University President and Professor | Cumberland University, Lebanon
University President and Professor | Cumberland University, Lebanon
12-ranked Phoenix men's tennis had to grind to win the doubles point in tiebreakers, but cruised through the singles matches to defeat Milligan 7-0 at the Tommy Gray Memorial Courts.
The doubles matches were close, but Cumberland managed to win at No. 3 to take the point. At No. 2, Julian Parada and German Suarez took down Derian Janeke and Ryan Thomas with a score of 6-4. The Buffaloes struck back as Nathan Smiley and Marcos Moreno beat Pavel Kelo and Adrijan Hrzic 7-5 to even it up at No. 1. Daniel Wessels and Dan Slapnik Trost won a tight match against Juan Camilo Burgos and Justin Rigsby with a score of 7-6 in tiebreakers.
Moving on to the singles matches, Cumberland regrouped to dominate and sweep the match. In the first singles match, Adrijan Hrzic faced off against Krishan Taneja. It was a close match that went to three sets, with Hrzic emerging as the winner with a score of 6-4, 4-6, 7-6 (8-6). In the second singles match, Julian Parada defeated Carter Rigsby with a score of 6-2, 6-4. In the third singles match, Daniel Wessels defeated Gabrijel Kajic with a score of 6-3, 6-3.
At No. 4, German Suarez defeated Ryan Thomas with a score of 6-2, 6-3. At No. 5, Fernando Flores bested Marcos Moreno in a tight match with a score of 7-6 (7-3), 7-5. Finally, at No. 6, Dan Slapnik Trost defeated Derian Janeke with a score of 7-6 (8-6), 6-3.
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