Doubles Point Crucial in Loss at Stanford

Sunday, January 27

Stanford, CA

11:00 AM

University of Oregon

Stanford

01/27/19 | Men's Tennis

By: Zach Lawson

PALO ALTO, Calif. – The University of Oregon men's tennis team suffered its first loss of the season Sunday afternoon with a 4-0 setback to 10^th-ranked Stanford. The Ducks are now 3-1 through the first two weekends of the dual season.

Up Next: The Ducks return to their home courts Feb. 1 to host San Diego. First serve is scheduled for 5 p.m. PT at the Student Tennis Center. Oregon will play its next six matches in Eugene.

Oregon split a pair of matches during the ITA Kick-Off Weekend having posted a 4-1 win Saturday over Minnesota. Sunday marked the first of two regular-season matches between Oregon and Stanford. The teams will meet again April 19 in Eugene.

In doubles play, the opening point of the match came down to a tiebreaker on court two. Stanford (4-0) got on the board first with a win at the top spot. However, the Ducks responded with 7-5 win on court three by Emmanuel Coste and Thomas Laurent. Oregon saved a pair of match points on court two but the host Cardinal secured the 1-0 match lead with a 7-6(4) win.

Stanford jumped out to a 3-0 advantage with singles wins at court two and six. With Laurent locked in a top-20 matchup at the No. 1 spot in the lineup, the Ducks were up a set on courts three and four with Ty Gentry leading No. 101 William Genesen and Riki Oshima up on Michael Genender, respectively.

However, No. 20 Axel Geller closed out a win over Laurent to secure the 4-0 win for Stanford. When the dual was clinched, Gentry led 6-2, 4-3 while Oshima was ahead 7-6, 1-1. On court five, freshman Joshua Charlton had just dropped the opening set—7-6(9)—to No. 29 Sameer Kumar when play was stopped.

#10 Stanford 4, Oregon 0
Sunday, January 27, 2019
Taube Tennis Stadium (Palo Alto, Calif.)

Doubles
1. Geller/Rotsaert (STAN) def. No. 38 Roberts/Soemarno (ORE) – 6-2
2. Kumar/Sah (STAN) def. Charlton/Gentry (ORE) – 7-6(4)
3. Coste/Laurent (ORE) def. Barber/Genender (STAN) – 7-5
Order of Finish: 1, 3, 2

Singles
1. #20 Axel Geller (STAN) def. #5 Thomas Laurent (ORE) – 6-4, 6-2
2. #64 Alexandre Rotsaert (STAN) def. #99 Emmanuel Coste (ORE) – 6-0, 6-1
3. Ty Gentry (ORE) led #101 William Genesen (STAN) – 6-2, 4-3 … unfinished
4. Riki Oshima (ORE) led Michael Genender (STAN) – 7-6, 1-1 … unfinished
5. #29 Sameer Kumar (STAN) led Joshua Charlton (ORE) – 7-6(9) … unfinished
6. Timothy Sah (STAN) def. Charles Roberts (ORE) – 6-1, 6-3
Order of Finish: 6, 2, 1

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