Nott storms back at ITA Central tennis
Posted: October 26, 2009 at 4:23 a.m.
TULSA — No. 94 and 4th seed Chris Nott earned a spot in the quarterfinals at the 2009 Wilson/ ITA Central Region Championships held at the Michael D. Case Center, in Tulsa, Okla. Nott will advance with partner Dmitry Lebedev to the doubles semifinals on Sunday. The No.43 ranked Razorback duo will face the tournaments top seeded team and No. 20 Aleksey Bessonov and Oleksandr Nedovyesov of OSU.
“It is good to have Chris in both singles and doubles.” Arkansas headcoach Robert Cox said, “ We have a tall task ahead of us tomorrow but Chris and Dmitry are playing really well together.”
Nott opened the day with a triumph over Francois Vanlmpe of Nebraska, 6-3, 6-4. In his next match, Nott faced the No. 14 seed Nebraska’s Calin Paar in a heated three set battle. Nott played the first beautifully, and his serve was hard to face. Paar fought back and won the second set, leveling the match at a set apiece. In an epic third set, both players did not want to give up easily but Nott overcamePaar with a powerful volley to win the match, 6-2, 2-6, 7-5. Nott will face his third Nebraska opponent No. 4 seed and No. 75 ranked David Bendheim in the quarterfinals on Sunday.
“I am proud of Chris for fighting back.” Cox said, “ and our hats are off to Nebraska. They did a great job and they have an outstanding program. “
Play at the Central Region Championships is scheduled to begin with doubles at 9:30 a.m. to be followed by singles competition at 11:30 a.m.
Sports, Pages 8 on 10/26/2009
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