Tigers Conclude 2022 Season with 4-1 Loss in NCAA Tournament Opener

Friday, May 6

Knoxville, Tenn.

9 a.m.

University of Memphis

#21 Duke

Photo by: Matthew A. Smith

Tigers Conclude 2022 Season with 4-1 Loss in NCAA Tournament Opener

May 06, 2022 | Men's Tennis

Box Score

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – The Memphis Tiger men's tennis team saw its season come to a close with a 4-1 loss to No. 21 Duke in the first round of the 2022 NCAA Division I Men's Tennis Championship Friday in Knoxville, Tenn.

No. 42 Memphis concludes its campaign with a 16-8 record. The Tigers were competing in their eighth NCAA Tournament in the last 10 seasons.

American Athletic Conference Freshman of the Year Pablo Alemany Malea finished 19-0 in singles on the year with a 6-4, 6-3 win Friday against Duke's Faris Khan. Also victorious on the day was Memphis' No. 31 doubles tandem of David Stevenson/Jeremy Taylor, who started the day off with a 6-2 win in the first doubles spot.

Stevenson/Taylor will next compete in doubles competition in the NCAA Tournament May 23-28 at the Khan Outdoor Tennis Complex in Champaign, Ill.

#21 Duke 4, #42 Memphis 1
Singles
1. #49 Garrett Johns (DU) def. David Stevenson (MEM) 6-3, 7-5
2. Andrew Zhang (DU) def. Jeremy Taylor (MEM) 7-6 (7-4), 6-1
3. Connor Krug (DU) vs. Oscar Cutting (MEM) 6-4, 6-6 (4-1), unfinished
4. Pablo Alemany Malea (MEM) def. Faris Khan (DU) 6-4, 6-3
5. Edu Guell (DU) vs. Pau Fanlo (MEM) 4-6, 7-6 (7-2), unfinished
6. Andrew Dale (DU) def. Harry Rock (MEM) 6-2, 6-4

Doubles
1. #31 David Stevenson/Jeremy Taylor (MEM) def. Niroop Vallabhaneni/Faris Khan (DU) 6-2
2. Garrett Johns/Michael Heller (DU) def. Oscar Cutting/Pablo Alemany Malea (MEM) 6-3
3. Andrew Zhang/Sean Sculley (DU) def. Patrick Sydow/Pau Fanlo (MEM) 6-4

Order of finish: Doubles (1,3,2); Singles (6,4,1,2)

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