St. John's University Athletics
Mladenov Reaches National Indoor Consolation Semifinals
11/5/2011 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
FLUSHING MEADOWS, N.Y. - St. John's men's tennis junior Vasko Mladenov returned to action Saturday morning in the USTA/ITA National Indoor Championship and notched a straight-set 6-2, 7-6 (4) win over Texas Tech's Gonzalo Escobar to reach the tournament's consolation bracket semifinal round.
Mladenov dominated the nation's 11th ranked player in the opening set, claiming a 6-2 win, and held a 3-2 advantage in the second frame. Escobar came back to take a 5-4 lead on the local favorite, but Mladenov would rally to force a second-set tiebreak. Mladenov won the tiebreak 7-4 to take the second set 7-6(4) and advance to the semis.
The Red Storm junior took on Georgia's Sadio Doumbia later Saturday afternoon, but lost a tough 7-6(6), 7-5 match to the 24th-ranked player in the nation. Doumbia defeated USC's Daniel Nguyen 6-2, 0-6, 6-3 in the quarterfinals to reach the semis and would go on to lose to his teammate Wil Spencer in the consolation championship. Doumbia was the fourth ranked opponent Mladenov went up against in the tournament.
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