Completed Event: Men's Tennis versus New Mexico State on January 16, 2026 , Win , 6, to, 1
M Tennis
vs New Mexico State
W 6-1
Grand Canyon University Athletics
Tuesday, April 13
Phoenix, Ariz.
11 a.m.
Grand Canyon
6
vs
1
UC Riverside
Lopes win 4th in a row
4/14/2021 12:04:00 AM | Men's Tennis
Early success in doubles fuels Lopes for singles
The Grand Canyon men's tennis team won its fourth match in a row Tuesday with a 6-1 win over UC Riverside at the GCU Tennis Facility.
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The Lopes (5-12) won the doubles point for the sixth consecutive match and took five of six singles matches to wrap up the win.
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In doubles, Valentin Lang and Jiri Novak won their eighth match in a row at No. 1 with a 6-2 win. After UC Riverside (1-8) countered with a 6-2 win at No. 3, recently named WAC Doubles Players of the Week Freddie Grant and Loic Van Zeggelaar clinched the doubles point with a 6-4 win.
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In singles, the Lopes parlayed four first-set victories into wins. The bottom two courts were the first to finish with Novak winning 6-3, 6-3 at No. 5 and Grant wrapped up his match with a 6-0, 6-3 scoreline at No. 6. The match was clinched by Mariano Argote at No. 2 with a dominant 6-1, 6-1 win and Lang at No. 1 quickly followed with a 6-1, 6-3 win to put the Lopes up 5-0.
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The final two singles matches went to 10-point tiebreakers in the third sets. Freshman Jonathan Da Silva prevailed 10-6 in his tiebreaker after rally with a 6-2 win in the second set. Justin Cvitanovic also forced a third set with a 6-3 second set win at No. 3 but was unable to finish the tiebreaker.
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The Lopes will be wrap up the regular season next week against Northern Arizona at the GCU Tennis Facility.
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The Lopes (5-12) won the doubles point for the sixth consecutive match and took five of six singles matches to wrap up the win.
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In doubles, Valentin Lang and Jiri Novak won their eighth match in a row at No. 1 with a 6-2 win. After UC Riverside (1-8) countered with a 6-2 win at No. 3, recently named WAC Doubles Players of the Week Freddie Grant and Loic Van Zeggelaar clinched the doubles point with a 6-4 win.
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In singles, the Lopes parlayed four first-set victories into wins. The bottom two courts were the first to finish with Novak winning 6-3, 6-3 at No. 5 and Grant wrapped up his match with a 6-0, 6-3 scoreline at No. 6. The match was clinched by Mariano Argote at No. 2 with a dominant 6-1, 6-1 win and Lang at No. 1 quickly followed with a 6-1, 6-3 win to put the Lopes up 5-0.
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The final two singles matches went to 10-point tiebreakers in the third sets. Freshman Jonathan Da Silva prevailed 10-6 in his tiebreaker after rally with a 6-2 win in the second set. Justin Cvitanovic also forced a third set with a 6-3 second set win at No. 3 but was unable to finish the tiebreaker.
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The Lopes will be wrap up the regular season next week against Northern Arizona at the GCU Tennis Facility.
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Team Stats
#1 Doubles Match
#2 Doubles Match
#3 Doubles Match
Order of Finish:
1,2,3
#1 Singles Match
12
Gilbert Chung / 0 [UCR]
23
66
#2 Singles Match
12
Antreas Djakouris / 0 [UCR]
11
66
#3 Singles Match
123
Nolan McCaig / 0 [UCR]
631
360
#4 Singles Match
123
Joshua Roth / 0 [UCR]
620
361
#5 Singles Match
12
Bingru Chen / 0 [UCR]
33
66
#6 Singles Match
12
Jayson Blando / 0 [UCR]
03
66
Order of Finish:
5,6,2,1,4,3
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