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Cowboy Tennis Rolls Over Arkansas
March 12, 2009 | Cowboy Tennis
Fifth-ranked Oleksandr Nedovyesov of
“That was high grade, high quality tennis at No. 1,” OSU coach James Wadley said. “We needed the point and Nedovyesov was able to beat their No. 1 guy.”
Coming into the week, OSU (6-1) had failed to win a doubles point in its first five matches. The Cowboys picked up their second doubles point of the year with wins at No. 1 doubles and No. 3 doubles.
Nedovyesov and Nathan Byrnes picked up their second win of the week with an 8-5 win over Blake Strode and Matt Hogan at No. 1 doubles.
Anton Bobytskyi and Aleksey Bessonov of OSU also won their second match of the week when they downed Tyler Tarnasky and Bradwin Williams 8-5 at No. 3 doubles.
Bobytskyi won at No. 5 singles with a 6-1, 6-0 decision over Tarnasky. OSU's Igor Sobolta beat Williams 6-1, 6-3 at No. 6 singles.
“We played a lot better indoors than we did in the wind,” Wadley said. “We played well at No. 5 and No. 6. This is a good win over
OSU will be back in action at the Blue Grey Tennis Classic in
Match Results
DOUBLES
No. 2 – Chris Nott/Dmitry Lebedev (UA) led Igor Sobolta/Mikhail Trukshanin 7-6, DNF
No. 3 – Aleksey Bessonov/Anton Bobytskyi (OSU) def.
Order of finish: 1, 3
SINGLES
No. 2 – Matt Hogan (UA) def. Mikhail Trukshanin 6-3, 6-1
No. 3 – Chris Nott (UA) led Nathan Byrnes 7-5, 5-2, DNF
No. 4 – Aleksey Bessonov (OSU) led Dmitry Lebedev 7-6(4), 5-1, DNF
No. 5 – Anton Bobytskyi (OSU) def. Tyler Tarnasky 6-1, 6-0
No. 6 – Igor Sobolta (OSU) def. Bradwin Williams 6-1, 6-3
Order of finish: 6, 5, 2, 1
