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Men's Tennis Edges Oklahoma 4-3
April 16, 2000 | Men's Tennis
April 16, 2000
LUBBOCK, Texas -
The 63rd ranked Texas Tech men's tennis team defeated No. 52 Oklahoma, 4-3, Sunday, at the Westwood Tennis Courts.
Red Raiders Borut Martincevic, Ryan Shupe and Clay Estes won singles matches as the two teams split singles play 3-3. Estes, who played in the No. 5 position, won the only three-set match of the day, defeating Oklahoma's Rick Warren 6-0, 5-7, 6-2, to force a tie going into doubles play.
Jevgenij Cariov and Borut Martincevic, Texas Tech's No. 1 doubles team, fell to Charlie Roberson and Warren. But the Red Raiders rebounded in the No.2 and No. 3 doubles positions, with the team's of Ryan Shupe and Jeremy Earl, and Patricio Espinosa and Estes winning doubles matches to clinch the doubles point for Tech.
SINGLES
1. Dusty (OU) def. Jevgenij Cariov (TTU) 6-2, 6-2
2. Borut Martincevic (TTU) def. Charlie Roberson (OU) 6-2, 6-3
3. Ryan Shupe (TTU) def. Jeremy Dunham (OU) 6-1, 6-4
4. Julio Martinez (OU) def. Patricio Espinosa (TTU) 6-3, 7-50
5. Clay Estes (TTU) def. Rick Warren (OU) 6-0, 5-7, 6-2
6. Tobias Kronlein (OU) def. Jeremy Earl (TTU) 6-0, 6-1
DOUBLES
1. Roberson/Warren (OU) def. Cariov/Martincevic (TTU) 8-2
2. Shupe/Earl (TTU) def. Beard/Kronlein (OU) 8-5
3. Estes/ Espinosa (TTU) def. Dunham/Martinez (OU) 8-6
