Alabama Edges Wisconsin in Come-from-Behind 4-3 Win

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – After falling behind 3-1, the Alabama men’s tennis team captured three straight wins in singles to clinch a come-from-behind victory and defeat Wisconsin 4-3 Friday. Yair Sarouk clinched the deciding point off a three-set victory on court six to break a 3-3 tie in the match between the Tide and the Badgers.

In addition to Sarouk, the Crimson Tide recorded wins in singles from Filip Planinsek, Enzo Aguiard and German Samofalov.

The Match

• Despite all three doubles courts going into a tiebreak, Wisconsin emerged with the first point with win wins on court one and three, respectively
• The Badgers would follow with a win on court three to take a 2-0 lead in the match. Samofalov captured a 6-3, 6-4 win over Michael Minasyan on court five to put UA on the board
• Wisconsin again pushed the lead out with a win at No. 3 to take a 3-1 advantage
• Enzo Aguiard went 7-5, 6-2 at No. 2 singles against Jason Hildebrandt while Planinsek defeated Jared Pratt, 7-6 (5), 6-4, on court one to tie the match at 3-3
• Sarouk took the first set at 6-4, but Wisconsin’s Robin Parts battled back to take set two at 6-2
• The two athletes would sit tied at 4-4 in the final round, but Sarouk would battle his way to victory winning the last two games to give UA the win

Next

• Alabama returns to action on Sunday, hosting the No. 22-ranked Northwestern Wildcats
• The match will begin at 11 a.m. CT at the Roberta Alison Baumgardner Tennis Facility

Results

Doubles:

1 | No. 21 Michael Minasyan/Gabriel Huber (Wisc.) def. Joao Ferreira/Filip Planinsek (UA) 7-6 (1)

2 | Enzo Aguiard/Yair Sarouk (UA) vs. Jason Hildebrandt/Jared Pratt (Wisc.) 6-6 (3-4), unfinished

3 | Sabastian Vile/Robin Parts (Wisc.) def. Zach Foster/German Samofalov 7-6 (9)

Order of Finish (1,3)

Singles:

1 | No. 119 Filip Planinsek (UA) def. Jared Pratt (WISC) 7-6 (5), 6-4

2 | No. 39 Enzo Aguiard (UA) def. Jason Hildebrandt (WISC) 7-5, 6-2

3 | Sabastian Vile (WISC) def. Roan Jones (UA) 6-3, 6-1

4 | Gabriel Huber (WISC) def. Matias Ponce De Leon (UA) 7-5, 6-2

5 | German Samofalov (UA) def. Michael Minasyan (WISC) 6-3, 6-4

6 | Yair Sarouk (UA) def. Robin Parts (WISC) 6-4, 2-6, 6-4

Order of Finish (3,5,4,2,1,6)

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