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Cowboy Tennis Wraps Up at Blue Gray Classic
March 20, 2010 | Cowboy Tennis
March 20, 2010
MONTGOMERY, Ala. – The No. 54 Oklahoma State men's tennis team wrapped up its competition at the Blue Gray Tennis Classic Saturday, falling to No. 26 Fresno State, 4-3, at the Lagoon Park Tennis Center.
The Cowboys, now 6-6 on the year, gave up the doubles point after losing at No. 1 and 2, but Anton Bobytskyi and Eric West were able to claim an 8-5 win at the No. 3 spot.
OSU mounted a comeback in singles competition, where No. 19 Oleksandr Nedovyesov quickly tied the dual at 1-1 with a straight-set win over Fresno State's Mirko Zapletal at the No. 1 spot, improving his singles record to 10-2 in 2010.
No. 75 Anton Bobytskyi lost to Fresno State's Rikus de Villiers, 6-2, 6-1, at No. 2 singles before Maxi Kuhn and Aleksey Bessonov earned two-set wins at No. 6 and 4 singles, respectively, to make the dual score 3-2, in favor of the Cowboys.
After two competitive matches at No. 5 and 3 singles, both won by Fresno State, the Bulldogs topped the Cowboys, 4-3.
The Cowboys resume play March 26, opening Big 12 play in Austin, Texas, against the fifth-ranked Texas Longhorns.
No. 26 Fresno State 4, No. 54 Oklahoma State 3
DOUBLES
No. 1 – #22 Boutillier/de Villiers (FS) def. #12 Aleksey Bessonov/Oleksandr Nedovyesov (OSU), 8-6
No. 2 – Leiby/Zapletal (FS) def. Maxi Kuhn/Ilija Martinoski (OSU), 8-6
No. 3 – Eric West/Anton Bobytskyi (OSU) def. Alapati/Veerepalli (FS), 8-5
SINGLES
No. 1 – #19 Oleksandr Nedovyesov (OSU) def. Mirko Zapletal (FS), 6-3, 6-2
No. 2 – Rikus de Villiers (FS) def. #75 Anton Bobytskyi (OSU), 6-2, 6-1
No. 3 – #123 Tejesvi Veerepalli (FS) def. Ilija Martinoski (OSU), 7-5, 6-4
No. 4 – Aleksey Bessonov (OSU) def. Remi Boutillier (FS), 6-1, 7-5
No. 5 – David Ayoun (FS) def. Eric West (OSU), 7-6, 6-1
No. 6 – Maxi Kuhn (OSU) def. Siddharth Alapati (FS), 6-3, 6-4
Order of finish: 1, 2, 6, 4, 5, 3
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