Spartan Men’s Tennis Finishes Trip To Louisville Classic

EAST LANSING, Mich. — Michigan State men’s tennis wrapped up a weekend in Louisville, Kentucky, for the annual Louisville Invite.  
 
The Green and White sent sophomore Noa Tcherniack, senior Lincoln Battle and graduate Thomas Nelson to compete in the tournament.  

In the first day of singles play, Tcherniak fell short to Germano Setti (Depaul) 2-6, 6-3, 3-6.  

Battle gave two competitive performances with losses to Andy Hadzibdic (Depaul) 6-2, 4-6, 6-7 (4), and Hamza El Amine (Louisville) 6-4, 3-6, 6-7 (8).  

Nelson lost in both of his singles matches to Lucas Bazin (Louisville) 3-6, 4-6, and Charlie Robin (Belmont) 7-6 (2), 3-6, 1-6.  

In doubles, all three Spartans also competed.  

Tcherniak and Nelson split on the weekend with a win against Germano Setti/Augusto Cano (Depaul) 7-6 (4), and a loss to Hamza El Amine/Maksim Hristov (Louisville) 2-6.  

Battle teamed up with Chase Dobra from Bellarmine to split with a victory over Bernardo Vialle/Andy Hadzibdic (Depaul) 6-3, and a loss against Russell Lokko/Lucas Bazin (Louisville) 4-6.  

Battle and Nelson competed in doubles match together on Sunday, but fell to Charlie Robin/Jesus Salgado (Belmont) 5-7. 

Up next for the Spartans is the Big Ten Indoors Tournament, held from Thursday to Sunday, Oct. 29-Nov. 1 hosted by Michigan at UM’s Varsity Tennis Center in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Fans can keep up to date with the Spartan men’s tennis team on Facebook, Instagram and X by following @MSU_MTennis.   

Tennis Match Results 

Louisville Classic

Oct. 23-25, 2026

Louisville, Ky. (Bass-Rudd Tennis Center)

Singles:

Germano Setti (Depaul) def. Noa Tcherniak (MSU) 6-2, 3-6, 6-3 

Andy Hadzibdic (Depaul) def. Lincoln Battle (MSU) 2-6, 6-4, 7-6 (4) 

Hamza El Amine (Louisville) def. Lincoln Battle (MSU) 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (8) 

Lucas Bazin (Louisville) def. Thomas Nelson (MSU) 6-3, 6-4 

Charlie Robin (Belmont) def. Thomas Nelson (MSU) 6-7 (2), 6-3, 6-1 

 

Doubles:

Noa Tcherniak/Thomas Nelson (MSU) def. Germano Setti/Augusto Cano (Depaul) 7-6 (4) 

Lincoln Battle/Chase Dobra (MSU & Bellarmine) def. Bernardo Vialle/Andy Hadzibdic (Depaul) 6-3 

Hamza El Amine/Maksim Hristov (Louisville) def. Noa Tcherniak/Thomas Nelson (MSU) 6-2 

Russell Lokko/Lucas Bazin (Louisville) def. Lincoln Battle/Chase Dobra (MSU & Bellarmine) 6-4 

Charlie Robin/Jesus Salgado (Belmont) def. Lincoln Battle/Thomas Nelson (MSU) 7-5