The LSU men’s tennis team experienced a role reversal in the final day of the ITA Kick-Off in Berkeley, Calif.
The Tigers rebounded from a 4-0 loss to No. 13 California on Sunday with a dominating 4-0 victory over No. 25 Minnesota on Monday.
“It was a good team effort,” said LSU men’s tennis coach Jeff Brown.
The No. 32 Tigers built an early lead against the Gophers by taking a hard-fought doubles point.
LSU’s No. 28 doubles pair, junior Olivier Borsos and freshman Chris Simpson, secured an 8-4 victory over the Gophers’ No. 55 duo of Phillip Arndt and Leandro Toledo.
The Tigers won the doubles point when the duo of senior Neal Skupski and sophomore James Turbervill completed a 9-8 (2) tiebreak victory over the Gophers’ Eric Frueh and Michael Sicora.
Turbervill led in singles play as he secured a 7-6 (3), 7-6 (5) double tiebreak defeat of Minnesota’s Mathieu Froment.
Borsos and senior Tom Knights later clinched the 4-0 sweep of the Gophers with straight set victories.
 
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