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John Breaux Cajun Tennis Classic
@RaginCajunsMT Announces Draws For The John Breaux Cajun Tennis Classic
9/19/2018 4:09:00 PM | Men's Tennis
LAFAYETTE – Louisiana Men's Tennis and head coach Mark Jeffrey, announced on Wednesday, the draws for the annual John Breaux Cajun Tennis Classic, starting on Friday, Sept. 21 and running through the weekend with the finals, which will be broadcast on CST, scheduled for Sunday, Sept. 23 at Cajun Courts.
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS: The tournament, which is free to attend, begins with a busy day of singles and doubles on Friday, starting at 8:30 a.m. The first round of singles will begin at 8:30 a.m. with the quarterfinals being contested later in the day at 2 p.m.Â
Players who fall in the first round, will play the first round of the consolation bracket at 2 p.m. on Friday. Doubles will begin later in the day, with the first round being played at 5:45 p.m.
Saturday, starting at 9 a.m., the second round of singles consolation matches will get rolling. The singles main draw's quarterfinals matches will be contested at 11 a.m., with doubles main draw semifinals matches going at 2 p.m.
The championship matches, which will be broadcast on CST, will be contested on Sunday, with singles going at 11 a.m. and doubles playing shortly after the conclusion of the singles championship match.
PARKING: On Friday Sept. 21, fans with VIP passes can park in the TM section on the eastern side of Cajun Field, while fans who have not received VIP passes can park in Cajun Field general parking lots. On Saturday, VIP holders will be directed to park in the designated VIP lot and will be carted to Cajun Courts. As for fans without VIP passes, they will have to pay the $10 fee to park in Cajun Field general parking lots. On Sunday fans can park wherever they would like around the Cajun Courts lots.
TOP TEAMS MAKING THE TRIP: Six schools will be making the trip to Lafayette for the John Breaux Cajun Tennis Classic, with four of the six programs having finished the 2018 season ranked in the top-75 nationally. Texas (No. 12); Oklahoma State (No. 19); Texas Tech (No. 36); South Florida (No. 62) join Rice and Louisiana State to highlight a great weekend of top programs from across the country.
LOUISIANA FILLS UP THE DRAW: Four members from Louisiana Men's Tennis will be taking place in the singles portion of the tournament and they are each matched up with top competition. While in doubles two pairs will represent the Ragin' Cajuns in the tournament.
Junior Elio Lago will matchup with the No. 1 seeded Shane Monroe, from Louisiana State, at the top of the singles bracket. Monroe brings with him, to the John Breaux, a preseason ITA national ranking of 42 in singles.
Freshman Jan Galka will get himself a real test in his first collegiate match when he goes up against nationally ranked No. 62, Leo Telles of Texas who is seeded third in the tournament. While senior Arthur Libaud faces off with yet another nationally ranked opponent, when he takes on Rice's Eric Rutledge (No. 98) who is the No. 4 seeded player in singles.
Rounding out Louisiana's singles draw is junior Jamie Fraser, who takes on the No. 2 seeded Rodrigo Banzer of Texas. Banzer is ranked No. 61 in the nation and his top seeding in the tournament means that Louisiana will face off with all four of the top seeded players in the first round.
In doubles Louisiana's pairing of Galka and freshman Kacper Dworak will face off with the Rice pairing of Rutledge and Sumit Sarkar, seeded No. 2, in the first round. While Junior Pearse Dolan will partner up with Lago to take on Texas Tech's pairing of Ilgiz Valiev and Artem Kapshuk in their first-round doubles match.
QUOTEWORTHY:
(Head Coach Mark Jeffrey):
General
""The Breaux" as we call it now for short has been growing each year. And this year we have expanded even more adding hospitality tents on the court for around 120 people. Assistant coach Luc Godin and I really wanted to put our best foot forward and represent the Louisiana Athletic Department and Bryan Maggard, Ph.D. [Director of Athletics] well. This is a big-time stage, with CST and ESPN3 covering the finals for great exposure."
On the Sponsors
"I wanted to thank John Breaux for his continued great support of this event, and I wanted to thank Robert Daigle, CSX Transportation, Dr Jay Culotta, Merrill Lynch, Marcus Duhon (Albertsons) Mike & Jovette Mosing, Brent and Theresa Mosing, Mackie Reaux Construction, LCVC, LTA, Schilling Distributing, Coca Cola, Pixus, River Ranch and the Carriage House, Renee Matamoros, Moss Motors and Barry Sallinger for everything they have done to make this event a world class tournament."
On What Louisiana Needs to DoÂ
"Our guys need to come out with a plan and a process that only involves focusing on themselves. The plan and process we want each one of the guys to go out on the court with should revolve around their attitude, perseverance, and accountability. If we take care of these three-character traits and give it everything we have, then that is all we can do during the weekend, and hopefully we can pull out some big wins for the program."
John Breaux Cajun Tennis Classic (Louisiana Draws)
September 21-23, 2018 at Lafayette, La.
(Cajun Courts)
Singles (First Round):
Elio Lago (LA) vs. No. 42 Shane Monroe (Louisiana State)
Jamie Fraser (LA) vs. No. 61 Rodrigo Banzer (UT)
Jan Galka (LA) vs. No. 62 Leo Telles (UT)
Arthur Libaud (LA) vs. No. 98 Eric Rutledge (Rice)
Doubles (First Round)
Galka/Dworak (LA) vs. Sarkar/Rutledge (Rice)
Dolan/Lago (LA) vs. Valiev/Kapshuk (TTU)
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