Harris Advances in Consolation Draw at ITA Championship; Reynolds Fall in Main Draw

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. – Junior Chad Harris (Aurora, Colo.), who is ranked No. 38 in the ITA National Rankings, remained alive in the consolation round at the Icy Hot/ITA All-American Championship after defeating No. 19-ranked Divan Coetzee of New Mexico in straight sets, 6-3, 6-1. Harris will return to action on Saturday morning when he takes on No. 55 William Barker of Rice.

Junior Bobby Reynolds (Acworth, Ga.) was not as fortunate, as he fell in the third round of the main draw to the No. 11 seed Alex Vlaski of Washington, 6-2, 6-3. Reynolds finished the tournament with a 2-1 singles record.

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Reynolds and Harris Advance on Friday Morning at ITA Championship

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. – Juniors Bobby Reynolds (Acworth, Ga.) and Chad Harris (Aurora, Colo.) advanced on Friday morning at the Icy Hot/ITA All-American Championship. Reynolds moved on to the round of 16 of the main draw, while Harris stayed alive in the consolation draw.

Sixth-seeded Reynolds picked up another straight-set victory over No. 34-ranked Florian Marquardt of Virginia Commonwealth, 6-3, 6-2. The junior will now take on the winner of the No. 11 seed Alex Vlaski of Washington or Angelo Niculescu of South Carolina at 3 p.m. (EST) at The Champions Club.

Harris also picked up a straight-set win on Friday morning, as he defeated senior Troy Hahn of Florida, 6-3, 7-6. Harris will take on No. 90-ranked Divan Coetzee of New Mexico in his next consolation match, which will be held later this afternoon.

Reynolds and Smith Fall in Doubles at Icy Hot/ITA All-American Championship 10/10/02

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. – Vanderbilt’s doubles tandem of juniors Bobby Reynolds (Acworth, Ga.) and Lewis Smith (Memphis, Tenn.) dropped both of their doubles matches on Thursday evening at the Icy Hot/ITA All-American Championship at The Champions Club.

Reynolds and Smith dropped a heartbreaker to top-seeded Scott Lipsky and David Martin of Stanford, 9-7. The two returned later in the evening in the consolation round to take on Oliver Choo and Jonathan Chu of Harvard, which they also lost, 8-6.

Due to inclement weather in the Chattanooga area, second round singles matches will be played on Friday morning. Reynolds, who is seeded sixth, will take on Florian Marquardt of Virginia Commonwealth in the round of 32.

Reynolds Advances at Icy Hot/ITA All-American Championship

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. – In a morning full of major upsets, Vanderbilt junior Bobby Reynolds (Acworth, Ga.) avoided the upset bug by advancing to the second round of the Icy Hot/ITA All-American Championship at The Champions Club.

Reynolds, who is seeded sixth in the tournament, easily defeated Nathan Price of Arkansas, 6-1, 6-0. Next up for Reynolds is senior Florian Marquardt of Virginia Commonwealth, who defeated Stanford’s K.C. Corkery in straight sets, 6-3, 6-2.

Junior Chad Harris (Aurora, Colo.) was not as fortunate in his opening round match, as he lost to senior Mike Yani of Duke, 6-3, 6-4. Harris now falls back into the consolation draw where he will take on Florida senior Troy Hahn, who lost to the No. 4 seed Amer Delic of Illinois, 7-6 (1), 6-4.

In other action, Saber Kadiri of Virginia Tech upset top seed Jesse Witten of Kentucky in three sets. David Martin of Stanford, who was seeded eighth, and Brian Wilson of Illinois, who entered seeded 16th, both lost their opening round matches.

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