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UAB Men's Tennis Team Defeats Winthrop, 4-3
2/11/2007 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
Feb. 11, 2007
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. ----- The UAB men's tennis team won four of six singles, rallying after losing the doubles point, to defeat visiting Winthrop here Sunday, 4-3, at the Brook Highland Racquet Club.
Freshman Thomas Petrich provided the clinching singles victory at the No. 6 position as he defeated the Eagles' Thiago Barbosa, 6-4, 5-7, 6-3.
The Blazers also got singles wins at the No. 3, 4 and 5 spots in the lineup. Tim Bauer defeated Winthrop's Arthur Takahashi at No. 3, 6-0, 6-3 while UAB senior Kruno Despotovski downed Jorge Padilla at No. 4, 6-0, 6-2. The Blazers' final point came at No. 5 as freshman Alex Emery won in straight sets over Alejandro Portugal, 7-6 (4), 6-3).
UAB (2-2) won at No. 2 doubles as Hanns Spangenberg and Bauer teamed to defeat Portugal and Padilla, 8-7. The Eagles took a 1-0 lead after doubles with wins at the No. 1 and 3 positions.
"It was good to get a win today," said UAB head coach Derek Tarr. "This should be a confidence booster for us. We had two tough matches last weekend and it's good to pull out the win today. We had a freshman (Thomas Petrich) win the clinching match, and that was good to see."
UAB resumes dual match play Tuesday when it plays host to Birmingham-Southern. The match is scheduled for 2:00 p.m. at Brook Highland.
UAB 4, Winthrop 3
Singles
No. 1 - Bastian Moldehn (WIN) def. Hanns Spangenberg (UAB) 3-6, 6-2, 6-3
No. 2 - Rodrigo Santos (WIN) def. Thomas Weiss (UAB) 6-4, 6-3
No. 3 - Tim Bauer (UAB) def. Arthur Takahashi (WIN) 6-0, 6-3
No. 4 - Kruno Despotovski (UAB) def. Jorge Padilla (WIN) 6-0, 6-2
No. 5 - Alex Emery (UAB) def. Alejandro Portugal (WIN) 7-6 (4), 6-3
No. 6 - Thomas Petrich (UAB) def. Thiago Barbosa (WIN) 6-4, 5-7, 6-3
Doubles
No. 1 - Santos/Germano Knorr (WIN) def. Weiss/Despotovski (UAB) 8-5
No. 2 - Spangenberg/Bauer (UAB) def. Portugal/Padilla (WIN) 8-7 (5)
No. 3 - Moldenke/Takahashi (WIN) def. Emery/Adrian Tollstam (UAB) 8-6
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