. Bhat (UT) 6-0, 6-0 Menichella (PEP) def. Findel-Hawkins (UNF) 6-4, 6-4 Montoya (ND) def. Haffey (FSU) 6-4, 1-6, 6-4
Round of 32 Doubles Johnson/De Vroome (USC) def. Mateas/Seeling (USTA) 8-0 Sabacinski/Montoya (ND) def. Rakitt/Fiegel (GT) 8-6 Gomes/Zuern (UNF) def. McCloskey/Gordon (TULSA) 8-3 Quiroz/Grant (USC) def. Tanaka-Tamaki/Solonin (PEP) 8-6 Lock/Gauer (FSU) def. Bhat/Norton (UT) 8-1 Redlicki/Baughman (USTA) def. Monaghan/Schnurrenberger (ND) 8-3 Chaplin/Fickey (UT) def. Sofaer/Menichella (PEP) 8-3 Flores/Hromic (UCF) def. Kumar/Boyd (USTA) 8-1 Jacobs/Vaezzadeh (USA) def. Haffey/Albo (FSU) 8-4 Stewart/Fawcett (USTA) def. Goldin/Rinaldi (FSU) 8-2 Gladstone/Aulina (UCF) def. Gonzalez Mendez/Gracia (FSU) 8-7 (3) Alford/Piro (UF) def. Sangronniz/Espindola (UCF) 8-2 Bautista/Kirby (TULSA) def. Leitner/Belda (USA) 8-6 Bellamy/Crystal (USC) def. Page/Bazarnak (ILL) 8-1
