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Alabama Men’s Tennis Shut Out Jacksonville State During Pair of Road Matches on Thursday
4/13/2017 10:22:00 PM | Men's Tennis
The Crimson Tide travels to Knoxville, Tenn., on Wednesday, April 26, to compete in the SEC Championships
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – The Alabama men's tennis team went 1-1 in a pair of road matches on Thursday afternoon. The Crimson Tide (11-16, 2-10 SEC) lost a 4-2 decision to Southeastern Conference foe Tennessee in Knoxville, Tenn., at the Barksdale Stadium, before traveling to Jacksonville, Ala., later that evening to pick up a 5-0 victory over the Jacksonville State Gamecocks at the JSU Tennis Complex. The Tide registered five singles wins and four doubles victories on the day.
The Tide dominated doubles action in the first contest of the day, as freshmen Edson Ortiz and Zhe Zhou defeated Srdjan Jakovljevic and Sunay Bhat in a 6-3 decision on court three to collect the first doubles victory of the match. Alabama's No. 14 nationally-ranked doubles tandem sophomores Mazen Osama and Spencer Richey topped Tennessee's No. 71 ranked doubles pair Luis Valero and Timo Stodder, 6-4, on the top court giving the Tide a 1-0 match advantage headed into singles play.
The Volunteer won back-to-back matches on courts one and three to start singles, giving Tennessee a 2-1 match lead. Tennessee's No. 35 ranked singles player Stodder forced Alabama's No. 27 ranked singles player Osama (No. 1) to retire at 6-4, 5-1, before Jakovljevic topped freshman Alexey Nesterov (No. 3) in straight sets, 6-3, 6-1. The Tide responded back with a win of its own, as Richey (No. 6) defeated Luca Wiedenmann in straight sets, 6-4, 6-3, equaling the match score at 2-2. Tennessee went on to win in three sets on courts two and four to clinch the match victory. Valero knocked off the Tide's No. 97 ranked singles player in freshman Thibault Cancel (No. 2), 6-4, 3-6, 6-1, before Scott Jones outlasted Ortiz (No. 4), 2-6, 6-2, 6-4, resulting in the final match score.
Alabama controlled doubles play in the second match of the day, as Ortiz and Zhou overcame Andres Gomez and Pablo Caffarena in a 6-1 result on court three to collect the first win of the contest. Osama and Cancel topped Jaryd Reese and Austin McCormick, 6-2, to clinch the doubles point giving the Tide a 1-0 match lead headed into singles action.
The Tide continued to roll in singles play, as its No. 97 ranked singles player Cancel (No. 1) won in straight sets over Reese, 6-3, 6-3, to extend Alabama's match advantage to 2-0. Nesterov (No. 2) topped Caffarena in straight sets, 6-2, 6-4, before Zhou (No. 4) clinched the Alabama match victory in three sets over Felix Morck, 6-2, 4-6, 6-1. Ortiz (No. 3) went on to outlast Mathias Chaim, 7-6(5), 7-6(8), resulting in the final match score.
The Tide will be back in action on Wednesday, April 26, when it travels to Knoxville, Tenn., to compete in the SEC Championships on the campus of The University of Tennessee.
Alabama 2, Tennessee 4
SINGLES
1. No. 35 Timo Stodder (Tennessee) def. No. 27 Mazen Osama (Alabama) 6-4, 5-1, ret.
2. Luis Valero (Tennessee) def. No. 97 Thibault Cancel (Alabama) 6-4, 3-6, 6-1
3. Srdjan Jakovljevic (Tennessee) def. Alexey Nesterov (Alabama) 6-3, 6-1
4. Scott Jones (Tennessee) def. Edson Ortiz (Alabama) 2-6, 6-2, 6-4
5. Zhe Zhou (Alabama) vs. Jack Schipanski (Tennessee) 4-6, 6-0, 5-2, DNF
6. Spencer Richey (Alabama) def. Luca Wiedenmann (Tennessee) 6-4, 6-3
Order of finish: 1,3,6,2,4
DOUBLES
1. No. 14 Mazen Osama/Spencer Richey (Alabama) def. No. 71 Luis Valero/Timo Stodder (Tennessee) 6-4
2. Thibault Cancel/Alexey Nesterov (Alabama) vs. Scott Jones/Jack Schipanski (Tennessee) DNF, 4-3
3. Edson Ortiz/Zhe Zhou (Alabama) def. Srdjan Jakovljevic/Sunay Bhate (Tennessee) 6-3
Order of finish: 3,1
Alabama 5, Jacksonville State 0
SINGLES
1. No. 97 Thibault Cancel (Alabama) def. Jaryd Reese (Jacksonville State) 6-3, 6-3
2. Alexey Nesterov (Alabama) def. Pablo Caffarena (Jacksonville State) 6-2, 6-4
3. Edson Ortiz (Alabama) def. Mathias Chaim (Jacksonville State) 7-6(5), 7-6(8)
4. Zhe Zhou (Alabama) def. Felix Morck (Jacksonville State) 6-2, 4-6, 6-1
5. Spencer Richey (Alabama) vs. Paolo Cucalon (Jacksonville State) 1-6, DNF
6. Ritchie Kruunenberg (Alabama) vs. Guillermo Agost (Jacksonville State) 0-3, DNF
Order of finish: 1,2,4,3
DOUBLES
1. Mazen Osama/Thibault Cancel (Alabama) def. Jaryd Reese/Austin McCormick (Jacksonville State) 6-2
2. Alexey Nesterov/Spencer Richey (Alabama) vs. Felix Morck/Mathias Chaim (Jacksonville State) 2-4, DNF
3. Edson Ortiz/Zhe Zhou (Alabama) def. Andres Gomez/Pablo Caffarena (Jacksonville State) 6-1
Order of finish: 3,1
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