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MADISON, Wisc. (SMU) – SMU Men's Tennis dropped a nailbiter to Wisconsin (5-2) at the Nielsen Tennis Stadium on Friday.
 
Wisconsin took the first point for the day in doubles after all matches went to seven-game sets.
 
The Badgers took the first singles match, but SMU tied the tally with two singles wins from Jerry Barton and Noah McDonald.
 
The hosts clinched the match by winning two singles matches following McDonald's win.
 
How it Went
The Mustangs and Badgers went on a close doubles battle, with all matches heading into seventh-set tiebreakers.
 
SMU's Trevor Svajda and Louis Cloud dropped the first doubles match (7-6), but Georgi Georgiev and Vikas Deo evened the score by winning their doubles match (7-6).
 
The Mustangs dropped the doubles point as Jerry Barton and Maks Silagy fell short of defeating Patrik Meszaros and Michael Minasyan.
 
In singles, Wisconsin's Michael Minasyan defeated Svajda (6-2, 6-3) to extend the hosts' lead.
 
Barton won SMU's first point in the third line with a win over Matthew Fullerton—not dropping a game in the second set (6-2, 6-0).
 
McDonald tied the match with the Mustangs' second win of the day over Sachiv Kumar (6-3, 6-4).
 
The hosts clinched the win with singles wins in the second and fifth lines.
 
Doubles Scores
1. Oliver Olsson / Tomas Zlatohlavek def. Trevor Svajda / Louis Cloud (7-6(2))
2. Michael Minasyan / Patrik Meszaros def. Maks Silagy / Jerry Barton (7-6(5))
3. Georgi Georgiev / Vikas Deo def. Edouard Aubert / Matthew Fullerton (7-6(4))
Order of Finish: 1, 3, 2
 
Singles Scores
1. Michael Minasyan def. No 48 Trevor Svajda (6-2, 6-3)
2. Tomas Zlatohlavek def. Ofek Shimanov (6-4, 7-6(5))
3. Jerry Barton def. Matthew Fullerton (6-2, 6-0)
4. Patrik Meszaros def. Louis Cloud (6-1, 6(5)-7, 1-3 (WR))
5. Edouard Aubert def. Georgi Georgiev (6-2, 4-6, 6-1)
6. Noah McDonald def. Sachiv Kumar (6-3, 6-4)
Order of Finish: 1, 3, 6, 2, 5, 4
 
What's Next?
SMU will host Baylor at the Styslinger / Altec Tennis Complex at 4 pm on Sunday.