ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. -- No. 8 Washburn took on No. 5 Flagler for the second time in less than a month, this time on the road falling 6-1 to wrap up a four-match trip to Florida. The Ichabods return to action on Friday, March 13 taking on Southeastern Oklahoma State on Edmond, Okla.
Doubles competition began on court two with Yoshinobu Nakatsuji and Tommy Cecchetti falling 6-1. The Saints (7-1) took the first point of the match as Kilian Martinez and Yuto Miyagawa dropped a 6-2 decision at No. 3. Zino Nahirniak and Benjamin Fock were tied 4-4 on the top court for Washburn (5-5) when the point was decided.
Flagler put up another point with No. 36 Raphael Rousson defeating Benjamin Fock in two sets, both 6-1, at No. 6. No. 11 Pavlos Parson was defeated in two sets, 6-4 and 6-0 from the top court by No. 52 Aniss Rafiq to bring up match point. No. 31 Tommy Cecchetti battled with No. 32 Simon Malis in the first set but fell 7-5 on court two. In the second Malis took an early lead and went on to win 6-1 clinching the match.
No. 23 Kilian Martinez went into a third set, falling 10-6 in the supertiebreaker to No. 19 Ilian Borlee at No. 3. No. 33 Yuto Miyagawa did the same, coming up just short at 10-8 from court five. Zino Nahirniak was in his third set when the match was decided and went on to win a 7-6(6) tiebreaker to finish out the match.
Doubles competition:
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1. Aly El Rafie/Filip Kana (FLG) vs. Nahirniak,Zino/Fock,Benjamin (WU) 4-4, unfinished
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2. Ilian Borlee/Simon Malis (FLG) def. Cecchetti,Tommy/Y. Nakatsuji (WU) 6-1
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3. Noah Paterson/Aniss Rafiq (FLG) def. Martinez,Kilian/Miyagawa,Yuto (WU) 6-2
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Order of finish: 2, 3
Singles competition:
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1. #52 Aniss Rafiq (FLG) def. #11 Parson,Pavlos (WU) 6-4, 6-0
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2. #32 Simon Malis (FLG) def. #31 Cecchetti,Tommy (WU) 7-5, 6-1
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3. #19 Ilian Borlee (FLG) def. #23 Martinez,Kilian (WU) 6-3, 3-6, 1-0 (10-6)
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4. Nahirniak,Zino (WU) def. Filip Kana (FLG) 7-6 (7-5), 4-6, 7-6 (7-6)
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5. Aly El Rafie (FLG) def. #33 Miyagawa,Yuto (WU) 6-2, 3-6, 1-0 (10-8)
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6. #36 Raphael Rousson (FLG) def. Fock,Benjamin (WU) 6-1, 6-1
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Order of finish: 6, 1, 2, 3, 5, 4
