ORLANDO, Fla. – A matchup of nationally-ranked squads in the first round of the 2021 American Athletic Conference Men's Tennis Championship did not disappoint, but the fourth-seeded Memphis Tigers came up short to the fifth-seeded Wichita State Shockers Thursday afternoon in Orlando, Fla., 4-3.
The 32nd-ranked Tigers (9-8) opened the match by winning all three doubles contests over the 33rd-ranked Shockers (15-7) to earn the first point of the day, led by the nation's 18th-ranked tandem, Oscar Cutting/David Stevenson.
In a matchup of nationally-ranked singles players, Wichita State's No.