Baradach wins men’s singles at US Open Texas Sectional Qualifying Tournament
|Former Southern Methodist University team member Artem Baradach won the men’s final of the 2011 US Open National Playoffs USTA Texas Sectional Qualifying Tournament when he defeated Juan Moreiras in a long three-set match 5-7, 7-5, 6-2, at the Arlington Tennis Center today.
With the win, Baradach advances to the US Open National Playoffs – Men’s Championship – Aug. 18-21, in New Haven, Conn., against the other 15 sectional winners in a single elimination tournament. The winner will receive a wild card entry to the US Open Qualifying Tournament at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, in Flushing, N.Y., Aug. 24-27.
Baradach, a Dallas native was an All-Conference USA Singles First Team and Doubles honors. He earned his second consecutive trip to the NCAA National Championships playing almost exclusively as the Mustangs No. 1 player. The computer science major transferred to SMU from Stony Brook.
Moreiras, a 17-year-old junior at Churchill High School in San Antonio battled Baradach to three sets.