Saturday, February 1
Chapel Hill
3:30 PM
North Carolina
2
vs
4
Illinois
Vladislav Melnic and Chris Xu
Photo by: Andy Mead
Illinois Stops Men's Tennis, 4-2
February 1, 2025 | Men's Tennis
CHAPEL HILL, N.C.—Illinois fell behind early but won four of five singles matches and beat North Carolina, 4-2, in a non-conference matchup on Saturday afternoon at the Chewning Tennis Center.
Carolina won the doubles point to take a 1-0 lead, then allowed the Illini to win the singles matchups at the No. 1, 2, 4 and 5 positions in the lineup.
The Illini's Kenta Miyoshi won the clinching match at No. 1 singles, edging Constantinos Djakouris, 7-6, 7-6.
The Tar Heel duo of Vladislav Melnic and Chris Xu picked up a win at No. 1 doubles to start the afternoon, 6-3. After the Illini topped Djakouris and Nick Mangiapane at No. 3, 6-2, Carolina's Diego Jarry and Anthony Wright topped Tyler Bowers and Zach Viiala, 6-4, to clinch the doubles points.
Xu posted Carolina's lone singles win of the day, topping Jeremy Zhang by a 6-4, 6-1 score at No. 3.
The Tar Heels played without sophomore Patrick Schoen in both singles and doubles for the third consecutive match.
With the win, Illinois improved to 2-2 this season. Carolina fell to 2-2.
The Tar Heels will return to action with a home doubleheader on Tuesday against Campbell and North Carolina Central.
Match Results
Doubles
1.Melnic/Xu (UNC) def. Debru/Miyoshi (Illinois) 6-3
2.Jerry/Wright (UNC) vs. Bowers/Viiala (Illinois), 6-4
3.Zhang/W.Mroz (Illinois)def. Djakouris/Mangiapone (UNC) 6-2
(Order of finish: 3, 1, 2)
Singles
Carolina won the doubles point to take a 1-0 lead, then allowed the Illini to win the singles matchups at the No. 1, 2, 4 and 5 positions in the lineup.
The Illini's Kenta Miyoshi won the clinching match at No. 1 singles, edging Constantinos Djakouris, 7-6, 7-6.
The Tar Heel duo of Vladislav Melnic and Chris Xu picked up a win at No. 1 doubles to start the afternoon, 6-3. After the Illini topped Djakouris and Nick Mangiapane at No. 3, 6-2, Carolina's Diego Jarry and Anthony Wright topped Tyler Bowers and Zach Viiala, 6-4, to clinch the doubles points.
Xu posted Carolina's lone singles win of the day, topping Jeremy Zhang by a 6-4, 6-1 score at No. 3.
The Tar Heels played without sophomore Patrick Schoen in both singles and doubles for the third consecutive match.
With the win, Illinois improved to 2-2 this season. Carolina fell to 2-2.
The Tar Heels will return to action with a home doubleheader on Tuesday against Campbell and North Carolina Central.
Match Results
Doubles
1.Melnic/Xu (UNC) def. Debru/Miyoshi (Illinois) 6-3
2.Jerry/Wright (UNC) vs. Bowers/Viiala (Illinois), 6-4
3.Zhang/W.Mroz (Illinois)def. Djakouris/Mangiapone (UNC) 6-2
(Order of finish: 3, 1, 2)
Singles
- Kenta Miyoshi (Illinois) def. Djakouris Constantinos (UNC) 7-6, 7-6
- Will Mroz (Illinois) def. #112 Vladislav Melnic (UNC), 6-2, 6-2
- #80 Chris Xu (UNC) vs. Jeremy Zhang (Illinois), 6-4, 6-2
- Tyler Bowers (Illinois) def. #68 Anthony Wright (UNC) vs.), 6-2, 6-4
- Mathis Debru (Illinois)def. Nick Mangiapane (UNC) 6-1, 6-2
- Diego Jarry (UNC) vs. Zach Viiala (Illinois) 7-6, 1-6, 5-0 (unfinished)
Xu/Melnic 6-3 pic.twitter.com/UFnYamvKFR
— Carolina Men's Tennis 🐏🎾 (@carolinatennis) February 1, 2025
UNC 1 Illini 0 Jarry/Wright clinch 6-4 pic.twitter.com/PSym2jRcZ3
— Carolina Men's Tennis 🐏🎾 (@carolinatennis) February 1, 2025
UNC 2 Illinois 2 Chris Xu d. Zhang 6-4, 6-1 pic.twitter.com/KQCAYuHwl0
— Carolina Men's Tennis 🐏🎾 (@carolinatennis) February 1, 2025
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