THE FLATS – The Georgia Tech men’s tennis team completed the second day of its home tournament on Saturday.
Gianluca Carlini and Hidde Schoenmakers kicked the day off with a second consecutive doubles win over a Yale doubles team. The Jackets pairing pulled through in the match tiebreaker 8-4 as Richard Biagiotti and Owen DeMuth dropped their match.
Biagiotti repeated his dominant performance yesterday in his second singles match of the weekend. The junior dished out a strong 6-1 first frame before replicating the same scoreline to triumph to another victory. Biagiotti won 12 of 14 games in the match for a second time, improving to 24 of 28 through two matches.
DeMuth notched his first win of the weekend in straight sets after a 6-4, 6-1 match before Carlini had to retire in the second set due to injury.
Shokry fought back from a 5-7 first frame to rattle off two consecutive set victories to seal the match over Liberty’s David Ekpenyong. Schoenmakers won the first set before dropping a tight second frame as Michal Novansky won the match in three sets.
Georgia Tech will close out its home tournament with doubles set to begin at 9 a.m. before singles will be expected to begin around 10 a.m.
GT Fall Invite, Day 2 Doubles
Whitwell/Martin (MISS) def. Biagiotti/DeMuth (GT) 8-2
Carlini/Schoenmakers (GT) def. Liao/Shuler (YALE) 8-7 (4)
Sparks/Ekpenyong (LIB) def. Biagiotti/Shokry (GT) 8-5
GT Fall Invite, Day 2 Singles
Richard Biagiotti (GT) def. Benjamin Sparks (LIB) 6-1, 6-1
Elias Shokry (GT) def. David Ekpenyong (LIB) 5-7, 6-4, 6-1
Michal Novansky (MSST) def. Hidde Schoenmakers (GT) 3-6, 7-5, 6-1
Raphael Vaksmann (MSST) def. Gianluca Carlini (GT) 6-0, 1-1 (ret.)
Owen DeMuth (GT) def. Yuva Pavuluri (GAST) 6-4, 6-1
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