Charlottesville, Va. – Penn State men's tennis completed day one at the UVA Blue and Orange Classic in Charlottesville, Va.
The Nittany Lions faced all players from Old Dominion today and will see competition from UVA next.
SINGLES
Christian Lakoseljac defeated Francois Musitelli of Old Dominion, 7-5, 7-5. He will face Gianni Ross of UVA next.
Christos Antonopoulos got the win against Janni Giesse of Old Dominion, 7-6(6), 6-2. Next up, he will face Ryan Goetz of UVA.
Gabriel Nemeth earned the win over Nicola Vidal of Old Dominion, 7-5, 6-3. Nemeth will hope to keep it going next against UVA's William Woodall. He is now 3-2 on the season.
Chikaya Sato was defeated by Old Dominion's Younes Lalami, 6-3, 3-6, 6-1. He will see Matthew Lord of UVA next.
Oliver Tobisch of Old Dominion retired against Alp Sentay to give him the win, 3-6, 6-3, 2-0, ret. Sentay will face UVA's Ammar Alhaqbani next. He is now a perfect 3-0 this fall.
Chris Kuhnle lost a tough match to Old Dominion's Luca Maldoner, 6-4, 6-2. Jefferson Dockter of UVA is Kuhnle's next competition.
Noah Sutter couldn't get the win against Old Dominion's Tomislav Podvinski, who won the match, 6-3, 6-0. Sutter's next match will be against Jerome Romualdez of UVA.
In his first action in Blue and White, Andrei Paduraru lost his match to Federico Rebecchini of Old Dominion, 6-3, 6-1. He will face Ethan Moszkowski of UVA in his next match.
DOUBLES
Lakoseljac/Antonopoulos got their first win of the season together against Musitelli/Giesse, 8-6. The two hope to continue their success against UVA's Ross/Woodall next.
Nemeth/Sentay lost a close match to Lalami/Podvinski, 8-5. The pair will face Goetz/Alshon of UVA in the next round of play.
Maldoner/Vidal earned the contested victory over new pair, Sato/Sutter, 8-7(5). They will next see Lord/Alhaqbani of UVA.
Kuhnle/Paduraru rounded out the doubles lineup with a 8-7(5) win over Tobisch/Rebecchini. The duo will play UVA's Dockter/Romualdez next.
"It's nice to see what a week can do to someone's tennis game," head coach Jeff Zinn said. "We played really well today and I was pleased by the efforts of all of the players. I am especially pleased with how well Lakoseljac is playing and representing us at the top spot in the lineup. Antonopoulos and Nemeth both played much better today and you can tell they are starting to get into tennis condition. Our new guys are still adjusting to collegiate tennis but I saw glimpses of what they can do and hopefully they can put that on display against UVA tomorrow."
"These early tournaments are important to see where the guys are in terms of being match ready," associate head coach Paul Tobin said. "Although we had a good day in terms of wins, it's more important that we see the guys competing well and getting better"
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