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Saturday, January 18

NEW ORLEANS

2:00 PM

Tulane University

Southern University

AJ Mercer

Jan 18, 2025 | Men's Tennis

NEW ORLEANS – The Tulane men's tennis team swept visiting Southern University 7-0 Saturday afternoon in a match that was affected due to the forecast in Uptown.

The contest, which was originally scheduled for the City Park Tennis Center, was shifted to the Hilton New Orleans Riverside.

The Green Wave got doubles wins at No. 1 by Asaf Friedler and Hady El Kordy 6-3 and at No. 2 by AJ Mercer and Maxim Kalinin (6-1). The No. 3 doubles match (as was the Nos. 5 and 6 singles matches) was forfeited by Southern (0-2) due to only having four players.

Friedler (6-1, 6-1), El Kordy (6-1, 6-0), Kalinin (6-1, 7-5) and Mercer (6-4, 6-3) all posted straight-set singles wins.

Tulane (1-0) will be back in action this weekend at the Ole Miss Invitational.

Doubles
1. Asaf Friedler/Hady El Kordy (Tulane) def. Gabriel Inyang/Lwazi Ngwenya (Southern) 6-3
2. Maxim Kalinin/AJ Mercer (Tulane) def. Sebastien Byng/Mpho Leshoele (Southern) 6-1
3. Steven Rice/Charlie Burdell (Tulane) walkover

Singles
1. Friedler (Tulane) def. Ngwenya (Southern) 6-1, 6-1
2. El Kordy (Tulane) def. Inyang (Southern) 6-1, 6-0
3. Kalinin (Tulane) def. Byng (Southern) 6-1, 7-5
4. Mercer (Tulane) def. Leshoele (Southern) 6-4, 6-3
5. Rice (Tulane) walkover
6. Burdell (Tulane) walkover

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