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In a three day tournament at Gonzaga University, Nevada men’s tennis defeated two out of the three teams they faced.

Going into this tournament, Nevada stood 3-0 overall. Juan Batalla, Mountain West Player of the Week on Jan. 19, went 4-0 with two victories in singles and two in doubles matches.

Nevada’s first opponent was Gonzaga, who they fell to 4-0. 

Nevada struggled the most in the doubles’ matches. Juan Batalla and Ambroise Marchand fell to Matthew Hollingworth and Sasha Trkulja 3-6. Nevada’s number two Matheo Coupu and Loris Zisswiller were only one behind at 4-5 against Leon Roider and Oliver Andersson. Delmas N’Tcha and Gilad Tamar went 2-6 against number three Tom Hann and Arthus De la Bassetiere. 

The singles’ matches had a little more success for Nevada, although not enough to add a point to the board. Coupu won his second set against Trkulja 6-4, but lost his other two 3-6 and 3-2. Gonzaga’s Hollingworth beat Batalla 6-2 in their two sets. Zisswiller had a hard competition against Andersson; Zisswiller did not get a point in the first set, 0-6, but was able to put up two points in the next, 2-6. Roider defeated Nevada’s Satchel Benn 6-4 in two sets. 

Day two of the tournament was a lot better for Nevada as they defeated Seattle University 6-1. 

Nevada’s doubles fought hard and won two of the three doubles matches. Coupu and Zisswiller were paired together and beat number two Michael Frank and Mats Krause in a close match ending 7-6. Number three, Benn and Sasha Nicolau, also won their match 6-4.

Marchand and Batalla unfortunately were not able to win the third doubles match. They fell 6-3 against Filip Stipic and Veselin Kiselkov. 

The men went five-for-six in their singles matches. Coupu, Benn, Marchand, Tamar and Nicolau beat their opponents in two sets. Batalla went into three sets against Stipic. Batalla won the first 7-6, lost the second 6-4 and lost the third 1-0. 

The final day of the tournament, Nevada faced the Idaho Vandals. Nevada won by a close 4-3.

Out of three doubles games, Nevada won one. Benn and Tamar defeated Adam Taylor and Alejandro Salvador 6-2. Batalla and Marchcand unfortunately went down 0-4 and Coupu and Zisswiller had a close match at 5-7.

The singles matches are where Nevada pulled through with a win. Batalla won in two sets, 6-3 and 6-4. Benn took his opponent into three sets winning 6-3, 3-6 and 6-1. Zisswiller went 6-3 in his first set against Salvador, but sweeped him 6-0 in the second. N’Tcha defeated number six Vivek Ramesh 6-4 and 6-2. 

The men are now 5-1 overall and will compete Jan. 29 against UC Davis.