Alabama Men’s Tennis Opens Bama Spring Shootout with Eight Wins
1/8/2021 9:13:00 PM | Men's Tennis
The Crimson Tide won four doubles and four singles matches on day one
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – The Alabama men's tennis team won eight matches on day one of the Bama Spring Shootout being held in the Roberta Alison Baumgardner Tennis Facility this weekend, winning four doubles and four singles matches.
Rudi Christiansen, who joined Alabama for the spring semester, picked up a singles and doubles win in his first tourney wearing the crimson and white. Gabriel Diaz Freire, Avi Shugar and Jeremy Gschwendtner also earned singles victories on Friday.
The doubles tandems of Patrick Kaukovalta and Riccardo Roberto, Edson Ortiz and Marcelo Sepulveda Garza, Diaz Freire and Zhe Zhou along with Christiansen and Sam Fischer all opened the tournament with wins.
SINGLES
- Jeremy Gschwendtner (UA) def. Evin McDonald (UT) 6-3, 7-6(7)
- Gabriel Diaz Freire (UA) def. Chih Chi Huang (UT) 6-4, 4-6, 6-3
- Rudi Christiansen (UA) def. Payton Holden (UT) 7-6(5), 6-3
- Avi Shugar (UA) def. Eshan Talluri (UT) 6-2, 7-6(1)
- Siem Woldeab (UT) def. Patrick Kaukovalta (UA) 6-7(5), 6-4, 7-6(3)
- Cleeve Harper (UT) def. Riccardo Roberto (UA) 6-4, 6-2
- Jacob Bullard (UT) def. Vincent Rettke (UA) 7-5, 6-2
- Eliot Spizzirri (UT) def. Edson Ortiz (UA) 6-3, 6-7(2), 7-6(5)
- Micah Braswell (UT) def. Zhe Zhou (UA) 6-4, 7-6(1)
- Nevin Arimilli (UT) def. Marcelo Sepulveda Garza (UA) 2-6, 6-4, 7-5
- Leighton Allen (UT) def. Sam Fischer (UA) 6-1, 6-3
DOUBLES
- Kaukovalta/Roberto (UA) def. Holden/Huang (UT) 6-4
- Ortiz/Sepulveda-Garza (UA) def. Harper/Huang (UT) 7-5
- Diaz Freire/Zhou (UA) def. Braswell/Bullard (UT) 6-2
- Christiansen/Fischer (UA) def. Allen/McDonald (UT) 6-4
- Spizzirri/Woldeab (UT) def. Ortiz/Sepulveda-Garza (UA) 6-2
- Braswell/Harper (UT) def. Diaz Freire/Zhou (UA) 7-6(8)
- Bullard/McDonald (UT) def. Gschwendtner/Rettke (UA) 7-6(5)
- Arimilli/Talluri (UT) def. Christiansen/Fischer (UA) 6-4
- Spizzirri/Woldeab (UT) def. Kaukovalta/Roberto (UA) 6-4
- Holden/Talluri (UT) def. Gschwendtner/Rettke (UA) 6-1
UP NEXT
- The Crimson Tide continues play Saturday at 1 p.m. CT
- Due to health and safety considerations in addition to the current guidelines, no spectators are allowed for indoor matches
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