NEW ORLEANS - Back on the Lakefront for the first time since pre-Katrina, the No. 75 ranked University of New Orleans men's tennis team defeated Grambling 7-0 on Sunday afternoon.
UNO (3-0) opened play by taking the doubles' point. GSU (0-2), short a player, lost No. 3 doubles by a walkover, putting the Privateer men in a position where they needed to win just one of the two matches.
Head coach
Burzis Kanga's squad did that quickly as
Ben Smith and Jose Gaspar defeated Ryan Charles and Victor Semerdjieva 8-1 in No. 2 doubles.
Calvin Kemp and
Guilherme Rebolo added another win at No. 1 doubles for good measure, defeating Nicolas Rufyikiri and Emmanuel Fortune 8-3.
The Privateers had no problem in taking each of the singles' matches as the Tigers' Anton Belikov was the only one who won more than two games against a member of the UNO lineup, losing to Smith 6-2, 6-3 in No. 3 singles.
Kemp and
Vinay Kamineni improved to 3-0 in dual play while playing in the top spots of the lineup. Kemp defeated Rufyikiri 6-0, 6-1 while Kamineni picked up a 6-2, 6-0 win over Charles.
Other wins for UNO included Gaspar over Semerdjieva at No. 4 singles 6-0, 6-1 and
Oliver Cuthill defeating Emmanuel Fortune 6-2, 6-1.
The Privateer men will join their female counterparts for a dual match on Wednesday at the University Tennis Center at 2 p.m. as they take on Alcorn State.
#75 University of New Orleans 7, Grambling 0
Feb 01, 2009 at New Orleans, La. (University Tennis Center)
Singles competition
1.
Calvin Kemp (UNO) def. Nicolas Rufyikiri (GRAM) 6-0, 6-1
2.
Vinay Kamineni (UNO) def. Ryan Charles (GRAM) 6-2, 6-0
3.
Ben Smith (UNO) def. Anton Belikov (GRAM) 6-2, 6-3
4.
Jose Gaspar (UNO) def. Victor Semerdjieva (GRAM) 6-0, 6-1
5.
Oliver Cuthill (UNO) def. Emmanuel Fortune (GRAM) 6-2, 6-1
6.
Guilherme Rebolo (UNO) def. No player (GRAM), by walkover
Doubles competition
1.
Calvin Kemp/
Guilherme Rebolo (UNO) def. Nicolas Rufyikiri/Emmanuel Fortune (GRAM) 8-3
2.
Ben Smith/
Jose Gaspar (UNO) def. Ryan Charles/Victor Semerdjieva (GRAM) 8-1
3.
Oliver Cuthill/
Vinay Kamineni (UNO) def. No player/No player (GRAM), by walkover
