Alabama Men’s Tennis Edged, 4-3, By No. 18 Ole Miss In Non-Conference Match

Saturday, January 22

Oxford, Miss

3 p.m. CT

Alabama

Ole Miss

Photo by: Crimson Tide Photos / UA Athletics

Alabama Men’s Tennis Edged, 4-3, By No. 18 Ole Miss In Non-Conference Match

1/22/2022 9:14:00 PM | Men's Tennis

Box Score

The Crimson Tide captured the doubles point for the third straight match, as Filip Planinsek and Enzo Aguiard posted wins in singles play

OXFORD, Miss. –– The Alabama men's tennis team (2-1) suffered a narrow 4-3 loss to No. 18 Ole Miss (3-0) Saturday at the William F. Galtney Indoor Tennis Center.

Alabama took two of three doubles courts to start the match with a 1-0 lead. The battle continued as the match saw four singles courts go into a third set as both teams fought for control. Filip Planinsek rallied for a come-from-behind three-set win against 44^th-ranked Finn Reynolds as Enzo Aguiard came out victorious in a contested three-set battle on court three.

From Head Coach George Husack

"Another tight one against the Rebels and this time they did a better job of imposing their game and executing down the stretch. We were a couple players down but our guys didn't bat an eye. They stepped up and put us in position to win. We now have an opportunity to respond to this performance in practice and tighten up the screws in preparation for the ITA Kickoff next weekend."

In the Match

For the third time this season, Alabama recorded the doubles point to start the day off with a 1-0 lead
Partners, Planinsek and German Samofalov opened the match with a 6-4 victory over Reynolds and Lukas Engelhardt at No. 1 doubles, but Ole Miss responded with a 6-3 victory on court three
The duo of Aguiard and Joao Ferreira clinched the doubles point for the Tide, winning 7-5 against Nikola Slavic and Simon Junk at the No. 2 spot
Ole Miss started singles action hot, taking wins on courts two and five, respectively, for a 2-1 lead
Planinsek evened the score, taking down No. 44 Reynolds at the top of the order with a three-set 4-6, 6-1, 6-4 win
Back-to-back three-set wins on courts six and four, however, gave the Rebels the match point as Aguiard put together a strong third-set performance at No. 3 singles to go 6-2, 6-7 (4), 6-3 against John Hallquist Liten

Up Next

Alabama will head to Starkville, Miss., to compete in the ITA kickoff. The Tide opens the tournament on Saturday, Jan. 29 against Kentucky at 10 a.m. CT.

Results

Doubles:

Filip Planinsek/German Samofalov (UA) def. Finn Reynolds/Lukas Engelhardt (UM) 6-4
Enzo Aguiard/Joao Ferreira (UA) def. Nikola Slavic/Simon Junk (UM) 7-5
John Hallquist Lithen/ Jakob Cadonau (UM) def. Rudi Christiansen/Zach Foster (UA) 6-3

Order of Finish: (1,3,2)

Singles:

No. 83 Filip Planinsek (UA) def. No. 44 Finn Reynolds 4-6, 6-1, 6-4
No. 28 Nikola Slavic (UM) def. German Samofalov (UA) 6-3, 6-1
Enzo Aguiard (UA) def. John Hallquist Lithen (UM) 6-2, 6-7 (4), 6-3
Lukas Engelhardt (UM) def. Joao Ferreira (UA) 4-6, 6-2, 6-4
Simon Junk (UM) def. Rudi Christiansen (UA) 6-2, 6-2
Jan Soren Hain (UM) def. Zach Foster (UA) 6-3, 4-6, 6-3

Order of Finish: (2,5,1,6,4,3)

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