Lock pulls through

Sports Reporter
PROMISING United States-based Zimbabwean tennis player Benjamin Lock is blowing hot at the ITA All-American Championships at the Michael D. Case Tennis Centre at the University of Tulsa in Oklahoma.
After a hard first day of competition, Lock, who is on a tennis scholarship at Florida State University, advanced to the third round of the qualifying draw and teamed up with Marco Nunez to reach the third round of qualifying doubles on Tuesday.

On Monday, No. 116 Lock was the only Seminole to win his first round match of qualifying and followed up on Tuesday with a 6-4, 6-1 win over Behzad Minavi of Texas A&M.

He was scheduled to take on Bruno Semenzato of Duke late yesterday.
“Benjamin played well and is gaining momentum each day,” said associate coach Nick Crowell.
“He is serving big and running a lot of extra balls down. He is fit and ready to make another run tomorrow.”

In doubles play, Nunez and Lock received first round byes to compete in the second round on Tuesday.
The duo faced Cale Hammond and Fred Saba of Duke to win 8-3. They needed to win two matches yesterday to advance to the main draw of doubles. They were scheduled take on Virginia’s Harrison Richmond and Justin Shane.

“Marco and Benjamin meshed well today in doubles,” continued Crowell.
“They got out to a fast start and broke serve three times today. Tomorrow will be a big day for the duo and will have to win two matches to qualify. They are pumped and looking forward to the challenge.”