Men’s Tennis Posts a Pair of Sweeps Friday

Friday, January 29

Memphis, Tenn.

12:00 p.m.

University of Memphis

Chattanooga

Photo by: Joe Murphy

Jan 29, 2016 | Men's Tennis

Tigers do not drop a set in a pair of sweeps.

By: Tammy DeGroff

MEMPHIS – Junior Louis Asser came back from 2-0 down in a second set tiebreak for a 6-1, 7-6 (2) win complete a pair of 7-0 wins for the Memphis men's tennis team (3-2), Friday.

The Tigers opened the afternoon with a 7-0 win over Chattanooga (0-2). Memphis grabbed 6-2 wins at one and two singles to take the doubles point, then used wins at the top three singles spots to decide the victory. Memphis closed out the sweep with Felix Rauch's 6-1, 6-2 win at number six.

In the evening match, the Tigers again got wins from one and two doubles to take a 1-0 lead. Freshman Chris Patzanovsky was the first Tiger to complete his singles match, pushing the team score to 2-0. Rauch's win at No. 5 singles made it 3-0 Tigers and Andrew Watson sealed the win over Murray State (0-1) with a straight set win at number two.

Memphis travels to Nashville next week to play a pair of non-conference matches. The Tigers will face #28 ranked Vanderbilt, Thursday, at 5 p.m., then will square off against #33 Harvard, Friday, at 5 p.m.

Memphis 7, Chattanooga 0
Doubles
No. 1 – Kai Lemke/Louis Asser (Memphis) def. John Peacey/Pablo Llebeili, 6-2
No. 2 – Ryan Peniston/Felix Rauch (Memphis) def. Lucas Plesky/Luke Saunders, 6-2
No. 3 – Shakeel Manji/Andrew Watson (Memphis) vs. Michael Birnbaum/Nick Wingord, 5-2, uf
Singles
No. 1 – Ryan Peniston (Memphis) def. Lucas Plesky, 6-1, 6-1
No. 2 -- #87 Andrew Watson (Memphis) def. John Peacey, 6-1, 6-3
No. 3 – Chris Patzanovsky (Memphis) def. Nick Wingord, 6-1, 6-0
No. 4 – Kai Lemke (Memphis) def. Luke Saunders, 6-0, 6-3
No. 5 – Shakeel Manji (Memphis) def. Pablo Llebeili, 6-1, 6-3
No. 6 – Felix Rauch (Memphis) def. Paul LaHue, 6-1, 6-2

Memphis 7, Murray State 0
Doubles
No. 1 – Louis Asser/Kai Lemke (Memphis) def. Will True/David Hess, 6-1
No. 2 – Ryan Peniston/Felix Rauch (Memphis) def. Marcel Ueltzhoeffer/David Schrott, 6-1
No. 3 – Shakeel Manji/Chris Patzanovsky (Memphis) vs. Srdjan Trosic/Javier Villar, 5-2, uf
Singles
No. 1 – Ryan Peniston (Memphis) def. Will True, 6-1, 6-3
No. 2 - #87 Andrew Watson (Memphis) def. Marcel Ueltzhoeffer, 6-3, 6-1
No. 3 – Chris Patzanovsky (Memphis) def. Srdjan Trosic, 6-1, 6-0
No. 4 – Shakeel Manji (Memphis) def. David Schrott, 7-5, 6-1
No. 5 – Felix Rauch (Memphis) def. David Hess, 6-0, 6-2
No. 6 – Louis Asser (Memphis) def. Javier Villar, 6-1, 7-6 (2)