Men's Tennis Opens Season With 8-1 Win Over Davenport

MIDLAND, MICH. – The Northwood University men's tennis team opened their 2015 season with an 8-1 win over Davenport Saturday afternoon (February 14).

The match was held at the Midland Community Tennis Center. Davenport falls to 2-3 with the loss.

NU picked up two quick wins in doubles to take the early advantage. Davenport then earned a win at the third slot to send the match to singles with the Timberwolves leading 2-1.

In singles, Northwood controlled play from the start. NU won all six matches in straight-sets to clinch the victory.

For the match, Sebastian Equez, Austin Woody and Konstantin Zhukov all went 2-0 on the day to lead Northwood.

The Timberwolves will travel to Walsh February 26 for a 11 a.m. match.

Singles competition
1. Sebastian Equez (NU) def. J-P van Antwerpen (DU) 6-3, 6-4
2. Salikh Gilmutdinov (NU) def. Sam Rogerson (DU) 6-4, 7-5
3. Austin Woody (NU) def. Steven Vink (DU) 6-1, 6-1
4. Konstantin Zhukov (NU) def. Christian Woods (DU) 6-1, 6-1
5. Felipe C.Bastistella (NU) def. Matthew Boyle (DU) 6-1, 7-6
6. Tanini Kader (NU) def. Matheus M.D.Carvalho (DU) 7-6, 7-5 

Doubles competition
1. Sebastian Equez/Austin Woody (NU) def. Sam Rogerson/Matheus M.D.Carvalho (DU) 8-3
2. Henrik Hellbe/Konstantin Zhukov (NU) def. Kevin Slagh/Haja Denise (DU) 8-0
3. J-P van Antwerpen/Matthew Boyle (DU) def. Salikh Gilmutdinov/Tanini Kader (NU) 8-5