WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – The Purdue men's tennis team rallied from an early deficit and overcome blustery conditions to down Wisconsin 4-2 at the Schwartz Tennis Center on Friday afternoon.
The Boilermakers entered singles play down a point, after Wisconsin opened the match with doubles victories at No. 1 and 3.
Henrik Villanger and Stefan Simeunovic saw doubles action come to a close before they could close out their 5-4 advantage against Tomas Zlatohlavek and Jason Hildebrant at No. 2.
The Boilermakers got on the board quickly in singles action. Villanger cruised to a dominant 6-2, 6-1 win over Matthew Fullerton at No. 3.
Mujtaba Ali-Khan put the Boilermakers ahead with a win at No. 6. The sophomore held a 4-2 lead in the second after dropping the first set when his opponent Jason Hildebrant retired.
Wisconsin evened the score at 2-2 at No.2 when Gabriel Huber defeated Soham Purohit.
Juan David Velasquez fired the Boilermakers back into the lad at No. 4. The Naples, Fla., native roared back from a first set defeat to win 12 of the next 15 games, knocking off Zlatohlavek 4-6, 6-0, 6-3.
Simeunovic closed out the match with a three-set thriller over Michael Minasyan, winning 6-1, 2-6, 7-5, at the top of the order.
Purdue will close out the home schedule on Sunday afternoon with a noon tilt against No. 62 Nebraska.
PURDUE (7-12, 2-4) – 4, WISCONSIN (1-18, 0-6) – 2
SINGLES
1. Stefan Simeunovic (PUR) def. Michael Minasyan (UW) – 6-1, 2-6, 7-5
2. Gabriel Huber (UW) def. Soham Purohit (PUR) – 6-2, 6-0
3. Henrik Villanger (PUR) def. Matthew Fullerton (UW) – 6-2, 6-1
4. Juan David Velasquez (PUR) def. Tomas Zlatohlavek (UW) – 4-6, 6-0, 6-3
5. Daniel Labrador (PUR) vs. Collin Beduhn (UW) – 6-4, 6-7 (6), 1-5, unfinished
6. Mujtaba Ali-Khan (PUR) def. Jason Hildebrandt (UW) – 0-6, 4-2 (ret.)
DOUBLES
1. Gabriel Huber / Michael Minasyan (UW) def. Juan David Velasquez / Soham Purohit (PUR) – 6-2
2. Henrik Villanger / Stefan Simeunovic (PUR) vs. Tomas Zlatohlavek / Jason Hildebrandt (UW) – 5-4, unfinished
3. Matthew Fullerton / Collin Beduhn (UW) def. Mujtaba Ali-Khan / Daniel Labrador (PUR) – 6-4
ORDER OF FINISH
Singles: 3,6,2,4,1
Doubles: 1,3