Tennis
Daniel Wilson

Men's Tennis

Panthers Continue Singles Dominance at Mercer Gridiron Classic

MACON, Ga. - Roberts Grinvalds, Mihai Marinescu and Diego Padilha were all crowned singles champions during the Mercer Gridiron Classic this weekend in Macon, Ga. 

As a team, GSU accumulated a 20-3 singles record and a 5-3 doubles record for the weekend en route to winning three of the five singles draws. 

Grinvalds has now won his singles draw in consecutive tournaments while tallying an 8-0 mark.

This weekend, Marinescu accumulated a 4-0 record en route to winning the singles flight A2 draw, while Padilha went 4-0 and won the singles flight b1 draw. 

Andrei Duarte, Edward Tymes and Harrison Kim also put together solid singles performances as they combined to go 8-3 with each player only dropping one match. 

Entering Sunday, the Panthers had only dropped one singles match while owning a 16-1 record. 

In doubles action, the freshman duo of Kim and Tymes played their first tournament together and went 2-1 for the weekend. The ITA preseason top-60 duo of Duarte and Grinvalds also went 2-1 for the weekend.  

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Players Mentioned

Andrei Duarte

Andrei Duarte

5' 11"
Senior
Roberts Grinvalds

Roberts Grinvalds

6' 1"
Senior
Diego Padilha

Diego Padilha

5' 8"
Senior
Edward  Tymes

Edward Tymes

5' 11"
Freshman
Harrison Kim

Harrison Kim

5' 9"
Freshman

Players Mentioned

Andrei Duarte

Andrei Duarte

5' 11"
Senior
Roberts Grinvalds

Roberts Grinvalds

6' 1"
Senior
Diego Padilha

Diego Padilha

5' 8"
Senior
Edward  Tymes

Edward Tymes

5' 11"
Freshman
Harrison Kim

Harrison Kim

5' 9"
Freshman