Bulldogs Dominate Doubleheader Against UNC and Alabama State

Sunday, February 9

Athens, Ga.

1:00 p.m.

University of Georgia

North Carolina

Sophomore Niels Ratiu during a doubles match against Virginia in the Lindsey Hopkins Indoor Facility on Friday, February 7, 2025.

Photo by: Sofia Yaker/UGAAA

Bulldogs Dominate Doubleheader Against UNC and Alabama State

February 09, 2025 | Men's Tennis

ATHENS, Ga. – The University of Georgia men's tennis team defeated North Carolina and Alabama State, 4-0 in both matches, on Sunday afternoon at the Lindsey Hopkins Indoor Facility. The Bulldogs improve to 5-4 on the young season.

FAST FACTS:
UNC:

Georgia clinched the doubles point to take an early 1-0 lead. No. 16 ranked Niels Ratiu and Freddy Blaydes outlasted UNC's Vladislav Melnic and Chris Xu with a 6-3 win on court one. No. 15 ranked Thomas Paulsell and Ryan Colby followed with a 7-5 victory on court three.
The Bulldogs took a 2-0 lead after Oscar Pinto Sansano defeated UNC's Nick Mangiapane 6-1, 6,0 for his sixth win of the spring.
Georgia's lead grew to 3-0 after a 6-4, 6-2 win after Ratiu defeated Anthony Wright on court four.
The Bulldogs clinched the win with a straight-set victory for No. 36 Colby on court one, 6-2, 6-0.

ALABAMA STATE:

The Bulldogs started doubles play off strong. On court two, No. 15 ranked Paulsell and Colby shut out Alabama State's David Grandinot and Matteo Lataste, 6-0. UGA clinched the doubles point on court one with a 6-2 win by No. 16 Ratiu and Blaydes.
In singles, Filipe Costa gave Georgia the first point with a straight-set victory on court six over ASU's Gordan Fran Mileusni, 6-1, 6-4.
Pinto Sansano followed on court two with a hard-fought straight-set win, 6-2, 7-5, boosting his record to 7-2.
Ratiu clinched the match on court three with a 2-6, 6-3, 6-2 victory over Alabama State's Lun Obrul.
The Bulldogs improved to 2-0 in the all-time series between the two schools.

KEY QUOTES:
"I was really pleased with how we responded [in the UNC match]," said head coach Jamie Hunt. "I felt like Friday, we played well, we just came up a little bit short, so we were really close. We challenged the guys to play a little bit better today, and I was really pleased with our doubles. We mixed things up and had a few different pairings and they responded beautifully. In singles, we played incredibly disciplined and really jumped all over them. UNC's a good team; it's a well-coached team. I was really pleased with our performance."

UP NEXT: Georgia will host Tennessee on Monday, February 24 at 1:00 p.m. at the Dan Magill Tennis Complex to begin the SEC slate.

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