Chants Fall to Troy

Sunday, April 11

Conway, S.C.

10 a.m. ET

Coastal Carolina University

Troy

4/11/2021 2:39:00 PM | Men's Tennis

Box Score

CONWAY, S.C. – The Coastal Carolina men's tennis team dropped a Sun Belt Conference match at home to Troy 4-1 on Sunday afternoon in Conway, S.C.

CCU falls to 7-7 overall and 1-2 in SBC play with the loss while Troy moves to 19-3 overall and 3-2 in the SBC with the win.

Troy took a 1-0 lead with the Trojans' duo of Nicolas Simkin and Christopher Tasker defeating CCU's tandem of Guilherme Toresan and Neil O'Connor 6-1 on court two. The Chanticleer duo of Pyry Hyrkkonen and Diego Giraldo would defeat the Troy duo of Manuel Bernard and Pelayo Antuna 6-3 on court one before the Trojans would secure the doubles point with a 6-4 win on court three by defeating the home pair of Daiki Tanabe and Juan Castellanos.

The Trojans then posted a 6-3, 6-0 straight-set win at No. 6 singles to take a 2-0 lead in the match.

The Chants followed with a straight-set win at No. 3 by senior Gonzalo Achondo who defeated Manuel Bernard 6-2, 6-3 to cut the Trojan lead in half.

Troy would get a straight-set decision at No. 4 as Amer Bedwan outlasted Tanabe 6-2, 6-1.

Troy would clinch the match with a win at No. 2 as Carles Anton defeated Hyrkkonen 6-2, 5-7, 6-2 to make the final score 4-1.

The Chanticleers will return to action as they host Wofford on Tuesday, April 13, at 2 p.m. ET.

Troy 4, Coastal Carolina 1

Doubles

1. #65 Pyry Hyrkkonen/Diego Giraldo (CCU) def. Pelayo Antuna/Manuel Bernard (Troy) – 6-3

2. Christopher Tasker/Nicolas Simkin (Troy) def. Guilherme Toresan/Neil O'Connor (CCU) – 6-1

3. Carles Anton/Amer Bedwan (Troy) def. Daiki Tanabe/Juan Castellanos (CCU) – 6-4

Singles

1. Diego Giraldo (CCU) vs. Pelayo Antuna (Troy) – 7-6, 2-6, 0-5 unfinished

2. Carles Anton (Troy) def. Pyry Hyrkkonen (CCU) – 6-2, 5-7, 6-2

3. Gonzalo Achondo (CCU) def. Manuel Bernard (Troy) – 6-2, 6-3

4. Amer Bedwan (Troy) def. Daiki Tanabe (CCU) – 6-2, 6-1

5. Guilherme Toresan (CCU) vs. Vito Llinares (Troy) – 7-5, 4-6, 1-0 unfinished

6. Nicolas Simkin (Troy) def. Neil O'Connor (CCU) – 6-3, 6-0

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

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