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Men's Tennis Swept At Indiana
2/1/2003 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
Feb. 1, 2003
Jirou Nakajima, a freshman from Bradenton, Fla., battled to three sets before falling in defeat at No. 6 singles Saturday afternoon in Bloomington, Ind. NC State's R.J. Murray fell 6-3, 6-2 at No.1 and Val Banadao narrowly lost both sets at No. 2, 6-4, 7-6 (2). NC State travels to Miami, Fla. to take on the University of Miami on Friday, February 7 in its next match.
Will Shaw was defeated by Petr Novotny 6-1, 6-1 at No. 3 singles and Rehman Esmail lost 6-3, 7-6(3) at the No.4 position. Jon Davis dropped his match at No.5, 6-3, 6-2 after winning the No. 5 singles against Princeton.
Indiana picked up the doubles point by sweeping all three doubles matches. Zach Held and Ryan Recht won against Murray and Shaw, 8-1. Davis/Esmail and Shaw/Nakajima both lost their doubles matches 8-4.
Singles 1) Jakub Praibis (IU) def. R.J. Murray (N.C. State); 6-3, 6-2 2) Viktor Libal (IU) def. Val Bamada (N.C. State); 6-4, 7-6 (2) 3) Petr Novotny (IU) def. Will Shaw (N.C. State); 6-1, 6-1 4) Zach Held (IU) def. Rehmam Esmail (N.C. State); 6-3, 7-6 (3) 5) Ryan Recht (IU) def. Jon Davis (N.C. State); 6-3, 6-2 6) Julien Vulliez (IU) def. Jirou Nakajima (N.C. State); 6-4, 6-7 (7), 6-2Doubles 1) Held/Recht (IU) def. Murray/Bamada (N.C. State); 8-1 2) Libal/Novotny (IU) def. Davis/Esmail (N.C. State); 8-4 3) Stone/Praibis (IU) def. Shaw/Nakajima (N.C. State); 8-4
