No. 25 Alabama Men’s Tennis Falls to Auburn, 4-3

Friday, March 5

Tuscaloosa, Ala.

6 p.m. CT

Alabama

Auburn

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No. 25 Alabama Men’s Tennis Falls to Auburn, 4-3

3/5/2021 10:35:00 PM | Men's Tennis

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After giving up the doubles point the Crimson Tide picked up wins at Nos. 2, 5 and 6 singles before the Tigers closed out the match

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – The No. 25 Alabama men's tennis team fell to Auburn Friday night at the Alabama Tennis Stadium in Tuscaloosa, Ala., in a heartbreaker, 4-3.

After the Tide dropped the doubles point, Alexey Nesterov tied the match in quick fashion with a 6-3, 6-1 win at No. 6 singles. That was followed by wins from Edson Ortiz and Gabriel Diaz Freire at No. 2 and No 5, respectively. Down 3-2, Auburn picked up three-set wins on courts one and four to close the match.

Auburn 4, #25 Alabama 3

Singles

No. 1 Tyler Stice (AU) def. Zhe Zhou (UA) 7-6 (7-5), 4-6, 6-4
No. 2 #89 Edson Ortiz (UA) def. Tim Dollman (AU) 6-3, 6-2
No. 3 Tad Maclean (AU) def. Patrick Kaukovalta (UA) 7-6 (7-3), 6-3
No. 4 Jan Galka (AU) def. Riccardo Roberto (UA) 4-6, 7-6 (7-3), 6-4
No. 5 Gabriel Diaz Freire (UA) def. Finn Murgett (AU) 6-3, 6-4
No. 6 Alexey Nesterov (UA) def. Spencer Gray (AU) 6-3, 6-1

Doubles

No. 1 Patrick Kaukovalta/Riccardo Roberto (UA) def. Tad Maclean/Finn Murgett (AU) 6-3
No. 2 Tom Wright/Maxwell Giddens (AU) def. Gabriel Diaz Freire/Zhe Zhou (UA) 6-4
No. 3 Jan Galka/Tyler Stice (AU) def. Alexey Nesterov/Edson Ortiz (UA) 6-3

Up Next

Alabama has two more home matches next weekend, taking on Georgia on March 12 at 6 p.m. CT and Tennessee on March 14 at 1 p.m. CT

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