Greenville, Tenn. – The King University Men's Tennis team traveled to Tusculum to compete in a non-conference dual match-up. The Tornado fell 7-0, claiming one game win from doubles, with
Matthew Finn and
Lucas Machado winning 6-4.
Bar Meshel fought hard in his singles match, falling in the first set in extra points, 7
7-6
5.
Finn won the singles set for King in a first-set thriller, winning 7
7-6
3. They went three sets, and in the final set, Finn fell 1
10-0
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Singles competition
- Bar Meshel (King) vs Angus Howard (Tusculum) Tusculum: 2-0
- Matthew Finn (King) vs Victor Palomar (Tusculum) Tusculum: 2-1
- Beckham Sylvester (King) vs David Negzaoui (Tusculum) Tusculum: 2-0
- Lucas Machado (King) vs Carlos Martinavarro (Tusculum) Tusculum: 2-0
- Jonathan Frost (King) vs Romain Payan (Tusculum) Tusculum: 2-0
- Aaron Gutierrez (King) vs Shuzo Uemura (Tusculum) Tusculum: 2-0
Doubles competition
- Bar Meshel/Beckham Sylvester (King) vs Angus Howard/Victor Palomar (Tusculum) Tusculum: 6-2
- Matthew Finn/Lucas Machado (King) vs David Negzaoui/Angelos Avgeris (Tusculum) King: 6-4
- Rohan Chalisgaonkar/Jet Walles-Capasso (King) vs Kai Poelchau/James Henery (Tusculum) Tusculum: 7-6
Up Next: The Tornado returns home for their final Fall competition against Mars Hill at 1:00 PM on Tuesday, October 27
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