Joe Di Giulio

Di Giulio Advances in Tulsa

October 02, 2016 | Men's Tennis


TULSA, Okla. โ€“ Pre-qualifying action has concluded at the 2016 Saint Francis Health System ITA Men's All-American Championships in Tulsa, and UCLA's Joseph Di Giulio has advanced into the qualifying draw.ย  Through three rounds, the senior has not dropped a single set.

After edging Utah's Parker McGuinness, 6-1, 7-6(5), third-seeded Di Giulio faced Euan McIntosh of Fresno State in the final round of pre-qualifying matches.ย  The Bruin outlasted his opponent in the first-set tiebreaker, then went on to take the second set, 7-5.

Teammate Austin Rapp also made a run in the pre-qualifying draw.ย  On Saturday, Rapp logged two straight-set wins.ย  The UCLA junior edged Texas A&M's James Martell, 6-1, 7-6(11), before going on to defeat Auburn's Carles Sarrio, 7-5, 6-3, in the round of 128.ย  On Sunday, Rapp fell to Srdjan Jankovljevic of Tennessee, 6-3, 6-3.

Qualifying matches will begin on Monday, October 3, followed by main draw contests on October 6. ย The singles and doubles finals are scheduled for October 10. ย Singles quarterfinalists, doubles finalists and consolation champions will receive an automatic entry into the 2016 USTA/ITA National Indoor Intercollegiate Championships on Nov. 3-6, held at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows, New York.

The ITA Men's All-Americanย event pageย will include draw updates, links to scoring updates, live streaming, and photo galleries, in addition to daily main draw recaps. ย FloTennis will live stream up to four courts each day of the main draw atย www.flotennis.com.ย 

For updates, followย @UCLATennisย andย @ITA_Tennisย on Twitter and use the hashtag #TulsaITA.


ITA Men's All-American Championships

Oct 1-10 at Tulsa, OK (Michael D. Case Tennis Center)

Singles competition
Pre-Qualifying
256 ย ย Austin Rapp (UCLA) def. James Martell (Texas A&M) 6-1, 7-6 (13-11)
128 ย ย Austin Rapp (UCLA) def. Carles Sarrio (Auburn) 7-5, 6-3
128 ย ย Joseph Di Giulio (UCLA) def. Carsten Fisher (Dayton) 6-0, 6-1
64 ย ย Srdjan Jakovljevic (Tennessee) def. Austin Rapp (UCLA) 6-3, 6-3
64 ย ย Joseph Di Giulio (UCLA) def. Parker McGuiness (Utah) 6-1, 7-6 (7-5)
32 ย ย Joseph Di Giulio (UCLA) def. Euan McIntosh (Fresno State) 7-6 (7-5), 7-5

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