Ducks Take Down South Alabama, 4-0

Sunday, January 26

College Station, TX

TBD

University of Oregon

Texas A&M or South Alabama

Photo by: Samuel Marshall

01/26/20 | Men's Tennis

Box Score | ORE 4, USA 0

By: Zach Lawson

EUGENE, Ore. – The Oregon men's tennis team capped its ITA Kickoff Weekend with a 4-0 victory over South Alabama Sunday afternoon in College Station, Texas. With the result, the Ducks improve to 4-2 through the first three weeks of the dual season and snap a two-match skid.

How It Happened: The doubles point came down to the top-30 matchup on court one featuring the UO pair of Ty Gentry and Joshua Charlton against South Alabama's Clement Marzol and Loic Cloes. With the score tied at 4-all, Gentry put away a volley to secure a break for the Ducks and then Charlton went back and served out the match.

Gentry and Charlton, the eighth-ranked doubles team in the nation, improve to 11-3 after a pair of wins during the ITA Kickoff Weekend in College Station. With 66 career doubles wins, Gentry moves into sole possession of eighth place on the program's all-time list.

At No. 2 doubles, Charles Roberts and Brandon Lam posted a quick 6-2 victory for an early advantage. However, South Alabama (0-3) pulled even with a win on court three which put the doubles point up for grabs at the No. 1 spot.

With the doubles point in hand, the Ducks went on to collect singles wins on courts three, four and six to complete the 4-0 clinch victory. Playing up a spot from Saturday's weekend opener, Riki Oshima was the first player done with a 6-0, 6-2 win on court three.

Lam, playing at the No. 6 singles, pushed Oregon's lead to 3-0 when he beat Jordan Coutinho (6-1, 6-4) for his second win of the day. On court four, freshman Luke Vandecasteele clinched the team win with another straight-set triumph.

Oregon 4, South Alabama 0
Doubles
1. #8 Ty Gentry/Joshua Charlton def. #30 Clement Marzol/Loic Cloes – 6-4
2. Charles Roberts/Brandon Lam def. Leon Pet'ko/Jordan Coutinho – 6-2
3. Martin Bugaj/Sebastien Collard def. Riki Oshima/Emmanuel Coste – 6-3
Order of Finish: 2, 3, 1

Singles
1. #14 Joshua Charlton vs Clement Marzol – 6-7(4) unfinished
2. Emmanuel Coste vs Loic Cloes – 1-6, 1-4 unfinished
3. Riki Oshima def. Louis Delcour – 6-0, 6-2
4. Luke Vandecasteele def. Martin Bugaj – 6-3, 6-2
5. Jesper Klov-Nilsson vs Sebastien Collard – 7-6(8), 0-1 unfinished
6. Brandon Lam def. Jordan Coutinho – 6-1, 6-4
Order of Finish: 3, 6, 4*
(* clincher)

Up Next: The Ducks play three of their next four matches in Eugene, beginning Saturday, Feb. 1, against Santa Clara. Oregon will then host Drake the following day to close out the weekend.

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