Rebel Netter Advances To Semis At SEC Indoor

NEW ORLEANS -- Junior Jonas Berg of the Ole Miss men’s tennis team advanced to the semifinals of the “B” Draw at the SEC Indoor Championships Saturday at the Health Club in the Hilton.  Two Rebel doubles’ teams made the quarterfinals.

After a first round bye, Berg downed LSU’s Ryan Lissner in the second round, and then defeated Georgia’s Drake Bernstein 6-4, 6-3 in the quarterfinals.  Berg will face another Bulldog, Javier Garrapiz, Sunday at 10 a.m.

In the “A” Draw, Ole Miss had two players reach the quarterfinals before falling.  Sophomore Kalle Norberg came back to defeat Jeff Dadamo of Florida, 6-7(1), 6-2, 6-3 in the second round, before falling to one of Mississippi State’s top two players, Ivan Bjelica, in three sets (6-4, 3-6, 6-3). 

The top two seeds in the tournament fell on the same day, including Ole Miss’ Matthias Wellermann, the No. 2 seed.  Wellermann downed Alex Lacroix of Florida, 6-2, 6-4 in the second round, but then fell victim to Georgia’s Nate Schnugg in a close affair.  Schnugg, ranked No. 17 in the nation, has fast become one of the top players in the country after a standout freshman year in 2007.  Wellermann, who is presently ranked No. 5 in the nation, won the first set in a tiebreaker (7-5), but lost the last two sets 7-5, 6-3, respectively.

Ole Miss placed two teams in the final eight of doubles.  The senior duo of Jakob Klaeson and Robbye Poole knocked out the fourth-seeded team of Colt Gaston and Michael Venus (LSU), 9-8(4).    Wellermann and junior Bram ten Berge downed LSU’s Lissner and Sebastian Carlsson, 8-3 to move onto the quarterfinals.

The SEC Indoor is the top individual tournament of the spring, featuring the best players in the country in singles and doubles.

SEC INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS NEW ORLEANS

SINGLES

“A” DRAW

Second round Kalle Norberg (OM) def. Jeff Dadamo (UF) 6-7(1), 6-2, 6-3; Matthias Wellermann (OM) def. Alex Lacroix (UF) 6-2, 6-4; Luis Flores (UGA) def. Bram ten Berge (OM) 6-7(4), 6-3, 6-3.  Quarterfinals Ivan Bjelica (MSU) def. Norberg (OM) 6-4, 3-6, 6-3; Nate Schnugg (UGA) def. Wellermann (OM) 6-7(5), 7-5, 6-3.

“B” DRAW

Second round Julien Gauthier (LSU) def. Jakob Klaeson (OM) 7-6(2), 3-6, 6-2; Jonas Berg (OM) def. Ryan Lissner (LSU) 6-1, 6-3.  Quarterfinals Berg (OM) def. Drake Bernstein (UGA) 6-4, 6-3.

DOUBLES

Second round Dessauer/Zelezny (LSU) def. Tveit/Berg (OM) 8-2; Poole/Klaeson (OM) def. Gaston/Venus (LSU) 9-8(4); Wellermann/ten Berge (OM) def. Lissner/Carlsson (LSU) 8-3.

The University of Mississippi Athletics

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