ATLANTA, Ga. - The No. 13 Illinois men's tennis team continued spring season action Sunday at the MLK Invitational. The Fighting Illini took on players from host No. 16 South Carolina. Highlighting the Illinois effort was senior Aleks Kovacevic's singles victory over defending NCAA singles champion Paul Jubb.

Illinois will take on No. T-19 Columbia at 8 am CT Monday.

No. 13 Illinois vs. No. 16 South Carolina

Singles

• Lucas Horve (Illinois) def. Thomas Brown (South Carolina) 7-6(4), 6-2
• #61 Zeke Clark (Illinois) def. #106 Connor Thomson (South Carolina) 6-7(4), 7-6(6), 7-6(4)
• Phillip Jordan (South Carolina) def. Fletcher Scott (Illinois) 7-6, 6-4
• Aleks Kovacevic (Illinois) def. Paul Jubb (South Carolina) 6-4, 6-3
• #11 Alex Brown (Illinois) def. #21 Daniel Rodrigues 6-1, 6-4
• #39 Raphael Lambling (South Carolina) def. #48 Siphosothando Montsi (Illinois) 6-3, 6-4
• Jake Beasley (South Carolina) def. Vuk Budic (Illinois) 6-4, 6-2
• Beau Pelletier (South Carolina) def Alex Bancila (Illinois) 3-6, 6-1, 6-4

Doubles

• Horve/Budivc (Illinois) def. #56 Pelletier/Brown (South Carolina) 7-6(5)
• Jubb/Thomson (South Carolina) def. Kovacevic/Bancila (Illinois) 6-3
• Brown/Gomes (Illinois) def. #39 Rodrigues/Lambling (South Carolina) 6-3
• Beasley/Jordan (South Carolina) def. Montsi/Scott (Illinois) 6-4