MAGNOLIA, Ark. -- No. 5 Washburn worked a fifth straight victory and fourth straight over a ranked opponent sweeping No. 47 Southern Arkansas 4-0 on Friday afternoon. The Ichabods return to conference play next taking on Newman next Friday, March 27.
Pavlos Parson and Tommy Cecchetti led off doubles play for Washburn (10-5) with a 6-4 win on court two. No. 31 Benjamin Fock and Zino Nahirniak clinched the doubles point defeating No. 7 ranked Uwe Diehl and Jonas Sommer of the Muleriders 6-3 from No. 1. Yoshinobu Nakatsuji and Yuto Miyagawa led 5-4 on court three when the point was decided.
No. 27 Tommy Cecchetti worked quickly in singles play, winning a pair of 6-2 sets from No. 3 to make it a 2-0 match. On court five No. 46 Yuto Miyagawa worked a 6-4 win in the first set and grided out a 7-5 victory in the second to bring up match point. No. 26 Pavlos Parson cruised to a 6-1 opening-set victory on the top court before pulling out a 7-6(4) tiebreaking win in the second to clinch the match.
No. 43 Kilian Martinez was in the third set of his match at No. 2 when the point was decided while Zino Nahirniak trailed in the second set on court four. Benjamin Fock led 2-1 very early on in his dual at No. 6.
Doubles competition:
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1. Fock,Benjamin/Nahirniak,Zino (WU) def. #7 Diehl,Uwe/Sommer,Jonas (SAU) 6-3
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2. Parson,Pavlos/Cecchetti,Tommy (WU) def. Nitzschke,Lucas/Neumann,Frode (SAU) 6-4
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3. Djokovic,Balsa/Minamino,Taiki (SAU) vs. Miyagawa,Yuto/Nakatsuji,Yoshinobu (WU) 5-4, unfinished
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Order of finish: 1, 2
Singles competition:
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1. #26 Parson,Pavlos (WU) def. Nitzschke,Lucas (SAU) 6-1, 7-6 (7-4)
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2. #68 Neumann,Frode (SAU) vs. #43 Martinez,Kilian (WU) 7-5, 1-6, 0-1, unfinished
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3. #27 Cecchetti,Tommy (WU) def. Djokovic,Balsa (SAU) 6-2, 6-2
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4. Sommer,Jonas (SAU) vs. Nahirniak,Zino (WU) 5-7, 3-3, unfinished
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5. #46 Miyagawa,Yuto (WU) def. Diehl,Uwe (SAU) 6-4, 7-5
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6. Seidek,Andreas (SAU) vs. Pieper,Moritz (WU) 2-1, unfinished
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Order of finish: 3, 5, 1
