MADISON, Wis. — The Wisconsin men’s tennis team ended the weekend in dramatic fashion, winning an exciting 4-3 match over Princeton on Saturday.
The Badgers (2-0) had to hustle right out of the gate in doubles. The graduate student duo of Jason Hildebrandt and Jared Pratt started this match just like the last one—winning their doubles match. The pair swiftly took down Princeton’s Matthew Bosancic and Thomas Bosancic 6-2, getting the team halfway to their first point on the board.
Robin Parts and Sebastian Vile, the veteran senior duo, fought for every point against Ellis Short and Filippos Astreinidis. The match went back and forth before Vile and Parts secured a 5-4 lead. On an exciting deuce point to decide the set, the pair clinched the doubles point for the team with a 6-4 win.
After his doubles win, Vile started it off strong for the Badgers finishing first at No.4 singles. His two-set victory over Astreinidis, 6-1, 6-4, secured him a 4-0 record on the weekend, going perfect in both singles and doubles.
At No. 6 singles, Parts put another point on the board for the Badgers with a 6-2, 7-5 win. He slid all over the court in an athletic match that ultimately ended with Parts taking down Princeton’s Alan Kam.
With only one point needed to clinch the match, it all came down to junior Mihailo Popovic. After dropping the first set 6-1, he rallied back to force a third with a 6-2 dominating win in the second. All tied up at 6-6 in the third, the stands and sidelines were filled with people watching him try to win it all. Popovic carried his own through the tiebreaker, finishing off the match 6-1, 2-6, 7-6 (7-2), clinching the win and keeping the Badgers’ record perfect.
Up Next: The Badgers get on the road for the first time this season, traveling to Virginia to take on Virginia Tech on Jan. 28 at 12 p.m. CT.
Wisconsin 4, Princeton 3
Singles Results
1. Fnu Nidunjianzan (PU) def. Jared Pratt (WIS) 6-3, 0-6, 6-4
2. Mihailo Popovic (WIS) def. Will Peters (PU) 6-1, 2-6, 7-6 (7-2)
3. Sebastian Sec (PU) def. Gabriel Huber (WIS) 7-6 (7-1), 6-3
4. Sebastian Vile (WIS) def. Filippos Astreinidis (PU) 6-1, 6-4
5. Ellis Short (PU) def. Michael Minasyan (WIS) 6-4, 6-4
6. Robin Parts (WIS) def. Alan Kam (PU) 6-2, 7-5
Doubles Results
1. Will Peters/Fnu Nidunjianzan (PU) vs. Gabriel Huber/Michael Minasyan…
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