Men's Tennis Finds Individual Success Against Delaware Saturday

Saturday, October 3

Drexel Armory

Drexel University

Delaware

Photo by: Greg Carroccio

Men's Tennis Finds Individual Success Against Delaware Saturday

10/3/2015 4:51:00 PM | Men's Tennis

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PHILADELPHIA – With the women's team in action up the street at the Cissie Leary Invitational hosted by Penn, Drexel's men took on Delaware on Saturday at the Drexel Armory. The Dragons won both of the matches played, 3-2 and 4-1.

The results will not count towards the teams' overall records; however, the individual results will reflect on each players' ITA record.

"We played the way we wanted to play, and we respected the expectations that we have set out to reach," head coach Mehdi Rhazali said. "With the focus level we had as a team, it just helped us play smart and solid tennis overall. This was a good match to get us ready for the Princeton Invitational next weekend."

In the first round of competition, the Dragons put together a hard-fought 3-2 win. Drexel got wins from Xabier Saavedra and Balaji Lakshmanan in singles as well as Daniil Ginzburg and Vuk Subotic in doubles.

The senior leader Saavedra cruised to a 6-4, 6-3 win over Venkatesh Remkumar in the No. 2 spot. Buffalo transfer Lakshmanan took care of business in a tough sweep of Blaise Casselbury, 7-5, 6-2, in the No. 3 spot. In doubles, Ginzburg and Subotic, evened their season record 2-2 with a 6-3 win over Tom Flematti and Alex Sweet.

Drexel took the momentum from the first match into the second, where it won, 4-1. Again, Saavedra and Lakshmanan cruised to wins, this time in the Nos. 1 and 2 spots, respectively. Ginzburg added another singles win in the fourth position with an 8-6 triumph over Casselbury. In doubles, Sinan Orhon and Kashyap Ashok grabbed a 6-3 win.

Drexel's men return to action Friday at the Princeton Invitational, which will run through the weekend.

The women are competing at the Cissie Leary Invitiational at Penn this weekend. Click here for the most recent news.

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Drexel 3, Delaware 2

Singles
Shane Jeffrey (UD) DEF Sinan Orhon (DU), 1-6, 7-6 (4), 10-4
Xabier Saavedra (DU) DEF Venkatesh Remkumar (UD), 6-4, 6-3
Balaji Lakshmanan (DU) DEF Blaise Casselbury (UD), 7-5, 6-2
Tim Puterio (UD) DEF Kashyap Ashok (DU), 7-5, 6-3

Doubles
Ginzburg & Subotic (DU) DEF Flematti & Sweet (UD), 6-3

Drexel 4, Delaware 1

Singles
Xabier Saavedra (DU) DEF Shane Jeffrey (UD), 6-2, 6-3
Balaji Lakshmanan (DU) DEF Venkatesh Ramkumar (UD), 6-0, 6-4
Tim Puterio (UD) DEF Vuk Subotic (DU), 6-4, 6-4
Daniil Ginzburg (DU) DEF Blaise Casselbury (UD), 8-6

Double
Orhon & Ashok (DU) DEF Flematti & Wong (UD), 6-3