EUGENE, Ore. – The University of Nevada (3-1) men's tennis team got the weekend started with a 6-1 win over Portland (1-4) at the Student Tennis Center on the University of Oregon campus Friday morning. With the victory, the Wolf Pack has won its last three matches to improve to 3-1 on the season.
"It was a great match today," head coach
Sylvain Malroux said. "They played aggressively and stepped it up, it is a great team victory."
The Pack plays Oregon (3-1) on Saturday morning at 11 a.m. Livestats
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After splitting the first two completed doubles matches the Pack won the tiebreaker 7-2 on court 1 as
Kostya Nesterenko and
Julien Evrard won 7-6 to clinch the doubles point.
Evrard clinched the win for the Pack with a 7-5, 6-2 victory in No. 1 singles. Nesterenko scored a hard fought three set victory 6-3, 6-7 (5-7) and 10-6 on court 2.
Jeremy Merville who also won his doubles match with
Jonathan Aremon, needed three sets at No. 3 singles to win 4-6, 6-3 and 6-4. Aremon had it a little easier winning straight sets 6-4, 6-2 on court four.
Matvey Radionov also went three sets on court 5. Radionov dropped the first set 6-0 but rallied to win his match with 6-2 and 6-3 wins in the final two sets. Delmans N'tcha fell 6-3, 6-0 at No. 6 singles.
Tennis Match Results
Nevada vs Portland
Feb 01, 2019 at Eugene, Ore.
(Student Tennis Center)
Nevada 6, Portland 1
Singles competition
1.
Julien Evrard (NEV) def. Sam Pankin (PORTLAND) 7-5, 6-2
2.
Kostya Nesterenko (NEV) def. Tom Hann (PORTLAND) 6-3, 6-7 (5-7), 10-6
3.
Jeremy Merville (NEV) def. Nicklas Oberg (PORTLAND) 4-6, 6-3, 6-4
4.
Jonathan Aremon (NEV) def. Eleftherios Neos (PORTLAND) 6-4, 6-2
5.
Matvey Radionov (NEV) def. Issa Yoshida (PORTLAND) 0-6, 6-2, 6-4
6. Leo Hibi (PORTLAND) def. Delmas N'tcha (NEV) 6-4, 6-0
Doubles competition
1.
Kostya Nesterenko/
Julien Evrard (NEV) def. Tom Hann/Eleftherios Neos (PORTLAND) 7-6 (7-2)
2. Sam Pankin/Issa Yoshida (PORTLAND) def.
Dylan Levitt/Gvidas Motuzas (NEV) 6-3
3.
Jonathan Aremon/
Jeremy Merville (NEV) def. Nicklas Oberg/Andrew Newell (PORTLAND) 6-3
Match Notes:
Nevada 3-1
Portland 1-4
Order of finish: Doubles (3,2,1); Singles (4,6,1,5,2,3)
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