Alabama men's tennis player Filip Planinsek defeats Columbia's Michael Zheng in three sets to claim the first singles title in Crimson Tide history.
Alabama men's tennis' No. 29-ranked Filip Planinsek took down Columbia's No. 23-ranked Michael Zheng in three sets of the NCAA Singles Championship to claim the first title in Crimson Tide history.
Fortunately, Planinsek was able to shake it off with a stellar 6-3 win in the second set to go to a third and final set for the singles title. Zheng appeared to be a bit flustered towards the end of the second set, as his late double fault gave Planinsek the sixth win. Planinsek went on to take a 3-1 lead after earning the break point and the momentum continued in game five with a shutout win. Zheng was able to cut his deficit to 4-2 shortly after, but Planinsek then went on to take a commanding 5-2 lead with just one win to go.
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