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Conway, S.C. – The USC Upstate men's tennis team claimed wins in five of six singles matches en route to a 6-1 victory over Radford at the Coastal Carolina Tennis Complex.
Upstate improves to 1-2 while Radford drops to 1-1.
"We did a good job coming out and getting the doubles point," assistant coach Tim McLane said. "We were able to follow that up with good starts in singles. We were able to close out matches in straight sets, and had a couple guys do a great job fighting to win in third sets. We've got a few days of practice to clean some things up to get ready for Wofford on Friday."
Upstate claimed the doubles point thanks to wins on the No. 2 and No. 3 courts. Ankush Arora and Francisco Neto were 6-1 winners in the No. 2 doubles match before Radford won the top doubles match by an identical score. Ignacio Garrido and Tomas Venere won the doubles point for Upstate with a 6-4 win at No. 3 doubles.
Arora won his second match of the day at No. 2 singles with a 6-2, 6-3, win over Matko Varga. After Radford won the No. 3 singles court, Upstate won the remaining singles matches with Venere's 6-4, 6-4 victory over Samuel Taylor at No. 6 singles clinching the match victory.
Felix Ewers won his No. 1 singles match 6-3, 6-2 over Rodrigo Magalhaes. Neto battled back after dropping the first set for a win at No. 5 singles as he defeated Alexandros Caldwell 4-6, 7-6 (1-0) 10-5. Garrido was a 6-4, 4-6, 7-5 winner at No. 5 singles over Janken Thoen.
Upstate opens the home portion of its schedule on Friday, welcoming Wofford to the USC Upstate Tennis Complex at 2 p.m.
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Results
Singles
1. Felix Ewers (UPST) def. MAGALHAES, Rodrigo (RAD) 6-3, 6-2
2. Ankush Arora (UPST) def. VARGA, Matko (RAD) 6-2, 6-3
3. CALAIS, Robin (RAD) def. Lenhard Haupt (UPST) 6-4, 6-4
4. Francisco Neto (UPST) def. CALDWELL, Alexandros (RAD) 4-6, 7-6 (1-0), 10-5
5. Ignacio Garrido (UPST) def. THOEN, Janken (RAD) 6-4, 4-6, 7-5
6. Tomas Venere (UPST) def. TAYLOR, Samuel (RAD) 6-4, 6-4
Doubles
1. MAGALHAES, Rodrigo/CALAIS, Robin (RAD) def. Felix Ewers/Lenhard Haupt (UPST) 6-1
2. Ankush Arora/Francisco Neto (UPST) def. VARGA, Matko/CALDWELL, Alexandros (RAD) 6-1
3. Ignacio Garrido/Tomas Venere (UPST) def. THOEN, Janken/TAYLOR, Samuel (RAD) 6-4
Order of finish: Doubles (2,1,3); Singles (2,3,1,6,4,5)
