THE FLATS – Georgia Tech men’s tennis dominated proceedings on Sunday winning the five singles matches that were played for a 5-0 victory.
The doubles point started with Andres Martin and Keshav Chopra winning their match on court one against Sheomake/Bencedic, 6-1. Court two saw Chen Dong and Ángel Guerrero Melgar drop their doubles match to Robins/Kamienicki, 6-3.
Tech did not field a third doubles team and forfeited the third match giving The Citadel the doubles point.
Singles action started with a double bagel from Guerrero Melgar winning his match against Andrew Darby 6-0, 6-0.
“I kept my attitude and intensity high. After winning the first set I thought I would try to not lose any points,” Melgar said.
Close behind Melgar was Martin who took his singles match 6-2, 6-0 to give the Jackets a 2-1 lead.
The Yellow Jackets continued their dominance in singles with Pablo Schelcher taking his match 6-4, 6-0 over Robins, followed by Dong over Kamienicki 6-2, 6-2 and ending with a win by Chopra 7-6(2), 6-2.
The sixth singles match was forfeited by Georgia Tech bringing the score to 5-2.
The White and Gold travel to Charlottesville, Va. for the ITA Kickoff weekend on Jan. 29-30.
FULL RESULTS
Singles Competition
1. #9 Andres Martin (GT) def. Hayden Shoemake (CIT) 6-2, 6-0
2. Keshav Chopra (GT) def. Zvonko Bencedic (CIT) 7-6 (7-2), 6-2
3. Chen Dong (GT) def. Sebastian Kamienieck (CIT) 6-2, 6-2
4. Pablo Schlecher (GT) def. Lucas Robins (CIT) 6-4, 6-0
5. Angel Guerrero (GT) def. Andrew Darby (CIT) 6-0, 6-0
6. No player (CIT) def. No player (GT) by forfeit
Doubles Competition
1. Andres Martin and Keshav Chopra (GT) def. Hayden Shoemake and Zvonko Bencedic (CIT) 6-1
2. Lucas Robins and Sebastian Kamienieck (CIT) def. Chen Dong and Angel Guerrero (GT) 6-3
3. No player and No player (CIT) def. No player and No player (GT) by forfeit
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