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Cowboy Tennis Season Ends in Waco
April 29, 2011 | Cowboy Tennis
April 29, 2011
WACO, Texas – The seventh-seeded Oklahoma State men's tennis team wrapped up its season Friday at the Big 12 Championship with a 4-0 loss to second-seeded and ninth-ranked Texas A&M at the Baylor Tennis Center.
Although the Aggies claimed the opening doubles point, it was closely contested. TAMU earned an 8-5 win at No. 3 before its fourth-ranked duo of Austin Krajicek and Jeff Dadamo edged out OSU's 28th-ranked tandem of Rifat Biktyakov and Aleksey Bessonov in a tiebreaker, 9-8(3), at No. 1 to take the early 1-0 lead.
Had the Cowboys picked up the tiebreaker win on court No. 1, the point would have come down to the No. 2 match which was left unfinished in a 7-7 tie.
“The doubles were really contested,” coach James Wadley said. “We lost the tie-breaker at No.1 and we were 7-all at No.2. I thought we played pretty well against their doubles team, but they were just a little too strong. In the singles they are awfully strong. I thought we battled pretty well, but in the end A&M is just a better team.”
Texas A&M capitalized on the momentum from doubles play as the Aggies picked up singles wins at Nos. 2, 3 and 4 to go up 4-0 and advance to the semifinal round.
The Cowboys finish the year at 5-14 while TAMU improves to 25-5.
(2)Texas A&M 4, (7) Oklahoma State 0
April 29, 2011 | Baylor Tennis Center | Waco, Texas
DOUBLES | Order of finish: 3,1
No. 1 - #4 Austin Krajicek/Jeff Dadamo (TAMU) def. #28 Rifat Biktyakov/Aleksey Bessonov (OSU) 9-8(3)
No. 2 - #84 Maniel Bains/Eric West (OSU) vs. #61 Junior Ore/Alexey Grigorov (TAMU) 7-7, DNF
No. 3 - #90 Colin Hoover/Alberto Bautista (TAMU) def. Vlad Bondarenko/Tomas Patiño (OSU) 8-5
SINGLES | Order of finish: 2,3,4
No. 1 - #113 Maniel Bains (OSU) vs. #18 Austin Krajicek (TAMU) 5-7, 1-3, DNF
No. 2 - #36 Jeff Dadamo (TAMU) def. Rifat Biktaykov (OSU) 6-2, 6-3
No. 3 - Alexey Grigorov (TAMU) def. Vladislav Bondarenko (OSU) 6-3, 6-2
No. 4 - #89 Alexis Klegou (TAMU) def. Aleksey Bessonov (OSU) 6-4, 7-6(3)
No. 5 - Eric West (OSU) vs. Alberto Bautista (TAMU) 6-3, 3-6, 1-4, DNF
No. 6 - IIija Martinoski (OSU) vs. Junior Ore (TAMU) 3-6, 6-4, 1-1, DNF
Records: Texas A&M (25-5, 5-1); Oklahoma State (5-14, 0-6)
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