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Match Recap: Men's Tennis | April 18, 2021

Illini Come Back to Beat Northwestern 4-3

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Results

#1 Doubles
UNFINISHED	1	2
Clark , Zeke / Brown, Alex [ILL]	6	0
Nick Brookes / Simen Bratholm [NUM]	5	UF

#2 Doubles
FINAL	1
Montsi, Siphosothando / Khlif , Noe [ILL]	4
Chris Ephron / Dominik Stary [NUM]	6

#3 Doubles
FINAL	1
Horve, Lucas / Heck, Hunter [ILL]	1
Natan Spear / Steven Forman [NUM]	6

Order of Finish: 3, 2

#1 Singles
FINAL	1	2	3
Montsi, Siphosothando [ILL]	2	7	6
Steven Forman [NUM]	6	6	3

#2 Singles
FINAL	1	2
Brown, Alex [ILL]	4	3
Dominik Stary [NUM]	6	6

#3 Singles
FINAL	1	2
Clark , Zeke [ILL]	6	6
Nick Brookes [NUM]	1	2

#4 Singles
FINAL	1	2	3
Khlif , Noe [ILL]	1	6	6
Chris Ephron [NUM]	6	3	4

#5 Singles
FINAL	1	2	3
Heck, Hunter [ILL]	6 ⁵	6	6
Trice Pickens [NUM]	7 ⁷	4	2

#6 Singles
FINAL	1	2
Horve, Lucas [ILL]	2 ⁷	6
Presley Thieneman [NUM]	6 ⁹	7

Order of Finish: 3, 2, 6, 4, 1, 5

EVANSTON, Ill. – Illinois men's tennis won their 13^th straight match on Sunday afternoon, defeating Northwestern 4-3. After falling down 3-1 early the Illini won the final three matches to capture the win.

Northwestern won the doubles point with wins on two and three. Zeke Clark and Alex Brown were leading Brookes/Bratholm 6-5 when play stopped. In singles, Clark defeated Nick Brookes in straight sets (6-1,6-2) to give Illinois it's first point of the day.

Illinois dropped matches on courts two and six before winning out. Each of the Illini won after losing their first sets. Noe Khlif defeated Chris Ephron 1-6,6-3,6-4. Siphosothando Montsi defeated Steve Forman 2-6,7-6,6-3 at No. 1 before Hunter Heck clinched. Heck defeated Trice Pickens 6-7,6-4,6-2 on Court 5.