Alabama
Georgia Tech
Alabama Falls 5-2 in Road Match Against Georgia Tech
1/15/2024 4:01:00 PM | Men's Tennis
The Crimson Tide captured wins from doubles duo Enzo Aguiard and Zach Foster and singles players Roan Jones and Andrii Zimnokh
ATLANTA –– The Alabama men's tennis team (0-1) opened its season on the road, battling the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets (2-0) in a 5-2 loss Monday.
Enzo Aguiard and Zach Foster paced the Tide in doubles as the duo posted a 6-2 score on court two. In singles, Roan Jones and Andrii Zimnokh led UA with two-set wins on courts four and five, respectively. Jones would tally a 6-4, 6-3 victory, while Zimnokh went 6-3, 7-5 for the win.
From Head Coach George Husack
"We got our feet wet today with some good competition but Georgia Tech kept us from jumping into the deep end. We saw good doubles execution with Enzo and Zach while our new kids on the block (Andrii & Matic Dimic) were in a pair of tug-of-war battles. Roan did a good job of finishing and we will continue to make strides at the other positions. The match doesn't define us but rather gives us a good barometer of what we need to do moving forward."
The Match
- Aguiard and Foster captured the first doubles victory of the day, defeating Richard Biaigotti and Gabriele Bancatelli, 6-2
- The Yellow Jackets would go on to win courts three and one, respectively, to take the opening lead in the match
- Jones tallied the Tide's first point with a victory over No. 67-ranked Brancatelli
- The sophomore would take the first set at 6-3, before battling for a 6-4 victory in set two as UA trailed 2-1 in the match
- The Yellow Jackets would extend their lead to 3-1 with a win on court one, but Zimnokh's 6-3, 7-5 victory over Krish Arora on court five kept the Tide within one
- Georgia Tech earned the win off a back-and-forth, three-set battle on court six over UA's Matic Dimic
- Aguiard would also fight his way through back-to-back tiebreakers as he fell 7-6(11), 7-6(5) on court two
Next
- Alabama will host Florida State and Jacksonville State in a double header on Sunday, Jan. 21
- The Tide and Seminoles go head-to-head at 11 a.m. CT at the Roberta Alison Baumgardner Tennis Facility
- UA will battle the Gamecocks at 4 p.m. that day
Results
Doubles
1 | Marcus McDaniel/Keshav Chopra (GT) def. #25 Filip Planinsek/Andrii Zimnokh (UA) 6-3
2 |Enzo Aguiard/Zach Foster (UA) def. Richard Biaigotti/Gabriele Brancatelli (GT) 6-2
3 | Andres Martin/Krish Arora (GT) def. Matic Dimic/Roan Jones (UA) 6-1
Order of Finish (2,3,1)
Singles
1 | Andres Martin (GT) def. #35 Filip Planinsek (UA) 6-3, 7-5
2 | Keshav Chopra (GT) def. #51 Enzo Aguiard (UA) 7-6 (13-11), 7-6 (7-5)
3 | Marcus McDaniel (GT) def. #76 Matias Ponce De Leon (UA) 6-3, 6-4
4 | Roan Jones (UA) def. #67 Gabriele Brancatelli (GT) 6-4, 6-3
5 | Andrii Zimnokh (UA) def. Krish Arora (GT) 5-3, 7-5
6 | Rohan Sachdev (GT) def. Matic Dimic (UA) 6-2, 1-6, 7-5
Order of Finish (3,4,1,5,6,2)
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Team Stats
#1 Doubles Match
#2 Doubles Match
#3 Doubles Match
Order of Finish:
2,3,1
#1 Singles Match
#2 Singles Match
#3 Singles Match
#4 Singles Match
#5 Singles Match
#6 Singles Match
Order of Finish:
3,4,1,5,6,2
Players Mentioned
