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Daridge Saidi hitting a tennis ball with a tennis racket

Men's Tennis Mike Clark, Director of Athletic Public Relations

EKU Men's Tennis Falls to Austin Peay, 4-3

Junior Daridge Saidi

RICHMOND, Ky. – Austin Peay's Iago Seffrin won the final match on the court to help the Govs pick up a 4-3 win over the Eastern Kentucky University men's tennis team Sunday afternoon.
 
This was the third conference loss by a score of 4-3 suffered by the Colonels (9-10, 3-5 OVC) this season.
 
The match came down to No. 4 singles where Seffrin outdueled freshman Sebastian Mueller, 6-4, 6-4.
 
Junior Daridge Saidi (No. 1), sophomore Alex Alvaro (No. 2) and sophomore Florian Graskamp (No. 5) all notched wins for Eastern. Alvaro has now won five of his last six singles matches.
 
Eastern Kentucky is back in action this Wednesday, April 9 at Louisville.
 
Austin Peay 4, Eastern Kentucky 3
 
Singles
1. Daridge Saidi (EKU) def. Jasmin Ademovic (APSU) 6-3, 6-4
2. Alex Alvaro (EKU) def. Dimitar Ristovski (APSU) 6-3, 6-4
3. Aleksas Tverijonas (APSU) def. Juanjo de la Llera (EKU) 6-4, 6-2
4. Iago Seffrin (APSU) def. Sebastian Mueller (EKU) 6-4, 6-4
5. Florian Graskamp (EKU) def. James Mitchell (APSU) 6-1, 6-2
6. Manuel Montenegro (APSU) def. Joao Maio (EKU) 6-1, 6-0
 
Doubles
1. Ademovic/Tverijonas (APSU) led Asis/de la Llera (EKU) 6-3 DNF
2. Ristovski/Seffrin (APSU) def. Alvaro/Mueller (EKU) 8-4
3. Mitchell/Montenegro (APSU) def. Maio/Saidi (EKU) 8-3
 
Match Notes: Eastern Kentucky (9-10, 3-5 OVC); Austin Peay (11-5, 6-2 OVC)
Order of Finish: Doubles (3, 2*); Singles (6, 5, 3, 2, 1, 4*)





 
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