Men’s Tennis Falls to Troy

Tuesday, February 16

Macon, Ga.

2:30 p.m.

Mercer University

Troy

Photo by: Ben Murray

2/16/2021 7:28:00 PM | Men's Tennis

Box Score

Mercer returns to action on Saturday

By: Travis Rae

MACON, Ga. – The Mercer men's tennis team was defeated by Troy, 7-0, Tuesday afternoon at the LeRoy Peddy Tennis Center.

In doubles, Mercer dropped No. 1 doubles and needed to take the next two to earn a point. Samuel Barrow and Michael Durham won No. 3 doubles, 6-3. The doubles point came down to No. 2 doubles were the Bears where defeated 6-4.

In singles, Hugo Lobo and Carver Arant battled against the Trojans. Lobo, playing No. 1 singles, dropped set one, 6-3. He bounced back to win set two, 6-2, to force a tiebreaker. However, Lobo dropped the tiebreak and match to Pelayo Antuna.

In No. 3 singles, Arant battled and like Lobo, Arant dropped set one. He answered the call and took a hard-fought battle in set two, 7-6. Again, Mercer could not win the tiebreaker and the Trojans came away with the win.

How It Happened
SINGLES (Order: 4, 5, 2, 6, 1, 3)
1. Pelayo Antuna def. Hugo Lobo, 6-3, 2-6, 1-0
2. Carles Anton def. Lucas Wayenburg, 6-2, 6-2
3. Amer Bedwan def. Carver Arant, 7-6, 6-7, 1-0
4. Vito Llinares def. Samuel Macleod, 6-1, 6-2
5. Nicolas Simkin def. Danny Flynn, 6-2, 6-1
6. Christopher Tasker def. Samuel Barrow, 7-6, 6-0

DOUBLES (Order: 1, 3, 2)
1. Nicolas Simkin/Christopher Tasker def. Hugo Lobo/Lucas Wayenburg, 6-1
2. Carles Anton/Pelayo Antuna def. Andrew Branicki/Samuel Macleod, 6-4
3. Samuel Barrow/Michael Durham def. Amer Bedwan/Vito Llinares, 6-3

Up Next
The Bears return to action this weekend when they host Georgia College at 1 p.m. on Saturday and Presbyterian on Sunday at 10 a.m. Both matches are at the LeRoy Peddy Tennis Center on the campus of Mercer University.

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