University of Tennessee Athletics
Friday, January 22
Raleigh, NC
2 PM
University of Tennessee
4
vs
2
Ole Miss
Photo by: Kate Luffman/Tennessee Athletics
Strong Singles Play Pushes Vols Past Ole Miss, 4-2
January 22, 2021 | Men's Tennis
RALEIGH, N.C. – Four straight-set victories in singles play after dropping the doubles point, propelled the 13th-ranked Tennessee men's tennis team past No. 17 Ole Miss, 4-2, on Friday at the J.W. Isenhour Tennis Center.
The win was the Vols (4-0) fifth consecutive victory over the Rebels (0-2), tying UT's longest win streak over Ole Miss.
In doubles play, the Big Orange got off to a quick start, as the tandem of junior Martim Prata and freshman Johannus Monday easily took down the Ole Miss duo of Nikola Slavic and Jakob Cadonau, 6-2, for their fourth consecutive win as a pair.
Ole Miss battled back, claiming tiebreak victories on courts one and three to take a 1-0 lead into singles action.
In singles play, graduate student Giles Hussey immediately knotted the score at 1-1 as he rolled past Simon Junk, 6-2, 6-4 for his seventh consecutive singles win, tying his longest win streak of the year. The victory also improved his dual match ledger to 3-0.
Prata followed Hussey, earning a 7-5, 6-4 win on court three over Nikola Slavic to give the Vols their first lead of the afternoon. Prata remains a perfect 4-0 in both singles and doubles in dual play.
At No. 1, 24th-ranked Adam Walton returned to the lineup to take down No. 62 Tim Sandkaulen in two tiebreaks, 7-6(5), 7-6(3) for his first win of the dual season, while giving UT a massive 3-1 advantage.
After Monday dropped a heartbreaking three-set match at No. 2, Tennessee's match clincher, Luca Wiedenmann dismantled J. Hallquist Lithen on court five, 6-1, 6-1 to send the Vols to a Saturday showdown with NC State.
LUCA NEARS CENTURY MARK
Graduate student Luca Wiedenmann's match-clinching victory was his 97th career singles victory, leaving him just three wins shy of becoming the 10th-ever Vol to reach 100 career singles triumphs.
UP NEXT
The Vols return to the J.W. Isenhour Tennis Center on Saturday afternoon for a date with NC State for the right to advance to the ITA Indoor National Championships. First serve is slated for 2 p.m. ET.
RESULTS
Doubles
Singles
The win was the Vols (4-0) fifth consecutive victory over the Rebels (0-2), tying UT's longest win streak over Ole Miss.
In doubles play, the Big Orange got off to a quick start, as the tandem of junior Martim Prata and freshman Johannus Monday easily took down the Ole Miss duo of Nikola Slavic and Jakob Cadonau, 6-2, for their fourth consecutive win as a pair.
Ole Miss battled back, claiming tiebreak victories on courts one and three to take a 1-0 lead into singles action.
In singles play, graduate student Giles Hussey immediately knotted the score at 1-1 as he rolled past Simon Junk, 6-2, 6-4 for his seventh consecutive singles win, tying his longest win streak of the year. The victory also improved his dual match ledger to 3-0.
Prata followed Hussey, earning a 7-5, 6-4 win on court three over Nikola Slavic to give the Vols their first lead of the afternoon. Prata remains a perfect 4-0 in both singles and doubles in dual play.
At No. 1, 24th-ranked Adam Walton returned to the lineup to take down No. 62 Tim Sandkaulen in two tiebreaks, 7-6(5), 7-6(3) for his first win of the dual season, while giving UT a massive 3-1 advantage.
After Monday dropped a heartbreaking three-set match at No. 2, Tennessee's match clincher, Luca Wiedenmann dismantled J. Hallquist Lithen on court five, 6-1, 6-1 to send the Vols to a Saturday showdown with NC State.
LUCA NEARS CENTURY MARK
Graduate student Luca Wiedenmann's match-clinching victory was his 97th career singles victory, leaving him just three wins shy of becoming the 10th-ever Vol to reach 100 career singles triumphs.
UP NEXT
The Vols return to the J.W. Isenhour Tennis Center on Saturday afternoon for a date with NC State for the right to advance to the ITA Indoor National Championships. First serve is slated for 2 p.m. ET.
RESULTS
Doubles
- #7 Sandkaulen/Reynolds (Ole Miss) def. Harper/Walton (Tenn.) 7-6(4)
- Monday/Prata (Tenn.) def. Slavic/Cadonau (Ole Miss) 6-2
- Draheim/Junk (Ole Miss) def. Hussey/Wallner (Tenn.) 7-6(5)
Singles
- #24 Adam Walton (Tenn.) def. #62 Tim Sandkaulen (Ole Miss) 7-6(5), 7-6(3)
- Finn Reynolds (Ole Miss) def. Johannus Monday (Tenn.) 2-6, 6-4, 6-3
- Martim Prata (Tenn.) def. Nikola Slavic (Ole Miss) 7-5, 6-4
- Giles Hussey (Tenn.) def. Simon Junk (Ole Miss) 6-2, 6-4
- Luca Wiedenmann (Tenn.) def. J. Hallquist Lithen (Ole Miss) 6-1, 6-1
- Andrew Rogers (Tenn.) vs. Jakob Cadonau (Ole Miss) 1-6, 1-1 unf.
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