Tulsa Tennis Falls at Arkansas 5-2

Wednesday, February 3

Fayetteville, Ark.

4:00 PM

Tulsa

Arkansas

Kody Pearson serving at Oracle ITA National Fall Championships

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Tulsa Tennis Falls at Arkansas 5-2

2/3/2021 8:20:00 PM | Men's Tennis

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. –– The Tulsa men's tennis team secured wins from its No. 1 and No. 3 positions on Wednesday, but the Arkansas Razorbacks claimed the 5-2 victory at the Billingsley Tennis Center.

Tulsa fell to an even 3-3 on the season, while Arkansas improved to 3-0.

Arkansas took the doubles point with wins at all three positions. The Razorbacks jumped ahead 2-0 when Adrien Burdet defeated Tulsa's Juan Pablo Cenoz at the No. 5 singles position in two sets with identical 6-3 scores.

Tulsa received its first win when Connor DiMarco took down Nico Rousset at the No. 3 spot, 6-3, 6-4.
The Razorbacks sealed the team victory with back-to-back wins at the No. 4 and 6 positions to go up 4-1. The nation's 67^th-ranked player, Kody Pearson, gave Tulsa its second win at the No. 1 spot with a 2-6, 6-4, 6-4 victory against Maxim Verboven.

Arkansas' Alex Reco, ranked 72^nd in the country, outlasted Tulsa's Ezequiel Santalla for the Hogs' 5-2 win at flight two. Reco won the first set 7-6 by capturing the tiebreaker 7-5. Santalla grabbed the second set 6-2, then took Reco to a 10-7 tiebreaker in the third set.

ARKANSAS 5, TULSA 2
SINGLES
#1       . #67Kody Pearson (Tulsa) def. Maxim Verboven (UA) 2-6, 6-4, 6-4
#2       #72 Alex Reco (UA) def. Ezequiel Santalla (Tulsa) 7-6 (7-5), 2-6, 1-0 (10-7)
#3       Connor Di Marco (Tulsa) def. Nico Rousset (UA) 6-3, 6-4
#4       Melvin Manuel (UA) def. Stefan Hampe (Tulsa) 4-6, 6-1, 6-3
#5       Adrien Burdet (UA) def. Juan Pablo Cenoz (Tulsa) 6-3, 6-3
#6       Enrique Paya (UA) def. Daniel Siddall (Tulsa) 4-6, 6-1, 6-4
Order of Finish: 5,3, 4, 6, 1, 2

DOUBLES
#1       Hunter Harrison/Maxim Verboven (UA) def. #29 Kody Pearson/Connor Di Marco (Tulsa) 6-1
#2       Enrique Paya/Jose D. Alonso (UA) def. Boriss Kamdem/TomThelwall-Jones (Tulsa) 6-1
#3       Nico Rousset/Alex Reco (UA) def. Daniel Siddall/Ezequiel Santalla (Tulsa) 6-3
Order of Finish: 2, 1, 3