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The University of Mississippi Athletics
Ole Miss
South Alabama
No. 19 Rebels Sweep South Alabama
2/26/2016 | Men's Tennis
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OXFORD, Miss. - On a beautiful sunny day at the Palmer/Salloum Tennis Center, the No. 19 Ole Miss men's tennis team won a close doubles point and never let up, sweeping South Alabama 7-0 to improve to 5-2 overall.
In just their second outdoor match of the season, the Rebels earned doubles wins on courts two and one to take the early 1-0 lead. Stefan Lindmark and Ricardo Jorge cruised 6-1 and then Filip Kraljevic and Zvonimir Babic, newly ranked No. 54, finished off a 7-5 win at No. 1 doubles to give Ole Miss the 1-0 lead.
Lindmark looked impressive in his singles match as well, downing Tim Srkala 6-0, 6-4 at No. 1 to make it 2-0 Rebels. Seconds later, Kraljevic put Ole Miss in front 3-0 with a 6-3, 6-2 win against Juan Trogalia at No. 3 singles. Zvonimir Babic, playing his first dual match in singles this season, clinched the Rebel victory with a 6-4, 6-1 win against Lucas Gonzalez on court six.
Sophomore Gustav Hansson won in straight sets on court two, freshman Fabian Fallert won a supertiebreaker on court five, and Jorge won two tiebreakers on court four to close out the shutout.
Notables…
• Ole Miss improved to 5-2 overall with the win.
• The Rebels now own an 8-0 series lead against South Alabama.
• Stefan Lindmark improved to 11-5 on the year and 5-1 at No. 1 singles.
• The Rebels improved to 5-0 when winning the doubles point.
• Lindmark and Ricardo Jorge improved to 5-1 in doubles.
Quoting Head Coach Toby Hansson…
"We are very pleased with the effort from all the guys. From the first point to the last, we played with a purpose. They challenged us in doubles, but once we got that, we didn't let up. They kept working and really supported each other today. If we keep doing that, we are a very tough team to beat anywhere."
On Stefan's match…
"Stefan got off to a good start, but his opponent is a good player, they've played each other before in juniors. Stefan knows the guy can play and he wasn't surprised the guy came back and was up a break in the second set. Stefan was able to turn it around and keep his composure to get the win."
On Fabi's match and the team support…
"Fabi was up a set and 3-0 and then I am not sure exactly what happened, because I wasn't up there the entire time. The part I did see, the other guy was competing hard. I am really pleased with the other guys on our team staying up there and cheering for Fabi. He was down 5-0 and then had triple match point against him in the super breaker. It's really nice to see."
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