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THIBODAUX, La. \u2013 The New Orleans Privateers had a strong showing against opponents from Nicholls and Southern in the Battle Down the Bayou hosted at the Thibodaux Regional Sports Complex. \u00a0<\/p>\n
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\nThe format was two rounds of doubles with a best of three sets followed by a round of singles with an eight-game pro set.
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\nThe Privateer women got the day started with doubles wins for all three of their teams. Kateryna Kalistratova<\/a> and Nouray Khaled<\/a> won their first match 6-2, 7-5. Fleur Sprengers<\/a> and Danique Vermue<\/a> won both of their doubles matches including the first over Aada Inna and Paula Villegas. The tiebreak went beyond 10 points in the third set as Sprengers and Vermue prevailed 2-6, 6-3, 18-16.
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\nAnanya Dhankhar<\/a> and Naila Krifa<\/a> won their match 7-6, 6-3. The duo had to break serve to force a first set tiebreak which they did. Once in the tiebreak, Dhankhar and Krifa won the first four points.
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\nIn women’s singles, the Privateers went 3-1 overall with Khaled, Krifa and Kalistratova all registering victories.
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\nOn the men’s side, the doubles teams went a combined 5-1. Jacob Rouleau-Mailly<\/a> and Peter Kieslinger<\/a> won their two matches which included a rally from a set down in their second match of the day.
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\nJerall Yasin<\/a> and Beltran Fernandez<\/a> only dropped three games in their doubles match while Gonzalo Cotter<\/a> and Carlos Melgosa also went 2-0 in doubles on the day. Cotter and Melgosa won 10-8 in a third set tiebreak to preserve their unblemished doubles record on the weekend.
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\nThe Privateer men went 5-0 in singles and three of those victories came with conceding three games or fewer.
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