BEAUMONT, Texas – The New Orleans Privateers men's tennis team started the season with a grueling match and a narrow 4-3 victory over the Lamar Cardinals on Tuesday afternoon against a former Southland rival.
MARATHON DOUBLES WIN
The Privateers started the day with a gutsy win in doubles. At flight three,
Matthew Armbruster and
Mihajlo Drobnjakovic easily took care of Arthur Bageaud and Juan Jose Rodriguez by a 6-1 score line. The remaining two matches both went to tiebreaks and both were won by the Privateers.
Marcel Volz and
Luke Joujan scored a 7-6 (8-6) win at flight two which earned the Privateers the doubles point.
Akos Kotorman and
Max Heinzel went on to win their tiebreak 11-9 to sweep the board in doubles.
SINGLES
David Tesic, making his Privateer debut, was a key asset in singles, scoring one of the three points needed by the Privateers to seal the victory. Tesic earned the first set by a service break and prevailed in a tiebreaker in the second set to win 6-4, 7-6.
Dhruv Tangri also had a critical win at flight six for the Privateers. Tangri won the first set against Joshua Taylor, who was a 2019 All-Southland selection. After dropping the second set, Tangri rallied in the third set to win 6-4, 3-6, 6-4.
The Privateers also scored a point from Volz who won at flight one. Volz didn't concede a game in the first set but was broken late in the second set by Filippo Salsini. Volz prevailed in the third set though and notched a 6-0, 5-7, 6-3 win.
Lamar scored straight set wins from Max Amling and Martin Garcia-Ripoll. At flight two, Rodriguez won in three sets.
NEXT UP
The Privateers will play a doubleheader against Alcorn State on Jan. 28 in Lorman, Miss.
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