NEW ORLEANS – The LSU New Orleans Privateers men's and women's tennis teams won six different flights between singles and doubles over the prior two days at the Big Easy Tennis Classic at the Privateer Tennis Center.
 
There were two doubles teams who were triumphant in their bracket: Nouray Khaled and Antonina Butrova won women's flight one. Alexandre Gallet and Jeremie Luttig won men's flight two and three which was a combined draw.
 
Four players won singles flights as well including Beltran Fernandez at men's flight three, Luttig at men's flight four and five combined, Lukas Gruben at men's flight six and seven combined and Yui Hashimoto at women's flight six, seven and eight combined.
 
Fernandez had a win over a Tulane player in the final of his bracket. After holding off AJ Mercer to take the first set 6-4, Beltran took the second set to win at flight three. Earlier in the day, he had a comeback win over Mathys Pinoit of West Florida, taking a third set super tiebreak 10-7.
 
Lukas Gruben and Shinyu Hasegawa were among those who also had solid showings for the tennis squads as they squared off against each other in the final of their bracket. Gruben had two wins in the bracket and Hasegawa had a 6-0, 7-6 (5) victory over Lazaro Martins of West Florida. Gruben defeated Hasegawa in the head-to-head battle between teammates 6-3, 6-0.
 
Hashimoto beat two Southern Miss athletes on her way to her flight victory. She rallied back to beat Pimmada Lim 0-6, 6-3, 10-8. In the final, Hashimoto was unwavering in another third set race to 10 as she beat Mia Hisashi-Morrissey 6-2, 3-6, 10-2.
 
Jeremie Luttig was resilient in his first set tiebreak in the final against William Meyering. Luttig jumped out to a 5-1 lead in the first set breaker and held off a late charge by Meyering to take it 7-5. Luttig then won the first two games of the second set before his opponent had to retire from the match.
 
Earlier in the day, Luttig paired up with Gallet for a doubles win against a team from West Alabama. Serving to start, the duo came back from down 15-40 in the opening game to hold. They were strong on serve throughout and earned one service break in the sixth game, which was enough to propel them to a 6-3 win.
 
Antonina Butrova and Nouray Khaled won three matches within their doubles bracket by taking down teams from West Alabama, Nicholls and Southern Miss. In the final, Butrova and Khaled won 6-3 over Lim and Sakura Sudo to take the flight one bracket.
 
With the fall slate concluded, the tennis teams will return to action in the spring. The schedule will be released soon.
 
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