TOPEKA, Kan. -- No. 6 Ichabod men's tennis picked up a 6-1 win over McKendree on Saturday afternoon inside the Genesis Tennis Center to begin the spring season. Washburn will move to conference play next time out hosting Augustana at 3 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 7.
On the top court for doubles play Tommy Cecchetti and Kilian Martinez took control early en route to a 6-1 win. Pavlos Parson and Benjamin Fock followed closely behind, winning 6-2 at No. 3 to clinch the first point of the match for Washburn (1-0). On court two, Yoshinobu Nakatsuji and Yuto Miyagawa led early but the Bearcat (2-1) duo was able to come back late, forcing a tiebreaker where they pulled way for a 7-6(6) win.
Tommy Cecchetti led off singles play as well, winning a pair of 6-2 sets at No. 2. No. 40 Yuto Miyagawa followed with a 6-1 win in set one and by sweeping his second set at No. 6 to bring up match point. Zino Nahirniak provided the clincher, winning 6-2 in both sets he played on court four.
No. 36 Benjamin Fock worked through a pair of 6-4 sets to add another point to the board on court five. Kilian Martinez provided another point in his Ichabod debut, winning 6-2 in both sets at No. 3. After falling 7-5 in the first set No. 8 Pavlos Parson won 6-3 in the second to force a tiebreaker at No. 1. McKendree would get on the board to finish the match, winning 10-7 in the tiebreak .
Doubles Competition:
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1. Cecchetti,Tommy/Martinez,Kilian (WU) def. Paolini,Ignacio/Schroeder,Bendix (MKU) 6-1
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2. Diedrichs,Felix/Ercolani,Riccardo (MKU) def. Nakatsuji,Yoshinobu/Miyagawa,Yuto (WU) 7-6 (8-6)
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3. Parson,Pavlos/Fock,Benjamin (WU) def. Kalenic,Luka/Potgens,Emile (MKU) 6-2
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Order of finish: 1, 3, 2
Singles Competition:
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1. Mach,Stepan (MKU) def. #8 Parson,Pavlos (WU) 7-5, 3-6, 10-7
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2. Cecchetti,Tommy (WU) def. Paolini,Ignacio (MKU) 6-2, 6-2
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3. Martinez,Kilian (WU) def. Kalenic,Luka (MKU) 6-2, 6-2
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4. Nahirniak,Zino (WU) def. Diedrichs,Felix (MKU) 6-2, 6-2
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5. #36 Fock,Benjamin (WU) def. Ercolani,Riccardo (MKU) 6-4, 6-4
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6. #40 Miyagawa,Yuto (WU) def. Oregui,Aimar (MKU) 6-1, 6-0
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Order of finish: 2, 6, 4, 5, 3, 1
