THE RUNDOWN
PLANTATION, Fla. - Baylor men's tennis junior Julian Lenz dropped a 7-5, 6-0 decision to world No. 279 Christian Lindell in the singles final of the USTA Men's $10K Plantation Community Tennis Open Monday.

The match, which began on Sunday at the Frank Veltri Tennis Center, was suspended due to weather with the first set tied 3-3.

It was the third career Futures final for Lenz, who beat three players ranked in the ATP Top 500 [Gonzalo Escobar (No. 313), Nicolas Barrientos (No. 309), and Benjamin Balleret (No. 497)], plus one highly ranked collegiate player [Aron Hiltzik (No. 62 in ITA Rankings)] to reach the championship match.

Lenz is now 11-2 in his last 13 professional event matches.

TOP QUOTE
"Julian came out really strong today and had two set points, serving for the first set at 5-4. After he didn't convert them he wasn't able to bounce back." - assistant coach Dominik Mueller

WHAT'S NEXT
Select Baylor players will travel to the Sherwood Collegiate Cup in Westlake, Calif., Jan. 16-19. Baylor opens its dual-match season on Jan. 21 by hosting Illinois at 2 p.m. at the Hurd Tennis Center.

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