THE FLATS – The Georgia Tech men’s tennis team concluded a successful weekend of competition with two wins in its Sunday doubleheader against Wofford and Alabama State. The Jackets took down Wofford 7-0 and beat Alabama State 6-1
MATCH 1 vs. WOFFORD:
Tech went 2-1 in doubles and clinched the first point of the match. Andres Martin and Marcus McDaniel defeated Callum Rendle and Max Graham, 6-3. Keshav Chopra and Elias Shokry took down Ashe Ray and Robbie Young, 6-3, putting Tech up 1-0 going into singles.
The Jackets swept Wofford in singles play with five of their players winning in two-straight sets. McDaniel quickly defeated his opponent, blanking Wofford’s Rendle 6-0, 6-0. Martin, Robert Bauer and Chopra followed behind McDaniel with three wins, raising the score to 3-0. Shokry took the first set from Wofford’s Horn and achieved a 7-6 [7-3] tiebreak victory in the second set. Rohan Sachdev was forced to play three sets with Wofford’s Fullet. After falling 3-6 in the second, Sachdev came back with an impressive 10-2 win.
Singles
Martin (GT) def. Ray (WOFF); 6-2, 6-2
McDaniel (GT) def. Rendle (WOFF); 6-0, 6-0
Chopra (GT) def. Young (WOFF); 6-2, 6-3
Sachdev (GT) def. Fullet (WOFF); 7-5, 3-6, 10-2
Shokry (GT) def. Horn (WOFF); 6-3, 7-6 [7-3]
Bauer (GT) def. Graham (WOFF); 6-2, 7-5
Doubles
Martin/McDaniel (GT) def. Rendle/Graham (WOFF); 6-3
Chopra/Shokry (GT) def. Rasheed/Fullet (WOFF); 6-3
Ray/Young (WOFF) def. McKinney/Bauer (GT); 3-6
MATCH 2 vs. ALABAMA STATE:
Tech clinched the quickly doubles point from Alabama State with back-to-back wins. Martin/McDaniel and Chopra/Shokry earned 6-1 victories and improved to 2-0 on the day as pairs.
In singles play, the Jackets went 5-1. Once again, McDaniel claimed Tech’s first singles win in a 6-0, 6-3 decision over Ruan Du Preez. Martin’s and Sachdev’s two-set wins gave Tech the automatic team victory. The two teams played out all of the singles matches. Chopra claimed a 6-2, 6-3 win over Alabama State’s Bajracharya and Shokry concluded singles play with a 6-4, 7-5 victory over Alabama State’s Verlaguet.
Singles
Martin (GT) def. Grandinot (ASU); 6-4, 6-1
McDaniel (GT) def. Du Preez (ASU); 6-0, 6-3
Chopra (GT) def. Bajracharya (ASU); 6-2, 6-3
Sachdev (GT) def. Amier (ASU); 6-4, 6-2
Johnson (ASU) def. McKinney (GT); 7-5, 6-4
Shokry (GT) def. Verlaguet (ASU); 6-4, 7-5
Doubles
Martin/McDaniel (GT) def. Grandinot/Bajracharya (ASU); 6-1
Chopra/Shokry (GT) def. Du Preez/Rodriguez (ASU); 6-1
McKinney/Bauer (GT) vs. Amier/Verlaguet (ASU); 4-2, unfinished
UP NEXT:
The Jackets will travel to Stanford for the ITA Kickoff and competition will take place from Sunday, Jan. 29 to Monday, Jan. 30.
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