AUSTIN, Texas – The Alabama men’s tennis team (10-7, 2-6 SEC) dropped a 4-0 decision to No. 3 Texas (15-3, 6-0 SEC) on Sunday.

Match Notes

• Texas captured a fast start, jumping out to a 1-0 lead with doubles wins on courts one and two, respectively
• The Longhorns would secure the team win with singles victories on courts one, six and three
• Roan Jones battled the 13^th-ranked singles player in the country, Sebastian Gorzny, into a third set (6-4, 3-6, 1-0)
• Andrii Zimnokh (3-6, 4-2) and Damien Nezar (4-6, 5-4) were both leading in their second sets on courts four and five, respectively, when the match was decided

Next 

• Alabama returns home to host four Southeastern Conference opponents, beginning with Tennessee (March 20) and Kentucky (March 22)
• The match against the Volunteers is set to begin at 6 p.m. CT on Thursday, while the Tide’s contest against the Wildcats starts at 1 p.m. Saturday

Results 

Doubles

1. #10 Timo Legout/Lucas Brown (TEX) def. #42 Matic Kriznik/Filip Planinsek (UA) 6-1
2. Sebastian Gorzny/Jonah Braswell (TEX) def. Damien Nezar/Andrii Zimnokh (UA) 6-1
3. Enzo Aguiard/Zach Foster (UA) vs. Pierre-Yves Bailly/Sebastian Eriksson (TEX) 1-5, unfinished

Order of Finish: 1,2

Singles

1. #7 Timo Legout (TEX) def. #17 Filip Planinsek (UA) 6-1, 6-4
2. #75 Roan Jones (UA) vs. #13 Sebastian Gorzny (TEX) 6-4, 3-6, 1-0, unfinished
3. #64 Pierre-Yves Bailly (TEX) def. Enzo Aguiard (UA) 6-3, 6-2
4. Andrii Zimnokh (UA) vs. #39 Jonah Braswell (TEX) 3-6, 4-2, unfinished
5. Damien Nezar (UA) vs. Sebastian Eriksson (TEX) 4-6, 5-4, unfinished
6. Lucas Brown (TEX) def. Zach Foster (UA) 6-2, 6-2

Order of Finish 1,6,3