LUBBOCK, Texas – Nevada Men's Tennis had their three-match win streak snapped Saturday with a 4-1 loss to Texas Tech. Despite the loss,
Youssef Kadiri earned his 21
st win of the season, cracking the top 10 single-season victories list.
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Texas Tech won the doubles point with two strong victories coming on courts two and three. Tyler Stewart and Ludovico Vaccari defeated Kadiri and
Rémy Trégourès on court two, 6-3. Niksa Arsic and Thiago Guglieri picked up a 6-1 victory against Paul Théate and
Max Contet in the third-flight match.
Lucas Hammond and
Rayen Hermassi held a 4-3 lead over No. 66 ranked Sebastian Abboud and Piotr Pawlak when the doubles session was abandoned.
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The Red Raiders doubled their lead with a 6-3, 6-1 victory from Guglieri over Trégourès on court five. An identical 6-3, 6-1 win from Arsic over Hammond brought Texas Tech within one point of clinching the match.
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Kadiri's 21
st victory was the lone point for Nevada. Kadiri handled Pawlak easily in the top-flight match, defeating him 6-2, 6-2.
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Texas Tech clinched their match victory on court six with Abboud's 6-4, 6-3 victory against Contet. Théate led in the second flight match, 6-4, 4-3 when the match was abandoned.
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Nevada looks to bounce back tomorrow in a neutral-site match against Florida Gulf Coast. The match is scheduled for 9 a.m. PT and can be followed through live results
here.
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Full Results
Nevada 1, Texas Tech 4
Doubles
No. 1 – Hammond/Hermassi (NEV) vs. No. 66 Abboud/Pawlak (TTU), 4-3, unfinished
No. 2 – Stewart/Vaccari (TTU) def. Kadiri/Trégourès (NEV), 6-3
No. 3 – Arsic/Guglieri (TTU) def. Théate/Contet (NEV), 6-1
Order of Finish: 3, 2
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Singles
No. 1 – Kadiri (NEV) def. Pawlak (TTU), 6-2, 6-2
No. 2 - Théate (NEV) vs. Stewart (TTU), 6-4, 4-3, unfinished
No. 3 – Arsic (TTU) def. Hammond (NEV), 6-3, 6-1
No. 4 – Vaccari (TTU) vs. Hermassi (NEV), 6-4, 5-4, unfinished
No. 5 – Guglieri (TTU) def. Trégourès (NEV), 6-3, 6-1
No. 6 – Abboud (TTU) def. Contet (NEV), 6-4, 6-3
Order of Finish: 5, 3, 1, 6
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