The 16th ranked University of Louisville defeated St. Mary’s 7-0 Saturday afternoon in a neutral match at Minnesota’s Baseline Tennis Center. The Cardinals improve to 7-0 on the season.
“We looked good at Nos. 1 and 3 doubles,” said U of L head coach Rex Ecarma. “Viktor volleyed well. We were business-like in our singles, trying to play very efficiently and not letting them make it a
long grueling match. St. Mary’s is a good team but our players were up
to task today.”
The Cards swept all three doubles matches to take an early 1-0 lead. Simon Childs and Viktor Maksimcuk teamed to beat Gavin Leon and Steven Dawson-Roberts 8-4 at the top see. The 33rd ranked duo of Robert Hall and Alejandro Calligari topped Lucas Tirellii and Sherif Hamdy 8-6 at the two-spot. Austen Childs a d Andrew Carter beat Youssef El Bouzkouri and Gerald Ellison 8-3 at No. 3.
The Cards swept singles to complete the 7-0 shutout. At the top seed, No. 46 Austen Childs lost the first set 7-6, but came back to beat Lucas Tirelli 7-5 in the second set and 10-7 in the tiebreaker. No. 84 Simon Childs defeated Andrea Zannoni 6-1, 6-3 at No. 2. No. 81 Carter registered a 6-4, 6-3 win over Sherif Hamdy at the three-spot. Maksimcuk topped Leon 6-2, 6-0 at the No. 4 seed. Calligari beat El Bouzkouri 6-1, 6-1 at No. 5 and Chidi Gabriel rolled to a 6-2, 6-1 victory over Carreno at the six-spot.
The Cardinals will travel to Charlottesville, Va., for the ITA National Team Indoor Tournament Feb. 12-14.
Louisville Men’s Tennis Results
Feb. 5, 2010
#16 Louisville 7 – St. Mary’s 0
Singles
1 – #46 Austen Childs (UL) d. Lucas Tirelli (SM) 6-7, 7-5, 10-7
2- #84 Simon Childs (UL) d. Andrea Zannoni (SM) 6-1, 6-3
3 – #81 Andrew Carter d. Sherif Hamdy (SM) 6-4, 6-3
4 – Viktor Maksimcuk (UL) d. Gavin Leon (SM) 6-2, 6-0
5 – Alejandro Calligari (UL) d. Youssef El Bouzkouri (SM) 6-1, 6-1
6 – Chidi Gabriel (UL) d. Michael Carreno (SM) 6-2, 6-1
Doubles
1 – S. Childs/Maksimcuk (UL) d. Leon/Steven Dawson-Roberts (SM) 8-4
2 – #33 Robert Hall/Calligari (UL) Terilli/Hamdy (SM) 8-6
3 – A. Childs/Carter (UL) d. Bouzkouri/Gerald Ellison (SM) 8-3
