State’s Oradini Set To Open ITA-All American Championships Wednesday

Wednesday, October 9

Tulsa, Okla.

All Day

Mississippi State

ITA All-American Championships

Two-time ITA Singles All-American Oradini represents Mississippi State at the ITA All-American Championships

Photo by: Trevor Birchett/MSU Athletics

State’s Oradini Set To Open ITA-All American Championships Wednesday

October 08, 2019 | Men's Tennis

2019 ITA All-American Championships Headquarters

by Graham Murphree, Student Assistant/Communications

STARKVILLE - One of the nation's top collegiate tennis tournaments will feature the lone senior from the Mississippi State Men's Tennis team, as the 2019 Saint Francis Health System ITA All-American Championships beginning main draw play on Wednesday in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Giovanni Oradini will be in action for MSU. Ranked 24^th nationally, Oradini will take court for his opening round match Wednesday at 10:30 a.m. CT, meeting 86^th-ranked Luc Fomba of TCU. Fomba reached the main draw with three qualifying round victories over the past two days in Tulsa.

The two-time ITA Singles All-American Oradini is 3-1 this fall, after advancing to the quarterfinals of the Milwaukee Tennis Classic last month. Oradini is an impressive 71-34 in singles during his Bulldog career, including reaching the NCAA Round of 16 in 2018 and the quarterfinals this past May.

The tournament is in its 14^thstraight season being hosted by the University of Tulsa, with matches being played at the Michael D. Case Tennis Center. Past Bulldogs to have won titles at the All-American include Daniel Courcol (1992), Thomas Dupre (1996), and Courcol and Laurent Miquelard in doubles (1992). Five-time MSU All-American Nuno Borges reached the singles finals in Tulsa last fall.

While Oradini is competing in Tulsa, the remaining six Bulldogs will prepare for match play this weekend (October 12-14) in Atlanta, Georgia, at the Georgia Tech Invitational.