ELON, N.C. – #56 Old Dominion men’s tennis defeated Elon, 4-2, in a gritty battle on Sunday afternoon.
“Winning on the road is always tough against a quality opponent,” Head Coach Dominik Mueller said. “Elon battled some injury problems all season long but played all their top guys today. It was the expected tough match and I’m proud how we found a way to win some tough sets and ultimately matches.”
No. 3 Yanis Moundir and Felix Obermair downed Nikola Parichkov and Charles Pilet to open doubles play for ODU. Teammates Adam Majchrzak and Thomas Nelson followed suit, defeating Jack Curtis and Velijko Krstic 6-4 on court one to claim the doubles point for the Monarchs. Zech Hamrouni’s and Piet Steveker’s match against Oskar Antinheimo and Rafael Ymer was suspended at 4-4 on court two.
Aryan Saleh continued to add to ODU’s lead with a 6-1, 6-1 victory over Pilet on court six. However, Krstic defeated Majchrzak on court one (6-3, 6-2) to put Elon on the board, though No. 5 Steveker brought ODU one point away from claiming the match after besting Parichkov (6-3, 7-5). Elon prevented a Monarch win as Ymer downed Jean-Karim Olivier de Sardan (6-2, 6-4) on court two, though No. 4 Hamrouni eventually clinched the victory, defeating Antinheimo 3-6, 6-2, 6-4.
No. 3 Obermair’s match against Curtis was suspended at 7-6, 0-6, 2-3.
Old Dominion continues its road stretch on Thursday, April 2 as the Monarchs take on Liberty at 3 p.m. in Lynchburg, Va.
Doubles:
- Adam Majchrzak and Thomas Nelson (ODU) def. Jack Curtis and Velijko Krstic (ELON) 6-4
- Zech Hamrouni and Piet Steveker (ODU) vs. Oskar Antinheimo and Rafael Ymer (ELON 4-4, unfinished
- Yanis Moundir and Felix Obermair (ODU) def. Nikola Parichkov and Charles Pilet (ELON) 6-2
Singles:
- Velijko Krstic (ELON) def. Adam Majchrzak (ODU) 6-3, 6-2
- Rafael Ymer (ELON) def. Jean-Karim Olivier de Sardan (ODU) 6-2, 6-4
- Felix Obermair (ODU) vs. Jack Curtis (ELON) 7-6, 0-6, 2-3, unfinished
- Zech Hamrouni (ODU) vs. Oskar Antinheimo (ELON) 3-6, 6-2, 6-4
- Piet Steveker (ODU) def. Nikola Parichkov (ELON) 6-3, 7-5
- Aryan Saleh (ODU) def. Charles Pilet (ELON) 6-1, 6-1