Four LSU men’s tennis players will compete this weekend in the nation’s oldest fall tournament in Athens, Ga.
Fresh off winning three matches, sophomore Olivier Borsos leads the Tigers into the Southern Intercollegiate Championships at the Dan Magill Tennis Complex on the University of Georgia’s campus, beginning Friday.
Borsos advanced to the A bracket final of the season opening ULL Invitational in Lafayette last weekend before being ousted in three sets by Louisiana-Lafayette’s Yanick Mandl. Borsos won the first set in a tiebreak but eventually  succumbed to the combination of the heat and Mandl’s play, dropping the final two sets 6-1, 6-0.
“The first set took two hours,” said LSU men’s coach Jeff Brown. “He probably ran out of gas more than anything.”
Joining Borsos in Athens are senior Cody Loup and juniors Jordan Girdley and David Roberts, the same group that competed in Lafayette a week ago. Girdley won his first round match before falling in a three set marathon match against Lamar’s Marton Harath  6-7, 7-6, 3-6.
Brown expects improvement across the board this weekend.
This year marks the 43rd playing of the Southern Intercollegiate Championships. The field of 36 is the largest in tournament history.
The LSU women’s tennis team will also travel to the Hoosier Classic at Indiana University’s Tennis Center this weekend.
The tournament starts Friday at 9:30 a.m. and ends Sunday.
“The Hoosier Classic is always a good tournament for us,” LSU women’s coach Tony Minnis said in a news release. “This is the first action for Kaitlin and Kylie, and Ebie and Alexus both played well at the SEC Coaches’ Classic a few weeks ago, so we are excited about this competition.”
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