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Ivan Spinner knocked the competition off the court one by one this weekend at the qualifiers for the All American Tennis Classic Championships in the burning Austin, Tx., heat.

"It's been pretty hot down here, but Coach has kept me well-conditioned for all of this," said Penn State's No. 1 singles player.

Jan Bortner's only representative in this premiere tournament won all of his three qualifying matches of the weekend in straight sets.

Spinner outplayed his first victim, University of Oklahoma's Bradley Plokhooy, 6-0, 6-1.

Casey Louie of the University of California at Berkeley was the second player Spinner took out of the tournament, 6-3, 7-5.

"He was a real hustler," Spinner said of Louie. "It was a close match and he hung in there till the very end."

The heat didn't let up for Spinner, whose next opponent was Rico Radarte of Texas A&M. This is when the Nittany Lion put up his best fight, defeating Radarte 6-1 6-3.

"I knew he was a good player, and I couldn't miss any shots," he said. "I just played really smart and aggressive tennis."

Last night, Spinner beat Mike Williams of Clemson in the fourth-round qualifier, 7-5, 6-3, to put him into the 64-man tournament beginning Tuesday.

"All I can do is go out there and give it my all," Spinner said. "I talked to Coach Bortner on the phone and he was very pleased. He said to take it match by match, one step at a time."

"I've felt really good throughout the qualifiers," Spinner continued. "I've played really well all four matches but now I have to put that behind me and get ready for the next battle."

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Ivan Spinner knocked the competition off the court one by one this weekend at the qualifiers for the All American Tennis Classic Championships in the burning Austin, Tx., heat. "It's been pretty hot down here, but Coach has kept me well-conditioned for all of this," said Penn State's No.

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