TEMPE, Ariz. – The Utah men’s tennis team competed in one of their final two matches of the season and fell 4-0 to No. 20 Arizona State Friday evening.
Arizona State ended up claiming the doubles point by picking up wins on the No. 3 court and the No. 1 court. Mike Blando and Jayson Blando were up 4-3 in their set before it went unfinished.
In singles, court No. 3 was the first to finish with the Sun Devils capturing the win. ASU then picked up a win at the No. 6 spot giving them a 3-0 edge in the match.
Arizona State picked up the clinch point at the No. 4 spot.
In the No. 1 spot, Geronimo Espin Busleiman took his first set into a tiebreak but lost 7-6. He never started a second set before the match was clinched and went unfinished.
Gianluca Citadini dropped his first set 6-3 but was tied 3-3 in the second set before it went unfinished.
UP NEXT
Utah will take on No. 8 Arizona in the final road match of the season on April 14 before returning home for the final matches April 19-21 against USC and UCLA.
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FULL RESULTS
Arizona State 4, Utah 0
Singles (Order of Finish: 3, 6, 4)
1. Murphy Cassone (ASU) vs. Geronimo Busleiman (UU) 6-6 UF
2. Max McKennon (ASU) vs. Bruno Krenn (UU) 6,3, 4-3 UF
3. Roy Ginat (ASU) def. Jayson Blando (UU) 6-1, 6-2
4. Jacob…
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