ATHENS, Ga. — The University of Georgia men’s tennis team notched two wins on Sunday, with the first coming against Arkansas, 4-0, and then North Carolina A&T, 4-0. 
 
FAST FACTS: 
vs. Arkansas

• The Bulldogs clinched the doubles point by taking courts one and three. Arda Azkara and Santiago Giamichelle earned a 6-4 win over Eric Padgham and Ben Weintraub on court one, while Derrick Chen and Noah Johnston took a 6-4 win over Brendan Boland and Dmitry Kopilevich. 
• Georgia saw two tiebreakers during set one, on courts one and five. Both Derrick Chen, 7-6 (7-3), and Arda Azkara, 7-6 (7-1), used it to take the set point.
• Will Jansen was the first to clinch his court in singles, defeating Lukas Palovic 6-1, 6-4. 
• Derrick Chen then put Georgia up 3-0 with a 7-6 (7-3), 6-3 win over Dmitry Kopilevich on court five.
• And on court four, Noah Johnston sealed the win with a 6-4, 6-4 win over Gabriel Elicha Navas.

 
Vs. NC A&T

• Georgia and NC A&T did not play doubles and went straight to singles matches.  
• All six Bulldogs won their first sets.  
• Freshman Salvador Price put the Bulldogs on the board with a 6-1, 6-2 win on court five.
• Derrick Chen added a point for UGA on court four before Santiago Giamichelle made the score 3-0 with a win on court four. 

• Freshman Noah Johnston clinched the match on court three: 6-1, 6-3. 

 
 
RESULTS:
Georgia 4, Arkansas 0
 
Doubles

1. #43 Arda Azkara/Santiago Giamichelle (UGA) def. Eric Padgham/Ben Weintraub (ARK) 6-4
2. #28 Connor Smillie/Jakub Vrba (ARK) def. Will Jansen/ Gabriele Vulpitta (UGA) 6-4

3. Derrick Chen/Noah Johnston (UGA) def. Brendan Boland/Dmitry Kopilevich (ARK) 6-4

 
Singles

1. #32 Arda Azkara (UGA) vs. #21 Jakub Vrba (ARK) 7-6 (1), 3-5 unfinished 
2. #34 Will Jansen (UGA) def. Lukas Palovic (ARK) 6-1, 6-4
3. #81 Santiago Giamichelle (UGA) vs. Ben Weintraub (ARK) 6-2, 6-6 (0-1) unfinished 
4. #120 Noah Johnston (UGA) def. Gabriel Elicha Navas (ARK) 6-4, 6-4
5. Derrick Chen (UGA) def. Dmitry Kopilevich (ARK) 7-6 (3), 6-3

6. Gabriele Vulpitta (UGA) vs. Brendan Boland (ARK) 6-1, 6-6 (3-3) unfinished 

 

Georgia 4, NC A&T 0
 
Singles

1. #34 Will Jansen (UGA) vs. Kaua Santos (NC A&T) 6-1, 4-1 unfinished 
2. #81 Santiago Giamichelle (UGA) def. Jindrich Brill (NC A&T) 6-4, 6-1
3. #120 Noah Johnston (UGA) def. Niklas Laux (NC A&T) 6-1, 6-3
4. Derrick Chen (UGA) def.  Illia Olefir (NC A&T) 6-0, 6-2
5. Salvador Price (UGA) def. Gabriel Linovic (NC A&T) 6-1, 6-2

6. Cooper Johnson (UGA) vs. Mathieu Dassaubat (NC A&T) 7-5, 4-0 unfinished 

 
QUOTES
Head Coach Jamie Hunt
“A good win to start the day off with Arkansas. They are a really good team coming off of a really good win at Tennessee. Every match in the SEC is difficult, so I am proud of the way we responded after a tough match on Friday with TCU. It started with our mindset, putting that behind us, having a good practice yesterday and then coming out with great energy today. I thought that we played well, but it started with our energy. In singles, we carried that over and played really well. Derrick Chen, I thought was phenomenal all weekend long, going 4-0 and we had a number of other bright spots. Good day for us but we have to keep getting better and working hard.”
 
Derrick Chen 
On today’s doubleheader…
“Yeah, it was a great day. Jamie emphasized bringing really good energy today from the start and I think both matches went pretty well. That created a good level and good result in the end.”