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Men's Tennis Set for Inaugural Big 12 Tournament Appearance

Men's Tennis Set for Inaugural Big 12 Tournament AppearanceMen's Tennis Set for Inaugural Big 12 Tournament Appearance
WACO – For the third time this season, No. 40 Sun Devil Men's Tennis (12-10,3-5) will meet the 16th-ranked Baylor Bears (21-9) in the team's inaugural appearance in the Big 12 Tournament. Six-seeded ASU will face third-seeded Baylor, and the tournament's host, on Friday, April 18 at 1 p.m. MST, and can be viewed on ESPN+. 

ASU has split the season series against Baylor, defeating them 4-3 in the UTR Collegiate Championships in March, and falling to them one week later, 4-0.

SUN DEVIL NOTABLES (12-10)
  • The team has won 10+ matches for the third straight season.
  • 0-6 on the road this season. 
  • Bor Artnak (#36) is the lone ranked singles player for ASU in the ITA Polls. This is a career-best ranking for the sophomore. 
  • Artnak leads the team with 13 singles wins.
  • Roi Ginat's 10 singles wins are a single-season career high.
  • The ranked pairs for the Sun Devils consist of Bor Artnak/Daniel Phillips (#37) and Bor Artnak/Matic Dimic (#71).
PREVIEWING THE BEARS (21-9)
  • Checked in at No. 16 in this week's ITA team polls, and have won six of their last seven matches
  • The team has three doubles pairs ranked: Marko Miladinovic/Oscar Brostrom Poulson (#27), Zsombor Velcz/Devin Badenhorst (#74), and Zsombor Velcz/Oscar Brostrom Poulson (#80)
  • Two singles players are ranked for Baylor: Devin Badenhorst (#108) and Zsombor Velcz (#108).
FOLLOW ALONG
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