Men’s Tennis Grabs Pair of Wins to Wrap up San Diego Stint

Friday, March 18

San Diego, CA

2:00 p.m. (PT)

University of Memphis

#75 San Diego State University

Photo by: Joe Murphy

Men’s Tennis Grabs Pair of Wins to Wrap up San Diego Stint

Mar 19, 2016 | Men's Tennis

Memphis moves to 9-7 on the year with two wins in California.

By: Tammy DeGroff

MEMPHIS – The University of Memphis men's tennis team closed out the Hilton San Diego Mission Valley Spring Classic with a pair of wins to move to 9-7 on the season. Memphis defeated host San Diego State, 4-0, then Saturday, defeated No. 46 Denver, 4-2, to close out the tournament.

On Friday, it was the Germans on the roster who powered Memphis to a 4-0 win over San Diego State after Memphis won the doubles point. Sophomore Kai Lemke won his match at three singles, 6-3, 6-2, and freshmen Chris Patzanovsky and Felix Rauch added wins at four and five singles for the decisive 4-0 win.

On Saturday, it was the Brits turn. After Memphis again won at one and three doubles to take a 1-0 lead in the match, sophomores Andrew Watson, Ryan Peniston and Shakeel Manji all won in straight sets to fight off a Denver squad that grabbed wins at three and four singles to pull in to the thick of things in the match. Watson won at one, 7-6 (6), 6-0, while Peniston won at two, 6-3, 6-3. Manji won his match at six singles, 6-2, 6-2.

#26 Memphis 4, #75 San Diego State 0
Doubles
No. 1 – Kai Lemke/Louis Asser (Memphis) def. Santiago Cevallos/Milen Ianakiev, 6-3
No. 2 – Felix Rauch/Ryan Peniston (Memphis) vs. Marko Goles-Babic/freddy Gelbrich, 5-3, uf
No. 3 – Andrew Watson/Shakeel Manji (Memphis) def. Handrik Jebens/Sander Gjoels-Andersen, 6-4
Singles
No. 1 -- #86 Andrew Watson (Memphis) vs. #100 Freddy Gelbrich, 1-6, 7-5, uf
No. 2 – No. 61 Ryan Peniston (Memphis) vs. Hendrik Jebens, 6-7 (7), 5-2, uf
No. 3 – Kai Lemke (Memphis) def. Milen Ianakiev, 6-3, 6-2
No. 4 – Chris Patzanovsky (Memphis) def. Marko Goles-Babic, 6-4, 6-0
No. 5 – Felix Rauch (Memphis) def. Sander Gjoels-Andersen, 6-4, 6-4
No. 6 – Cornelius Kolb vs. Shakeel Manji (Memphis), 7-5, 5-3, uf

#26 Memphis 4, #46 Denver 2
Doubles
No. 1 – Kai Lemke/Louis Asser (Memphis) def. David Fox/Alex Gasson, 6-3
No. 2 – Diogo Rocha/Henry Craig vs. Ryan Peniston/Felix Rauch (Memphis), uf
No. 3 – Andrew Watson/Shakeel Manji (Memphis) def. Jesse Ruder-Hook/Yannik James, 6-2
Singles
No. 1 – Andrew Watson (Memphis) def. Henry Craig, 7-6 (6), 6-0
No. 2 – Ryan Peniston (Memphis) def. Diogo Rocha, 6-3, 6-3
No. 3 – David Fox def. Kai Lemke (Memphis), 6-2, 6-3
No. 4 – Alex Gasson def. Chris Patzanovsky (Memphis), 6-4, 6-3
No. 5 – Felix Rauch (Memphis) vs. Yannik James, 6-4, 4-6, 2-2, uf
No. 6 – Shakeel Manji (Memphis) def. Zach Fryer, 6-2, 6-2