Men’s Tennis Falls to No. 44 Clemson

Sunday, March 7

Clemson, S.C.

1 p.m.

Mercer University

Clemson

3/7/2021 5:24:00 PM | Men's Tennis

Box Score

Clemson knocked off Mercer, 4-0

By: Travis Rae

CLEMSON, S.C. – The Mercer tennis team took 44^th ranked Clemson on Sunday and the Bears came out on the short side as they were defeated 4-0.

Coming off an outstanding win at Wofford the day before, Mercer was looking for the upset of Clemson on Sunday. The Bears found themselves early as the Tigers took home the doubles point, by winning No. 2 doubles and No. 1 doubles.

Clemson took No. 1 singles 6-3, 6-0 taking a 2-0 lead over Mercer. The Bears did not go away as Lucas Wayenburg battled in No. 2 singles. Wayenburg won set one, 7-6 (4) before falling in set two, 7-5. Set three had just started and the match went unfinished.

David Georgadze battled in No.4 singles as he dropped set one, but was up 3-2 in set two before his match would go unfinished. Like Georgadze, Samuel Barrow dropped a highly contested set one, 7-5, and was tied 3-3 in the second set before going unfinished.

The Tigers claimed No. 3 singles 7-6 (3), 6-2 before clinching the match with a win in No. 5 singles, 6-4, 6-2.

How It Happened
SINGLES (Order: 1, 3, 5)
1. Carlos Kelaidis def. Hugo Lobo, 6-3, 6-0
2. Lucas Wayenburg vs. Ryuhei Azuma, 7-6 (4), 5-7, 0-1 unfinished
3. Spencer whitaker def. Carver Arant, 7-6 (3), 6-2
4. David Georgadze vs. Andrew Puscas, 5-7 3-2 unfinished
5. Jorge Plans Gonzalez def. Michael Durham, 6-4, 6-2
6. Samuel Barrow vs. Jacob Jahn, 5-7, 3-3 unfinished

DOUBLES (Order: 2, 1)
1. Spencer Whitaker/Ryuhei Azuma def. Lucas Wayenburg/Hugo Lobo, 6-4
2. Andrew Puscas/Carlos Kelaidis def. Andrew Branicki/Samuel Macleod, 6-0
3. Samuel Barrow/Michael Durham vs. Jacob Jahn/Jorge Plans Gonzalez, 2-5 unfinished

Up Next
The Bears return to action on Sunday, March 14 when they travel to Kennesaw, Ga. to face Kennesaw State.

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