NEW ORLEANS -- Five singles players from Xavier University of Louisiana, including top-seeded Nour Abbes, advanced to the round of 16 Friday at the USTA/ITA NAIA South Regional Championships at City Park/Pepsi Tennis Center. Abbes, a sophomore who is 22-0 in singles at Xavier, defeated Brenau's Snezhana Kiseleva 6-0, 6-1 and will play Auburn Montgomery's Claudine Maheu at 9 a.m. Saturday.
Also advancing from XU were Brion Flowers and Sha'Nel Bruins in the women's main draw and Tushar Mandlekar and Adam Albrecht in the men's. Mandlekar won twice, including a 6-3, 6-1 decision in the round of 32 against Mobile's Marcio Dal Pont, an honorable-mention NAIA All-American last season.
XU doubles teams of Abbes-Carmen Nelson, Bruins-Brandi Nelson and Mandlekar-Kevin Chaouat advanced to the quarterfinals. Reaching the round of 16 were Albrecht-Nikita Soifer and Flowers-Dasia Harris.
Soifer, seeded fourth in men's singles, lost 7-6 (7-3), 6-1 to AUM's Francisco Mendieta in the round of 32.
All round-of-16 main-draw singles matches will start at 9 a.m. Saturday at City Park, followed by singles consolation rounds at 10:15 and 12:30 p.m., main-draw singles quarterfinals at 11 and doubles at 1:30. Semifinals and finals in the main draw will be conducted Sunday at XU Tennis Center.
Ed Cassiere, Sports Information Director
XULAATHLETICS
XAVIER UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA
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