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No. 24 Men's Tennis knocks off Georgia Tech, 5-2
02.25.2018 | Men's Tennis
Horns win five singles matches in victory over the Yellow Jackets.
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AUSTIN, Texas – No. 24 Texas (7-2) dropped the doubles point but rallied behind five singles wins to a 5-2 victory over Georgia Tech (3-7) Sunday afternoon indoors at Weller Tennis Center. The match was delayed and ultimately relocated due to the threat of inclement weather.
Georgia Tech opened with a victory at third doubles before UT junior Adrian Ortiz and sophomore Christian Sigsgaard answered with a 6-3 win over Elijah Melendez and Daniel Yun at second doubles. The deciding match at first doubles progressed to a tiebreaker, where the Yellow Jackets prevailed, 7-5 to win the doubles point.
Texas All-America sophomore Yuya Ito evened the tally at one with his 6-1, 6-2 win over the 41st-ranked Carlos Divar at first singles. Junior Colin Markes gave the Longhorns the lead for good with his 6-4, 6-2 victory over Daniel Yun at sixth singles.
Junior Harrison Scott staked the Horns to a 3-1 cushion behind his 6-4, 6-1 victory over Andrew Li at third singles. Sigsgaard clinched Texas' team win with his 6-3, 6-4 victory over Phillip Gresk at second singles.
Ortiz tacked on to the Texas lead with his 6-2, 6-3 win over Michael Kay at fifth singles. Georgia Tech closed out the match with a third-set tiebreak win at fourth singles.
Texas resumes dual-match play next weekend when it visits North Carolina and North Carolina State.
No. 24 Texas 5, Georgia Tech 2
Doubles – Order of Finish: 3, 2, 1
1 No. 45 Michael Kay/Carlos Divar (GT) def. No. 3 Rodrigo Banzer/Leonardo Telles (UT), 7-6 (5)
2 Adrian Ortiz/Christian Sigsgaard (UT) def. Elijah Melendez/Daniel Yun (GT), 6-3
3 Phillip Gresk/Andrew Li (GT) def. Colin Markes/Yuya Ito (UT), 6-3
Singles – Order of Finish: 1, 6, 3, 2, 5, 3
1. No. 118 Yuya Ito (UT) def. No. 41 Carlos Divar (GT), 6-1, 6-2
2. Christian Sigsgaard (UT) def. Phillip Gresk (GT), 6-3, 6-4
3. No. 62 Harrison Scott (UT) def. Andrew Li (GT), 6-4, 6-1
4. Elijah Melendez (GT) def. No. 43 Leonardo Telles (UT), 6-3, 5-7, 1-0 (10-6)
5. Adrian Ortiz (UT) def. Michael Kay (GT), 6-2, 6-3
6. Colin Markes (UT) def. Daniel Yun (GT), 6-4, 6-2
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