University of Oregon
Idaho
Men's Tennis Wins, 6-1, Over Idaho
01/30/09 | Men's Tennis
EUGENE, Ore. - The Oregon men's tennis team won the doubles point and five of six singles matches to take a 6-1 decision on Friday morning against Idaho at the Student Tennis Center. The Ducks remain a perfect 4-0 at home this duals season.
Ayrton Wibowo had a great day for the Ducks, winning his doubles match in dominating fashion with partner Ric Mortera and rallying in both sets of his singles match to win 7-5, 6-4. Mortera continued his doubles success into his singles match, his first since April, and shook off some early rust to win 6-4, 6-0.
Marcos Verdasco and Alexander Cornelissen both needed 10-point tiebreakers to decide their singles matches but both Ducks fed off the home crowd to win 5-7, 6-4, 10-3 and 6-2, 7-6, 10-6, respectively.
Oregon will play Samford at 4 p.m. today inside the Student Tennis Center behind McArthur Court.
Please see the transcript of this morning's live blog for full results and commentary.
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Oregon vs. Idaho: Morning Live Blog
Per usual, the doubles
session will kick-off today's dual match pitting the Oregon Ducks
against the Idaho Vandals. After some internet connection issues, I'm
up and running for today's live blog.
DOUBLES
No. 1 UO Marcos Verdasco/Alexander Cornelissen vs. IDAHO Artem Kuznetsov/Alexandru Joitoiu (IDAHO WINS, 8-7)
9:24
- Marcos and Alex are looking strong in the early morning, taking two
straight games after splitting the opening pair, up 3-1 ... 9:28 -
Oregon pushing its lead, up 4-1 ... 9:35 - Oregon and Idaho half the
next two games, Ducks lead 5-2 ... 9:45 - The match is tightening up a
bit as Idaho won a very long game, cutting Oregon's lead to 5-3 ...
10:02 - The Vandals are hanging in at No. 1 doubles, winning three of
the last four games to tie it all up at 6-6 ... Oregon up 7-6 and
trying to make it a sweep in doubles play this morning ... 10:10 - 7-7
now on center court ... 10:19 - Ducks fall 8-7 after the tiebreaker ...
No. 2 UO Ayrton Wibowo/Ric Mortera vs. IDAHO Robert Chalkley/Timothy Huynh (OREGON WINS, 8-2)
9:24
- Things are going quite well for the Ducks on court four as Ayrton and
Ric are off to a 3-1 lead ... 9:29 - Not to be outdone, Ayrton and Ric
match their center court compadres with their own 4-1 lead ... 9:36 -
No. 2 doubles continues to mirror No. 1 doubles as the Ducks lead 5-2
on court four as well ... 9:41 - Ayrton and Ric have hit their groove,
up 7-2 after two super fast games ... 9:46 - This match is in the books
first, Wibowo and Mortera win 8-2.
No. 3 UO Jose' Izquierdo/Mike Myrhed vs. IDAHO Stanislav Glukho/Alan Shin (OREGON WINS, 8-2)
9:26 - The only match giving Oregon some trouble is at No. 3 doubles, but Pepe and Mike have just tied up the match, 2-2 ... 9:30 - Ducks snare their first lead, up 3-2 ... 9:36 - Ducks are starting to run away with this match as well, up 5-2 ... 9:47 - Mike and Jose are rolling, up 7-2 ... 9:50 - Winner, winner for Oregon, as the Ducks' No. 3 doubles win gives them the doubles point on the day ... Jose' and Mike win 8-2.
Order of finish: 2, 3, 1
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SINGLES
No. 1 UO Verdasco vs. UI Kuznetsov (OREGON WINS, 6-2, 6-7, 10-6)
10:43
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This match is moving quickly, with Verdasco up 2-1 thus far in set
one ... 10:54 - Marcos is on fire, up 5-1 in the first set ... 11:01 -
6-2 winner for Verdasco in the opening set ... 11:16 - 2-1 lead for
Marcos after dropping the first game of the second set ... 11:23 -
Marcos up 3-1 and on his way to good win ... 11:44 - Kuznetsov has
battled back and the second set is all square, 4-4 ... 12:05 - 6-5 is
favor of Kuznetsov ... 12:11 - Verdasco ties it up 6-6, and the set
will be decided in the tiebreaker ... 12:19 - Kuznetsov wins the second
set 7-6 and this match will also be decided in a 10-point tiebreaker
... 12:26 - The crowd is getting loud as the day rolls into the
afternoon and Marcos leads 6-4 in the tiebreaker ... 12:29 - 9-5 lead
for Verdasco and match-point ... 12:35 - Verdasco surrenders a sixth point to Kuznetsov but wins the set 10-6 for the Oregon winner.
No. 2 UO Cornelissen vs. UI Glukhov (OREGON WINS, 5-7, 6-4, 10-3)
10:44
- Alex up 1-0 to start ... 10:55 - Alex now leading 4-1 and looking
strong ... 11:02 - Glukhov brings it closer by winning the next two
games, Cornelissen's lead is just 4-3 ... 11:09 - All tied up, 4-4 ...
11:12 - 5-5 now at No. 2 singles ... 11:25 - Another good comeback, but
this time in favor of the Vandals, as Glukhov takes the first set, 7-5
... 11:45 - Tied up 2-2 in the second set ... 11:56 - Cornelissen and
Glukhov split the next two games, still tied 3-3 ... 12:13 - A little
bit of controversy on court two, but Cornelissen wins the second set
6-4 and is up 3-1 in the 10-point tiebreaker as the Ducks have already
put away the match with three singles wins and the doubles point ...
12:18 - Make that an 8-3 lead in the tiebreaker ... 12:20 - Alex puts
it away, 10-3.
No. 3 UO Wibowo vs. UI Joitoiu (OREGON WINS, 7-5, 6-4)
10:44
- Wibowo leads 2-1 after taking the last game ... 10:55 - Joitoiu has
taken back-to-back games to now lead 3-2 ... 10:58 - Wibowo is in a
hole for the first time this season, down 5-2 - it will be interesting
to see how the freshman handles it ... 11:09 - He is certainly
responding, as Wibowo has won two straight games to narrow the Idaho
lead to just 5-4 ... 11:11 - What a comeback! Wibowo ties it up 5-5 ...
11:21 - Very impressive showing by the freshman, winning set one 7-5
after going down 5-2 ... 11:43 - After that great rally, Wibowo has
stumbled in the second set, down 3-0 to Joitoiu ... 11:57 - Wibowo won
a pair of games but Joitoiu won the most recent to make the score 4-2
in favor of Idaho in the second set ... 12:06 - All-square, 4-4, but
Wibowo is on game point with the serve ... 12:07 - Wibowo with another
comeback, leading 5-4 now ... 12:12 - Wibowo sweeps the last game to
win the match, 6-5, 6-4.
No. 4 UO Izquierdo vs. UI Huyuh (OREGON WINS, 6-4, 6-2)
10:45
- Izzy is down 2-1 to start his day at singles ... 10:55 - All-square,
3-3 ... 10:59 - Still tied, 4-4 ... 11:02 - Izquierdo leading 5-4 ...
11:05 - First set winner for Izquierdo, 6-4 ... 11:22 - Izzy up 2-1 to
start the second set ... 11:30 - Izquierdo up 5-2 and he is winning the
battle of the fierce serves over on court one - both men can rip it ...
11:36 - Izquierdo is the first to win his match, 6-4, 6-2.
No. 5 UO MacDonald-Korth vs. UI Chalkley (IDAHO WINS, 6-2, 6-4)
10:45
- Duncan wins the first game of this match, up 1-0 ... 10:56 - This
match is still playing slow and Duncan is now down 2-1 to Chalkley ...
10:59 - DMK ties it up, 2-2 ... 11:10 - The match is picking up the
pace, but is not favoring DMK as Chalkey now leads 5-2 ... 11:15 -
Chalkley wins the first set for the Vandals, 6-2 ... 11:42 - DMK has
rebounded nicely, leading 4-1 in the second set ... 11:55 - The
comebacks are everywhere today in the Student Tennis Center as Chalkley
has won four straight games to take a 5-4 lead in set two ... 12:01 -
Idaho takes this match, 6-2, 6-4.
No. 6 UO Mortera vs. UI Shin (OREGON WINS, 6-4, 6-0)
10:46 - In his first singles match of the season, Ric is down 2-1 after winning the first game ... 10:56 - Mortera and Shin have split the last two games, score 3-2 in favor of Idaho ... 11:05 - Mortera retakes the lead, 4-3 ... 11:10 - Finding his rythym, Mortera leads 5-3 ... 11:19 - Mortera still up 5-4 ... 11:28 - Ric wins his first singles set since April after getting over some injuries, winning 6-4 ... 11:42 - Ric's on a mission, up 3-0 in the second set ... 11:49 - Wow, that was fast - 6-4, 6-0 win for Mortera ... The injuries are clearly behind him as he got stronger as the match rolled on.
Order of finish: 4, 6, 5, 3*, 2, 1
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