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All-America Qualifiers
Trio of Bulldogs Set for ITA All-America Qualifiers
September 30, 2018 | Men's Tennis
ATHENS, Ga. — Three Georgia men's tennis players — Robert Loeb, Emil Reinberg and Jan Zielinksi — will travel this week to Tulsa, Oklahoma for the 2018 Intercollegiate Tennis Association All-America Qualifiers.
Reinberg and Zielinski will compete in the singles qualifying draw, while Zielinski and Loeb are set for the qualifying doubles draw. The action takes place on Monday and Tuesday at the Michael D. Case Tennis Center. Following qualifying, main draw singles and doubles matches will take place Oct. 4-8.
Zielinski leads the Bulldogs this year with a 7-2 singles record and a 7-1 doubles mark with Loeb. Most recently, Zielinski finished runner-up in the Battle of the Bay Classic after knocking off defending NCAA singles champion Petros Chrysochos from Wake Forest.
In addition to vying for the All-American national title, players will be competing to secure a berth into the 2018 Oracle ITA National Fall Championships, which takes place November 7-11, in Surprise, Arizona.
Notable past winners of the Saint Francis ITA Men's All-American Singles Championship include: John Isner (Georgia, 2005); James Blake (Harvard, 1998); Bob Bryan (Stanford, 1997) and MaliVai Washington (Michigan, 1988). Al Parker (Georgia, 1989-90) is the only back-to-back singles champion in Saint Francis ITA Men's All-American Championship history.
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