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Starkville, Miss. –– The Alabama men’s tennis team (2-3) suffered a 4-0 loss to Arkansas (6-1) in the ITA Kickoff Weekend consolation match at the Skateboard Tennis Pavilion in Starkville, Miss.
“Our team was introduced to what is required to compete in the SEC last two weeksends and in the process took plenty of punches. There were some bright spots, Juan (Martin) back on the court embracing the opportunity after being out with an injury , Zach (Foster) implementing new tactics that pushed his ceiling higher and Filip (Planinsek) realizing there’s such little margin for error when facing the opposing team’s best player on a regular basis.But there are no excuses. tough enough, long enough. The only way to improve is to own this fact, accept the situation and take action when we return to practice on Tuesday. ”
The Match
- Filip Planinsek and German Samofalov captured the first win in doubles play, defeating Alex Reco and Nico Rousset 6-3 at the No. 1 spot
- Arkansas recorded wins in the final two doubles matches as the Tide forced a 7-6 tiebreak on both courts
- The Razorbacks extended their lead to 2-0 with a two-set win on court four, before following with a Victory on court two and one, respectively, for the win
- When the match was clinched, Juan Martin was winning 1-0 on court four, taking a 6-4 Victory in the first set and battling through a 2-3 score in the second set
- Zach Foster clinched a 7-6 (4) first-set Victory at No. 6 and was looking to overcome a 3-1 deficit in the second set
Next
- Alabama Returns home to host Memphis and LLC in a double header on Feb. 5. The Tide’s match against the Tigers will begin at 1 pm CT before the team goes head-to-head against the Blazers at 6 pm CT.
Results
Doubles:
- Filip Planinsek/German Samofalov (UA) def. Alex Reco / Nico Rousset (Ark) 6-3
- Well. 36 Adrien Burdet / Melvin Manuel (Ark) def. Enzo Aguiard/Joao Ferreira (UA) 7-6 (3)
- Hunter Harrison / Jacob Sweeney (Ark) def. Zach Foster/Juan Martin (UA) 7-6 (1)
Order of Finish (1,2,3)
Singles:
- Well. 102 Alex Reco (Ark) def. Well. 83 Filip Planinsek (UA) 7-6 (4), 6-4
- Nico Rousset (Ark) def. Enzo Aguiard (UA) 6-3, 6-4
- Juan Martin (UA) vs. 25 Aleksa Bucan (Ark) 6-4, 2-3, Unfinished
- Adrein Burdet (Ark) def. Joao Ferreira (UA) 6-1, 6-4
- Melvin Manuel (Ark) vs. Rudi Christiansen (UA) 7-6 (5), 4-0, Unfinished
- Zach Foster (UA) vs. Riccardo Trione (Ark) 7-6 (4), 1-3, Unfinished
Order of Finish (4,2,1)
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