The No. 41 University of Miami men’s tennis team swept the Delaware Fighting Blue Hens on Wednesday afternoon at the Neil Schiff Tennis Center.
After a rough start to the season, including a five-match losing streak to begin conference play, the Hurricanes (11-8, 3-5 ACC) have turned it around with their fourth straight victory.
To start off the day, the Canes took care of the doubles point with two wins on the top courts. Antonio Prat and Rafael Segado took the opening win of the day, defeating Tobey Lock and Luke Tollenaar 6-3. Then Mehdi Sadaoui and Jakub Kroslak secured the point with a 6-4 win over Euan Mackenzie and James Sclater.
When play was stopped, Miami duo Nacho Serra Sanchez and Jules Garot were leading 5-4 over Pere Prat and Federico Garbero.
Singles play was a cake walk for UM, obtaining three dominating straight-set victories to complete the sweep. Garot had the first of the trifecta, winning easily over Sclater 6-0, 6-3. Kroslak had a similar outcome, dropping only two games to Mackenzie for a 6-2, 6-0 victory. Finally, it would be Sadaoui who would win the clincher, besting Tollenaar 6-2, 6-1.
When singles play was halted, the final scores were as follows: No. 113 Prat was a game away from victory as he led 6-4, 5-1 over Lock, Serra Sanchez was up 6-3, 2-2 over Garbero and Segado was ahead 6-3, 3-2 against Prat.