By: Michael MacEachern
Assistant Director of Athletics for Communications
MACON, Ga. | The Georgia College & State University men's tennis team brought their fall season to a close last weekend (Oct. 6-8) as they competed at the Mercer Gridiron Classic.
The Bobcats had eight players competing in both singles and doubles draws at the John Drew Smith Tennis Center. The players were scattered over three flights in both singles and doubles.
Georgia College opens its 2024 spring schedule Feb. 3 in Saint Leo, Florida, at the Saint Leo PTR Cup.
Below are the results from the weekend:
Singles
A Flight
Yeray Andres Pastor (Troy) def.
Gabe Cizek (GCSU) 6-2, 6-2
Baptiste Mercier (Flagler) def.
Gabe Cizek (GCSU) 6-3, 6-1
Naufal Kamaruzzaman (Georgia State) def.
Gabe Cizek (GCSU) 4-6, 6-3, 1-0 (5)
Samrakshyak Bajracharya (Alabama State) def.
Gabe Cizek (GCSU) 6-3, 6-4
B Flight
Vincente Arbelaez Prati (Troy) def.
Noé Villen (GCSU) 6-3, 6-3
Rodrigo Pérez Crespo (GCSU) def. Alejandro Verdasco (Auburn Montgomery) 4-6, 6-4, 6-3
Alexander Verlaguet (Alabama State) def.
Rodrigo Pérez Crespo (GCSU) 6-2, 6-1
Noé Villen (GCSU) def. Asher Willenborg (Flagler) 7-6 (7), 7-6 (2)
Noé Villen (GCSU) def. Adria Pratdepadua (Middle Georgia State) by default (injury)
Luciano Alcocer (Troy) def.
Noé Villen (GCSU) 6-2, 4-6, 1-0 (6)
Makary Adamek (Flagler) def.
Rodrigo Pérez Crespo (GCSU) 6-4, 6-2
Ilian Borless (Flagler) def.
Rodrigo Pérez Crespo (GCSU) 7-5, 6-2
C Flight
Neill Pillai (Middle Georgia State) def.
Enzo Sergi (GCSU) 3-1, retired (injury)
Matthew Mitchell (Georgia Southern) def.
Braxton Wright (GCSU) 6-2, 6-2
Jorge Robinson (GCSU) def. Pedro Tence (Middle Georgia State) 6-1, 6-0
Jorge Robinson (GCSU) def. Matteo Lataste (Alabama State) 6-3, 2-6, 7-5
Alex Sux (Georgia Southern) def.
Jorge Robinson (GCSU) 4-6, 6-1, 6-3
Agustin Marquez (Auburn Montgomery) def.
Aurélien Arlot (GCSU) 1-6, 6-3, 6-2
Guillermo Saez (Middle Georgia State) def.
Braxton Wright (GCSU) 1-6, 6-4, 1-0 (11)
Aurélien Arlot (GCSU) def. Nick Dufner (Middle Georgia State) 6-1, 6-2
Aurélien Arlot (GCSU) def. Howell Burns (Mercer) 3-6, 6-2, 1-0 (8)
Lun Obrul (Alabama State) def.
Aurélien Arlot (GCSU) 6-1, 6-2
Braxton Wright (GCSU) def. Nick Dufner (Middle Georgia State) 7-5, 6-2
Jorge Robinson (GCSU) def. Diego Amlibia (Flagler) 6-3, 6-2
Doubles
A1 Flight
Philipp Lemken/Makary Adamek (Flagler) def.
Braxton Wright/
Enzo Sergi (GCSU) 8-4
Alejandro Verdasco/Agustin Marquez (Auburn Montgomery) def.
Braxton Wright/
Enzo Sergi (GCSU) 8-4
A2 Flight
Naufal Kamaruzzaman/Max Weir (Georgia State) def.
Gabe Cizek/
Sebastian Nuñez (GCSU) 8-5
Luciano Alcocer/Nicolas Simpkin (Troy) def.Â
Gabe Cizek/
Sebastian Nuñez (GCSU) 8-3
Ilian Borler/Jacopo Denitto (Flagler) def.Â
Gabe Cizek/
Sebastian Nuñez (GCSU) 8-5
B Flight
David Jeanne Grandino/Matteo Lataste (Alabama State) def.
Rodrigo Pérez Crespo/
Noé Villen (GCSU) 8-5
Jorge Robinson/
Aurélien Arlot (GCSU) def. Guillermo Saez/Nick Dufner (Middle Georgia State) 8-2
Diego Amilibia/Asher Willenborg (Flagler) def.
Jorge Robinson/
Aurélien Arlot (GCSU) 8-6
Howell Burns/Andrew Branicki (Mercer) def.
Rodrigo Pérez Crespo/
Noé Villen (GCSU) 8-4
Jorge Robinson/
Aurélien Arlot (GCSU) def. Samyak Bajracharya/Daniel Garcia (Middle Georgia State) 8-4
Rodrigo Pérez Crespo/
Noé Villen (GCSU) def. Pedro Tence/Neill Pillai (Middle Georgia State) 8-2
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