TUCSON, Ariz. - Arizona Men's Tennis began their spring season Tuesday with a 7-0, 7-0 doubleheader sweep over the New Mexico State Aggies.
The Wildcats kicked off their morning match with a swift round of doubles play. First to finish was court one, where juniors Jay Friend and Eric Padgham defeated Holland Snell and Matias Rojas 6-0. Court two clinched the doubles point for the Cats with a 6-2 win from freshman duo Zoran Ludoski and Filip Gustafsson over Tobias Wallin and Gustavo Campos.
The Cats dominated singles play, with five of six winning in two sets. Freshmen Ludoski and Gustafsson also made their dual-match singles debut, securing straight set wins over their opponents.
Arizona had three more freshmen debut in the afternoon match: No. 89 Oskar Jansson, Matthias Uwe-Kask and Glib Sekachov.
Representing Arizona for the first time this year, Sekachov paired up with senior Colton Smith in doubles play, winning 6-4 over Wallin and Campos. Seniors Iñaki Cabrera-Bello and Casper Christensen secured the doubles point for Arizona with a 6-3 win over Snell and Rojas.
Five of six singles matches were won in straight sets in the second match.
The Cats will head east to Tallahassee this weekend to compete against Georgia State and Florida State on Friday and Saturday.
Results (10:00 a.m.)
Doubles
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Jay Friend / Eric Padgham def. Holland Snell / Matias Rojas 6-0
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Filip Gustafsson / Zoran Ludoski def. Tobias Wallin / Gustavo Campos 6-2
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Alexander Rozin / Cole Stelse vs. Lance Urlaub / Patrick Lohmann 5-2 (unfinished)
Singles
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#6 Jay Friend def. Tobias Wallin 6-2, 6-3
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#61 Zoran Ludoski def. Holland Snell 6-3, 6-1
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Alexander Rozin def. Itay Feigin 6-1, 6-4
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Cole Stelse def. Matias Rojas 6-3, 6-4
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Filip Gustafsson def. Lance Urlaub 6-1, 6-3
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Eric Padgham def. Roko Stipetic 4-6, 6-3, [10-1]
Results (2:00 p.m.)
Doubles
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Colton Smith / Glib Sekachov def. Tobias Wallin / Gustavo Campos 6-4
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#43 Casper Christensen / Inaki Cabrera-Bello def. Holland Snell / Matias Rojas 6-3
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Oskar Jansson / Matthias Uwe-kask vs. Lance Urlaub / Patrick Lohmann 4-4 (unfinished)
Singles
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#5 Colton Smith def. Tobias Wallin 6-4, 6-1
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Casper Christensen def. Itay Feigin 6-0, 6-1
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Glib Sekachov def. Holland Snell 7-6, 5-7,
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Inaki Cabrera-Bello def. Matias Rojas 6-4, 6-1
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Oskar Jansson def. Gustavo Campos 6-4, 7-5
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Matthias Uwe-Kask def. Patrick Lohmann 6-2, 6-0