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Arizona Defeats Georgia State

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Arizona Men's Tennis, now 3-0, added another match to the win column with a 7-0 defeat over Georgia State Friday morning. 

The Cats traveled to Tallahassee for a weekend on the road with matches against Georgia State and Florida State. Friday's match was another sweep for Arizona, as they did not drop a match.

In doubles play, the junior duo Jay Friend and Eric Padgham put up 6-3 against Baran Soyler and Gabriele Datei. Securing the doubles point for Arizona was freshman Filip Gustafsson and senior Inaki Cabrera-Bello with a 6-0 win over Edward Tymes and McKane Johnson. 

Playing at court one in singles was No. 6 Friend, who came out on top 6-2, 6-3 over Soyler. One court over was Colton Smith, who defeated Tymes 6-2, 6-0 in straight sets. Freshman Zoran Ludoski, coming off his first dual match Tuesday, took down Aryan Jit Singh 7-5, 6-1. Filip Gustafsson and Alexander Rozin each won their matches in swift fashion, with scores of 6-2, 6-0 and 6-2, 6-1, respectively. Glib Sekachov, also representing Arizona's freshman class, closed out the match for the Cats with a 6-3, 7-5 win over Hugo Nossler. Each of the six singles matches were won in two sets. 

Arizona is set to face off against No. 9 Florida tomorrow, January 18 at 11:00 a.m. MST. The match marks Arizona's first ranked dual-match of the 2025 season. 

Results
Doubles:
1. Nossler/Jit Singh def. Sekachov/Smith 6-1
2. Friend/Padgham def. Soyler/Datei 6-3
3. Gustafsson/Cabrera-Bello def. Tymes/Johnson 6-0

Singles
1. No. 6 Jay Friend def. Baran Soyler 6-2, 6-3
2. No. 5 Colton Smith def. Edward Tymes 6-2, 6-0
3. No. 61 Zoran Ludoski def. Aryan Jit Singh 7-5, 6-1
4. Glib Sekachov def. Hugo Nossler 6-3, 7-5
5. Alexander Rozin def. Gabriele Datei 6-2, 6-1
6. Filip Gustafsson def. Brian Capalnean 6-2, 6-0
 
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Players Mentioned

Jay Friend

Jay Friend

Sophomore
Eric  Padgham

Eric Padgham

Sophomore
Colton Smith

Colton Smith

Junior
Alexander Rozin

Alexander Rozin

Freshman
Filip Gustafsson

Filip Gustafsson

Freshman
Zoran  Ludoski

Zoran Ludoski

Freshman
Glib Sekachov

Glib Sekachov

Freshman

Players Mentioned

Jay Friend

Jay Friend

Sophomore
Eric  Padgham

Eric Padgham

Sophomore
Colton Smith

Colton Smith

Junior
Alexander Rozin

Alexander Rozin

Freshman
Filip Gustafsson

Filip Gustafsson

Freshman
Zoran  Ludoski

Zoran Ludoski

Freshman
Glib Sekachov

Glib Sekachov

Freshman
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