Brodersen Wins Big at Virginia Invitational
9/22/2002 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
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Charlottesville, VA -- Alabama junior Christen Broderson won his singles and doubles flights at the Virginia Invitational tennis tournament on Sunday.
Broderson, a native of Germany, won the final match 6-0, 5-7, 6-3 over Trent Brendon of Wake Forest. He also defeated Soufiane Rechag of Charleston Southern, Jose Rivera of Nebraska, Stephen Rozek of Virginia and Ramez Qamer of Rice in route to his victory.
Along with teammate Brian Isern, he won doubles flight “C” over Mirko Ivanda of Wake Forest and his tournament partner Virginia Tech’s Adel Abbas.
It was gratifying season opener for Alabama’s new head coach, Billy Pate.
“Overall it was a good effort and a good start to the season,” said Pate. “There were positive results and we have a lot to build for the rest of the year. We’re looking forward to next week at Harvard.”
The three-day event features three singles draws of 32 players and 3 doubles draws of 16 teams. Flight A features six players ranked by the ITA nationally in the 2002-03 preseason rankings, including Alabama’s Max Belski, who is currently ranked 30th in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association’s preseason poll. Belski was defeated in the final match of flight “A”, 6-3, 6-3.
New Jersey native Michael Ray Pallares won the third place match in singles flight “B”. Stephen Mitchell and Geoff Hiscox won third place in the doubles flight “A”.
The Tide continues the fall season on September 27th at the Harvard Invitational in Boston.
