NORFOLK, Va. - The Old Dominion men's tennis team (4-5) swept Richmond (0-2) by a 7-0 score on Sunday afternoon at the Folkes-Stevens Tennis Center. After starting the season 0-5, the Tennis Monarchs have now won their last four matches, while outscoring the opponents 25-3 during that span.
"We had very good focus from start to finish today," explained ODU head coach Dominik Mueller. "It's not easy beating anybody 7-0 and we had a lot of clean performances today. We talked about defending our home courts before this stretch and I'm proud of how this group took that to heart. Now, we need to play with the same intensity and focus on the road."
In singles, Luca Maldoner (6-1, 6-4), Nicola Vidal (6-2, 6-1), Younes Lalami (6-1, 6-3), Francois Le Tallec (6-2, 6-2) and Oliver Tobisch (6-1, 6-0) all claimed straight set victories. Tomislav Podvinski claimed his victory in a third set super tiebreaker (3-6, 6-4, 1-0 (10-8)).
ODU secured the doubles point after receiving wins from all three tandems: Jannik Giesse/Younes Lalami (6-3), No. 25 Luca Maldoner/Nicola Vidal (6-2) and Tomislav Podvinski/Oliver Tobisch (6-1).
Sunday afternoon marked the end of ODU's four-game home stand. Old Dominion will return action on Friday, Feb. 26, when the Monarchs travel to Richmond for a 1 p.m. match at VCU.
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Tennis Match Results
Richmond vs Old Dominion
Feb 21, 2021 at Folkes-Stevens Tennis Center
Old Dominion 7, Richmond 0
Singles competition
1. Luca Maldoner (ODU) def. Matt Fernandez (UR) 6-1, 6-4
2. Tomislav Podvinski (ODU) def. Daniel Kliebhan (UR) 3-6, 6-4, 1-0 (10-8)
3. Nicola Vidal (ODU) def. John Walsh (UR) 6-2, 6-1
4. Younes Lalami (ODU) def. Alex Wernink (UR) 6-1, 6-3
5. Francois Le Tallec (ODU) def. Josh Keitelman (UR) 6-2, 6-2
6. Oliver Tobisch (ODU) def. Sebastian Miano (UR) 6-1, 6-0
Doubles competition
1. Younes Lalami/Jannik Giesse (ODU) def. Matt Fernandez/Josh Keitelman (UR) 6-2
2. Luca Maldoner/Nicola Vidal (ODU) def. John Walsh/Daniel Kliebhan (UR) 6-4
3. Tomislav Podvinski/Oliver Tobisch (ODU) def. Alex Wernink/Alaister Burke (UR) 6-1
Match Notes:
Order of finish:
Doubles (3,1,2)
Singles (6,3,4,1,5,2)
ODU Extends Win Streak to Four After 7-0 Sweep Against Richmond
