Dominant Singles Performance Pushes Mustangs Past Tulsa

Sunday, February 1

Dallas, Texas

1pm CT

SMU

Tulsa

Dominant Singles Performance Pushes Mustangs Past Tulsa

Feb 1 | Men's Tennis

Box Score

Box Score

DALLAS (SMU) – SMU Men's Tennis defeated Tulsa 4-1 at Styslinger/Altec Tennis Complex on Sunday.

The Mustangs performed dominantly on singles play, winning courts one, four, five and six after dropping the doubles point.

Trevor Svajda remains perfect in singles matches, improving his singles record to 5-0 in dual match play. He has won every set he's played this spring (10).

How it Went
The visitors won the doubles point. Georgi Georgiev and Krish Arora fell to Nikita Volonski and Timothy Carlsson (6-2) on court two, while Jerry Barton and Vikas Deo lost to Gus Tettamble and Victor Tosetto (6-3) on court three.

The Mustangs nullified the one-point deficit swiftly as Svajda resumed his winning form in singles play by defeating Nikita Volonski on court one in straight sets (6-1, 6-2) to tie the scoreline.

Barton grabbed his sixth singles win of the season and gave SMU the lead by winning his match on court five against Gus Tettamble 6-2, 6-0.

Arora recorded his fourth singles win for SMU on court four over Connor Doig (6-3, 7-5) before Noah McDonald clinched the match for SMU by winning court six to make it 4-1. McDonald won his match over Victor Tosetto 6-2, 7-6(6) following a tiebreaker that saw one deuce on the second set.

SMU improved its record to 4-3 before taking on the ITA National Indoor Championship on Feb. 13-17.

Doubles Scores
1. Trevor Svajda / Alex Finkelstein vs. Calum Jestin / Connor Doig (5-4 UF)
2. Nikita Volonski / Timothy Carlsson def. Georgi Georgiev / Krish Arora (6-2)
3. Gus Tettamble / Victor Tosetto def. Jerry Barton / Vikas Deo (6-3).
Order of Finish: 2, 3

Singles Scores
1. No. 2 Trevor Svajda def. Nikita Volonski (6-1, 6-2)
2. Alex Finkelstein vs. Timothy Carlsson (7-5, 2-6, 2-1 UF)
3. Georgi Georgiev vs. Ruben Fernandez (7-6(3), 3-6, 3-0 UF)
4. Krish Arora def. Connor Doig (6-3, 7-5)
5. Jerry Barton def. Gus Tettamble (6-2, 6-0)
6. Noah McDonald def. Victor Tosetto (6-2, 7-6(6))
Order of Finish: 1, 5, 4, 6

What's Next?
The Mustangs await draws for the ITA National Team Indoor Championships. They will host the tournament from Feb. 13-17.

SMU's Svajda is set to take on the Dallas Open at The Start in Frisco next week.