Oct. 17, 2012

TUCSON -

The Arizona Wildcat men’s tennis team will send four players to Irvine, Calif. to compete in the USTA/ITA Southwest Regional Championships. Play is set to begin on Friday, Oct. 19 and continue through the 23rd.

Representing the Wildcats at UC Irvine Recreation Center and Anteater Tennis Stadium will be juniors Giacomo Miccini, Kieren Thompson, and Andre Vidaller along with sophomore Sumeet Shinde. The four Cats will be matched up against players from USC, Hawaii, San Diego, San Diego State, Cal Poly, UCLA, UC Riverside, LMU, UC Santa Barbara, Pepperdine, and hosting UC Irvine.

The tournament will consist of a 128 person singles bracket and a 64 team doubles bracket. Each bracket will also feed into a consolation draw.

Click here to view tournament draws. 

Friday’s Match Ups
Doubles Round of 64
Miccini/Vidaller (UA) BYE
Shinde/Thompson (UA) v. Gastao/Roberts (UCR), 9 a.m. ATS

Singles Round of 128
Kieren Thompson (UA) v. Andrianik Khachatryan (SDSU), 10:30 a.m. REC
Andre Vidaller (UA) BYE
Sumeet Shinde (UA) BYE
Giacomo Miccini (UA) v. Justin Agbayani (UCI), 10:30 a.m. REC

Singles Round of 64
Andre Vidaller (UA) v. Chas Okamoto (UH), 12:30 p.m. REC
Sumeet Shinde (UA) v. Fred Gelbrich (SDSU), 12:00 p.m. REC

Saturday’s Match Ups
Doubles Round of 32
Miccini/Vidaller (UA) v. Barber/Klein (Cal Poly), 9 a.m. REC