Tigers Take Down Big Ten Foe Northwestern

Friday, January 21

Evanston, Ill.

5 P.M.

University of Memphis

Northwestern

Memphis vs. Jackson State University Tennis Stevenson

Photo by: Matthew A. Smith

Jan 22, 2022 | Men's Tennis

Box Score

EVANSTON, Ill. – The Memphis Tigers moved to 2-0 on the season with a 4-2 win over the Northwestern Wildcats Friday in Evanston, Ill.

The Tigers started off by securing the doubles point, with the 30th-ranked team of David Stevenson/Jeremy Taylor winning 6-3 over Northwestern's top team and Memphis freshmen Harry Rock/Pablo Alemany Malea winning in the third position, 6-4.

Northwestern won the first two singles points to take a 2-1 lead, but the Tigers grabbed the next three to capture the match. Malea won in the fifth spot, 6-3, 6-3, Stevenson bested No. 104 Simen Bratholm in the two-spot, 6-3, 6-4, and Rock secured the Tiger victory with a 2-6, 6-2, 6-4 triumph.

Up next for Memphis is competition in the ITA Kickoff Weekend in Knoxville, Tenn. The Tigers will face Western Michigan on Friday and either Tennessee or Old Dominion on Saturday.

Results
Singles
1. Steven Forman (NU) def. #112 Oscar Cutting (MEM) 6-1, 6-3
2. David Stevenson (MEM) def. #104 Simen Bratholm (NU) 6-3, 6-4
3. #92 Trice Pickens (NU) def. #88 Jeremy Taylor (MEM) 6-1, 6-3
4. Felix Nordby (NU) vs. Pau Fanlo (MEM) 6-4, 4-6, 2-2, unfinished
5. Pablo Alemany Malea (MEM) def. Gleb Blekher (NU) 6-3, 6-3
6. Harry Rock (MEM) def. Natan Spear (NU) 2-6, 6-2, 6-4

Doubles
1. #30 David Stevenson/Jeremy Taylor (MEM) def. Brian Berdusco/Simen Bratholm (NU) 6-3
2. Natan Spear/Steven Forman (NU) vs. Oscar Cutting/Patrick Sydow (MEM) 3-5, unfinished
3. Harry Rock/Pablo Alemany Malea (MEM) def. Felix Nordby/Trice Pickens (NU) 6-4

Order of finish: Doubles (1,3); Singles (1,3,5,2,6)

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