BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The Old Dominion men's tennis team (6-7, 1-0 C-USA) swept UAB (2-5, 0-2 C-USA) by a 4-0 score on Saturday afternoon at the Lake Shores Tennis Center. ODU has now claimed victory in six of its last eight matches.
Luca Maldoner/Nicola Vidal (6-1) and Francois Le Tallec/Tomislav Podvinski (6-4) started the day off winning their doubles matches, giving ODU an early 1-0 lead.
All three of Old Dominion's singles wins came in straight sets, as Nicola Vidal (6-1, 6-0), Younes Lalami (6-1, 6-1) and Pearse Dolan (6-3, 6-2) handled business for the Monarchs.
"It's always great to win a conference match," said ODU head coach Dominik Mueller. "I was pleased how focused we approached today's match at the end of a tiring three match road trip. We seem to have finally figured out our doubles lineup, which is going to help us for the rest of the season."
Old Dominion will be back in action on Friday, March 12, when the Monarchs host James Madison for a 1 p.m. match at the Folkes-Stevens Tennis Center.
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Tennis Match Results
Old Dominion vs UAB
3/6/2021 at Birmingham, Ala.
(Lakeshore Tennis Center)
Old Dominion 4, UAB 0
Singles competition
1. Roman Postolka (UAB) vs. Luca Maldoner (ODU) 6-2, 1-5, unfinished
2. Michal Lusovsky (UAB) vs. Tomislav Podvinski (ODU) 1-6, 4-3, unfinished
3. Nicola Vidal (ODU) def. Nikola Puric (UAB) 6-1, 6-0
4. Younes Lalami (ODU) def. Daniel Janko (UAB) 6-1, 6-1
5. Thanos Spyropoulos (UAB) vs. Jannik Giesse (ODU) 2-6, 1-4, unfinished
6. Pearse Dolan (ODU) def. Vojtech Podzemny (UAB) 6-3, 6-2
Doubles competition
1. Roman Postolka/Michal Lusovsky (UAB) vs. Jannik Giesse/Younes Lalami (ODU) 3-4, unfinished
2. Luca Maldoner/Nicola Vidal (ODU) def. Nikola Puric/Parker Bradbary (UAB) 6-1
3. Francois Le Tallec/Tomislav Podvinski (ODU) def. Daniel Janko/Vojtech Podzemny (UAB) 6-4
Match Notes:
Old Dominion 6-7
UAB 2-5
Order of finish: Doubles (2,3); Singles (3,4,6)
Old Dominion Sweeps UAB in Birmingham, 4-0
