Tulane University’s men’s tennis team lost its home opener to Florida Atlantic University on Thursday at the Goldring Tennis Center. The final score was 6-1 in favor of the Owls, bringing FAU’s record to 5-5 and Tulane’s to 3-6.
Piotr Andrzejewski earned Tulane’s only point with a straight-set victory at No. 5 singles, defeating Jan Kusy 6-3, 6-1.
Florida Atlantic secured the doubles point after winning both the No. 1 and No. 2 matches by identical scores of 6-4. The third doubles match was unfinished, with Tulane leading 6-5.
In singles play, FAU took five of six matches. Mark Havilicek beat Daniel Phillips at No. 1 singles (6-4, 6-3), Segundo Goity Zapico defeated Hady ElKordy (6-3, 6-3), Marek Pazdera won against Asaf Friedler (7-6 [6], 6-3), Simon Myslivec overcame Alec Gaudin (6-2, 6-3), and Luca Miremont topped Andres Delgadillo (6-3, 6-2).
Tulane will host South Alabama for its next match on Saturday at 1 p.m., facing a Jaguars team that holds a season record of 4-5.
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