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Kraljevic and Babic Advance at ITA Southern Regionals
10/20/2017 | Men's Tennis
Tournament Central | Live Scoring
BATON ROUGE, La. - Senior Zvonimir Babic and junior Filip Kraljevic advanced to the second round of singles at the ITA Southern Regional Championships Friday at the LSU Tennis Complex. They will join Tim Sandkaulen and Fabian Fallert in action Saturday.
Day two results…
Babic came back to beat Arthur Libaud of Louisiana in three sets, while Kraljevic also rallied to win his match against Julian Saborio of LSU. Freshman Cotter Wilson defeated Joaquin Vallejo of Jacksonville State in the final round of qualifying to join his teammates in the main draw, before dropping a tight one in the first round to Brandon Laubser of Auburn. Senior Grey Hamilton had to retire in the first set of his match to Stefan Gonzalez of UAB.
First Round Singles Results
Zvonimir Babic def. Arthur Libaud (UL-Lafayette) 4-6, 6-4, 6-3
Filip Kraljevic def. Julian Saborio (LSU) 4-6, 6-3, 6-2
Brandon Laubser (AU) def. Cotter Wilson 6-4, 7-6(4)
Stefan Gonzalez (UAB) def. Grey Hamilton 3-2, ret.
Saturday's schedule…
Singles Round of 32
Filip Kraljevic vs. Constantin Schmitz (Tulane) - 9 a.m.
Tim Sandkaulen vs. Elio Lago (UL-Lafayette) - 9 a.m.
Fabian Fallert vs. Nikola Samardzic (LSU) - 9 a.m.
Zvonimir Babic vs. Strahinja Rakic (MSU) - 10 a.m.
Doubles Round of 32
Sandkaulen/Fallert vs. Chase Schupp/Eric Wagner (Tulane) - 5 PM
Ignacio Rodriguez/Chris Tasker (Troy) vs. Kraljevic/Babic - 5:30 PM
The competition…
The field includes players from SEC members Alabama, Auburn, LSU and Mississippi State. Also joining the tournament are Jacksonville State, Nicholls State, Samford, South Alabama, Southern Miss, Troy, Tulane, UAB, UL-Lafayette and UNO.
Follow the action…
Fans can follow the action throughout the tournament at lsustats.com and lsusports.net/ITASouthernRegional.
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