While most of us woke up to frigid temperatures in Mississippi, the Ole Miss men’s tennis team kicked off the 2015 season Thursday in a much warmer climate at the Florida Gulf Coast University Invitational.
The Rebels played doubles against TCU and Rice, and Stefan Lindmark and Ricardo Jorge highlighted the day with a win over No. 20 ranked Nick Chappell and Will Stein of TCU in Flight 1. Several new rules have been adopted for this season, including no-ad scoring and doubles to six with a tiebreaker at 6-6. The two teams played to a tiebreaker, with Lindmark and Jorge winning it 7-6(4).
Teammates William Kallberg and Gustav Hansson also won a tight match in Flight 1, defeating Adam Gustafsson and Gustavo Gonzalez of Rice 7-6(6).
The Rebels continued play Friday with singles against Rice, followed by doubles against the Owls and FGCU.
Flight 1
William Kallberg/Gustav Hansson (OM) def. Adam Gustafsson/Gustavo Gonzalez (Rice) 7-6(6)
Stefan Lindmark/Ricardo Jorge (OM) def. Nick Chappell/Will Stein (TCU) 7-6(4)
Chappell/Stein (TCU) def. Kallberg/Hansson (OM) 7-5
Jamie Malik/Srikar Alla (Rice) def. Lindmark/Jorge (OM) 6-2
Flight 2
Henrik Munch/Zach Yablon (Rice) def. Joe Rogers/Zvonimir Babic (OM) 6-1
Blake Wiggins/Trevor Johnson (TCU) def. Vinod Gowda/Zach Wilder (OM) 6-3
Trevor Johnson/Facundo Lugones (TCU) def. Rogers/Babic (OM) 6-3
Cam Norrie (TCU)/Daniel Warren (Rice) def. Gowda/Wilder (OM) 6-2
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