Men’s Tennis Drops Season-Opener

Sunday, January 17

Tallahassee, Fla.

3 p.m.

Mercer University

Florida State

1/17/2021 6:34:00 PM | Men's Tennis

Box Score

Mercer will be back in action on Friday

By: Travis Rae

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – The Mercer men's tennis team opened its spring season against Florida State but dropped the match, 7-0, on Sunday afternoon.

After dropping the first doubles match of the day, Andrew Branicki and Samuel Macleod defeated Richard Thongoana and Chase Wood, 6-3. With each team winning a doubles match, the doubles point would come down to No. 1 doubles. Hugo Lobo and Lucas Wayenburg were matched up against Loris Pourroy and Marcus Walters. With the set tied 5-5, it was either team's match to win. However, Florida State's squad took the next two sets, and FSU claimed the doubles point.

Wayenburg battled in No. 2 singles for the Bears. After dropping the first set, 7-6, to Thongoana, Wayenburg answered back in the second set. Wayenburg took the second set, 6-4, forcing a third-set tiebreaker. In a back-and-forth tiebreaker, Wayenburg and Thongoana were tied at 9-9 in the win by two tiebreaker. However, Thongoana took the final two points to defeat Wayenburg.

How It Happened
SINGLES (Order: 5, 1, 3, 4, 6, 2)
1. Loris Pourroy def. Hugo Lobo, 6-2, 6-1
2. Richard Thongoana def. Lucas Wayenburg, 7-6, 4-6, 11-9
3. Andreja Petrovic def. Carver Arant, 6-0, 6-3
4. Marcus Walters def. Samuel Macleod, 6-4, 6-0
5. Enzo Le Seguillon def. Samuel Barrow, 6-0, 6-2
6. Chase Wood def. Danny Flynn, 6-3, 6-2

DOUBLES (Order: 2, 3, 1)
1. Loris Pourroy/Marcus Walters def. Hugo Lobo/Lucas Wayenburg, 7-5
2. Sebastian Arcila/Andreja Petrovic def. Samuel Barrow/David Georgadze, 6-2
3. Andrew Branicki/Samuel Macleod def. Richard Thongoana/Chase Wood, 6-3

Up Next
The men's team returns to action on Friday, Jan. 22 when they travel to Athens, Ga. to face the University of Georgia. First serve is set for 2:30 p.m. from the Magill Tennis Complex.

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