No. 28 Alabama Men’s Tennis Falls to No. 20 Georgia, 4-3

Friday, March 12

Tuscaloosa, Ala.

6 p.m. CT

Alabama

Georgia

No. 28 Alabama Men’s Tennis Falls to No. 20 Georgia, 4-3

3/12/2021 10:40:00 PM | Men's Tennis

Box Score

The Crimson Tide won the doubles point and singles matches at No. 2 and No. 5 against the Bulldogs

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – The No. 28-ranked Alabama men's tennis team dropped a tough match to No. 20 Georgia, 4-3, Friday night at the Alabama Tennis Stadium in Tuscaloosa, Ala.

The Crimson Tide earned the doubles point after Patrick Kaukovalta and Riccardo Roberto won at No. 1 and Alexey Nesterov and Edson Ortiz won at No. 3 in a tiebreaker. It was the first five tiebreaker sets in the match. Edson Ortiz stretched Alabama's lead to 2-0 with a victory at No. 2 singles before the Bulldogs closed out the match with four straight singles wins. Gabriel Diaz Freire finished out the match with a come from behind win at No.

#20 Georgia 4, #28 Alabama 3

Singles

No. 1 Trent Bryde (UG) def. Zhe Zhou (UA) 6-3, 6-2
No. 2 Edson Ortiz (UA) def. Tyler Zink (UG) 6-3, 6-3
No. 3 Philip Henning (UG) def. Patrick Kaukovalta (UA) 7-6(3), 6-4
No. 4 Blake Croyder (UG) def. Riccardo Roberto (UA) 6-2, 1-6, 7-6(4)
No. 5 Gabriel Diaz Freire (UA) def. Billy Rowe (UG) 1-6, 7-6(3), 6-4
No. 6 No. Erik Grevelius (UG) def. Alexey Nesterov (UA) 6-3, 6-7(8), 6-2

Doubles

No. 1 Patrick Kaukovalta/Riccardo Roberto (UA) def. Trent Bryde/Tyler Zink (UG) 6-3
No. 2 Billy Rowe/Blake Croyder (UG) def. Gabriel Diaz Freire/Zhe Zhou (UA) 2
No. 3 Alexey Nesterov/Edson Ortiz (UA) def. Philip Henning/Erik Grevelius (UG) 7-6(1

Up Next

Alabama returns to action Sunday at the Alabama Tennis Stadium against Tennessee at 1 p.m.
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