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GW Men's Tennis Gets Back on Track with 5-2 Win Over Penn
Colonials Win Four of Six Singles Matches Over Quakers
The George Washington men's tennis team defeated Ivy League foe Penn, 5-2, on Saturday afternoon.
 
The George Washington men's tennis team defeated Ivy League foe Penn, 5-2, on Saturday afternoon.
  

Feb. 4, 2012

PHILADELPHIA, Pa. – The George Washington men’s tennis team went undefeated in doubles play and won four of six singles matches as the Colonials defeated Ivy League foe Penn, 5-2, on Saturday afternoon inside Levy Pavilion. GW improves to 2-3 on the year while the Quakers fall to1-1.

In No. 1 singles action, freshman Francisco Dias – the reigning Atlantic 10 Rookie Performer of the Week – defeated Penn’s Ivan Turudic, 6-0, 1-6, 6-3. Senior Ugur Atalay made his spring debut with a 7-6 (7-2), 2-6, 6-2 win over Nikola Kocovic in the No. 2 singles spot.

In the No. 3 spot, junior Alexander van Gils won a tiebreaker match over Phil Law by scores of 6-4, 5-7, 1-0 (10-8), and sophomore Ulrik Thomsen took down Jeremy Court, 5-7, 6-2, 6-2 in No. 4 singles action.

Sophomore Victor Svensson dropped a close 7-5, 6-3 match to Jason Lin in the No. 5 spot, and junior Leonardo Lapentti fell 7-5, 6-4 to Eugen Brazdil at No. 6.

Van Gils and Thomsen paired up in No. 1 doubles play and earned an 8-6 victory over Turudic and Zach Katz. Atalay and Dias, playing together for the first time since the 2011 fall season, defeated Kocovic and Rob Wong, 8-5, in the No. 2 spot.

Lapentti and Svensson went up 6-4 over Court and Law, but once the Colonials sealed the match victory, No. 3 doubles play went unfinished.

GW opens A-10 play on Sunday, Feb. 5 with an 8:30 a.m. match at Temple and a 4 p.m. match against Saint Joseph’s.


George Washington 5, Penn 2
Singles
No. 1 – Francisco Dias (GW) def. Ivan Turudic (P) – 6-0, 1-6, 6-3
No. 2 – Ugur Atalay (GW) def. Nikola Kocovic (P) – 7-6 (7-2), 2-6, 6-2
No. 3 – Alexander van Gils (GW) def. Phil Law (P) – 6-4, 5-7, 1-0 (10-8)
No. 4 – Ulrik Thomsen (GW) def. Jeremy Court (P) – 5-7, 6-2, 6-2
No. 5 – Jason Lin (P) def. Viktor Svensson (GW) – 7-5, 6-3
No. 6 – Eugen Brazdil (P) def. Leonardo Lapentti (GW) – 7-5, 6-4


 

 

Doubles
No. 1 – van Gils/Thomsen (GW) def. Turudic/Katz (P) – 8-6
No. 2 – Atalay/Dias (GW) def. Kocovic/Wong (P) – 8-5
No. 3 – Lapentti/Svensson (GW) vs. Court/Law (P) – 6-4, unfinished

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