Tallahassee, FL – Tulane, which boasts the No. 40 and No. 53 singles players in the nation, came into Tallahassee and downed a shorthanded FSU men’s tennis team 4-0 Saturday in the Indoor tennis facility. Playing without its two ranked singles players, the Seminoles fell to 3-3 on the season while the Green Wave upped its record to 5-2.
Despite the score, the Seminoles showed well at lines one and two in singles play. With Loris Pourroy and Richard Thongoana playing up a line, both pushed their top 55 opponents. Pourroy cruised to a 6-1 opening set win versus the nation’s 40th-ranked player before dropping the final two sets 1-6, 2-6. Thongoana, facing the 53rd-ranked player, had a match point and was moving into a tiebreaker (6-4, 6-6) when the game came to an end. Andreja Petrovic was also in the lead in the third set (1-6, 6-4, 3-2) but wasn’t able to finish.
“We had especially good efforts from one and two,” said FSU Head Coach Dwayne Hultquist. “Rich (Thongoana) had a match point on his racquet there and didn’t get to finish. It was positive how Andy (Petrovic) bounced back at No. 4 and was up in the third set. Given how we are shorthanded I thought the effort was strong.”
Florida State had an opportunity in doubles as well. After dropping the first match, Pourroy and Marcus Walters won their match 6-4. On court two, Chase Wood and Bryn Nahrung came from 4-1 down to force a tiebreaker before falling 6-7 (3-7).
“I thought No. 1 doubles played really well today,” said Hultquist. “We competed really well at two doubles as well. Had we gotten the doubles point there was a path to get it done and we played pretty far from behind after that. A lot of good competitive play and I think we will be better for having played these matches. Heading into ACC play next week it is a positive.”
The Noles will open up ACC play next week at home. The conference slate opens Friday, February 19 with Clemson, which is scheduled for a 5:30 p.m. start. Georgia Tech will then head to Tallahassee for a 1:00 p.m. game set for Sunday, February 21. Matches played at the Scott Speicher Memorial Tennis Center can accommodate 116 fans. If matches are moved indoors, no fans are permitted.
For more information on the 2021 Seminole Men’s Tennis program, please follow us on social at FSUMTennis (IG) and @FSU_MTennis (TW) and log on to Seminoles.com.
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