Tigers Split Pair of Matches in Knoxville

Friday, January 28

Knoxville, Tenn.

10 A.M.

University of Memphis

Western Michigan

Memphis vs. Jackson State University Tennis Team

Photo by: Matthew A. Smith

Jan 29, 2022 | Men's Tennis

Box Score 1 Box Score 2

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – The Memphis Tiger men's tennis team split a pair of contests as part of the ITA Kick-Off Weekend in Knoxville, Tenn., defeating Western Michigan Friday before losing to No. 1 Tennessee Saturday.

Against the Broncos on Friday, Memphis battled back after losing the doubles point to fall behind 1-0. No. 88 Jeremy Taylor won in the third position, and No. 112 Oscar Cutting took his first-position match to give the Tigers a 2-1 lead.

Western Michigan won the next singles point to knot the match at 2, before Pablo Alemany Malea and Pau Fanlo clinched the contest for the Tigers. Both Alemany Malea and Fanlo dropped their first sets before winning the next two.

On Saturday, the nation's top-ranked Volunteers were helped by the country's sixth-ranked doubles team and 10th- and 39th-ranked singles players picking up wins.

Memphis (3-1) returns to action Thursday at Mississippi State and next Saturday at Alabama.

Memphis 4, Western Michigan 2
Singles
1. #112 Oscar Cutting (MEM) def. Peter Kuszynski (WMU) 6-2, 2-6, 6-3
2. Anton Arzhankin (WMU) def. David Stevenson (MEM) 3-6, 6-4, 6-3
3. #88 Jeremy Taylor (MEM) def. Fynn Lohse (WMU) 6-2, 6-3
4. Pau Fanlo (MEM) def. Arjun Honnappa (WMU) 4-6, 6-2, 6-4
5. Pablo Alemany Malea (MEM) def. Benjamin George (WMU) 1-6, 7-6 (7-4), 6-4
6. Harry Rock (MEM) vs. Brogan Pierce (WMU) 3-6, 7-6 (7-5), 6-6, unfinished

Doubles
1. Fynn Lohse/Arjun Honnappa (WMU) def. #30 David Stevenson/Jeremy Taylor (MEM) 7-6 (7-5)
2. Peter Kuszynski/Joaquin Caballer (WMU) def. Oscar Cutting/Patrick Sydow (MEM) 6-4
3. Harry Rock/Pablo Alemany Malea (MEM) def. Anton Arzhankin/Ferdinand Schlueter (WMU) 7-6 (7-2)

Order of finish: Doubles (2,3,1); Singles (3,1,2,5,4)

#1 Tennessee 4, Memphis 0
Singles
1. #39 Adam Walton (UT) def. #112 Oscar Cutting (MEM) 6-2, 6-1
2. #10 Johannus Monday (UT) def. David Stevenson (MEM) 6-2, 6-2
3. Martim Prata (UT) def. #88 Jeremy Taylor (MEM) 6-2, 6-4
4. Angel Diaz (UT) vs. Pau Fanlo (MEM) 6-4, 4-2, unfinished
5. #51 Emile Hudd (UT) vs. Pablo Alemany Malea (MEM) 1-6, 5-2, unfinished
6. #125 Shunsuke Mitsui (UT) vs. Harry Rock (MEM) 6-1, 5-5, unfinished

Doubles
1. Pat Harper/Adam Walton (UT) vs. #30 David Stevenson/Jeremy Taylor (MEM) 5-6, unfinished
2. #6 Shunsuke Mitsui/Emile Hudd (UT) def. Oscar Cutting/Patrick Sydow (MEM) 6-4
3. Johannus Monday/Martim Prata (UT) def. Harry Rock/Pablo Alemany Malea (MEM) 6-2

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

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