Michigan
ITA All-American (Qualifying)
Bernstein, King Eliminated from Doubles at ITA All-American Event
10/4/2011 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
Oct. 4, 2011
Site: Tulsa, Okla. (Michael D. Case Tennis Center)
Event: ITA All-American Championships (Qualifying)
U-M Team Result: No Team Scoring
Next U-M Event: Thursday, Oct. 6 -- ITA All-American Championships Main Draw - Day 1 (Tulsa, Okla.)
TULSA, Okla. -- Sophomore Shaun Bernstein (Plainview, N.Y./Plainview Old Bethpage JFK HS) and junior Evan King (Chicago, Ill./Kaplan HS) of the University of Michigan men's tennis team were eliminated from the doubles qualifying round at the ITA All-American Championships on Tuesday afternoon (Oct. 4) at the University of Tulsa's Michael D. Case Tennis Center. Bernstein was also eliminated from the singles qualifying competition.
Bertstein and King suffered their first defeat of the season, dropping an 8-6 decision to Oklahoma's Tsvetan Mihov and Peerakit Siributwong in the event's opening doubles round. The Wolverine duo, ranked No. 33 in the ITA preseason poll, built up an early 3-0 advantage and later led 6-5, before Mihov and Siributwong rallied to claim the last three games.
In his first appearance in the ITA qualifying singles competition, Bernstein lost his opening-round match to UCLA's Marcos Giron, 6-1, 6-4, and dropped his consolation contest against Texas' Soren Hess-Olsen, 6-1, 6-3.
King, who earned 2011 ITA All-America honors, earned an automatic selection into the ITA All-American Championships singles main draw, which begins Thursday (Oct. 6). The 64-player main draw bracket will be announced Wednesday evening.
QUALIFYING SINGLES
No. 125 Shaun Bernstein
Monday (First Round) -- l. Marcos Giron (UCLA), 6-1, 6-4
Tuesday (Consolation) -- l. Soren Hess-Olesen (Texas), 6-1, 6-3
QUALIFYING DOUBLES
No. 33 Evan King/Shaun Bernstein
Tuesday (First Round) -- l. Tsvetan Mihov/Peerakit Siributwong (Oklahoma), 8-6
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