BATON ROUGE, La. - No. 39 LSU proved to be too much for the 49th-ranked Purdue men's tennis team as the Boilermakers suffered a 7-0 setback Saturday at Dub Robinson Stadium. Their record slipped to 2-3 on the young season, while the Tigers improved to 4-1.
The doubles point was decided at Nos. 1 and 2. Playing side-by-side for the first time this season, juniors Arthur Dobradin and Mateus Silva were denied by LSU's Boris Arias and Jordan Daigle, 6-0.The point was secured by the 52nd-ranked Tiger duo of Tam Trinh and Eric Pere as they handed Purdue's No. 1 doubles team of Diego Acosta and Ricky Medinilla their first loss of the season, 6-4.
As play shifted to singles, the Boilermakers were only able to take two of the 14 sets played. Silva stole a 7-5 second set from Trinh, who is ranked 67th, while playing in the No. 3 spot. The match was decided in the third set for the Tiger, winning 6-3, 5-7, 7-6.
At No. 6, Lucas Dages flew past Simon Freund in the first set, 6-1, but had the score reversed in the second by Freund to even the match at 1-1. The match was settled in a super-tiebreaker that went LSU's way, 15-13.
Dobradin entered Saturday's singles competition with a 3-0 mark, but was unable to stay perfect, dropping a 6-0, 6-1 decision to No. 111 Justin Butsch.
It was the third all-time meeting between Purdue and LSU. The Tigers now lead the series 3-0 with all dual matches taking place in Baton Rouge.
The Old Gold & Black will open the door on the 2015 B1G season in their next match as they host eighth-ranked Illinois on the Basham Courts of the Schwartz Tennis Center at 6 p.m. ET on Feb. 7.
No. 39 LSU 7, No. 49 PURDUE 0
Doubles
1. No. 52 Tam Trinh/Eric Perez (LSU) def. Diego Acosta/Ricky Medinilla (Purdue) 6-4
2. Boris Arias/Jordan Daigle (LSU) def. Arthur Dobradin/Mateus Silva (Purdue) 6-0
3. Chris Simpson/Justin Butsch (LSU) vs. Lucas Dages/Renan Hanayama (Purdue) 5-4, DNF
Order of finish: 2, 1
Singles
1. Jordan Daigle (LSU) def. No. 84 Ricky Medinilla (Purdue) 7-6, 6-3
2. No. 55 Chris Simpson (LSU) def. Diego Acosta (Purdue) 6-0, 6-4
3. No. 67 Tam Trinh (LSU) def. Mateus Silva (Purdue) 6-3, 5-7, 7-6
4. Boris Arias (LSU) def. Renan Hanayama (Purdue) 6-0, 6-0
5. No. 111 Justin Butsch (LSU) def. Arthur Dobradin (Purdue) 6-0, 6-1
6. Simon Freund (LSU) def. Lucas Dages (Purdue) 1-6, 6-1, 15-13
Order of finish: 4, 5, 2, 6, 1, 3
Note: No. 6 was decided with a super-tiebreaker