Jan. 24, 2016
COMPLETE RESULTS
FORT WORTH, Texas - The No. 39 San Diego State men's tennis team lost a tight dual to No. 32 Harvard, 4-3, in the second day of the ITA Kickoff, held at TCU's Bayard H. Friedman Tennis Center, on Sunday.
The two teams, sitting just seven spots apart in the Oracle/ITA Division I Men's Collegiate Tennis Rankings, battled in a back and forth contest that saw the Crimson improve to 3-1, while the Aztecs fell to 1-2.
In doubles play, Sander Gjoels-Andersen (Klampenborg, Denmark) and Jonas Meinzer (Buggingen, Germany) suffered a close defeat at the hands of Conor Haughey and Kelvin Lam, 7-6 (1), while Milen Ianakiev (Elz, Hesse, Germany) and Marko Goles-Babic (Zagreb, Croatia) dropped their match to No. 32 Tao and Beltrame.
Gjoels-Andersen got the Aztecs started on the right foot in singles play with a 6-3, 6-2 victory over Kenny Tao. On court No. 1, No. 53 Freddy Gelbrich (Isernhagen, Germany) came from behind to top No. 71 Nicky Hu 3-6, 6-3, 6-3. After using a tie break to win his first set against Brian Yeung, Hendrik Jebens (Stuttgart, Germany) took the second set in the No. 2 position, 6-2, to earn the win.
Both Cornelius Kolb (Frankfurt, Germany) and Ianakiev won their opening sets, 6-4, but eventually lost to Sebastian Beltrame and Grant Soloman, respectively, while Meinzer dropped his match to Andy Zhou 6-2 6-2.
Next up for the Aztecs is a dual match at No. 18 Stanford on Sat., Jan. 30, beginning in Burlingame, Calif., at 1 p.m.
San Diego State 3, Harvard 4
January 24, 2016
Bayard H. Friedman Tennis Center, Fort Worth, Texas
Singles
1. Freddy Gelbrich (SDSU) def. Hu, Nicky (HARV) 3-6, 6-3, 6-3
2. Hendrik Jebens (SDSU) def. Yeung, Brian (HARV) 7-6, 6-2
3. Beltrame, Sebastian (HARV) def. Milen Ianakiev (SDSU) 4-6, 6-1, 6-3
4. Sander Gjoels-Andersen (SDSU) def. Tao, Kenny (HARV) 6-3, 6-2
5. Zhou, Andy (HARV) def. Jonas Meinzer (SDSU) 6-2, 6-2
6. Solomon, Grant (HARV) def. Cornelius Kolb (SDSU) 4-6, 6-4, 6-3Order of Finish: 4,5,3,1,2,6
Doubles
1. Hu, Nicky/Yeung, Brian (HARV) vs. Freddy Gelbrich/Hendrik Jebens (SDSU) 5-6, unfinished
2. Beltrame, Sebastian/Tao, Kenny (HARV) def. Milen Ianakiev/Marko Goles-Babic (SDSU) 6-1
3. Haughey, Conor/Lam, Kelvin (HARV) def. S. Gjoels-Andersen/Jonas Meinzer (SDSU) 7-6Order of Finish: 2,3,1