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Louisiana Takes Top Three Singles Matches, Falls to LSU 4-3
1/20/2021 8:18:00 PM | Men's Tennis
Ivailo Keremedchiev and Karlo Kajin highlighted Wednesday's hard-fought match at Louisiana State. Keremedchiev earned a come-from-behind victory after knocking off No. 99 Ronald Hohmann, 3-6, 6-4, 1-0, while Kajin also played the role of comeback king by beating the Tigers' No. 2 singles player Rafael Wagner, 1-6, 6-3, 1-0.
Kajin's win marked the first time a Ragin' Cajun beat a Tigers No. 2 singles player since Feb. 8, 2011, while Keremedchiev helped Louisiana beat a ranked Tiger since Robin Ley defeated No. 100 Colt Gaston 3-6, 6-3, 4-2 in 2006.
At No. 3 singles, Alejandro Sanchez Gonzalez kept his match close with Malik Bhatnager, winning in extra sets, 5-7, 7-5, 1-0.
Wednesday's performance marked the first time Louisiana has picked up three points against LSU in a dual match since 2003.
Louisiana will face another Power 5 opponent on Friday at Mississippi State with the match starting at 5 p.m.
Final Results
Singles
Ivailo Keremedchiev def. No. 99 Ronald Hohmann, 3-6, 6-4, 1-0
Karlo Kajin def. Rafael Wagner, 1-6, 6-3, 1-0
Alejandro Sanchez Gonzalez def. Malik Bhatnager, 5-7, 7-5, 1-0
Boris Kozlov def. Oriol Fillat Gimenez, 6-0, 6-0
Joao Graca def. Alejo Ferrer Chueca, 6-4, 6-1
Joey Thomas def. Xandy Hammitt, 6-1, 6-0
Doubles
No. 60 Wagner/Hohmann def. Keremedchiev/Dworal, 6-3
Thomas/Graca def. Hammitt/Kajin, 7-6
Watson/Kozlov def. Sanchez Gonzalez/Fillat Gimenez, 6-2
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Team Stats
#1 Doubles Match
#2 Doubles Match
#3 Doubles Match
Order of Finish:
3,1,2
#1 Singles Match
#2 Singles Match
#3 Singles Match
#4 Singles Match
#5 Singles Match
#6 Singles Match
Order of Finish:
6,5,4,2,1,3
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