THOMASVILLE—The Georgia Southern men's tennis team opened the 2019 fall schedule matching up against five teams from Georgia, Florida and Alabama at the Thomasville Invitational over the weekend with four Eagles competing fiercely in singles and doubles play.
Freshmen
Neil Kandhai and
Jaap Aaldering both notched their first wins in their collegiate careers.
Results:
Singles vs Georgia Gwinnett
M. Kosonen def.
Pascal Wagemaker (GS) 6-1, 6-1
Alex Gurmendi def.
Carlos Garcia 6-3, 6-4
Singles vs Valdosta State
Neil Kandhai def. Robert Cizek 6-3, 6-4
Eduard Etty def.
Jaap Aaldering 6-4, 6-7, 10-6
Singles vs Florida State
J.M. Jalif def.
Pascal Wagemaker 6-4, 6-4
E. Le Seguillon def.
Carlos Garcia 6-0, 6-2
Singles vs South Alabama
Neil Kandhai def. Ezra Blissard 6-0, 6-2
Jaap Aaldering def. unknown 3-6, 6-3, 10-7
Singles vs West Florida
Pascal Wagemaker def. Serdar Bojadjiev 6-4, 7-5
Svensson def.
Carlos Garcia 6-1, 6-1
Doubles vs Georgia Gwinnett
G. Hutterer/D. Czepielewski def.
Jaap Aaldering/
Neil Kandhai 6-4, 4-6, 10-5
Doubles vs Valdosta State
Yohan Nguyen/Florian Simbozel def.
Pascal Wagemaker/
Carlos Garcia 6-4, 6-3
Doubles vs Florida State
C. Wood/B. Nahrung def.
Neil Kandhai/
Jaap Aaldering 6-4, 6-2
Doubles vs South Alabama
Pascal Wagemaker/
Carlos Garcia def. 6-2, 6-4
Doubles vs West Florida
Cabrera/unknown def.
Pascal Wagemaker/
Neil Kandhai 6-4, 6-3
What head coach Sander Koning had to say:
Friday:
"Georgia Gwinnett is a strong team with experienced players, and they showed that when it counted. I believe the freshmen played well and stayed energetic the entire time."
"We have to learn from today and make some adjustments for tomorrow. The entire weekend will be tough competition."
Saturday:
"It was a tough day; I believe we played better than yesterday, and I saw some good things. We also have plenty to improve upon. I am happy for Neil getting his first college win, he played very disciplined and earned it.
"We are looking to finish strong tomorrow."
Sunday:
"It was a good learning experience for the freshmen, and they all got their first collegiate wins under their belt.
"The first tournament is always a good point to start from and this one wasn't any different. We saw a lot of good fight and guys were coachable."
Up Next:
The Eagles head to Mercer for the Fall Gridiron Classic Sept. 20-22 alongside the women's team.
