TUSCALOOSA, Ala. - The Georgia Tech men’s tennis team dropped its team match against Tulane, 4-3, on Saturday afternoon.
The freshman duo of Mason Taube and Lucas Yunez pulled through in doubles after a lengthy battle on Line 1, winning the tiebreaker 7-5 to claim the first doubles win for the Jackets of the weekend. Tulane evened the team score at 1-1 after winning 6-0 on Line 2.
Yunez notched his second win of the season against an opponent with a sub-7 WTN rating yesterday and maintained his form going into today. He won the first tiebreaker 7-5 before carefully working through the second set 6-3 to win his match. The freshman secures his second Line 1 win in back-to-back days.
Tulane won both matches on Lines 2 and 4 in straight sets as Jonathan Irwanto worked through a 6-4 first frame and won the second-set tiebreaker 7-5. Leveling the score at 3-3 to set up the deciding doubles match.
Taube and Yunez partnered up for the deciding match and exchanged 6-0 sets with Tulane’s Daniel Phillips and Santiago Padilla Cote. The Green Wave duo handled their business in the final frame, winning the third-set tiebreaker 10-4.
Tech will face off against Alabama for the final day of action to conclude the fall season.
Tulane 4, Georgia Tech 3
Singles
- Lucas Yunez (GT) def. Daniel Phillips (TULN) 7-6 (5), 6-3
- Alec Gaudin (TULN) def. Mason Taube (GT) 6-1, 6-4
- Jonathan Irwanto (GT) def. Hady El Kordy (TULN) 6-4, 7-6 (5)
- Santiago Padilla Cote (TULN ) def. Owen DeMuth (GT) 6-0, 7-5
Doubles
- Mason Taube/Lucas Yunez (GT) def. Hady El Kordy/Alec Gaudin (TULN) 7-6 (5)
- Daniel Phillips/Santiago Padilla Cote (TULN) def. Owen DeMuth/Jonathan Irwanto (GT) 6-0
Tiebreaker
Daniel Phillips/Santiago Padilla Cote (TULN) def. Mason Taube/Lucas Yunez (GT) 0-6, 6-0, 1-0 (4)
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