{"id":557729,"date":"2026-03-22T21:05:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-22T21:05:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/557729\/"},"modified":"2026-03-22T21:05:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-22T21:05:09","slug":"mens-tennis-sweeps-43-middle-tennessee-remains-unbeaten-at-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/557729\/","title":{"rendered":"Men’s Tennis Sweeps #43 Middle Tennessee, Remains Unbeaten at Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n


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\"Yale<\/p>\n

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ITHACA, N.Y. — The 34th-ranked Cornell men’s tennis team closed out a strong weekend at home with a 4-0 sweep of No. 43 Middle Tennessee\u00a0on Sunday afternoon at the Reis Tennis Center. The Big Red improved to 12-2 with its second straight sweep of a ranked opponent, while Middle Tennessee fell to 16-7. Cornell improved to a perfect 5-0 at home this season.<\/p>\n

Cornell took control early by winning the doubles point. Petar Teodorovic<\/a> and Felipe Pinzon<\/a> started the push with a 6-2 victory at No. 3, and the 46th-ranked tandem of Eric Verdes<\/a> and Rodrigo Fernandes<\/a> followed with a 6-4 win over Middle Tennessee’s 83rd-ranked pair of Ondrej Horak and Karim Al-Amin at No. 1.<\/p>\n

The Big Red carried that momentum straight into singles, winning the first three completed matches in straight sets. At the top of the lineup, 80th-ranked Fernandes rolled past Al-Amin 6-2, 6-1. Verdes added a 6-2, 6-4 win over Horak at No. 2, and Teodorovic clinched the match with a 6-4, 6-3 victory over Birtan Duran at No. 3.<\/p>\n

Singles matches at Nos. 4, 5 and 6 were left unfinished once Cornell secured the fourth point and extended its win streak to seven matches overall.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Big Red begins Ivy League season when it hits the road for contests against No. 40 Yale on Saturday, April 4 at 1 p.m. in New Haven, Conn., then faces Brown on Sunday, April 5 at 1 p.m. in Providence, R.I.<\/p>\n

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