No. 18 Men's Tennis Drops First Road Contest to No. 1 Texas

AUSTIN, Texas – No. 18 Sun Devil Men's Tennis fell 6-1 to No. 1 Texas in Sunday's road contest. Despite the loss, doubles came out on top for ASU after a hard-fought battle on court one secured the doubles point, and an early Sun Devil lead. ASU has now earned the doubles point in all three matches this season. 

Slovenian duo Bor Artnank and Matic Dimic's win over Texas' seventh-ranked doubles pair in the ITA polls was a bright spot for ASU. Their 7-5 victory secured the doubles point in the match, while Tanner Povey and Daniel Phillips improved to 3-0 together on the season after a win from the second position. 

Singles Competition: 

1. #3 Timo Legout (UT) def. Bor Artnak (ASU) 6-1, 6-0
2. #2 Sebastian Gorzny (UT) def. Mathis Bondaz (ASU) 6-4, 2-6, 6-4
3. Pierre Yves-Bailly (UT) def. Nicola Cigna (ASU) 6-4, 6-2
4. #20 Jonah Braswell (UT) def. Constantinos Koshis (ASU) 6-2, 6-2
5. Oliver Ojakaar (UT) def. Daniel Philips (ASU) 6-4, 6-4
6. #116 Lucas Brown (UT) def. Matic Dimic (ASU) 6-2, 6-2

Order of finish: 1, 6, 3, 4, 5, 2

Doubles Competition: 

1. Bor Artnak/Matic Dimic (ASU) 6-4 def. #7 Timo Legout/Lucas Brown (UT) 7-5
2. Tanner Povey/Daniel Phillips (ASU) def. Sebastian Gorzny/Pierre Yves-Bailly (UT) 6-1
3. Oliver Ojakaar/Sebastian Eriksson (UT)  Nicola Cigna/Constantinos Koshis (ASU) 6-2

Order of finish: 2, 3, 1

Up Next:
The Sun Devils will head to Lexington, Kentucky for two matches for the ITA Indoors Kickoff Weekend on Jan 24-25. The first match is scheduled for Friday, January 24 against Nebraska, time is TBD. The second match will take place against the winner of the Kentucky/Santa Clara Match on Saturday, January 25.