March 18, 2018
AUBURN, Ala. ÃÆ'Æ'¢ÃƒÆ'¢'¬" Dodging raindrops, the Auburn men's tennis team fell 4-0 at No. 38 Alabama Sunday afternoon at the Alabama Tennis Stadium in Tuscaloosa.
Alabama's two ranked doubles tandems captured the doubles point for the Crimson Tide with a 6-3 win on court two and a 6-4 victory on court one.
The Crimson Tide won straight set victories on courts six (6-0, 6-0) and one (6-1, 6-3) to take a 3-0 match lead. At that point, rain moved the match indoors and Alabama's Zhe Zhou won 6-4, 6-2 over Auburn freshman Tad Maclean on court three to clinch the match.
The Tigers are now 9-10 overall and 0-4 in SEC action. Alabama is 11-4 overall and 1-4 in SEC play.
Auburn is back in action at home next weekend, hosting No. 21 Kentucky Friday at 6:00 p.m. and No. 20 Vanderbilt and Alabama State in a Sunday doubleheader at 1:00 and 4:30 p.m. All Auburn home matches are played at the Yarbrough Tennis Center (771 Yarbrough Farms Blvd., Auburn), and admission is free.
No. 38 Alabama 4, Auburn 0
Singles
#92 Mazen Osama (UA) def. Edward Nguyen (AU) 6-1, 6-3
Carles Sarrio (AU) v Thibault Cancel (UA) 6-1, 5-6 unfinished
Zhe Zhou (UA) def. Tad Maclean (AU) 6-4, 6-2
Lorenzo Rodriguez (AU) v Edson Ortiz (UA) 7-6, 3-4 unfinished
Brandon Laubser (AU) v Alexey Nesterov (UA) 7-6, 1-4 unfinished
Riccardo Roberto (UA) def. Alex Rushin (AU) 6-0, 6-0
Doubles
#31 Ortiz/Osama (UA) def. Nguyen/Matteo De Vincentis (AU) 6-4
#46 Nesterov/Cancel (UA) def. Sarrio/Diego Chavarria (AU) 6-3
Maclean/Rodriguez (AU) v Zhou/Roberto (UA) 5-4 unfinished
Order of Finish: Doubles: 2,1; Singles: 6,1,3