ELON, N.C. – William & Mary men's tennis suffered a 5-2 setback in its first Colonial Athletic Association match of the season at Elon on Sunday afternoon.
 
How It Happened
- Elon (8-1) took an early 1-0 lead by sweeping doubles with victories at all three spots.
- After the Phoenix increased its lead to 2-0 with a victory at the top spot, graduate student Lev Kazakov won in straight sets at No. 2 to get W&M on the board. He topped Nicholas Condos, 6-4, 6-0, to improve to 2-1 on line two.
- Elon countered with straight-set singles wins at No. 3, No. 4 and No. 6 to secure the team triumph.
- On line five, junior Joseph Brailovsky and Nicholas Campbell split tiebreakers in the first two sets. In the third-set super tiebreaker, Brailovsky outlasted his Elon counterpart, 10-5, to improve to 3-2 this season.
 
Elon 5, William & Mary 2
Singles
No. 1 – Kyle Frankel (Elon) def. Brenden Volk (W&M) – 6-3, 6-0
No. 2 – Lev Kazakov (W&M) def. Nicholas Condos (Elon) – 6-4, 6-0
No. 3 – Akram El Sallaly (Elon) def. Sebastian Quiros (W&M) – 6-3, 6-4
No. 4 – Camilo Ponce (Elon) def. George Davis (W&M) – 6-3, 6-4
No. 5 – Joseph Brailovsky (W&M) def. Nicholas Campbell (Elon) – 7-6, 6-7, 10-5
No. 6 – Chung-Han Tsai (Elon) vs. Finbar Talcott (W&M) – 6-4, 6-4
Finishing Order: 1, 2, 6, 3*, 4, 5
 
Doubles
No. 1 – Tsai/El Sallaly (Elon) def. Davis/Volk (W&M) – 6-4
No. 2 – Frankel/Condos (Elon) def. Brailovsky/Kazakov (W&M) – 6-3
No. 3 – Ponce/Campbell (Elon) def. Pellerito/Talcott (W&M) – 6-2
Finishing Order: 2, 1*, 3