ATLANTA, FEB. 28, 2020 – USF men's tennis snapped Georgia State's three-match win streak with a 7-0 victory at the GSU Clarkston Courts on Friday. The Bulls left Atlanta with their second consecutive ranked doubles win. 
 
USF (6-4, 0-1) earned the doubles point in a timely fashion to set the pace for Friday's win. Jakub Wojcik (Delray Beach, Fla.) and Rithvik Bollipalli (Hyderabad, India) took down No. 58 duo Andrei Duarte/Roberts Grinvalds on the premiere court in a strong 6-2 finish.
 
Court-two pair Chase Ferguson (Melbourne, Australia) and Pierre Luquet (Draguignan, France) secured South Florida's seventh doubles point of the year with a 7-5 win over Patrick Lazo/Diego Padilha.
 
Antonio Muniz-Hidalgo (Barcelona, Spain) began the Bulls' singles sweep with a court four win over Bailey Showers, 6-3, 6-1, bringing his season record to 5-5. Sergio Gomez Montesa (Valencia, Spain) extended South Florida's lead with a court six success, 6-4, 6-2, against Lazo, remaining undefeated 2-0.
 
Ferguson clinched the match for USF on court one with a, 7-6, 6-1 win over Grinvalds. The sophomore improved his season record to 7-2, with five of those seven wins in straight-set finishes.
 
Action continued on the remaining courts with Bollipalli closing on five, 6-3, 4-6, 6-1. Wojcik and Luquet's courts resulted in third-set tiebreakers where both Bulls left victorious, 1-0.
 
Quotable
Head coach Ashley Fisher on Friday's win:
"We came out hungry and battled through challenging conditions. This is a team that beat us last year and it says a lot that we can travel to their place and get through the way we did. The guys are putting it on the line and building."
 
Match Results
 
Doubles
1. Rithvik Bollipalli/Jakub Wojcik (USF) def. #58 Duarte, Andrei/Grinvalds, Roberts (GSU) 6-2
2. Chase Ferguson/Pierre Luquet (USF) def. Lazo, Patrick/Padilha, Diego (GSU) 7-5
3. Coulaud, Quentin/Showers, Bailey (GSU) def. Sergio Gomez Montesa/Ivan Yatsuk (USF) 6-4
Singles
1. Chase Ferguson (USF) def. Grinvalds, Roberts (GSU) 7-6, 6-1
2. Jakub Wojcik (USF) def. Coulaud, Quentin (GSU) 7-5, 5-7, 1-0
3. Pierre Luquet (USF) def. Duarte, Andrei (GSU) 6-2, 4-6, 1-0
4. Antonio Muniz-Hidalgo (USF) def. Showers, Bailey (GSU) 6-3, 6-1
5. Rithvik Bollipalli (USF) def. Huynh, Kevin (GSU) 6-3, 4-6, 6-1
6. Sergio Gomez Montesa (USF) def. Lazo, Patrick (GSU) 6-4, 6-2
 
Order of finish: Doubles (1,3,2); Singles (4,6,1,2,3,5)
 
Up Next
South Florida remains in the Peach State to challenge Georgia Southern in Statesboro, Ga. The match time is set for Saturday at 2 p.m. at the Willis Tennis Center.
 
 
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