APSU Sports Information
Louisville, KY – Austin Peay State University men’s tennis team continued its success on the second day of the Louisville Invitational, Saturday, at the Bass-Rudd Tennis Center.
The Govs were led once again by senior Almantas Ozelis, who is still unbeaten across doubles and singles in the tourney and will play for two championships in both Flight A Singles and Doubles.
Ozelis, still adapting to a new doubles partner after the graduation of Aleh Drobysh, is starting to form a formidable partnership with Swedish freshman Anton Damberg.
The duo advanced to the Flight A Doubles Championship with a 6-2 win over Ball State’s Nemanja and Marko Guzina. Ozelis also defeated Fabian Salle of Louisville in three sets to advance to the Flight A Singles Championship. The Lithuanian prevailed by a score of 6-2, 6-7, 6-2.
Elsewhere for the Govs, Timo Kiesslich won in the first consolation round of Flight B Singles over Zacharias Rasmusson of Illinois State in straight sets (6-2, 6-4), but fell in the semifinals of the draw later in the day. Chad Woodham is also in the Flight D Singles Consolation Championship after defeating Bellarmine’s Sam Rueff, 6-4, 6-3.
Christian Edison also rebounded from a rough opening day Friday to win his first match in the tournament’s “Red Draw.” He took down a fellow Ohio Valley Conference player in Tennessee Tech’s Marc Mila in straight sets, 6-3, 6-4.
The Govs resume play this morning, with doubles and consolation action set to go first. Make sure to follow @AustinPeayMTN on Twitter to see the recap of tomorrow’s action.
