Cowboy Tennis Swept at No. 11 Arizona

Friday, March 28

Tucson, AZ

4 p.m.

Oklahoma State University

Arizona

March 28, 2025 | Cowboy Tennis

Box Score

TUCSON, Ariz. – Oklahoma State's men's tennis team dropped the opener of its five-match road trip to No. 11 Arizona, 4-0, on Friday afternoon at the Robson Tennis Center.

The win moved the Wildcats to 17-4 overall and 2-2 in Big 12 action, while the loss dropped the Cowboys to 7-10 overall and 1-2 in the league.

Arizona jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the match after No. 33 Jay Friend and Eric Padgham defeated No. 58 Alessio Basile and Nicolas Kobelt, 6-2, and Filip Gustafsson and Casper Christensen bested Isaac Becroft and Finn Hopfe, 7-6 (5).

The Wildcats pushed the match to the brink after Alexsander Rozin downed Kobelt, 6-2, 6-4, and No. 89 Zoran Ludoski defeated Derek Pham, 6-3, 6-1. The setback marked the first loss for Pham since February 8.

Arizona clinched the match on court one, with No. 8 Friend taking down No. 87 Becroft, 6-3, 7-5.

Ian Bracks, Ben Stecker and Basile left their matches unfinished.

OSU continues its five-match road trip as it heads to Tempe, Ariz., to face Arizona State on March 30 at 2 p.m.

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Singles competition

No. 8 Jay Friend (ARIZ) def. No. 87 Isaac Becroft (OSU), 6-3, 7-5
No. 89 Zoran Ludoski (ARIZ) def. Derek Pham (OSU), 6-3, 6-1
Alessio Basile (OSU) vs. Filip Gustafsson (ARIZ), 6-3, 4-6
Alexsander Rozin (ARIZ) def. Nicolas Kobelt (OSU), 6-2, 6-4
Ian Bracks (OSU) vs. Casper Christensen (ARIZ), 1-6, 6-3, 1-1
Ben Stecker (OSU) vs. Oskar Jansson (ARIZ), 3-6, 5-4

Doubles competition

No. 33 Jay Friend and Eric Padgham (ARIZ) def. No. 58 Alessio Basile and Nicolas Kobelt (OSU), 6-2
Ian Bracks and Thomas Gadecki (OSU) def. Glib Sekachov and Inaki Cabrera (ARIZ), 7-6 (5)
Filip Gustafsson and Casper Christensen (ARIZ) def. Isaac Becroft and Finn Hopfe (OSU), 7-6 (5)