Men's Tennis Looks To Bounce Back On Saturday

Friday, October 15

Auburn, Ala.

Mississippi State

ITA Southern Regionals

Photo by: Chamberlain Smith/MSU Athletics

Men's Tennis Looks To Bounce Back On Saturday

October 15, 2021 | Men's Tennis

By: Logan Lowery, Assistant Coordinator/Communications

AUBURN, Ala., – The second day of the ITA Southern Regionals was a tough one for Mississippi State men's tennis.

The doubles team of Seth Richey and Davide Tortora were edged 8-6 by Alabama State's Ruan Du Preeze and Samrakshyak Bajracharva on Friday.

Richey also dropped his singles consolation match to Maj Tomac of Jacksonville State 6-2, 6-0.

The good news is that the Bulldogs get an opportunity to bounce back in the singles main draw starting on Saturday.

Tortora will start things off against Ole Miss' Simon Junk while Carles Hernandez battles Billy Suarez of Tulane. Both of those matches get underway at 9 a.m.

No. 27 Florian Broska goes up against Auburn's Jan Galka, No. 92 Alberto Colas collides with John Halquist Lithén of Ole Miss and Gregor Ramskogler takes on LSU's Boris Kozlov. All three of those matches are set for 11 a.m. starts.

After receiving a first round bye as the No. 8 seed, Colas and Hernandez will also be in doubles action against the Southern Miss tandem of Pawin Jirapoomdaje and Pasawee Reansuwong.

The top-seeded and nationally ranked No. 6 team of Broska and Ramskogler also received a first round bye and await their first opponents. Broska and Ramskogler will meet the winner between Alcorn State's Luka Andonov and Davide Pata and David Jeanne Grandinot and Kristofer Johnson of Alabama State.

ITA Southern Regionals
Oct. 15, 2021 | Auburn, Ala.

Singles consolation
Maj Tomac (Jacksonville State) def. Seth Richey (MSU) 6-2, 6-0

Doubles
Ruan Du Preeze/ Samrakshyak Bajracharya (Alabama State) def. Richey/ Davide Tortora (MSU) 8-6

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