Columbia University
Middle Tennessee
Men's Tennis Earns 6-1 Road Win at Middle Tennessee
2/27/2016 4:23:00 PM | Men's Tennis
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. - The No. 23 Columbia men's tennis team improved to 7-3 on the season with a 6-1 road win at No. 50 Middle Tennessee State.
The 10th ranked doubles pair of Shawn Hadavi and Richard Pham continued their strong season, defeating Ayed Zatar Cordero and Gonzaleo Morell, 6-2. Hadavi and Pham won their third consecutive match, improving to 7-1 this spring.
After the top doubles match was finished, Christopher Grant and Miguel Alda went on to earn a 6-4 victory in the No. 3 match over Luis Morillo Diaz and Dima Zyhmantovich. The No. 2 match between No. 33 Mike Vermeer/Michal Rolski and Miguel Negre/Gian Issa went unfinished at 5-5.
Hadavi kept it going in singles play, topping Zyhmantovich in the No. 1 match, 6-1, 6-0. The win was the seventh in the last eight outings for the No. 54 player in the ITA, who improved to 7-2 this spring.
Rolski was the next player to finish in the No. 5 match, when he defeated Luis Morillo Diaz, 6-2, 6-2. Victor Pham was next, topping Gonzalo Morell, 6-4, 6-4 in the No. 2 match, before Mike Vermeer was a 6-4, 7-6 winner in the No. 3 match. Timothy Wang was the fifth singles winner for the Lions when he knocked off Gian Issa, 6-4, 7-5 (7-3).
Tomorrow, Columbia will head to Vanderbilt for a noon match with the Commodores.
Doubles (order of finish: 1,2)
No. 10 Shawn Hadavi/Richard Pham def. Ayed Zatar Cordero/Gonzalo Morell, 6-2
No. 33 Mike Vermeer/Michal Rolski unfinished vs. Miguel Negre/Gian Issa, 5-5
Christopher Grant/Miguel Alda def. Luis Morillo Diaz/Dima Zyhmantovich, 6-4
Singles (order of finish: 1, 5, 2, 3, 6, 4)
No. 54 Shawn Hadavi def. Dima Zyhmantovich, 6-1, 6-0
Victor Pham def. Gonzalo Morell, 6-4, 6-4
Mike Vermeer def. Ayed Zatar Cordero, 6-4, 7-6
Miguel Negre def. Richard Pham, 4-6, 7-5, 1-0 (10-6)
Michal Rolski def. Luis Morillo Diaz, 6-2, 6-2
Timothy Wang vs. Gian Issa, 6-3, 7-5 (7-3)
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