Bears Fall at Furman Despite Stuart’s Performance

Monday, April 8

Greenville, S.C.

3 p.m.

Mercer University

Furman

Bears Fall at Furman Despite Stuart’s Performance

4/8/2019 7:41:00 PM | Men's Tennis

Olivier Stuart earns singles, doubles wins in Mercer’s 4-2 loss

By: Gerrit W. Van Genderen

GREENVILLE, S.C. – Mercer junior Olivier Stuart remained undefeated in Southern Conference singles play, but Mercer dropped a 4-2 match to Furman at the Mikel Tennis Center on Monday afternoon.

Mercer rallied to capture the doubles point with wins by No. 1 Olivier Stuart/Nicolas Guillon (6-3) and No. 3 Carver Arant/Fernando Guardia (6-4) after dropping the opening match on court two. A straight-sets singles win on court one by Stuart (6-2, 6-4) helped Mercer jump out to a 2-1 advantage in the match.

The Paladins (14-4, 6-1) would win the following three singles matches, however, to clinch the match. David Georgadze's match on court five went unfinished.

Stuart improved to 14-5 overall and 5-0 in SoCon play at the No. 1 flight. He and Guillon also improved to 4-1 in doubles play against conference foes.

Doubles (Order of Finish: 2,1,3)
1. Olivier Stuart/Nicolas Guillon (MER) def. Ivan Mitric/Jake Munns (FUR), 6-3
2. Jake Bhangdia/Clarke Wilson (FUR) def. Stathis Tsiranidis/David Georgadze (MER), 6-4
3. Carver Arant/Fernando Guardia (MER) def. Henrik Atlevi/Drew Singerman (FUR), 6-4

Singles (Order of Finish: 4,1,3,2,6)
1. Olivier Stuart (MER) def. Ivan Mitric (FUR), 6-2, 6-4
2. Clarke Wilson (FUR) def. Nicolas Guillon (MER), 3-6, 6-3, 6-4
3. Jake Munns (FUR) def. Stathis Tsiranidis (MER), 6-2, 3-6, 6-2
4. Jake Bhangdia (FUR) def. Carver Arant (MER), 6-4, 6-3
5. David Georgadze (MER) vs. Drew Singerman (FUR), 4-6, 1-4 (unfinished)
6. James Roelofse (FUR) def. Fernandon Guardia (MER), 6-4, 6-1

Next Up
Mercer closes out the regular season with SoCon matches against ETSU and Samford at the Leroy Peddy Tennis Center on April 12-13.

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