Alabama’s Filip Planinsek Earns SEC Men’s Tennis Freshman of the Week Honors
3/23/2022 1:57:00 PM | Men's Tennis
The weekly honor is the second this season for the Crimson Tide freshman
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. –– Alabama's Filip Planinsek was named the Southeastern Conference Men's Tennis Freshman of the Week, the league office announced Wednesday. The rookie from Hoce, Slovenia, put together a perfect singles and doubles performance over the weekend, going 2-0 in both events.
Planinsek opened competition on Sunday with a win over then-50th ranked and No. 1 singles player for LSU Ronald Hohmann. The UA freshman defeated Hohmann in straight sets, taking a 6-3, 6-4 victory. Planinsek also captured the deciding point in the Tide's 4-3 win over Drake. After dropping the opening set tiebreaker 7-6 (1) to Jeremy Schifris, Planinsek battled back to go 6-2 in set two before emerging with the win in a third set 7-6 (6) tiebreak.
In doubles, Planinsek and partner German Samofalov defeated LSU's Hohmann and Vlad Lobak 6-4 at the No. 1 spot, while Planinsek and Patrick Kaukovalta went 6-4 against Drake's No. 1 doubles pair of Schifris and Oliver Johansson.
The weekly honor is the second for Planinsek, who also earned the honor on Jan. 26 following his performance against then-No. 18 Ole Miss, Mercer and Samford.
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