ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. – No. 4 (ITA Collegiate Division II rankings) Flagler College opened its season with a 5-2 win over Rollins College in a non-conference men's tennis match Sunday afternoon at the Flagler Tennis Center.
The Saints got behind early after losing the first two doubles matches. Flagler trailed 2-0 after the first singles match was decided, but the Saints won the remaining five singles matches.
Jacopo Denitto clinched the match with his straight set win over Guillermo Castaneda (7-6(1), 6-4) at No. 2 singles.
Petr Cervinka,
Nikita Tatyanin,
Philipp Lemken and
Fernando Bulnes all won their respective singles matches for Flagler.
Up next for the Saints is an exhibition match against Eastern Florida State College on Wednesday at 2 p.m. at the Flagler Tennis Center.
#4 Flagler 5, Rollins 2
2/5/23 at St. Augustine, Fla. (Flagler Tennis Center)
Singles competition
1.
Nikita Tatyanin (FLG) def. Efe Comu (RCM) 6-2, 6-4
2.
Jacopo Denitto (FLG) def. Guillermo Castaneda (RCM) 7-6 (7-1), 6-4
3. Luke Quaynor (RCM) def.
Pavlos Parson (FLG) 6-0, 6-2
4.
Petr Cervinka (FLG) def. Mikkel Baumann (RCM) 6-1, 6-2
5.
Fernando Bulnes (FLG) def. Richard Stoiberer (RCM) 7-6 (7-5), 6-7 (3-7), 6-3
6.
Philipp Lemken (FLG) def. Charlie Putrino (RCM) 7-5, 6-4
Doubles competition
1. Efe Comu/Luke Quaynor (RCM) def.
Cedric Holzmann/
Nikita Tatyanin (FLG) 6-2
2. Guillermo Castaneda/Mikkel Baumann (RCM) def.
Philipp Lemken/
Pavlos Parson (FLG) 6-2
3.
Fernando Bulnes/
Jagger Ong-Patzwald (FLG) def. Charlie Putrino/Richard Stoiberer (RCM) 7-5
Match Notes
Rollins 0-1
Flagler 1-0; National ranking #4
Order of finish: Doubles (1,2,3); Singles (3,4,1,6,2,5)
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