Miami Comes Up Short at No. 35 Georgia TechMiami Comes Up Short at No. 35 Georgia Tech

Miami Comes Up Short at No. 35 Georgia Tech

Men's Tennis

The University of Miami men's tennis team (10-10, 2-7 ACC) dropped its match, 4-1, to No. 35 Georgia Tech (14-6, 4-4 ACC) on Saturday afternoon at the Ken Byers Tennis Complex.

ATLANTA, Ga. – The University of Miami men’s tennis team (10-10, 2-7 ACC) dropped its match, 4-1, to No. 35 Georgia Tech (14-6, 4-4 ACC) on Saturday afternoon at the Ken Byers Tennis Complex.

The Yellow Jackets started doubles with a ranked win on court one, as the No. 48 duo of Marcus McDaniel and Keshav Chopra took the 7-5 win against No. 70 Antonio Prat and Martin Katz. Miami bounced back and claimed back-to-back courts to secure the doubles point.

Miami’s No. 64 ranked pair of Vladislav Melnic and Adrien Burdet grabbed court two, 6-4, over Andres Martin and Krish Arora, while Nacho Serra Sanchez and Yannik Rahman defeated Elisa Shokry and Robert Bauer, 7-5, on court three.

Despite taking the doubles point, the Hurricanes couldn’t keep the momentum going into singles. Georgia Tech’s Rohan Sachdev was first to finish, taking down Serra Sanchez 6-4, 6-2 on court six to tie it up. The Yellow Jackets then claimed the lead after a court-five win from Arora against Sam Baumgartner, 6-2, 6-4.

Antonio Prat fought hard at the top court, battling a top-20 opponent in No. 16 Andres Martin, but fell 6-3, 7-5 to help Georgia Tech extend the lead to 3-1. Clinching the win, Miami’s Adrien Burdet dropped court four, 6-1, 7-5, to Richard Biagiotti.

The Hurricanes return to the Neil Schiff Tennis Center on April 5 to face NC State.