LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Georgia Tech men’s tennis won both matches of a doubleheader against The Citadel on Sunday. Both matches ended in 7-0 victories for the Jackets.
In doubles action, the No. 8 doubles pairing of Andres Martin and Marcus McDaniel were the first to finish with a score of 6-4. No. 2 and 3 Doubles were deadlocked at four with the doubles point still up for grabs. Doubles two went to Louisville 7-5 but Tech immediately grabbed the momentum back on doubles three as Keshav Chopra and Chen Dong took their set point to take a 6-5 lead.
No. 3 doubles would eventually go to Louisville by way of tiebreaker 7-6(6) to give Louisville the doubles point.
Singles action started strong for the Yellow Jackets with Dong taking No. 4 singles 6-0, 6-0 and McDaniel taking No. 2 singles to give the Jackets a 2-1 lead. Louisville would take No. 5 and 6 singles to take back a 3-2 lead.
At this moment, Chopra was at No. 3 singles up one set and tied 5-5 in set two. The match eventually went to a tiebreaker. Chopra was up 6-5 when a close call delayed his victory until he eventually won the tiebreaker to bring the score level at 3-3.
No. 1 singles was the only court remaining, it was in its third set tied at 1-1. Louisville would take the next five games to take the match 6-1 and win overall 4-3.
The White and Gold play their first home ACC match on March 18 against UVA.
Singles competition
1. Etienne Donnet (LOU-MT) def. #12 Andres Martin (GT) 4-6, 7-5, 6-1
2. Marcus McDaniel (GT) def. Josh Howard-Tripp (LOU-MT) 6-2, 6-2
3. #105 Keshav Chopra (GT) def. Tin Chen (LOU-MT) 6-2, 7-6 (8-6)
4. Chen Dong (GT) def. Sergio Hernandez (LOU-MT) 6-0, 6-0
5. Natan Rodrigues (LOU-MT) def. Pablo Schlecher (GT) 6-2, 6-2
6. David Mizrahi (LOU-MT) def. Angel Guerrero (GT) 6-4, 6-2
Doubles competition
1. #8 Andres Martin/Marcus McDaniel (GT) def. Natan Rodrigues/Matthew Fung (LOU-MT) 6-4
2. Alex Wesbrooks/Etienne Donnet (LOU-MT) def. Pablo Schlecher/Angel Guerrero (GT) 7-5
3. Tin Chen/Sergio Hernandez (LOU-MT) def. Keshav Chopra/Chen Dong (GT) 7-6 (8-6)
Order of finish: Doubles (1,2,3); Singles (4,2,6,5,3,1)
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