MADISON, Wis. – Fighting Illini men’s tennis defeated Wisconsin, 4-1, Sunday afternoon at the Nielsen Tennis Stadium.
The Illini go to 12-8 on the year and 3-3 in conference play while the Badgers fall to 1-17 overall and 0-5 in Big Ten action.
“We are learning a lot through this road trip,” head coach Brad Dancer said. “It’s about solving the puzzle. You gotta pay attention. Alex Petrov did a great job today of making adjustments. We can be better but anytime you win on the road the guys have to show toughness.”
Illinois started doubles with a 6-2 win from Hunter Heck and Lucas Horve over Michael Minasyan and Gabriel Huber.
Mathis Debru and Kenta Miyoshi clinched the doubles point when they beat Tomas Zlatohlavek and Jason Hildebrandt, 6-1.
After starting singles with a Debru loss to make the match 1-1, No. 83-ranked Miyoshi put the Illini back in front with a 7-5, 6-4 win over Matthew Fullerton.
Freshman Jeremy Zhang continued the momentum with a 7-6 (5) 7-6 (2) win over Hildebrandt. William Mroz clinched the match when he beat Zlatohlavek 7-5, 4-6, 6-3 in the No. 4 spot.
Up next
The Illini will come home to host Northwestern (12 p.m. CT) and Saint Louis University (5 p.m. CT) on April 13 at Atkins Tennis Center.
Results
DOUBLES DRAWS
Hunter Heck and Lucas Horve (ILL) def. Michael Minasyan and Gabriel Huber (WIS) 6-2
Mathis Debru and Kenta Miyoshi (ILL) def. Tomas Zlatohlavek and Jason…
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