MEMPHIS, Tenn. – The Alabama men’s tennis team (3-5) fell to Memphis (5-1) on Friday in a 4-0 road decision.

Andrii Zimnokh and Rohan Hazratwala secured a doubles win for the Tide, while Zimnokh, Matic Kriznik and Vit Kalina were leading their singles matches when the contest was decided.

Match Notes 

•  Zimnokh and Hazratwala captured their first win as a doubles duo
• The pair dropped just three games on their way to victory at the No. 2 spot
• In singles action, Zimnokh, Kriznik and Kalina all won their opening set on courts one, two and three
• Kalina was just one game shy of clinching a win on court three 7-6(2), 5-1
• After topping the first round 6-4, Kriznik was tied at 5-5 in the second set when the match was clinched
• At the top of the order, Zimnokh had won his opening set tiebreaker 7-6(6), but was trailing 4-2 in set two

Next 

• Alabama will be back in action on Sunday, facing Middle Tennessee in a 1 p.m. CT match  

Results

Doubles

1. Moritz Kudernatsch/Maxime Dubouch (MEM) def. Vit Kalina/Matic Kriznik (UA) 6-2
2. Rohan Hazratwala/Andrii Zimnokh (UA) def. Sam Reeve/Marcos Castro Fabra (MEM) 6-3
3. Obrad Markovski/Marko Milosavjevic (MEM) def. Brendan Loh/Yoshka Sborowsky (UA) 6-3

Singles

1. Andrii Zimnokh (UA) vs. Maxime Dubouch (MEM) 7-6(6), 2-4, unfinished
2. #77 Matic Kriznik (UA) vs Moritz Kudernatsch (MEM) 6-4, 5-5, unfinished
3. Vit Kalina (UA) vs. Obrad Markovski (MEM) 7-6(2), 5-1, unfinished
4. Marcos Castro Fabra (MEM) def. Carlos Gimenez Perez (UA) 3-4, ret.
5. Leandro Zgraggen (MEM) def. Yoshka Sborowsky (UA) 6-3, 7-5
6. Marko Milosavjevic (MEM) def. Brendan Loh (UA) 6-3, 6-2

Order of Finish: Doubles (1,2,3); Singles (4,6,5)