News Release from Texas A&M Athletics:
BRYAN-COLLEGE STATION – The No. 10 Texas A&M men’s tennis team dominated the No. 22 Mississippi State Bulldogs, 7-0, Friday at the Mitchell Tennis Center.
“The score was not indicative of how close this match was” head coach Steve Denton said. “We won a tiebreaker at court 2 in doubles and then we had a lot of three setters that went our way. Happy for the guys that they competed hard and were able to get the victory tonight.”
Tiago Pires/Kenner Taylor lost to Nemanja Malesevic/Michal Novansky on court 3, 4-6, to begin doubles action. However, the Maroon & White (11-3, 2-1 SEC) evened the score with an upset victory from No. 58 Giulio Perego/Togan Tokac who defeated No. 35 Petar Jovanic/Benito Sanchez Martinez on court 1, 7-5. Luke Casper/JC Roddick clinched the doubles point for the Aggies on court 2 to secure the win with a thriller over Carles Hernandez/Dusan Milanovic, 7-6 (7-4).
No. 116 Perego dominated on court 4, winning in straight sets against Milanovic (6-3, 6-4) to extend the lead for A&M in singles. No. 36 Perot continued that momentum and beat Malesevic on court 1 (6-1, 6-4). Clinching the match for the Aggies was No. 118 Tokac who defeated No. 121 Hernandez on court 3 (6-4, 7-5).
The teams played out the remaining matches after the Maroon & White clinched with freshman Brayden Michna securing a victory over Radomir Tomic on court 6 (0-6, 6-1, 6-1). On court 5, Pires beat Sanchez Martinez (6-3, 1-6, 6-2). No. 64 Roddick added the last win of the day for the Aggies with a huge upset victory over No. 27 Jovanovic on court 2 in a three-set thriller (3-6, 7-5, 6-3).
Texas A&M returns home Sunday, March 10, with a doubleheader against Ole Miss at 12 p.m. and Lamar at 6 p.m.
TEAM NOTES
A&M is 5-0 at home.
Giulio Perego/Togan Tokac secured their second ranked doubles win of the season.
JC Roddick secured a top-30 ranked singles win.
MATCH STATS
Doubles
No. 58 Giulio Perego/Togan Tokac (TAMU) def. No. 35 Petar Jovanovic/Benito Sanchez Martinez (MSU) 7-5
Luke Casper/JC Roddick (TAMU) def. Carles Hernandez/Dusan Milanovic (MSU) 7-6 (7-4)
Nemanja Malesevic/Michal Novansky (MSU) def. Tiago Pires/Kenner Taylor (TAMU) 6-4
Order of finish: 3, 1, 2*
Singles
No. 36 Raphael Perot (TAMU) def. Nemanja Malesevic (MSU) 6-1, 6-4
No. 64 JC Roddick (TAMU) def. No. 27 Petar Jovanovic (MSU) 3-6, 7-5, 6-3
No. 118 Togan Tokac (TAMU) def. No. 121 Carles Hernandez (MSU) 6-4, 7-5
No. 116 Giulio Perego (TAMU) def. Dusan Milanovic (MSU) 6-3, 6-4
Tiago Pires (TAMU) def. Benito Sanchez Martinez (MSU) 6-3, 1-6, 6-2
Brayden Michna (TAMU) def. Radomir Tomic (MSU) 0-6, 6-1, 6-1
Order of finish: 4, 1, 3, 6, 5, 2*
