Vols Down Memphis, 4-0, Advance to Second Straight NCAA Round of 16

Sunday, May 9

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Vols Down Memphis, 4-0, Advance to Second Straight NCAA Round of 16

May 09, 2021 | Men's Tennis

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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – A pair of come-from-behind victories in doubles and three dominant straight-set singles triumphs pushed the No. 3 Tennessee men's tennis team past No. 38 Memphis, 4-0, in the second round of the NCAA Tournament on Sunday at Barksdale Stadium.

The victory pushed the Vols (26-3) to its second consecutive NCAA Super Regional round, while Memphis (10-9) sees its season end.

Doubles play started with fireworks as Memphis grabbed a duo of early breaks on court three and a break at 1-1 on court two.

With the UT Australian tandem of senior Adam Walton and junior Pat Harper holding serve on court one, the duo of junior Martim Prata and freshman Johannus Monday used a key service break to bring the match to 4-4 at the No. 2 position.

From there the team rode the momentum into a tiebreak they won easily, 7-0, to give the Vols the opening doubles set.

On court three, the UT pair of graduate student Giles Hussey and senior Mark Wallner caught fire after falling behind, 0-4, to win seven of the match's final eight games to give the Vols the doubles point and a massive, 1-0, lead.

In singles action, graduate student Luca Wiedenmann came in and got his work done as he rolled past Jan Pallares, 6-2, 6-0, on court four to quickly double the Vols advantage.

Walton later put UT on the cusp of match point with a straight-set victory of his own as he knocked off No. 58 James Story, 6-4, 6-1.

Almost immediately following Walton, senior Andrew Rogers, clinched match point and the Vols trip to Orlando with a 6-4, 6-2, drubbing of Pau Fanlo at the No. 6 position.

Play was stopped on courts two, three and five, giving Tennessee its 11th shutout of the season and its 10th blanking of an opponent at home.

HOME REALLY IS SWEET
Sunday's result gives the Vols a perfect 15-0 record at home for the 2021 dual season. The Orange & White are currently riding a 22-match win streak on their home turf dating to a 7-0 victory over Georgia State on Jan. 31, 2019.

DOUBLES CONTINUES TO BE PIVOTAL
Tennessee rode the momentum from its earning of the doubles point to shutout Memphis on Sunday. UT is now a perfect, 5-of-5 in doubles points during the postseason, winning those matches by a combined score of, 21-4.

DON'T FORGET ABOUT WALTS
Adam Walton's pair of singles wins at this weekend's regional, upped his career singles win total to 94, meaning the Homehill, Australia native is just six singles wins away from becoming just the 11th Vol to eclipse 100 career singles triumphs.

Walton is currently 14th on Tennessee's all-time singles wins list, just three wins behind VFL's Earl Grainger and Timo Stodder for 12th all-time.

UP NEXT
Tennessee will take just over a week off before traveling south to Orlando, Florida for the remainder of the NCAA Tournament. The Vols will take on the 18th-ranked Arizona Wildcats on Monday, May 17 in the Super Regional round. First Serve from the USTA National Campus is slated for 10 a.m. ET.

RESULTS
Doubles

#4 Walton/Harper (Tenn.) vs. #18 Cutting/Stevenson (Mem.) 6-6(3-1)
Monday/Prata (Tenn.) def. Pallares/Sydow (Mem.) 7-6(0)
Hussey/Wallner (Tenn.) def. Taylor/Story (Mem.) 7-5

Order of Finish: 2, 3*

Singles

#10 Adam Walton (Tenn.) def. #58 James Story (Mem.) 6-4, 6-1
#8 Johannus Monday (Tenn.) vs. #102 David Stevenson (Mem.) 3-6, 6-0, 4-2, unfinished
#41 Martim Prata (Tenn.) vs. Oscar Cutting (Mem.) 7-6(2), 2-2, unfinished
Luca Wiedenmann (Tenn.) def. Jan Pallares (Mem.) 6-2, 6-0
#92 Giles Hussey (Tenn.) vs. Jeremy Taylor (Mem.) 5-7, 2-4, unfinished
Andrew Rogers (Tenn.) def. Pau Fanlo (Mem.) 6-4, 6-2