Fenty Closes in on U-M Record as Wolverines Win at Washington

Fenty Closes in on U-M Record as Wolverines Win at Washington

Site: Seattle, Wash. (Nordstrom Tennis Center)

Score: #3 Michigan 5, Washington 2

Records: U-M (13-1), Washington (7-4)

Next U-M Event: Thursday, March 2 — at Pacific Coast Doubles Championship (La Jolla, Calif.), TBA

SEATTLE, Wash. — The No. 3-ranked University of Michigan men’s tennis team earned a 5-2 win at the University of Washington on Sunday (Feb. 26) as the Wolverines improve to 13-1 on the season.

The Maize & Blue took the doubles point, winning it for the 11th time this season using a slightly different lineup. Jacob Bickersteth paired with Patorn Hanchaikul, their first dual match of the season and first time together since Oct. 16. The duo remains unbeaten at 3-0 as they grabbed a 6-1 win over Han-Chih Lin and Jim Henrikx. Ondrej Styler and Nino Ehrenschneider won their first match as a double team, defeating Nedim Suko and Brett Pearson 6-3 at No. 2.

Andrew Fenty claimed his 25th singles win of the season and pushed Michigan ahead 2-0 with 6-3, 6-2 wins over Lin at No. 1. Fenty, the winningest player in program history, is one singles win away from 100 career wins. He would be the first player in program history to reach 100 career wins in both doubles and singles.

Bickersteth captured his second win of the afternoon with 6-3, 6-2 sets over Suko at No. 4.

Bjorn Swenson clinched the match for Michigan in his first singles match since Feb. 13, earning matching 6-3 sets over Hendrikx.

Styler won his fifth straight and improved to 10-1 in dual play as he topped No. 120-ranked Dzianis Zharyn 6-3, 7-5.

Gavin Young suffered a 7-6 (2), 6-3 loss at No. 3 and Ehrenschenider fell 7-6 (4), 7-5 at No. 6, his first singles match of the season.

Michigan will take a break from dual match play to compete at the Pacific Coast Doubles Championship next week (March 2-5) in La Jolla, Calif. The Wolverines will then resume action with B1G play starting on March 19 at Ohio State.

Following are match-by-match results

Singles

No. 1 – No. 7 Andrew Fenty (U-M) d. Han-Chih Lin (UW), 6-3, 6-2

No. 2 – No. 20 Ondrej Styler (U-M) d. No. 120 Dzianis Zharyn (UW), 6-3, 7-5

No. 3 – Cesar Bouchelaghem (UW) d. No. 36 Gavin Young (U-M), 7-6 (2), 6-3

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