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April 16, 2010 | Cowboy Tennis
April 16, 2010
TULSA, Okla. – The No. 54 Oklahoma State men's tennis team dropped to 8-11 (0-5) on the year Friday, falling to No. 16 Texas Tech, 6-1, at the Michael D. Case Tennis Center.
The Cowboys fell down, 1-0, after dropping the No. 2 and 3 doubles matches, but claimed a win at the No. 1 line as 18th-ranked Oleksandr Nedovyesov and Aleksey Bessonov defeated Texas Tech's 20th-ranked duo of Raony Carvalho and Rafael Garcia, 8-7.
In singles play, senior Nedovyesov, ranked No. 14 in the nation, defeated TTU's No. 15-ranked Carvalho in straight sets to give OSU its only team point on the day and improve his No. 1 singles record to 16-3 (4-1).
Although Texas Tech claimed wins at No. 2-6 singles, it was not without a hard fought battle.
The No. 3, 4 and 5 lines all went to a third set, while Ilija Martinoski and Eric West lost third set tiebreakers at the No. 4 and 5 spots, respectively.
OSU returns to action Sunday, facing Baylor at 2 p.m. at the DeBois Tennis Complex in Stillwater. It will be the last home match of 2010 and the final home match for Cowboy athletes Nedovyesov and Anton Bobytskyi. If their is inclement weather, the match will be played at the Michael D. Case Tennis Center in Tulsa, Okla.
#16 Texas Tech 6, #54 Oklahoma State 1
April 16, 2010 – Tulsa, Okla. – Michael D. Case Tennis Center
DOUBLES
No. 1 – #18 Oleksandr Nedovyesov/Aleksey Bessonov (OSU) vs. #20 Raony Carvalho/Rafael Garcia (TTU), 8-7
No. 2 – #59 Gonzalo Escobar/Andre Stabile (TTU) def. Anton Bobytskyi/Eric West (OSU), 8-6
No. 3 – David Gonzalez/Vitor Manzini (TTU) def. Maxi Kuhn/Ilija Martinoski (OSU), 8-6
SINGLES
No. 1 – #14 Oleksandr Nedovyesov (OSU) def. #15 Raony Carvalho (TTU), 6-4, 6-2
No. 2 – #58 Gonzalo Escobar (TTU) def. #124 Anton Bobytskyi (OSU), 6-2, 7-6
No. 3 – Rafael Garcia (TTU) def. Aleksey Bessonov (OSU), 6-3, 3-6, 6-1
No. 4 – Andre Stabile (TTU) def. Ilija Martinoski (OSU), 6-4, 3-6, 7-6
No. 5 – Vitor Manzini (TTU) def. Eric West (OSU), 6-3, 2-6, 7-6
No. 6 – Raphael Pfister (TTU) def. Maxi Kuhn (OSU), 6-2, 6-2
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