WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Coming off a win vs. Nebraska on Friday, the Boilermaker men’s tennis team surged early against the No. 35 Wisconsin Badgers on a windy day at Schwartz Tennis Center before ultimately falling, 2-4.
Purdue’s strong start included winning the doubles point behind a 7-5 win at position 2 and a 6-4 win at position 3. Then, freshman Jacob Lee was the first the finish in singles play, securing a 6-3, 6-4 win for the Boilermakers.
Lee leads Purdue this season with eight singles victories (8-5 overall record, 5-4 Big Ten).
With the loss, Purdue falls to 5-15 (1-10 Big Ten).
One week remains in the regular season. The Boilermakers will travel to Michigan next weekend, taking on Michigan on Friday at 6 p.m. ET followed by Michigan State on Sunday at 2 p.m. ET.
Doubles
- Henrik Villanger / Maj Premzl vs. Michael Minasyan / Ferdinand Kloesters (WIS): 5-5 UNF
- Nour Fathalla / Stefan Simeunovic (PUR) def. Oliver Olsson / Tomas Zlatohlavek (WIS): 7-5
- Jacob Lee / Nikola Jovic (PUR) def. Patrik Meszaros / Matthew Fullerton (WIS): 6-4
Singles
- Patrik Meszaros (WIS) def. Nour Fathalla (PUR): 1-6, 6-4, 6-1
- #88 Michael Minasyan (WIS) def. Henrik Villanger (PUR): 6-1, 3-6, 6-3
- Ferdinand Kloesters (WIS) def. Juan David Velasquez (PUR): 6-4, 6-4
- Jacob Lee (PUR) vs. Edouard Aubert (WIS): 6-3, 6-4
- Sachiv Kumar (WIS) vs. Nikola Jovic (PUR): 7-5, 4-6, 5-2 UNF
- Matthew Fullerton (WIS) def. Stefan Simeunovic (PUR): 4-6, 6-2, 6-4
Order of Finish:
Doubles: 3, 2
Singles: 4, 3, 1, 2, 6