Walton Earns 100th Singles Win, Vols Earn 12 Wins on Day Two of Fighting Illini Invitational

URBANA, Ill. – Adam Walton reached the 100-win mark Saturday, as the Tennessee men's tennis team won 12 of its 14 matches on day two of the Fighting Illini Invitational.

The Vols logged a 9-1 singles mark on the day and claimed three of four matches in doubles.

Walton, a graduate student for the Big Orange and the fifth-ranked singles player in the nation, used a 6-4, 7-6(9) victory over Illinois' Olivier Stuart to etch his name forever in Tennessee history as the 11^th Vol all-time to account for 100 career singles wins.

In singles, 2021 ITA Singles All-American and sixth-ranked Johannus Monday battled to earn a straight-set victory, 7-6(4), 7-5 over Alex Brown of Illinois. Vol senior and No. 29^th-ranked Martim Prata dispatched Alex Petrov (Illinois) in straight sets, 6-3, 6-3.

The Vols continued to pummel the Fighting Illini in singles action, with senior No. 95 Emile Hudd defeating Hunter Heck, 6-4, 6-0, while freshman Shunsuke Mitsui defeated Lucas Horve, 6-3, 6-0, and freshman Conor Gannon took down Gabrielius Guzauskas, 7-6(5), 6-3.

Angel Diaz, a junior for Tennessee, beat Nic Meister 6-2, 6-3 and graduate student Mark Wallner overcame MTSU's John Chin, 6-3, 6-1.

The Vols split a pair of afternoon matches, as Monday knocked off Stepan Holis (MTSU) with a second-set bagel, 6-4, 6-0. MTSU's Edge (No. 104) defeated Prata, 6-4, 7-6(2).

The doubles courts saw the 48^th-ranked pairing of Hudd and Mitsui continue to roll, overpowering Illinois' Kenyatte/Brown, 6-3. Monday and Prata, the nations's 33^rd-ranked doubles pair trounced Horve/Heck (Illinois), 6-2, while Walton and Gannon routed the Petrov/Meister pairing of Illinois, 6-3. Diaz and Wallner fell to Guzauskas/Stuart (Illinois), 4-6.

Sunday's Schedule
9:30 a.m. ET – Arizona State and Tennessee
1:30 p.m. ET – Illinois and Middle Tennessee

Results
Singles
Monday (Tennessee) def. Brown (Illinois), 7-6(4), 7-5
Walton (Tennessee) def. Stuart (Illinois), 6-4, 7-6(9)
Prata (Tennessee) def. Petrov (Illinois), 6-3, 6-3
Hudd (Tennessee) def. Heck (Illinois), 6-4, 6-0
Mitsui (Tennessee) def. Horve (Illinois), 6-3, 6-0
Gannon (Tennessee) def. Guzauskas (Illinois), 7-6(5), 6-3
Wallner (Tennessee) def. Chin (MTSU), 6-3, 6-1
Diaz (Tennessee) def. Meister (Illinois), 6-2, 6-3
Monday (Tennessee) def. Holis (MTSU), 6-4, 6-0
Edge (MTSU) def. Prata (Tennessee), 6-4, 7-6(2)

Doubles
Hudd/Mitsui (Tennessee) def. Kenyatte/Brown (Illinois), 6-3
Monday/Prata (Tennessee) def. Horve/Heck (Illinois), 6-2
Walton/Gannon (Tennessee) def. Petrov Meister (Illinois), 6-3
Guzauskas/Stuart (Illinois) def. Diaz/Wallner (Tennessee), 6-4

University of Tennessee Athletics

Walton Earns 100th Singles Win, Vols Earn 12 Wins on Day Two of Fighting Illini Invitational

Players Mentioned

Angel Diaz

Conor Gannon

Emile Hudd

Shunsuke Mitsui

Johannus Monday

Martim Prata

Mark Wallner

Adam Walton

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