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Match Recap: Men's Tennis | | MSU Athletic Communications

Men’s Tennis Opens 2020 Season With a Win

Results

BALTIMORE, Md. (January 19, 2020) -- The Morgan State men's tennis team opened the 2020 season with a convincing 4-1 win over the Saint Francis Red Flash at Twin Lakes Racquet Club on Sunday. 
 
The Bears got out to an early 1-0 lead by capturing the doubles point. Cem Erturk and Oguzhan Ceylan recorded a win at No. 2 doubles, and the tandem of Nihit Rawal and Sebastian Lopez to clinch the point at No. 3 doubles. Serhii Kharchev and Mark Amaefule were leading 5-4 at No. 1 doubles when their match was suspended.
 
In singles, Nihit Rawal got the Bears the second point of the day by winning at No. 3 with a 6-2, 6-3 win over Andrew Teixeira. Transfer Cem Erturk then put the Bears up 3-0 with a strong performance at No. 2  by defeating Jordi Garcia 6-2, 6-3.

The No. 1 singles match was a strong battle and Serhii Kharchev gave it all he could before falling short in the third set tiebreaker losing to Sebastian Pinso 6-3, 4-6, 10-6, 

The Bears were up 3-1 when freshman Mark Amaefule had the performance of the day by dispatching Daniel Vinces 6-0, 6-1 to clinch the victory for the Bears.

Oguzhan Ceylan and Sebastian Lopez were leading in their matches when they were suspended.
 
Morgan State will return to action in a couple weeks at NJIT (Feb. 1) and Army (Feb. 2).

Match Notes:
Doubles: 2,3
Singles: 3,2,1,5
 
 
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