Wednesday, October 9
Tulsa, Okla.
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Mississippi State
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ITA All-American Championships
MSU’s Oradini battles through a three set match At ITA All-American Championships
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MSU’s Oradini Claims Opener At ITA All-American Championships
October 09, 2019 | Men's Tennis
by Graham Murphree, Student Assistant/Communications
TULSA, Okla. - Mississippi State's Giovanni Oradini rallied from a set down Wednesday to open the 2019 Saint Francis Health System ITA All-American Championships with a victory to move into Thursday's second round.
After a three-hour-plus rain delay and having to move inside, the 24th-ranked Oradini was finally able to take the court at 1:45 p.m. CT against TCU's 86th-ranked Luc Fomba. After the two players exchanged holds of serve, that would be all Oradini could muster in the first frame as Fomba rolled to take the set 6-1. Starting the second set, Oradini comfortably held serve to start. After the hold, he broke Fomba for a 2-1 lead and buckled down to take the set 6-3 to force a deciding third frame.
The two both served strong in the first half of the third, each holding for the first six games to 3-3. But that ended in the next game, when the MSU senior capitalized on unforced errors from Fomba to go up 4-3. After that, the match was on Oradini's racquet, and he held serve the rest of the way, blasting a forehand into the deuce court on the final point to take the match 1-6, 6-3, 6-4.
Oradini now advances to meet UCF's 29th-ranked Gabriel Decamps in Thursday's second round at a time to be determined. Decamps upended 15th-ranked Bar Botzer of Wake Forest in his opener on Wednesday.
MSU at the ITA All-American Championships
October 9, 2019 – Tulsa, Oklahoma
SINGLES
First Round - #24 Giovanni Oradini (MSU) def. #86 Luc Fomba (TCU) 1-6, 6-3, 6-4
ITA National rankings precede player names; tournament seedings are in brackets
TULSA, Okla. - Mississippi State's Giovanni Oradini rallied from a set down Wednesday to open the 2019 Saint Francis Health System ITA All-American Championships with a victory to move into Thursday's second round.
After a three-hour-plus rain delay and having to move inside, the 24th-ranked Oradini was finally able to take the court at 1:45 p.m. CT against TCU's 86th-ranked Luc Fomba. After the two players exchanged holds of serve, that would be all Oradini could muster in the first frame as Fomba rolled to take the set 6-1. Starting the second set, Oradini comfortably held serve to start. After the hold, he broke Fomba for a 2-1 lead and buckled down to take the set 6-3 to force a deciding third frame.
The two both served strong in the first half of the third, each holding for the first six games to 3-3. But that ended in the next game, when the MSU senior capitalized on unforced errors from Fomba to go up 4-3. After that, the match was on Oradini's racquet, and he held serve the rest of the way, blasting a forehand into the deuce court on the final point to take the match 1-6, 6-3, 6-4.
Oradini now advances to meet UCF's 29th-ranked Gabriel Decamps in Thursday's second round at a time to be determined. Decamps upended 15th-ranked Bar Botzer of Wake Forest in his opener on Wednesday.
MSU at the ITA All-American Championships
October 9, 2019 – Tulsa, Oklahoma
SINGLES
First Round - #24 Giovanni Oradini (MSU) def. #86 Luc Fomba (TCU) 1-6, 6-3, 6-4
ITA National rankings precede player names; tournament seedings are in brackets
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