TULSA, Okla. – Senior Brendan Tannenbaum
represented the Dartmouth men’s tennis team in the pre-qualifying round
of the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) All-America
Championship on Saturday.
The ITA All-America Championship is one of the
biggest collegiate tournaments of the year. Over 350 of the best
players from all over the country travel to Oklahoma to compete in the
event each year.
East Tennessee State’s Diego Nunez and
Tannenbaum went to three sets, with neither player relenting. Tannenbaum
won the second set, 6-1, but dropped the first and third, 6-4, 6-3, and
Nunez ended up walking away with the victory.
“I thought Brendan did some things very well in his match today,” assistant coach Tom Boysen
said. “He returned extremely well and he won a lot of points by using
his serve to set up offensive opportunities. This match was close
throughout and it turned on two or three key points. I’m proud of the
way he represented Dartmouth.”
Next week proves to be a busy one for the Big Green. On Monday, junior Diego Pedraza and sophomore Ciro Riccardi will play in the qualifying singles event, while Tannenbaum and fellow senior Dovydas Sakinis
will play in the doubles qualifying event the following day. Sakinis
will compete in the main draw for singles, which starts on Thursday.
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