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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The Lopes will be wrap up the regular season next week against Northern Arizona at the GCU Tennis Facility.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The Lopes will be wrap up the regular season next week against Northern Arizona at the GCU Tennis Facility.
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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