Alabama Women’s Tennis Falls at No. 6 Georgia

ATHENS, Ga. – The Alabama women’s tennis program (9-5, 2-2 SEC) fell to No. 6 Georgia (12-3, 5-0 SEC), 4-1, at the Dan Magill Tennis Complex Thursday afternoon.

The Crimson Tide clinched the doubles point on courts one and three behind efforts from UA pairs No. 58 Anne Marie Hiser and Loudmilla Bencheikh (7-5) and Petra Sedlackova and Anna Parkhomenko (6-4), respectively, to take the early lead heading into singles play. From there, however, the Bulldogs would secure four-straight wins in singles play (courts five, one, three and two) to clinch the match at 4-1.

Alabama’s Sedlackova (0-6, 6-2, 3-6) would take her opponent to three sets on court three, as well as teammate Klara Milicevic on court six, whose match was declared unfinished at a 6-3, 1-6, 2-5 score.

Match at No. 6 Georgia

• UA pairs Hiser and Bencheikh, as well as Sedlackova and Parkhomenko secured Alabama the doubles point
• Georgia would claim the 4-1, match-clinching score after securing consecutive singles wins on courts five, one, three and two, respectively
• Sedlackova went to three sets on court three before falling to Georgia’s Mell Reasco (0-6, 6-2, 3-6)
• Parkhomenko (4-6, 2-4) and Milicevic (6-3, 1-6, 2-5) trailed on courts four and six, respectively, as the match was secured by Georgia

Up Next

• Alabama continues its road stretch, playing No. 12 Tennessee on Sunday
• First serve is scheduled for 11 a.m. CT in Knoxville, Tenn.

Results at No. 6 Georgia

Doubles

Order of finish (2, 3, 1)

Singles

• 1 | #10 Lea Ma (UGA) def. #94 Loudmilla Bencheikh (UA) 6-4, 6-2
• 2 | #12 Dasha Vidmanova (UGA) def. Ola Pitak (UA) 7-6 (7-3), 6-0
• 3 | #52 Mell Reasco (UGA) def. Petra Sedlackova (UA) 6-0, 2-6, 6-3
• 4 | #64 Anastasiia Lopata (UGA) vs. Anna Parkhomenko (UA) 6-4, 4-2, unfinished
• 5 | #122 Meg Kowalski (UGA) def. Anne Marie Hiser (UA) 6-2, 6-2
• 6 | Guillermina Grant (UGA) vs. Klara Milicevic (UA) 3-6, 6-1, 5-2, unfinished

Order of finish (5, 1, 3, 2)

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